The Plugged In Show

By Focus on the Family

Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.


Category: TV & Film

Open in Apple Podcasts


Open RSS feed


Open Website


Rate for this podcast

Subscribers: 23
Reviews: 0
Episodes: 235

Description

Join Focus on the Family's media and culture analysts for lighthearted reviews for parents and conversation about entertainment, pop culture and technology. Through this 30-minute podcast from Focus on the Family, you'll hear practical information from a Biblical worldview to help guide decisions about what to watch, listen and visit. And connect to a ton of related Christian resources and articles.


Episode Date
Episode 232: The “Reinvention” of JoJo Siwa, plus Fallout
May 02, 2024
Episode 231: How Entertainment Shapes Our Beliefs, plus Netflix’s Testament: The Story of Moses
Apr 25, 2024
Episode 230: Let’s Talk About Technology! plus A Conversation with For King + Country
Apr 18, 2024
Episode 229: Why Popular YouTubers are Retiring, plus Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Apr 11, 2024
Episode 228: How Entertainment Shapes Us. Plus: A Conversation with Rebecca St. James
Apr 04, 2024
Episode 227: A Conversation with Karen Kingsbury, plus Boundary Basics—The When, What and Where of Screens
Mar 28, 2024
Episode 226: Introducing Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family, plus Navigating Non-Christian Worldviews in Entertainment
Mar 21, 2024
Episode 225: Reflecting on the Oscars, plus Dee & Friends in Oz
Mar 14, 2024
Episode 224: The 2024 Plugged In Movie Awards Special
Mar 07, 2024
Episode 223: Beyonce, the Grammys, and Dune: Part Two
Feb 29, 2024
Episode 222: Plugged In Movie Award Noms, The Sound of Barbenheimer, and an Interview with Ordinary Angels Director Jon Gunn
Feb 22, 2024
Episode 221: How Romcoms Influence Teens, Singles and Married Couples, plus Why Is Plugged In Reviewing Old Movies?
Feb 15, 2024
Episode 220: Navigating Children’s Television Landmines. Plus: Introducing On the Radar
Feb 08, 2024
Episode 219: The Finals & the State of Fortnite-like Shooters, plus Gracie Abrams
Feb 01, 2024
Episode 218: Help! I Hate My Kids’ Music Choices! plus Navigating New Threats in the Multiverse
Jan 25, 2024
Episode 217: Mean Girls Yesterday and Today: How Bullying Is Changing for Today's Adolescents, plus
Jan 18, 2024
Episode 216: How Movies Challenge Our Indifference, plus Sigmund Freud Meets C.S. Lewis
Jan 11, 2024
Episode 215: The Tech and Entertainment Reset
Jan 04, 2024
Episode 214: Our Favorite Reviews of 2023, plus CoComelon Lane
Dec 28, 2023
Episode 213: Christmas Classics Revisited, plus The Boys in the Boat
Dec 21, 2023
Episode 212: Wonka & The Worldview of Roald Dahl, plus Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Dec 14, 2023
Episode 211: Why Scrooge Still Haunts Christmases Past, Present and Future, plus Disney's Grasp on Hulu
Dec 07, 2023
Episode 210: Social Media, Addiction, and Self-Esteem, plus a Look at Bentkey
Nov 30, 2023
Episode 209: The Thanksgiving Movie Episode
Nov 23, 2023
Episode 208: The Marvels & Female Heroes in Action Movies, plus Trolls Band Together
Nov 16, 2023
Episode 207: Journey to Bethlehem, plus A Holiday Video Game Guide
Nov 09, 2023
Episode 206: Focus on Parental Controls, plus Christian Board Games
Nov 02, 2023
Episode 205: The Worldview Hurricane, plus Loki
Oct 26, 2023
Episode 204: The Devil’s in the Entertainment Details, plus, Taylor Swift’s Eras Movie
Oct 19, 2023
Episode 203: How Pop Culture, Entertainment, and Technology Are Shaping Boys Growing Up Today
Oct 12, 2023
Episode 202: Helping Our Kids Deal With News-Induced Anxiety, plus A Look at Netflix's Barbie
Oct 05, 2023
Episode 201: Digital Detox Interview with Molly DeFrank, plus Ahsoka
Sep 28, 2023
Episode 200: The Influence of Podcasts and a Plugged In Show Retrospective
Sep 21, 2023
Episode 199: Social Media's Role in Cultural Polarization, plus The Bells of St. Mary's.
Sep 14, 2023
Episode 198: Baldur’s Gate 3 and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea, Right?”
Sep 07, 2023
Episode 197: Surface Messages and Deeper Meaning, plus Plugged In Talks to Actress Leigh-Allyn Baker
Aug 31, 2023
Episode 196: How Pop Culture, Entertainment, and Technology Are Shaping Girls Growing Up Today, plus
Aug 24, 2023
Episode 195: A Look at This Year's Christian Movies, plus Transformers: Earthspark
Aug 17, 2023
Episode 194: We Need to Talk About Taylor Swift. Plus, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Aug 10, 2023
Episode 193: A Conversation with The Hiding Place's Producer Pete Peterson, plus the Movie Theatre Camp
Aug 03, 2023
Episode 192: A Look at the Summer Blockbuster Movies—Haunted Mansion, Barbie, and Oppenheimer
Jul 27, 2023
Episode 191: The Promise and Peril of Nerd Culture, plus Olivia Rodrigo's Vampire
Jul 20, 2023
Episode 190: Plugged In Talks with Author David Murrow, plus Mission Impossible, Dead Reckoning, Part 1
Jul 13, 2023
Episode 189: Exploring Educational Video Games & The Island Book Review
Jul 06, 2023
Episode 188: A Conversation with Jim Caviezel and Jordan Harmon, plus Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Jun 29, 2023
Episode 187: Our Romance with AI, plus Elemental
Jun 22, 2023
Episode 186: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts & An Interview with Flamin’ Hot Producer DeVon Franklin
Jun 15, 2023
Episode 185: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse & The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Jun 08, 2023
Episode 184: Focus on Filters: What’s the Big Deal? Plus Jonas Brothers’ The Album
Jun 01, 2023
Episode 183: Screens, Teens & Porn, plus The Little Mermaid
May 25, 2023
Episode 182: Summer Movie Preview, plus Fast X and What You Need to Know About the Fast & Furious Franchise
May 18, 2023
Episode 181: Our Favorite Movie (and TV) Moms, plus The Way
May 11, 2023
Episode 180: What Parents Need to Know About Discord and Twitch. Plus: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
May 04, 2023
Episode 179: When Yesteryear Offends, plus Are You There God?, It's Me, Margaret
Apr 27, 2023
Episode 178: Learning to Love Reading in a Screen-Based World, plus The Flames of Hope
Apr 20, 2023
Episode 177: Thinking Through LGBT Issues in Entertainment, plus The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Apr 13, 2023
Episode 176: If I Could Do It All Over Again, Plus On a Wing and a Prayer
Apr 06, 2023
Episode 175: Dungeons & Dragons Is Still a Thing!?
Mar 30, 2023
Episode 174: ChatGTP and Deepfake—Tech and Trust, plus Got Questions? YouTube Channel
Mar 23, 2023
Episode 173: And the Oscar Goes To ... plus Southern Gospel
Mar 16, 2023
Episode 172: The 2023 Plugged In Movie Awards
Mar 09, 2023
Episode 171: The Thorn plus Creed III
Mar 02, 2023
Episode 170: A Look at Jesus Revolution
Feb 23, 2023
Episode 169: The Music Episode & Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Feb 16, 2023
Episode 168: Screens, Teens & Consumerism plus Miley Cyrus’s Flowers
Feb 09, 2023
Episode 167: Plugged In Movie Award Misses & Granger Smith
Feb 02, 2023
Episode 166: Plugged In Movie Award Nominations & Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist
Jan 26, 2023
Episode 165: What James Cameron Knows About the Human Heart & What’s Coming in 2023
Jan 19, 2023
Episode 164: What Is Kidulting? Good or Bad? Plus, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Season 2
Jan 12, 2023
Episode 163: The State of Social Media 2023 Plus Women Talking
Jan 05, 2023
Episode 162: Holiday Fun Roundup & Netflix’s Wednesday
Dec 29, 2022
Episode 161: What Makes a Christmas Movie ‘Classic’?
Dec 22, 2022
Episode 160: Lurching Toward Transcendence & Avatar: The Way Water
Dec 15, 2022
Episode 159: Tech and Teen Motivation & Enola Holmes 2
Dec 08, 2022
Episode 158: The Wingfeather Saga and Disney+'s Willow
Dec 01, 2022
Episode 157: Plugged In Thanksgiving Special and A Look at Minno
Nov 24, 2022
Episode 156: Entertainment Conversation Starters and A Chat with Gloria Gaynor
Nov 17, 2022
Episode 155: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever & Taylor Swift
Nov 10, 2022
Episode 154: Adventures in Odyssey and Family-Friendly Video Games
Nov 03, 2022
Episode 153: Should We Just Forget About Screen Time Limits? plus Black Adam
Oct 27, 2022
Episode 152: Monster Movies for Kids? and A Conversation with David A.R. White
Oct 20, 2022
Episode 151: What Is a Worldview & Sam Smith’s “Unholy”
Oct 13, 2022
Episode 150: The Skit Guys and Marcus Mumford
Oct 06, 2022
Episode 149: Blonde, Heartbreak High and Andor
Sep 29, 2022
Episode 148: Pinocchio Reloaded & Sandman
Sep 22, 2022
Episode 147: Scripture & Entertainment, Plus: Eminem’s Conversion?
Sep 15, 2022
Episode 146: Amazon's Lord of the Rings and HBO's House of Dragon, plus Disney+'s Hamster & Gretel
Sep 08, 2022
Episode 145: The Kendrick Brothers, Kirk Cameron and Lifemark, plus She-Hulk
Sep 01, 2022
Episode 144: When Super Heroes Take a Break From Social Media & Secret Headquarters
Aug 25, 2022
Episode 143: Your Kid & YouTube Plus Out of My Heart
Aug 18, 2022
Episode 142: A Conversation With Parents Television and Media Council’s Melissa Henson, and Strong F
Aug 11, 2022
Episode 141: Our Complicated Relationship With Christian Celebrities, and Fanfiction
Aug 04, 2022
Episode 140: I Kissed Instagram Goodbye & Top Pro-Life Movies
Jul 28, 2022
Episode 139: Christian Values in Secular Movies and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Jul 21, 2022
Episode 138: The Summer I Turned Pretty: Jenny Han’s YA Empire, Plus Where the Crawdads Sing
Jul 14, 2022
Episode 137.5: The GentleMinion Phenomenon
Jul 13, 2022
Episode 137: The Fun and Fumble of Fantasy Sports and The Rise of Gru and Thor: Love and Thunder
Jul 07, 2022
Episode 136: The Never-Ending Scroll & Elvis
Jun 30, 2022
Episode 135: Virtual Babies and Lightyear
Jun 23, 2022
Episode 134: Interview with an Influencer & Jurassic World: Dominion
Jun 16, 2022
Episode 133: Navigate or Avoid? How Do We Decide? Plus: Ms. Marvel
Jun 09, 2022
Episode 132: A Look at Obi-Wan Kenobi and Stranger Things 4
Jun 02, 2022
Episode 131: I Kissed Disney+ Goodbye: Alternatives to Mainstream Streaming Services. Plus: LEGO Sta
May 26, 2022
Episode 130: Adult Animated Shows & Your Family, Plus: Top Gun: Maverick
May 19, 2022
Episode 129: Hobby, Habit or Addiction: Bingeing Under the Microscope
May 12, 2022
Episode 128: Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness: Why Is One Storytelling Universe Not Enough
May 05, 2022
Episode 127: Digging Into Disney’s New Worldview...and Father Stu
Apr 28, 2022
Episode 126: Exploring the New Common Sense Media Census
Apr 21, 2022
Episode 125: Morbius, Moon Knight and Murky Superhero Spirituality. Plus, Just What are Dumbledore’s
Apr 14, 2022
Episode 124: The Slap Heard ‘Round the World … Plus: Best-Picture Winner Coda
Apr 07, 2022
Episode 123: Social Media State of the Union … Plus: When Calls the Heart
Mar 31, 2022
Episode 122: And the Pluggie Goes to ... ?
Mar 24, 2022
Episode 121: We Don't Talk About Uno: Board Games and Other Things
Mar 17, 2022
Episode 120: Swearing, Drinking & Plugged In
Mar 10, 2022
Episode 119: Just When You Think It's Safe to Go Back to the Batcave
Mar 03, 2022
Episode 118: Plugged In Talks to Focus on the Family's Jim Daly
Feb 24, 2022
Episode 117: Online Sports Betting Ads and Death on the Nile.
Feb 17, 2022
Episode 116: Thinking About Violence and Profanity in Movies, and The Legend of Vox Machina
Feb 10, 2022
Episode 115: Plugged In Talks Movie Review Content and the Movie Belle
Feb 03, 2022
Episode 114: Redeeming Love & the Question of How Edgy Is Too Edgy for Christian Movies
Jan 27, 2022
Episode 113: The Sacred/Secular Music Conversation … and ‘The Book of Boba Fett’
Jan 20, 2022
Episode 112: A Preview of 2022’s Movies … and an Interview with John Cooper
Jan 13, 2022
Episode 111: The Biggest Entertainment and Tech Stories of 2021
Jan 06, 2022
Episode 110: 'American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story' and the Enduring Appeal of the football movi
Dec 30, 2021
Episode 109: Spider-Man: No Way Home; Contributor or Consumer (with Danny Huerta)
Dec 23, 2021
Episode 108: The Sequels Strike Back ... Again
Dec 16, 2021
Episode 107: What’s with All the A.I. Stories? & The Wheel of Time
Dec 09, 2021
Episode 106: Christmas with "The Chosen: The Messengers" and a Conversation with Jesus and Mary
Dec 02, 2021
Episode 105: Encanto & Marvel's Latest Video Game
Nov 25, 2021
Episode 104: Today's Top Female Singers & Finch
Nov 18, 2021
Episode 103: Paranormal TV & Clifford the Big Red Dog
Nov 11, 2021
Episode 102: Dune, The Eternals & Sci-Fi Spirituality
Nov 04, 2021
Episode 101: Why We Review the Way We Do & Christmas Tech Trends
Oct 28, 2021
Episode 100: The Addams Family, Monster Movies & Superman's Coming Out
Oct 21, 2021
Episode 99: Fall TV & What Instagram Knows About Its Influence
Oct 14, 2021
Episode 98: "Dear Evan Hansen" and the Reprise of the Movie Musical
Oct 07, 2021
Episode 97: A Look at the "God's Not Dead" Franchise and a Conversation With Francesca Battistelli
Sep 30, 2021
Episode 96: Is Rock Dead? No One Told Skillet ... or Switchfoot ... or Imagine Dragons
Sep 23, 2021
Episode 95: Anime & Manga 101: Everything You Need to Know
Sep 16, 2021
Episode 94: A Conversation With Alex Kendrick and Unveiling Amazon's "Cinderella"
Sep 09, 2021
Episode 93: A Look at Shang-Chi and Exploring the Metaverse
Sep 02, 2021
Episode 92: This is Your Brain on Screens
Aug 26, 2021
Episode 91: Ted Lasso and The Kissing Booth
Aug 19, 2021
Episode 90: Vivo, "Parenting Generation Screen," and a Culture Countdown
Aug 12, 2021
Episode 89: When Books for Teens Turn Into R-Rated Entertainment
Aug 05, 2021
Episode 88: Plugged In Goes to the Olympics
Jul 29, 2021
Episode 87: A Look at "Space Jam" and a Conversation With an American Idol
Jul 22, 2021
Episode 86: Fathers, Orphans and Entertainment
Jul 15, 2021
Episode 85: Black Widow & The State of the Superhero Union
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 84: Fat Monica and The Rest of Us
Jul 01, 2021
Episode 83: When Antiheroes Become Our Heroes
Jun 24, 2021
Episode 82: What's the Draw With Dystopian Fantasy?
Jun 17, 2021
Episode 81: Emotional Intelligence Goes to Hollywood
Jun 10, 2021
Episode 80: Our Formative Pop Culture Influences
Jun 03, 2021
Episode 79: Cruella & Disney’s Darker Turn
May 27, 2021
Episode 78: Instagram for Kids? Experts Say, 'No Way!'
May 20, 2021
Episode 77: Billie Eilish: The Worldview of Self-Expression
May 13, 2021
Episode 76: What Hollywood Says About Family and Parenting
May 06, 2021
Episode 75: A Journey into Nomadland
Apr 29, 2021
Episode 74: Screen Time: A Conversation with Dr. Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane
Apr 22, 2021
Episode 73: The Dark Allure of True Crime Stories
Apr 15, 2021
Episode 72: Bigfoot vs. Big Oil: A Movie Worldview Case Study
Apr 08, 2021
Episode 71: 'Resurrection' & Two Issues With Movies About Jesus
Apr 01, 2021
Episode 70: Raya & The Last Dragon: Dealing With Mythology in Movies
Mar 25, 2021
Episode 69.5: Plugged In Movie Awards 2021 Special Edition
Mar 19, 2021
Episode 69: And the Oscar Nominees Are ...
Mar 18, 2021
Episode 68: Are You Using Tech's Parental Controls?
Mar 11, 2021
Episode 67: What You Need to Know About Roblox
Mar 04, 2021
Episode 66: How Can Something That Feels So Right Be So Wrong?
Feb 25, 2021
Episode 65: When Popular Entertainment Becomes Popular Psychology: How Does Hollywood Handle It?
Feb 18, 2021
Episode 64: What's the Deal With WandaVision, Anyway?
Feb 11, 2021
Episode 63: Brady. Mahomes. And ... Plugged In?
Feb 04, 2021
Episode 62: The Book Was Way Better Than the Movie!
Jan 28, 2021
Episode 61: Tech to Get You and Your Family Moving
Jan 21, 2021
Episode 60: What Are the Kids Listening To?
Jan 14, 2021
Episode 59: My Kid Asked for a Facebook Account and You Won't BELIEVE What Happened Next!
Jan 07, 2021
Episode 58: Soul and Onscreen Spirituality
Dec 31, 2020
Episode 57: Plugged In's Christmas Movies Extravaganza!
Dec 24, 2020
Episode 56: Franchises, Fans and Families
Dec 17, 2020
Episode 55: I'm (Not) Dreaming of a COVID Christmas
Dec 10, 2020
Episode 54: The Chosen and the State of Streaming Christian Content
Dec 03, 2020
Episode 53: A New Video Game Lands … Among Us
Nov 26, 2020
Episode 52: TV State of the Union
Nov 19, 2020
Episode 51: YouTube: Where the Kids Are
Nov 12, 2020
Episode 50: When Good Content Goes Bad: Does Anyone Really Want to See Hobbits Without Clothes?
Nov 05, 2020
Episode 49: Ask Plugged In!
Oct 29, 2020
Episode 48: Horror Movies: The Genre That Just Won’t Die
Oct 22, 2020
Episode 47: The Fascinating Influence of Christian Rap
Oct 15, 2020
Episode 46: Examining The Social Dilemma and Our Interaction with Social Media
Oct 08, 2020
Our Favorite Movies of the COVID-19 Season
Oct 01, 2020
Cancel Culture and Its Impact on Our Society
Sep 24, 2020
Video Gaming's Next-Gen Future: What to Expect
Sep 17, 2020
The Coronavirus's Legacy for Families' Entertainment and Technology Habits
Sep 10, 2020
Entertainment's Sexualization of Young Girls
Sep 03, 2020
Episode 40: Hamilton's Cultural Encore
Aug 27, 2020
Episode 39: When Pop Stars Outgrow Our Kids
Aug 20, 2020
Episode 38: Navigating the Impact of Television in Our Lives
Aug 13, 2020
Episode 37: Fun Non-Screen Ideas for Your Kids and Family
Aug 06, 2020
Episode 36: Appreciating the Influence of Books in a Screen-Based World
Jul 30, 2020
Episode 35: The Enduring Appeal of War Movies
Jul 23, 2020
Episode 34: What You Need to Know About Online Predators
Jul 16, 2020
Episode 33: Media Discernment in Action
Jul 09, 2020
Episode 32: Remembering the Good Old Days
Jul 02, 2020
Episode 31: Cause and Effect in Entertainment
Jun 25, 2020
Episode 30: Fathers and Entertainment
Jun 18, 2020
Episode 29: The Influence of Entertainment on Our Faith
Jun 11, 2020
Episode 28: A Look at Sexual Worldviews in Teen-Targeted Entertainment
Jun 04, 2020
Episode 27: The Big Deal About Screen Time
May 28, 2020
Episode 26: A Look at Entertainment Ratings Systems
May 21, 2020
Episode 25: Your Relationship with Video Games, Part 2
May 14, 2020
Episode 24: Your Relationship with Video Games, Part 1
May 07, 2020
Episode 23: The Coronavirus Effect on Sports
Apr 30, 2020
Episode 22: Pop Culture and Identity
Apr 23, 2020
Episode 21: The Coronavirus and Remote Communication
Apr 16, 2020
Episode 20: The Coronavirus and Television
Apr 09, 2020
Episode 19: The Coronavirus and Technology
Apr 02, 2020
Episode 18: The Coronavirus and Home-Bound Entertainment
Mar 26, 2020
Episode 17: ‘Tis the Season … for Christian Movies
Mar 19, 2020
Episode 16: Teen Idols: The Impact of Justin Bieber
Mar 12, 2020
Episode 15: A Peek at Pixar
Mar 05, 2020
Episode 14: Much Ado about Rom-Coms
Feb 27, 2020
Episode 13: The Influence of Music
Feb 21, 2020
Episode 12: Oscar Winners and The Plugged In Movie Awards
Feb 14, 2020
Episode 11: What Makes TikTok Tick
Feb 06, 2020
Episode 10: A Look at Billie Eilish
Jan 30, 2020
Episode 9: Your Teen’s Relationship with Technology
Jan 23, 2020
Episode 8: Oscar Nominations and The Influence of Movies
Jan 16, 2020
Episode 7: Movers and Shakers
Jan 09, 2020
Episode 6: Favorite Movies of the Decade and Best of 2019 (Music, TV, Video Games)
Jan 02, 2020
Episode 5: Tech Boundaries and Dopamine Fasting
Dec 26, 2019
Episode 4: A Look at Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and The Cultural Impact of the Saga
Dec 19, 2019
Episode 3: Episode 3: VeggieTales and Celebrities Embracing Faith
Dec 12, 2019
Episode 2: Hallmark Holiday Movies and First Phones
Dec 05, 2019
Episode 1: Disney Princesses and Teen Tech Use
Nov 25, 2019
Preview
Nov 21, 2019