Caleb Gottry is the Plugged In intern for Summer 2024. Caleb studies journalism with a minor in music at Texas Christian University, where he will be a junior in the fall. He loves playing with words, listening to and making music, and spending any spare time with friends or family.
Media can be used as a catalyst for conversation, even about hard topics like suicide. Plugged In talked with a counselor about the subject and provides examples of entertainment that get it right.
Prime Video’s newest reality talk show, Influenced, has LGBT content throughout and promotes some other problems, too.
This problematic sci-fi show’s fourth season forces our protagonists to solve, once again, another world-ending scenario.
Fiddler on the Roof is quite clean and could be a great conversation starter for the whole family about faith and culture.
SpongeBob and Sandy Cheeks set out to rescue their home from an evil CEO in a story that’s equal parts immature, silly and sweet.
The suspenseful and mysterious show has some language and a plot that may lend itself to more content issues in future episodes.
61st Street is an intense and socially charged narrative about the fall of a corrupt and racially prejudiced criminal justice system.
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