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01CultureSeptember 7, 2026

Do Teens Still Read and Watch Documentaries?

Nobody plans to watch a documentary anymore. It happens by accident while scrolling through TikTok, Reels, or YouTube Shorts. You see a quick fifteen-second clip, and before you know it, you are watching a three-minute video about a war from the past.

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03The AM Shift ExperienceAugust 29, 2026

It All Starts With a Shift…

The AM Shift is an idea born at 12 a.m.—an idea that brought together two humans searching for purpose, meaning, and an imprint of their own. Two people who believe in being humane in a world that increasingly needs to be humanized. In a time shaped by social media, technology, algorithms, trends, and an endless race f

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