Youth Culture Matters - A CPYU Podcast

Walt Mueller

podcast@cpyu.org

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Booking Overview

Youth Culture Matters is a CPYU podcast focused on helping parents and youth workers interpret—and respond well to—issues affecting children, teens, and young adults. It offers practical, values-driven guidance, often featuring youth workers and ministry leaders to break down what’s happening in youth culture and how to respond.

Metrics

Episodes: 222

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Instagram: 1.7k followers

Contact Information

podcast@cpyu.org

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Host

Walt Mueller - Hosted by CPYU President Walt Mueller. The show covers issues related to youth culture and how parents and youth workers can respond to help children, teens, and young adults navigate their world i...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Experienced youth workers and youth ministry leaders; representatives affiliated with established networks (e.g., National Network of Youth Ministries) who can translate youth-culture trends into actionable, faith-based guidance for parents and youth leaders.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership or senior role in a youth ministry network, Demonstrated experience serving teens/young adults in youth programs, Ability to interpret research and guidance for practical ministry responses

Recent Guest Discussions

three youthworkers (unnamed) - U.s. Surgeon General Advisory On Screen Time—data, Recommendations, And Strategies For Responding For The Good Of Kids

Tony Villafane - Best Practices For Youth Workers; Thriving In Rapidly Changing Youth Culture; Faithfully Serving The Lord In Youth Ministry

Travis Deans - Best Practices For Youth Workers; Thriving In Rapidly Changing Youth Culture; Faithfully Serving The Lord In Youth Ministry

Wayne Morgan - Best Practices For Youth Workers; Thriving In Rapidly Changing Youth Culture; Faithfully Serving The Lord In Youth Ministry

Recent Topics

Youth Ministry, Parenting, Screen Time, Teen Health, Media Literacy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Youth Culture Matters - A CPYU Podcast
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Episode 223: "Purposeful Parenting Summer Series - Rewiring the Rewiring"

June 23, 2026

It's summertime and here on Youth Culture Matters were devoting our time to shorter episodes where we're talking about purposeful parenting, addressing timely topics to encourage and equip you as parents to help your kids navigate their world in ways that bring honor and glory to God. Take a few minutes to listen in today as I talk about rewiring the rewiring.

Episode 222: "Surgeon General's Advisory on Screen Time" A Youth Worker Roundtable

June 16, 2026

The U.S. Surgeon General just dropped a massive warning on what’s trending with our kids regarding screen time, and the message it sends on how screen-time is impacting our children and teens is a wake-up call for all of us. Today, on this episode of youth culture matters, I chat with three youthworkers to break down the reports data and recommendations, and to strategize about how we can best respond for the good of our kids, and God’s glory. 

Episode 221: "The Power of Networking to Help You Faithfully Serve" with NNYM

June 09, 2026

What does it mean to thrive as a youth worker in today’s rapidly changing youth culture? And what are the best practices we can employ to insure that we are faithfully serving the Lord in this high calling of ministering to students? We’re tackling those questions and more as I chat with a trio of seasoned youth workers from the National Network of Youth Ministries – Wayne Morgan, Travis Deans, and Tony Villafane, on this episode of Youth Culture Matters.

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