America's number one best and favorite podcast about fatherhood hosted by Lex Friedman, John Moltz and Jon Armstrong.
Turning This Car Around is a podcast about parenthood from three dads, Lex Friedman, John Moltz and Jon Armstrong. You can follow us collectively on Twitter as @ttcashow
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Lex Friedman is the Chief Revenue Officer at ART19. He is a pretty important guy in the world of podcasting. He's also a writer; he authored humor books like The Snuggie Sutra and The Kid in the Crib.
He was also a senior contributor to Macworld, an author of technology books, and the co-host of Not Playing, a podcast where Dan Moren and Lex watch movies that everyone else has already seen. Mr. Friedman was formerly the cohost of Unprofessional.
Lex’s blog is called Lex, Briefly.
Lex lives with his wife and three kids in New Jersey.
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You might know John Moltz as a person on the Internet. Many people do! However, he also appears in other guises, sometimes as a large, golden bull and others as a phalanx of beautiful swans! Usually, however, he appears as a guy working at a desk. Other important points that John Moltz would like to share:
- John Moltz is fluent in English and conversational in two other languages.
- John Moltz is the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs. He’s fast enough for you, old man.
- John Moltz is actually made up of thousands of smaller John Moltzes, all furiously working tiny little gears to keep the larger construct you know as “John Moltz” functioning.
- John Moltz is a little too comfortable talking about himself in the third person.
Jon Armstrong is a long time blogger at the barely alive Blurbomat, a UX/UI consultant, a web/business developer, a photographer and the impetus for this show. In a past life he executive produced a popular blog and ran the business. Yes, business. Turning This Car Around marks Armstrong’s first foray into podcasting.
You can see his photos on Flickr and Instagram.
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Jon splits time between Brooklyn, New York and Salt Lake City, Utah. Armstrong has two wonderful and amazing biological children and two also wonderful almost-stepchildren.
Moltz is on a well deserved vacation and Lex joins Armstrong from the magical and storied Earwolf studio in Los Angeles. The only guest on this episode is massive amounts of guilt.
Armstrong has seen the new Pete's Dragon. Lex talks about forcing his children to watch the original Pete’s Dragon (on Amazon).
Pete's Dragon, 2016: BluRay + DVD + digital HD) digital version (when available).
The boy who plays Pete in Pete's Dragon is Oakes Fegley, just in case you needed to know.
Lex recommends This Is Where I Leave You (IMDB, Video on Amazon, Book on Amazon).
Lex also recommends massive storage bins for kid art projects. Armstrong imagines they look something like this. However, Armstrong uses something more sane.
Thanks to Close5 for sponsoring this week's episode. Close5 lets you buy and sell with others nearby. Download Close5 for free in the App Store or Google Play Store.
And our thanks to Horizon Organic. Horizon Organic doesn’t put artificial flavors, preservatives or colors in their foods–because kids eat food. Look for the Horizon red snack boxes in the snack aisle, and visit HorizonDairy.com to see what else Horizon has to offer families.
Our thanks also to Hooked On Phonics for sponsoring this week's episode. Hooked On Phonics has over 200 songs, games and ebooks designed to help your child learn to read. Their app is available on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon app stores and you can go to HookedOnPhonics.com/CAR for a time limited free trial.
Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb. Show notes are at http://turningthiscararound.com