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Turning This Car Around

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.

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Latest Episodes:

121: Whipped Cream (Vodka) & Other Delights Jul 22, 2016

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Lex is enjoying himself some delicious vodka. Jon's daughter likes the Junie B. Jones books. Our thanks to Blue Apron for sponsoring this episode. Blue Apron ships you ingredients and amazing recipes. Learn while you cook and cook meals you'll love. Go to BlueApron.com/TURNING and get three meals FREE with free shipping. Our thanks as well to Eleanor Amplified, an adventure podcast for your little do-gooder. Follow the adventures of journalist Eleanor Amplified on iTunes, Stitch or your favorite podcast listening thingy or go to WHYY.org/Eleanor. 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. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

120: Nerds Jul 13, 2016

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Jon saw The Secret Life of Pets and gives it a thumbs up. Have you heard of this Pokémon Go thing? Kinda huge. Moltz liked Pee-wee's Big Holiday, which is on Netflix streaming. Our thanks to Blue Apron for sponsoring this episode. Blue Apron ships you ingredients and amazing recipes. Learn while you cook and cook meals you'll love. Go to BlueApron.com/TURNING and get three meals FREE with free shipping. Our thanks also to Rhone, makers of very fine athletic wear. Their silvertech technology fights odor and provides maximum comfort. Visit Rhone.com/TTCA and use the promo code "TTCA" for 15% off your first order. Our thanks as well to Eleanor Amplified, an adventure podcast for your little do-gooder. Follow the adventures of journalist Eleanor Amplified on iTunes, Stitch or your favorite podcast listening thingy or go to WHYY.org/Eleanor. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

119: Everything is Awful Jul 08, 2016

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We offer some thoughts on recent horrible events, including what happened in Dallas. It has us thinking about 1968. Our thanks to Rhone, makers of very fine athletic wear. Their silvertech technology fights odor and provides maximum comfort. Visit Rhone.com/TTCA and use the promo code "TTCA" for 15% off your first order. Our thanks also to Pinhole Press for sponsoring this episode. Upload your photos and make a simple and smart memory game for your kids. Visit PinholePress.com/TTCA and enter code "TTCA" for 20% off on a memory game or choose one of their many other picture options from puzzles to frames to magnets. Our thanks as well to Sleep Number, the best sleep of your life. Set your sleep number from 0 to 100 to adjust how firm or soft you want your sleep experience. Find a Sleep Number store near you at SleepNumber.com and tell them Lex from Turning This Car Around sent you (really). Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

118: OITNB LARP Camp Jun 30, 2016

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Jon Dickerson writes an elegant ode to camp. Jon is not that many degrees separated from Sting (that's Sting's daughter). Moltz recommends Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens which features new dialog from the original cast of the movie. Jon recommends Trials Fusion for unicorn racing action. Snap Circuits might replace your broken circuits for free, but you didn't hear it from us. They say that pain is just weakness leaving the body. Our thanks to Pinhole Press for sponsoring this episode. Upload your photos and make a simple and smart memory game for your kids. Visit PinholePress.com/TTCA and enter code "TTCA" for 20% off on a memory game or choose one of their many other picture options from puzzles to frames to magnets. Our thanks as well to Sleep Number, the best sleep of your life. Set your sleep number from 0 to 100 to adjust how firm or soft you want your sleep experience. Find a Sleep Number store near you at SleepNumber.com and tell them Lex from Turning This Car Around sent you (really). Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

117: Don't Touch My Kid Jun 24, 2016

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A Medium article suggests we stop trying to make everything perfect for our kids. Can it be there was a Saturday Night Live parody Apple ad that Moltz hasn't seen? Our thanks to Pinhole Press for sponsoring this episode. Upload your photos and make a simple and smart memory game for your kids. Visit PinholePress.com/TTCA and enter code "TTCA" for 20% off on a memory game or choose one of their many other picture options from puzzles to frames to magnets. Our thanks as well to Mack Weldon. Mack Weldon makes fucking glorious underwear to hold your bits in the way they deserve and we know this because we're wearing it right fucking now. It is awesome stuff. So go to their site and use the promo code "TTCA" to get 20 percent off your order. And our thanks to ABCMouse.com, the early learning academy for kids 2-7 that has more than 7,000 reading, math and science learning activities for your child. Visit ABCMouse.com/TurnThisCar to get your first month free! Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

116: My Connection is Better Than Yours Jun 17, 2016

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Airplane is a good movie. Swift Playgrounds should be a good way for kids to spend the summer. Human Resource Machine is more of a game but also teaches programming. MIT's Scratch is a third way for kids to learn programming. Our thanks to Pinhole Press for sponsoring this episode. Upload your photos and make a simple and smart memory game for your kids. Visit PinholePress.com/TTCA and enter code "TTCA" for 20% off on a memory game or choose one of their many other picture options from puzzles to frames to magnets. And our thanks to ABCMouse.com, the early learning academy for kids 2-7 that has more than 7,000 reading, math and science learning activities for your child. Visit ABCMouse.com/TurnThisCar to get your first month free! Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

115: Lex Pool Party Jun 09, 2016

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None of us is crazy about Amelia Bedelia. Lex is OK with Frog and Toad but thinks one of them is a jerk. Our thanks to Pinhole Press for sponsoring this episode. Upload your photos and make a simple and smart memory game for your kids. Visit PinholePress.com/TTCA and enter code "TTCA" for 20% off on a memory game or choose one of their many other picture options from puzzles to frames to magnets. Our thanks also go out to Audible. Audible has books you can download and listen to on your iPhone, Kindle or Android device. Visit Audible.com/TTCA to get a free 30-day trial. Our thanks as well to Mack Weldon. Mack Weldon makes fucking glorious underwear to hold your bits in the way they deserve and we know this because we're wearing it right fucking now. It is awesome stuff. So go to their site and use the promo code "TTCA" to get 20 percent off your order. And our thanks to ABCMouse.com, the early learning academy for kids 2-7 that has more than 7,000 reading, math and science learning activities for your child. Visit ABCMouse.com/TurnThisCar to get your first month free! Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

114: Covered in Gorilla @#$% Jun 03, 2016

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Lex loved this year's Spelling Bee. Sleep++ is an Apple Watch app Jon uses for sleep tracking. Are you the last person on the Earth to hear about Chewbacca mom? What about the Cincinnati gorilla? Moltz and Jon are concerned the only Star Wars movie Lex has seen might be The Holiday Special. Our thanks to the Amazon Kindle e-reader, a co-sponsor of the Scripts National Spelling Bee. The Kindle e-reader is the perfect no-strings-attached device for kids. Go to Amazon.com/KindleForKids to check out a great bundle deal. Our thanks as well to Sleep Number, the best sleep of your life. Set your sleep number from 0 to 100 to adjust how firm or soft you want your sleep experience. Right now you can save $500 on the Memorial Day bed! Find a Sleep Number store near you at SleepNumber.com and tell them Lex from Turning This Car Around sent you (really). Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

113: There's A Weird Switch Inside Me May 25, 2016

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Moltz was taught a messed up alphabet as a kid. Jon is having quite the situation with his refrigerator. Our thanks to the Amazon Kindle e-reader, a co-sponsor of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The Kindle e-reader is the perfect no-strings-attached device for kids. Go to Amazon.com/KindleForKids to check out a great bundle deal. Our thanks as well to Sleep Number, the best sleep of your life. Set your sleep number from 0 to 100 to adjust how firm or soft you want your sleep experience. Right now you can save 50% on limited edition beds and all mattresses are on sale! Find a Sleep Number store near you at SleepNumber.com and tell them Lex from Turning This Car Around sent you (really). Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

112: Strategic Conquest May 20, 2016

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Jon's last name is Armstrong if you hadn't heard. Lex still likes to play Excitebike. Moltz wants to get the Midway Arcade figure for Lego Dimensions. I mean his kid does. His kid. Super Mario Maker is a pretty cool game, too. Moltz fondly remembers making levels for Marathon. His favorite game of all time, though, is Myth. A game the kids love is Track Mania Turbo. Shufflepuck Cantina is an iOS game based on the classic game Shufflepuck Café. In graduate school (yes, really), Moltz played many hours of Strategic Conquest. Our thanks also to the , a co-sponsor of the Scripts National Spelling Bee. The Kindle e-reader is the perfect no-strings-attached device for kids. Go to Amazon.com/KindleForKids to check out a great bundle deal. Our thanks as well to Sleep Number, the best sleep of your life. Set your sleep number from 0 to 100 to adjust how firm or soft you want your sleep experience. Right now you can save 50% on limited edition beds and all mattresses are on sale! Find a Sleep Number store near you at SleepNumber.com and tell them Lex from Turning This Car Around sent you (really). Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

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