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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:

221: Passive Aggressive Revenge Strategies Jun 29, 2018

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Renting a Jaguar F-Type seems like it would be pretty cool. NBC News looks at an adventure playground in New York full of hammers and saws. Here's the official site for it. Our thanks to Sixt, a whole new car rental experience. Rent top quality cars, like a 2018 Jaguar F-Type, at affordable prices in cities like Miami, LA, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Dallas, Philadelphia, and Seattle, AND in over 105 countries internationally. Go to Sixt.com to find a branch. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

220: Always Play as Thanos Jun 23, 2018

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Jon and Moltz discuss Solo before they are joined by one Lex Friedman. Moltz is excited about Mario Tennis Aces. Neven Mrgan makes some great signs at the request of his son. The definition of "bershon". Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom doesn't look all that great so Jon and Moltz have their sights set on Ant-Man and the Wasp. Jon recommends Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2. Our thanks to Control GX, the first grey-reducing shampoo, from Just For Men. Reducing your grey is as easy as washing your hair with Control GX. Get 25% off Control GX using code Regrowth25 at ControlGX.com! Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

219: Our Kids Are Already Ruined Jun 16, 2018

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We talk about an NPR article on how to get your kids to do chores without hating it and realize it's too late for our kids. Jon recommends The Staircase: An American Murder Mystery on Netflix for your summer viewing (not for the kids). Lex does not recommend watching American Vandal with your parents, depending on how serious your parents are. Our thanks to Sixt, a whole new car rental experience. Rent top quality cars, like a 2018 Jaguar F-Type, at affordable prices in cities like Miami, LA, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Dallas, Philadelphia, and Seattle, AND in over 105 countries internationally. Go to Sixt.com to find a branch. 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. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

218: Eat It Jun 09, 2018

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Our thanks to Simple Contacts. Renew your prescription and re-order your brand of lenses from anywhere, in minutes, through an online, self-guided vision test. Get $30 off your first Simple Contacts order by going to simplecontacts.com/ttca or enter the code TTCA at checkout. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

217: Moltz IS the Boilermaker May 31, 2018

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Jon references Cars That Go Boom. Moltz likes The Expanse. Lex is high on Forto. That da Vinci drawing of a man with his arms outstretched is called Vitruvian Man. Our thanks to Sixt, a whole new car rental experience. Rent top quality cars, like a 2018 Jaguar F-Type, at affordable prices in cities like Miami, LA, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Dallas, Philadelphia, and Seattle, AND in over 105 countries internationally. Go to Sixt.com to find a branch. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

216: 18 May 25, 2018

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How do you keep a yarmulke on? Kippon. Turns out "Dan In Real Life" is the name of a movie as well as being a good name for a podcast with Dan Moren. An amazing thread about Utah children's names. You can find more Utah names at Utah Baby Namer. Lex recommends the Amaze. Our thanks to Control GX, the first grey-reducing shampoo, from Just For Men. Reducing your grey is as easy as washing your hair with Control GX. Get 25% off Control GX using code Regrowth25 at ControlGX.com! Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

215: Kleptosexual May 12, 2018

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Jon and Lex discuss Ready Player One. Two girls who were FaceTime friends meet in real life. Jon's Pick Of The Week is Steam Link for iOS. Finally he can play Dream Date Daddy on his phone. Moltz likes Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories. Jon recommends Chef. RBG looks good for the whole family. Our thanks to Care.com for sponsoring this episode. Care.com helps you find any kind of care help you need: babysitters, nannies, dog walkers and elder care. Go to Care.com/TTCA and you'll get 30 percent off a premium membership. Our thanks to "Marc's Mission: Way Of The Warrior Kid". Marc was miserable until his Navy SEAL uncle came to visit. Now, after jiu-jitsu, situps and generally getting it all together, does Marc have was it takes? Visit the web site to learn more! Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

214: Cocaine Thursday May 05, 2018

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George Clooney used to have a pet pig. Are the owners of Coors brewing Nazis? Well, not Nazi Nazis, anyway. Some more on free-range parenting. A strange and unfortunate incident from Tacoma. This superintendent is somewhat less than super. Our thanks to CanvasPeople.com, a really easy to use Photo-to-Canvas service that takes your favorite photo memories and turns them into beautiful artwork for you to enjoy every day. Now, as a special, very limited Mother’s Day offer, CanvasPeople.com is offering their popular 11 by 14 photo canvases for free. Go to CanvasPeople.com and use promo code "TTCA". Our thanks to March of Dimes. For every parent who’s ever done a frantic online search at 2:00 AM. For the first days home from the hospital, and every long night after that. For every family who’s ever lost a child. For every healthy mom and strong baby. March of Dimes is there... Join us at MarchOfDimes.org/TTCA. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

213: Summer is Coming. With Thanos. Apr 28, 2018

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Moltz reads the poem Good Bones by Maggie Smith (not the actress). Mission To Mars is not a great movie. Moltz was a budding Art Bell back in the day. Our thanks to March of Dimes. For every parent who’s ever done a frantic online search at 2:00 AM. For the first days home from the hospital, and every long night after that. For every family who’s ever lost a child. For every healthy mom and strong baby. March of Dimes is there... Join us at MarchOfDimes.org/TTCA. Our thanks to CanvasPeople.com, a really easy to use Photo-to-Canvas service that takes your favorite photo memories and turns them into beautiful artwork for you to enjoy every day. Use promo code "TTCA" to get a FREE 11x14 canvas, you just pay shipping! Our thanks to "Marc's Mission: Way Of The Warrior Kid". Marc was miserable until his Navy SEAL uncle came to visit. Now, after jiu-jitsu, situps and generally getting it all together, does Marc have was it takes? Visit the web site to learn more! Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

212: Promo Code: Butts Apr 21, 2018

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Kids in Utah are now free-range. Lex's kids were watching An American Tail. Our thanks to March of Dimes. For every parent who’s ever done a frantic online search at 2:00 AM. For the first days home from the hospital, and every long night after that. For every family who’s ever lost a child. For every healthy mom and strong baby. March of Dimes is there... Join us at MarchOfDimes.org/TTCA. Our thanks to Control GX, the first grey-reducing shampoo, from Just For Men. Reducing your grey is as easy as washing your hair with Control GX. Get 25% off Control GX using code Regrowth25 at ControlGX.com! Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

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