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Turning This Car Around

Summary: America's number one best and favorite podcast about fatherhood hosted by Lex Friedman, John Moltz and Jon Armstrong.

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 122: Summer Corn Circle | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:47:52

Lex kinda sorta suggests the Norpro 5405 Grip Ez Corn Cutter. Jon's discovery of the "Amazon Corn Page". Moltz talks a bit about his Circle. Jon explains ARP spoofing. 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. 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. 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.

 121: Whipped Cream (Vodka) & Other Delights | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:56:59

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 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:52:03

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 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:43:54

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 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:48:45

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 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:42:24

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 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:42:42

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 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:43:18

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 @#$% | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:36:37

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 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:58:57

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 | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:48:43

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.

 111: Harmonica Convergence | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:46:50

Lex waxes nostalgic about his 1990s wacky sound device. Remember the Big Mouth Musical Singers? We do. Polaroid has a new instant-print camera. They also have a printer you can send pictures to right from your phone. Our thanks this week 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 "CAR" to get 20 percent off your order. Our thanks also 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. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

 110: Littler Hitler | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:46:06

We make mention of Room, both the book and the book/?tag=turningthiscararound-20" rel="nofollow">the movie. Jon thinks the song The Mighty Rio Grande from the movie is pretty amazing. We also mention the movie 127 Hours which somehow leads us to talking about cannibalism. Our thanks this week 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 "CAR" to get 20 percent off your order. Our thanks also to Enclosed, gorgeous and enticing panties for women. Visit Enclosed.com/car and get $25 off any of their subscription plans. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

 109: Live on Tape from the TTCA Tower | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 01:17:54

Jon mentions the movie Tapeheads. Lex's kids are getting into Minecraft, which Moltz wrote part of a book about. Lex is considering getting a MAME cabinet for his basement. People have some thoughts on how to make scrambled eggs appropriately. Moltz's college roommate was on Malcolm in the Middle. In the post show, Moltz and Jon geek out about Captain America: Civil War clips. Our thanks to Universal Yums for sponsoring this episode. Universal Yums is a monthly box full of snacks from a new country every month. Go to UniversalYums.com/turning and sign up for as little as $13 a month. Use the code "TURNING" to get 15 percent off your first box! 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.

 108: Netflix and Dryl | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:44:13

Moltz and Armstrong advise Lex to invest in a drone to track his children. They stand behind that solid parenting advice. Leslie Blanchard's Huffington Post piece about what happened when she was afraid her daughter was being the bully. Moltz's son used to play Roblox which Moltz isn't a fan of particularly. Our thanks to Enclosed, gorgeous and enticing panties for women. Visit Enclosed.com/car and get $25 off any of their subscription plans. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found @Moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

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