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Turning This Car Around
Hosted by Lex Friedman, John Moltz and Jon Armstrong · EN
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.
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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Moltz is self-made
Jul 19, 202100:52:46Tap to summarizeAmerica's least dislikable dads are back for another discussion ranging from rollercoasters to rock bands.Jon likes the Razer Kishi controller for smartphones.Moltz likes his Kobo e-reader.Lex likes the band AJR.Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found at @moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.
Transcribe →Totally Toobin
Nov 2, 202000:41:28Tap to summarizeWe're back to help you get through this week!If you want to drink along with us, Lex is drinking Tanqueray 10, Jon is drinking Weller bourbon and Moltz is drinking Tullamore Dew.Reference is made to a seminal scene from The Naked Gun.
Transcribe →I love my kids... but...
May 11, 202000:27:48Tap to summarizeAmerica's favorite dads are back to help get you through quarantine without killing your children.Paul Kafasis shows us how busy the Boston freeway is now.Jon has been relying on Skribbl.io.Lex likes the show Upload on Amazon Prime.Moltz and Hank both loved the last season of Clone Wars, just sadly not at the same time.
Transcribe →Quarantine!
Mar 16, 202000:31:44Tap to summarizeLots of school closures going on. Utah has also closed its schools now.The head of the NY/NJ port authority has tested positive for coronavirus.Professional baskeball player Rudy Gobert will be taking the virus a little more seriously from now on.A man who was waiting for his test results and boarded a flight anyway has been banned by Jet Blue.Lex is enjoying Love is Blind. Moltz says he can have it.
Transcribe →Coins
Mar 12, 202000:38:43Tap to summarizeWhen talking about driver's ed, you have to think of the Naked Gun driver’s ed scene.There is some nerding out over this keyboard on this episode.Moltz's Xbox died but he's holding out for the Xbox Series X.He and Hank have been playing Crossy Road Castle.The car with the swivel seats is the Monte Carlo.
Transcribe →Comatoast
Feb 7, 202000:36:05Tap to summarizeGet your own emergency bathroom kit.Mark Hamill does a great Harrison Ford impression.Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found at @moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.
Transcribe →Doctors and Disney
Jan 19, 202000:32:52Tap to summarizeLex is goin' to Disney World! and is using the DisneyWorld Lines app.Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found at @moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.
Transcribe →Nipples and Cars
Jan 10, 202000:40:18Tap to summarizeMoltz's dad had a Ford Capri, similar to this one.The Watch was not fond of The Rise of Skywalker.Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found at @moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.
Transcribe →Socks
Dec 19, 201900:33:34Tap to summarizeMoltz likes Kane11 socks (his nephew works for them).Armstrong like Southern Scholar socks.Ryan Reynolds' Aviator gin gets the actress from the Peleton ad to follow up.Moltz used to have this Discman.The Xbox Series X isn't coming until next year.Jon says PlayStation Remote Play works pretty well.Hank has had some fun working with Pcalc.Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found at @moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.
Transcribe →Everybody dies
Dec 17, 201900:36:28Tap to summarizeKeurig is making a cocktail pod machine.Don't tell Hank but he's getting Luigi’s mansion for Christmas.Don't tell Liam but he's getting Duo for Hanukkah.The Rise of Skywalker soundtrack reveals some spoilers about the movie.Please enjoy these Banksy gifts that you can't actually buy.Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found at @moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.
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