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A Recast of ‘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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Recastable Episodes (302)

1. Turning This Car Around - EP01: Yeah. No. Bed. - Final Jan. 8, 2014
2. Planning Is Super Fun Jan. 14, 2014
3. #3 - Whizzpopper Maker Jan. 22, 2014
4. #4: Food Jan. 28, 2014
5. #5: Weights On The Unit Feb. 4, 2014
6. #6: Seat Backs and Tray Tables Feb. 12, 2014
7. #7: Monsters Do Not Like Poodle Farts Feb. 20, 2014
8. #8: Rad Hair Feb. 25, 2014
9. #9: Ron is the 7th Cylon March 5, 2014
10. #10: Stay in School March 13, 2014
11. #11: I Don't Have Time for That March 19, 2014
12. #12: Elmo Ate Daddy March 26, 2014
13. #13: I've Been Vetted April 2, 2014
14. #14: You're in Second Grade and Your Ass is Still in First April 9, 2014
15. #15: Mistakes Were Made April 16, 2014
16. #16: Why Do You Need the Rooster? April 30, 2014
17. #17: Sex Talk 2: Army of [Redacted] May 2, 2014
18. #18: Tell Your Mom I Said Hi May 13, 2014
19. #19: The Pool Whisperer May 21, 2014
20. #20: Don't Put Fireworks Up Your Butt May 28, 2014
21. #21: Swords and Guns and ... June 3, 2014
22. 22: Useless Nipples June 11, 2014
23. 23: There is a Beaver in the Nursery June 19, 2014
24. 24: A Dishwasher Is More Important Than Meat. Also Bourbon. June 25, 2014
25. 25: Brian's Pants Were Permanently Attached July 12, 2014
26. 26: Not-Yet-Born Kirk Cameron July 25, 2014
27. 27: You Can't Handle This Train Aug. 6, 2014
28. 28: I'm No Longer Fulfilled Taking Him to the Bathroom Aug. 16, 2014
29. 29: My Wife Would Not Say She's Been Lucky Aug. 23, 2014
30. 30: Back to School Aug. 28, 2014
31. 31: Accidental Car Podcast Sept. 10, 2014
32. 32: Stay Off-Property Sept. 17, 2014
33. 33: Mucous Powers Activate! Oct. 2, 2014
34. 34: You'll Never Love a Clown Again Oct. 9, 2014
35. 35: There Are Two Holes In The Basement Wall Oct. 17, 2014
36. 36: Pro-Naked-Butt-Farting Tag Oct. 22, 2014
37. 37: Teens on the Corner Oct. 30, 2014
38. 38: Judgment & Blow Nov. 5, 2014
39. 39: Minions Don't Have [redacted] Nov. 13, 2014
40. 40: LARPing the Manger Nov. 20, 2014
41. 41: Some Families are Farting Families Nov. 26, 2014
42. 42: Nearly Instantaneous Torque Dec. 4, 2014
43. 43: Holiday Johns Dec. 12, 2014
44. 44: "Jews Don't Drink Eggnog" Dec. 20, 2014
45. 45: Happy Puberty Jan. 7, 2015
46. 46: Vomit Jelly Beans Jan. 15, 2015
47. 47: Rabbit Poop Jan. 23, 2015
48. 48: Anal Vacuuming Technique Feb. 6, 2015
49. 49: And his name shall be Cody Feb. 13, 2015
50. 50: Fears and Dogs Feb. 20, 2015
51. 51: The Hard Questions Feb. 28, 2015
52. 52: Performance Anxiety March 5, 2015
53. 53: The Random Show March 13, 2015
54. 54: Free Range Parenting March 20, 2015
55. #55: Lexless March 27, 2015
56. 56: Musical Camp April 3, 2015
57. 57: I'm Conflicted At This Moment April 10, 2015
58. 58: 5th Grade Camp April 17, 2015
59. 59: Let's Get Physical. Or not. April 23, 2015
60. 60: Apple Watching Kids May 5, 2015
61. 61: Learning and Some Hugging May 17, 2015
62. 62: Blood Coaster May 27, 2015
63. 63: Summer Family Movie Blockbuster Edition June 5, 2015
64. 64: Middle School Means No Bare Shoulders June 11, 2015
65. 65: Sacrificial Phil June 17, 2015
66. 66: Bill O'Reilly Parts June 25, 2015
67. 67: This Ain't SeaWorld, Grandma July 2, 2015
68. 68: Ball Pit Full of Bunnies July 8, 2015
69. 69: Drinking Up to a New Level July 17, 2015
70. 70: Liam! Liam! Liam! July 23, 2015
71. 71: Location, Location, Location July 30, 2015
72. 72: Death and Underwear Aug. 7, 2015
73. 73: Illegalize It Aug. 13, 2015
74. 74: Scared Straight-ish Aug. 25, 2015
75. 75: Very Real, Very Estate Aug. 27, 2015
76. 76: Nobody Has Sex in Pennsylvania Sept. 4, 2015
77. 77: Back in Time Sept. 11, 2015
78. 78: GWAR Sept. 18, 2015
79. 79: Lex's Sleep Patterns Sept. 25, 2015
80. 80: Figurative Hole in the Ground Oct. 3, 2015
81. 81: 17 Inches of Dangling Hell Oct. 9, 2015
82. 82: Dad Boner Oct. 16, 2015
83. 83: Star Wars Schtick Oct. 22, 2015
84. 83a: The Force is Calling Oct. 22, 2015
85. 84: Holy My Goodness Oct. 30, 2015
86. 85: Helloween Nov. 7, 2015
87. 86: Guitar Shopping Nov. 13, 2015
88. 87: Record Breaking Prostate Nov. 19, 2015
89. 88: Thankful for being born Nov. 26, 2015
90. 89: Stereotypically Lex Dec. 4, 2015
91. 90: A Very Chomsky Christmas Dec. 11, 2015
92. 91: Snowball(ing) Dec. 17, 2015
93. 92: The Lex Awakens Dec. 24, 2015
94. 93: Lex's Last Dance Jan. 8, 2016
95. 94: Enema Time Jan. 15, 2016
96. 95: FIreplaces are B.S. Jan. 23, 2016
97. 96: Four Holes for Your Butts Jan. 29, 2016
98. 97: Lapsitter Thingmaker Feb. 4, 2016
99. 98: Frothy Feb. 12, 2016
100. 99: Designated Lunch Packer Feb. 18, 2016
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