Jumping Monkeys (Audio)
Join Megan Morrone, mother of three toddlers, and Leo Laporte, father of two teens, as they talk about parenting in the digital age, featuring lots of helpful links and advice, plus interviews with other geek parents, web site designers, and bloggers. Although the show is no longer in production, you can enjoy episodes from the TWiT Archives.
Episodes
RattleMe, Smart Girls and Smart Boys, Ze Frank's Flickr memory game, school tech, and more.
Our guest is Amy Wondany of RattleMe.
Spend: Nintendo DS Smart Girls and Smart Boys Series
Save: Save money on a memory game, use Ze Frank's free Flickr memory game instead.
Give: Technology and Your School: What to donate and what not to donate
Audible pick of the week: (This one is just for grown-ups) The Garden of Last Days, Unabrid...
Practical pediatric info, Froose, Neil Gaiman, Nest, and more.
Our guests are Jamie A. Freishtat (Board Certified Pediatrician), M.D and Rachel L. Schreiber, M.D., FAAAAI (board certified in both Allergy/Immunology and Internal Medicine) of MommyDocs.com They offer practical pediatric information for parents by moms (who happen to be doctors.)
Spend: Froose, an alternative to juice.
Equally Shared Parenting, Lots to Say Baby, $5 Dinners, Girls on the Run, and more.
Our guests are Amy and Marc Vachon of Equally Shared Parenting
Spend: Lots to Say Baby
Save: $5 Dinners
Give: Girls on the Run
Other links: Dad-O-Matic
Wired Magazine: Bloggers should pull the plug
Audible pick of the week: Homer Price, Unabridged, By Robert McCloskey, Narrated by Mike Ferreri. For a free audiobook, visit AudibleKids.com/jum...
Freelancers get together, Manga statistics, Gagas is going going, Metal for Monsters, and more.
Our guest is Felicity Chapman of Cubes and Crayons
Spend: The Manga Guide to Statistics. Here are some example pages
Save: Gagas' Going Out of Business sale
Give: Metal for Monsters
Other links:
Audible pick of the week:
Blindness, Unabr...
How Wikipedia Works, The Boon Squirt, Book Closeout's Kids Section, Tiny Revolutionary, and more.
Our guest is Pheobe Ayers, librarian and one of the authors of How Wikipedia Works
Spend: The Boon Squirt
Save: Book Closeout's Kids Section
Give: Tiny Revolutionary's new line of Giving Tees
Other links: DonorsChoose
Audible pick of the week: Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman read by Philip Baker Hall. For a free audiobook, visi...
Caring Corners, EyeClops Night Vision Goggles, NaughtyCodes.com, Stinky Kids, and more.
Spend: EyeClops Night Vision Goggles - now $72.84 at Amazon
Save: NaughtyCodes.com
Give: Stinky Kids
Other links:
Audible Kids pick of the week: Socks, Unabridged, by Beverly Cleary, narrated by Neil Patrick Harris. To get free audiobooks, visit AudibleKids.com/jumpingmonkeys.
Ho...
The Baby Name Wizard, new Nanos, PicWash, Amuse Me Baby, and more.
Our guest is Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard and creator of The Baby Name Voyager.
Spend: New Nanos
Save: PicWash
Give: Amuse Me Baby - Nursing Covers
Other links: They Might Be Giants
Audible Kids pick of the week: The True History of Little Goldenhood, by Andrew Lang, Narrated by Leo Laporte. To sign up for a free audiobook, visit Audible.c...
Our guest Dr. Danny Lee speaks on adolescent obesity and Internet/video game use.
Spend: Cooking Tongs
Save: Gaga's - rent formal wear for kids online.
Give: Princess Katie and Racer Steve's Music Drive
Other links:
- Board Books 1
- Board Books 2
- Picture Me One, Two, & Three Books
- Peek-A-Boo Picture Books
- Juku Couture
Audible pick of the week: Raising Your Spirited Child, Abridged, By Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Narr...
Instant Amber, Fliggity, Free Coloring Book, banning cluster bombs, and more.
Our guest is Matt Berman of InstantAmber
Spend: Fliggity
Save: Free Coloring Book: The true story of Inky the Whale
Give: Survivor Corps: Sign the treaty to ban cluster bombs. Donate here.
In Palin, a New Twist in the Motherhood Debate
Audible pick of the week: Blindness, Unabridged, By Jose Saramago, Narrated by Jonathan Davis. To sign up for a fr...
Overcoming School Anxiety, Family Music Meltdown 2, Rather Be Shopping, Save Mr. Rogers, and more.
Our guest is Diane Peters Mayer, author of the book Overcoming School Anxiety.
Contest: Send us your tips. Make the subject line "Peanut Butter" and if we use your tip we'll give you a code for the Peanut Butter PC or the Peanut Butter Pointer.
Spend: Family Music Meltdown 2
Save: Rather Be Shopping
Give: Save Mister Rogers
Toy B. Ville, Fantastic Contraption, Free Language Lessons, Recycline, Rickets, and more.
Our guest is Darren Turbeville from Toy B. Ville
Spend: Fantastic Contraption, $10
Save: Free Language Lessons at the BBC blog
Give: Recycline
Other links:
- Rickets and other Vitamin D Deficient Diseases May lurk in breastfed babies
- Jill Lepore on Stuart Little (podcast and article)
Audible pick of the week: Otherwise Known as...
Eco-Friendly Families, Darling Mummy, Bullfrog from Outer Level Corp, books, a contest, and more.
Our guest is Helen Coronato, author of Eco-Friendly Families and A Novel Idea: Stories Behind the Bookshelves
Spend: Darling Mummy
Save: Bullfrog from Outer Level Corp
Give: What Book Got You Hooked?
Contest: Send us your parenting tech tips, spends, saves, gives. The first ten we receive on the show will receive a product code f...
The Comeback, Juku Couture, Laptop Lunches, back to school guide, NUI Water, Totlol, scanning digital photos, and more.
Our guest is Emma Gilbey Keller, author of The Comeback, about leaving the work force to raise kids and then going back.
Spend: Juku Couture - dolls for geeks.
Save: Laptop Lunches
Cool Mom Picks back to school guide
Give: NUI Water
Archivist Allison: Scanning Your Digital Photos
Stinky Cheese Man, Mo Willems Stuff, Rookie Moms Staycations, the gift of sight, and more.
Our guests are Jon Scieszka, author of "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs," "The Story of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales," and Guys Read
Spend: Mo Willems Stuff
Save: Rookie Moms Staycation Guides
Give: Give the Gift of Sight
Audible Kids pick of the week: Cowboy and Octopus (Unabridged) by Jon Scieszka, narra...
SmugMug, Peanut Butter Pointer, Thrifty Green Baby Guide, Brady's Smile, and more.
Our guest is Andy Williams from SmugMug.
Spend: Peanut Butter Pointer
Save: The Thrifty Green Baby Guide
Give: Brady's Smile
Use coupon code LEOLAPORTE and get 20% off the first year of any SmugMug account.
Audible Kids pick of the week: The Mysterious Tadpole by Steven Kellogg. Visit AudibleKids.com/jumpingmonkeys for nine free audible books.
...Toy Rescue, Custom Made for Kids, Free Shipping, Date for Trees, and more.
Our guests are Charles Parker and Elaine Smith (with puppets Skip and Molly) from Toy Rescue and Archivist Alison.
Spend: Custom Made for Kids: The first adventures of incredible you
Save: FreeShipping.org
Give: Date for Trees
Archivist Alison's tip: Scanning pictures into your blog
Also see: Trucktown Books
Audible Kids pick of the week: The Penderw...
One man is trying to reduce his possessions to only 100 things by November.
Our guest is Dave Bruno of GuyNamedDave.com
Spend: Doozla
Save: CardStix
Give: VeryMeri
Call: (707) 981–4602 to leave a message for Megan and Leo about the show, or use the "Call Me" button on JumpingMonkeys.com
AudibleKids.com pick: Miss Nelson is Missing(Unabridged) by Harry Allard, narrated by Cindy Haynes
Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte
Gu...
Starting the college fund, WALL-E, white noise, Spore, and more.
Our guest is Jeff Frese of the Freshman Fund.
Spend: WALL-E.
Save: Free White Noise Generator.
Give: Spore Vote
Audible pick: Boots on the Ground at Dusk (My Tribute to Pat Tillman) by Mary Tillman, Read by Mary Tillman . Visit Audible.com/monkeys to sign up for your free audio book.
Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte
Guest: Jeff Frese
Carseats, SweetPea 3, cheap gifts, FileSwap, and more.
Our guest is Kate O'Connell on Carseat Safety
Spend: SweetPea 3 from Peapod Toys
Save: Simple Dollars hack for finding holiday gifts on the cheap.
Give: FlipSwap
Audible pick: Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones by Judy Schachner, narrated by Judy Schachner. Visit Audible.com/monkeys to sign up for your free audio book.
Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte
Guest: Kate O'C...
Our guest is Dana Loesch of Mamalogues on Homeschooling
Spend: Pedz Pedometer for Kids
Save: Tessy and Tab
Give: Global Giving
Audible book of the week: The Frog and Toad Collection by Arnold Lobel. And visit Audible.com/monkeys for a free audible book.
Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte
Guest: Dana Loesch
Full show notes available on Megan's blog, JumpingMonkeys.com.
The Jumping Monkeys theme is by Paul Minshall.
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