This week, I am delighted to present the second part my interview with Tracy Hickman, accomplished author and a true gentleman. He gives some great writing and parenting advice , as an experienced Geek Parent Grand Master!

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Promos:  Great Hites and Dragon Page with Class

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This week, I am delighted to present my interview with Tracy Hickman, accomplished author and a true gentleman. We talk about his body of work, including the Dragonlance books, as well as his new book Xtreme Dungeon Mastery, which can help us make our pen-and-paper games much more fun and exciting. We had so much great material that I am saving some of his writing and parenting advice for another show soon! He is pictured below with his wife and writing partner Laura Hickman.

Where to order XDM

A review from an experienced DM

A review from a player

Above, Tracy Hickman is pictured with writing partner Margaret Weis. (Photo by Eva Schiffer)

Thanks for all the input, and keep it coming! And, if you have some time, I would appreciate a review on iTunes!

Don’t forget to check out the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast!

Please email me with your own comments at howtogrowyourgeek – at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number at 206-202-7309 and leave your thoughts. You can also visit our forum at the Farpoint Forums. And last but not least, you can follow me on Twitter!

Promos: Slice of SciFi and The Dragon Page Cover to Cover

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This week we are delighted to have Tim Callender from The Babylon Podcast on to discuss Babylon 5, sci-fi, and robot building with his kids. If you are a fan of B5, you should definitely check them out!

Thanks for all the input, and keep it coming! And, if you have some time, I would appreciate a review on iTunes! And if you appreciate this show and other great Farpoint Media shows, please visit my website and contribute to the campaign to help Farpoint Media!

Don’t forget to check out the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast!

Please email me with your own comments at howtogrowyourgeek – at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number at 206-202-7309 and leave your thoughts. You can also visit our forum at the Farpoint Forums. And last but not least, you can follow me on Twitter!

Promos: The Babylon Podcast

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This week we have an interview with the multi-talented Stephen Granade, who not only works on Dragon*Con TV and the What the Cast? podcast, but is also a real life rocket scientist working on projects for NASA, including the current Hubble repair mission! We talk about teaching science, Space Camp, raising geeky kids, and fun stuff in general. His website and blog is Live Granades and he is Sargent on Twitter.

Stephen also recommends his friend Matthew Amster-Burton’s book Hungry Monkey, about the trial and tribulations of trying to feed your kids.

Thanks so much to Stephen, pictured in the spotlight below!!

Also, Kevin Cumming’s son Evan has also written and is producing an audio drama, The Airship Diaries, and I encourage you all to check it out. Kevin is a proud dad, and Evan’s work sounds great!

Thanks for all the input, and keep it coming! And, if you have some time, I would appreciate a review on iTunes! And if you appreciate this show and other great Farpoint Media shows, please visit my website and contribute to the campaign to help Farpoint Media!

Don’t forget to check out the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast!

Please email me with your own comments at howtogrowyourgeek – at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number at 206-202-7309 and leave your thoughts. You can also visit our forum at the Farpoint Forums.And last but not least, you can follow me on Twitter!

Promos:  The Parsec Awards and What the Cast?

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This week I bring you a great chat I had with Kevin Cummings, of Short Cummings Audio, about parenting, books and science fair projects! If you have never heard him before, you will definitely want to check out his show – link below!

Thanks for all the input, and keep it coming! And, if you have some time, I would appreciate a review on iTunes!

Don’t forget to check out the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast!

Please email me with your own comments at howtogrowyourgeek – at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number at 206-202-7309 and leave your thoughts. You can also visit our forum at the Farpoint Forums.And last but not least, you can follow me on Twitter!

Promos:  Short Cummings Audio and Dragon Page With Class

Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton

Here are some pictures of Kevin’s sons with some of their science projects!

I begin my interview series with other geeky parents today with an interview with Rick Stringer, from the Variant Frequencies podcast. We discuss his show, podcasting, parenting, gaming with our kids, and many other topics. Thanks to Rick for the interview!

Thanks for all the input, and keep it coming! And, if you have some time, I would appreciate a review on iTunes!

Don’t forget to check out the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast!

Please email me with your own comments at howtogrowyourgeek – at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number at 206-202-7309 and leave your thoughts. You can also visit our forum at the Farpoint Forums.And last but not least, you can follow me on Twitter!

Promos:Variant Frequencies and Podculture

Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton

Below – Rick’s son Neil with his giant Lego man!

Warning – Arkle’s podcast is not appropriate for young kids.

Enjoy!

Susie

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This week, I am interviewed by Jack and Theresa Jaffee from The Jack and Theresa Show, about how to age-appropriately handle sci-fi, fantasy and games for kids. They generously allowed me to use the interview here as well!

We also have a voicemail from Tim with a useful download for limiting the terms that kids can search the Internet for, and I have some cool new bumpers from some of my podcasting friends.

Thanks for all the input, and keep it coming! And, if you have some time, I would appreciate a review on iTunes!

Don’t forget to check out the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast!

Please email me with your own comments at howtogrowyourgeek – at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number at 206-202-7309 and leave your thoughts. You can also visit our forum at the Farpoint Forums.And last but not least, you can follow me on Twitter!

Bumpers: Jack Mangan’s Deadpan and Short Cummings Audio

Promo: Short Cummings Audio

Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton
Sound effects and other music courtesy of pacdv.com

This week we have a great interview with RapidEye, who is a listener and also works at a vaccine manufacturing plant. He tells us about the process and the vaccines his plant creates, and then we discuss vaccine issues from a parenting standpoint.

Don’t forget to check out the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast!

Please email me with your own comments at howtogrowyourgeek – at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number at 206-202-7309 and leave your thoughts. You can also visit our forum at the Farpoint Forums.And last but not least, you can follow me on Twitter!

Promo: Dragon Page Cover to Cover

Logo Art by Tim Coffey

Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton
Sound effects and other music courtesy of pacdv.com