How To Grow Your Geek: Parenting and More!

 

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This week I give you a bunch of voicemails about all the recent topics we have had on the show. We revisit Babylon 5 and kid-appropriate tv, and Gary tells us how he handles commercials. Then Tim and Gary have some comments on my vaccine show. Finally, Tim talks about summer sports, and Gary challenges us to go do stuff not only this summer but anytime!

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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!

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Promos: All Games Considered and Dragon Page: Cover to Cover

Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton

 

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My kids helped me this week by telling us about their favorite summer sports - swimming, soccer and gymnastics, and pointing out the benefits of geeky kids getting exercise on a regular basis. They really enjoyed talking about this subject, especially when Kevin got to talk about winning ribbons in swimming!

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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

 

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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!

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Promos: The Babylon Podcast

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This week, I revisit the topic of Vaccinations, inspired by an email from listener Angela. I read her letter and wanted to discuss this topic some more, especially since there has been so much talk in the news recently. So I jump back on my soapbox, and give you my opinions and some places to get good information. Here are a few of the articles I have found that discuss important points, in my opinion.

CDC Info about HepB vaccines

CDC Info about Chickenpox vaccine

CDC Info about Shingles

Newsweek Article about Oprah

What’s the deal with Aluminum?

Genetic Link to Autism

Good summary article of history of this debate

And here is a picture of Angela’s lovely little girls getting a sci-fi head start!

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Bumpers: Paul and Storm

Promos: All Games Considered

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Today I give 5 suggestions of things to spend time doing over the summer - swimming, visiting playgrounds, cooking, watching movies, and going to the library! We also have voicemails from Darcy’s Dad Tim, and Tim C. from the Babylon Podcast - with book and movie reviews for the summer!

The new downloadable Popcap game, Plants vs. Zombies continues to rock! This game is well worth the $10 price, as it is cute, entertaining, addictive, and offers many variations to make it replayable for a very long time.

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!

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Bumpers: Paul and Storm

Promos:  The Parsec Awards and What the Cast!

Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton

 

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Reviews Galore!  Today we have a review of the spelling program/software SpellQuizzer, with I found very useful in helping the kids practice their spelling words both for class and for the school spelling bee. You can visit their site and download a free 30 day trial to see if you find it useful too!

Next we review the new downloadable Popcap game, Plants vs. Zombies. This game is well worth the $10 price, as it is cute, entertaining, addictive, and offers many variations to make it replayable for a very long time.

Finally, we have my review of the TV show Castle, on ABC. It isn’t scifi or fantasy exactly, but it is a well-written, well-acted mystery/police drama, and portrays a great family relationship between the title character Rick Castle, played by fan favorite Nathan Fillion from Firefly/Serenity, and his teen daughter, as well as his mother who has moved in with them. Rick Castle is a best-selling murder mystery author who works with the police to get ideas for his novels, and his unique perspective helps Detective Kate Beckett and her team solve murders in creative, unconventional ways. I totally recommend catching it on Hulu.com or when it comes out on DVD this summer, and when it returns next season.

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!

Bumpers: Love Long and Prosper

Promos:  The Parsec Awards and The One Tree Hill Podcast

Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton

 

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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?

Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton

 

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Time to take a quick break from interviews and catch up with voicemails about changing eating habits, finding great female role models, old-style computers and science fairs. I am also a member of the Parsec Awards Steering Committee, so I talk about the awards and encourage you all to nominate your favorite podcasts.

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 Dragon Page With Class

Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton

 

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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!

 

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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!