This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Duolingo, the uber-popular language learning platform has made learning a new language accessible to anybody with a computer or smartphone.

Episode: Pulled Over By Police

Aug 4th, 2020 19m 30s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Pulled Over By Police. Not technically an app, Pulled Over By Police is a downloadable link for the pre-installed Shortcuts app on iPhones that helps people record traffic stops and other interactions wi

Episode: YouNow

Jul 28th, 2020 8m 19s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about YouNow, yet another app that lets kids consume and create live broadcasts, with the ultimate goal of gaining viewers, trending our brand and growing your fan base.

Episode: Chatous

Jul 21st, 2020 8m 31s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Chatous - a messaging app (with a reputation of being a dating app for teens) that allows users to chat with strangers, share images, and more.

Episode: Holla & Hola

Jul 14th, 2020 8m 52s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Holla (with 2 Ls) and Hola (with 1 L) are two different-though-similar apps. Both are considered what we call Random Video Chat Apps - designed to connect strangers and have their own, unique spin on thi

Episode: Periscope

Jul 7th, 2020 9m 22s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Periscope - one of the first livestreaming, video apps. Most parents’ primary concern about this popular platform is either what their kid might see or what their kid might do on the app. Both are necess

Episode: Airdrop

Jun 23rd, 2020 7m 17s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about AirDrop, an Apple-specific feature that lets you instantly share photos, files, and other content with other apple users who are in close proximity. Though Airdrop simply enables the transfer of files us

Episode: Tapereal

Jun 16th, 2020 7m 58s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Tapereal, an iOS app that allows users to record conversations, which they call “tapes” - either podcast-like recordings or split-screen vlogs, which are then shared for friends, followers, and the larg

Episode: TikTok (UPDATE)

Jun 9th, 2020 14m 24s

This week's APPropriate episode is our second episode about TikTok. If you are a human, a parent and identify anywhere between Millennial and Boomer, you have heard of the app, TikTok, the kinda-new, extraordinarily-popular, short-form video, p

Episode: Voxer

Jun 2nd, 2020 9m 56s

The grandparent of PTT (Push-To-Talk) or Walkie-Talkie apps, Voxer allows users to exchange real-time voice messages (like a walkie-talkie) to another Voxer users, and has become popular over the last several years amongst teens who enjoy its f

Episode: Marco Polo

May 26th, 2020 9m 30s

Like Skype and voicemail had its’ own baby – Marco Polo, is a video-based instant messaging system, created by parents of a newborn to facilitate contact with family with different time zones and sleep schedules - allows users to send and recei

Episode: Hot Or Not

May 19th, 2020 8m 2s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Hot Or Not. The famous-slash-infamous website, from the early aughts’ features, functions, and design have been transformed into a user-friendly app with the still-simple premise of uploading photos whic

Episode: Yolo

May 12th, 2020 7m 31s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Yolo. An anonymous question-and-answer app, that has become notably popular since dropping on the spring of 2019. The primary catalyst for its popularity is because it’s designed to – in fact only works

Episode: Twenty

May 5th, 2020 6m 39s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Twenty. In August, 2019 the app Mappen rebranded and is now known as “Twenty”. A riff on the CB slang, “What’s your 20?”, meaning location.

Episode Telegram

Apr 28th, 2020 9m 3s

While apps like Facebook Messenger, Snapchat and WhatsApp are amongst the largest and most well-known messaging apps, Telegram has emerged, and is marketing itself as the most secure.

Episode: Zoom

Apr 21st, 2020 10m 1s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Zoom (think Skype for work). Zoom has been a favorite of the remote working crowd, but since the Coronavirus pandemic and ensuing quarantine, many of you are now getting familiar with the popular video-

Episode: BIGO Live

Apr 14th, 2020 10m 46s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about BIGO LIVE – An internet acronym for Before I Get Old, and a livestreaming social network. Download today to learn more about the gravitational pull of the livestreaming, the positives and negatives of pa

Episode: Monkey

Apr 7th, 2020 7m 12s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Monkey - designed to allow kids to have “fun chats with new people from all over the world”, users are randomly matched with other users for a brief, Skype-style video calls. Download today to learn more

Episode: Text Messaging

Mar 31st, 2020 11m 48s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about text messaging. Texting is just one of the many, many things we can do with our devices, and for some people, kids especially – those options can become overused and overwhelming. If you are among the ma

Episode: Consent Apps

Mar 24th, 2020 13m 20s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Consent apps. With our evolution both culturally and technologically, a new awareness about why and how we need to speak to our young people about consent is emerging. Download today and learn true and

Episode: Cheat Apps

Mar 17th, 2020 12m 43s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Cheat Apps – also known as Homework Helpers. Download this week to learn more about how to spot the differences between the ones that help them learn and the ones that do the learning for them, how to re

Episode: Vault Apps

Mar 10th, 2020 10m 16s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Vault apps - camouflaging apps which are used to store/ hide personal messages, photos, and videos – primarily from parents. Download today and learn about the two most common reasons kids use these apps

Episode: COPPA

Mar 3rd, 2020 8m 1s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about COPPA - The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act - a federal law which, both is designed to protect our kids’ online data, AND has established 13 as the age of “Internet adulthood.” Download today an

Episode: Social Media Profiles

Feb 25th, 2020 17m 21s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about creating social media profiles - often the first thing people see when your profile pops up in platforms, searches or notifications. Creating a positive online profile is an art, and an acquired skill se

Episode: Byte (Vine)

Feb 18th, 2020 11m 15s

This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Byte - the long-awaited (by some) reboot (or sequel depending on who you ask) of the popular though now-defunct, Vine app. Similar to the original Vine app, Byte allows users to film and upload six-secon