APPropriate
69 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe parenting/ tech education podcast around social media apps.
Each episode features a specific social media app, and Master's Level therapist and sex/tech educator, Jo Langford breaks down the good points/ bad points, highlights the benefits and risks, and outlines best practices and guidelines for use.
APPropriate is designed to give you a little taste into the positives and negatives of the most popular social media apps, so you and your most-importants can make more informed, healthy and safer choices when it comes to interacting through screens.
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Episodes
Episode: Duolingo
August 11, 2020 12:00 - 6 minutes - 12.3 MBThis 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
August 04, 2020 12:00 - 19 minutes - 36.9 MBThis 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 with law enforcement. Pulled Over By Police: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/84ad422bdfaa45a695422cf6aab41b7f
Episode: YouNow
July 28, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 15.7 MBThis 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
July 21, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 16.1 MBThis 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
July 14, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 16.7 MBThis 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 this mostly pointless (and sometimes-dangerous) behavior.
Episode: Periscope
July 07, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 17.7 MBThis 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 necessary conversations.
Episode: Airdrop
June 23, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 13.7 MBThis 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 using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth is not social media in the truest sense of the term, AND most kids use AirDrop without any problems - it does bring potential for problems and misuse that parents should keep an eye out for.
Episode: Tapereal
June 16, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 15 MBThis 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 larger community to listen, repost, and share.
Episode: TikTok (UPDATE)
June 09, 2020 12:00 - 14 minutes - 27.2 MBThis 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, performance app.
Episode: Voxer
June 02, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 16.7 MBThe 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 fun combination of texting and talking.
Episode: Marco Polo
May 26, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 18 MBLike 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 receive video messages (like Tik Toks) that can be responded to at a later time, (like email).
Episode: Hot Or Not
May 19, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutes - 15.2 MBThis 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 which would then be rated on a hotness. scale of 1 – 10.
Episode: Yolo
May 12, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 14.1 MBThis 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 with Snapchat.
Episode: Twenty
May 05, 2020 12:00 - 6 minutes - 12.5 MBThis 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
April 28, 2020 18:51 - 9 minutes - 17.3 MBWhile 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
April 21, 2020 12:00 - 10 minutes - 18.9 MBThis 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-meeting software platform. Zoom was an obvious choice as schooling from home became necessary and the now SUPER-popular app has been both a life-saver AND a source of stress for families all over the world.
Episode: BIGO Live
April 14, 2020 12:00 - 10 minutes - 20.4 MBThis 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 participating in this phenomenon, and whether or not BIGO is the right for you and your family.
Episode: Monkey
April 07, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes - 13.6 MBThis 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 about anonymous apps in general, this specific app’s ties to the infamous Chatroulette website and whether or not I can recommend it for your child.
Episode Text Messaging
March 31, 2020 12:00 - 11 minutes - 22.3 MBThis 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 many parents who struggle with helping their kid keep balance and boundaries with their communications, download today for some tips on parenting around texting.
Episode: Consent Apps
March 24, 2020 12:00 - 13 minutes - 25.2 MBThis 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 affirmative consent actually is, about the hurdles that modern teens face in terms of giving and gaining consent, and the specific ways in which apps are NOT going to help.
Episode: Cheat Apps
March 17, 2020 16:00 - 12 minutes - 24.1 MBThis 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 recognize the factors that make kids susceptible to the temptation of cheating and how to use technology and parenting set your kid up for true future success academic and otherwise.
Episode: Vault Apps
March 10, 2020 16:00 - 10 minutes - 19.4 MBThis 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, how to identify them, and how to give you children age-appropriate levels of privacy without either sacrificing their safety or reputation OR stifling that development.
Episode: COPPA
March 03, 2020 13:00 - 8 minutes - 15.1 MBThis 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 and learn more about COPPA’s history, its guidelines, how the concept of Personal information has changed since the Internet happened, and what you can do as a parent to support and supplement the COPPA standards for your kid/s.
Episode: Social Media Profiles
February 25, 2020 13:00 - 17 minutes - 32.8 MBThis 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 set, and as parents, it is important for us to help our offspring think carefully and critically about what their profile says about them and the audiences for whom it is intended. Download today, and learn more about best practices for photos, how p...
Episode: Byte (Vine)
February 18, 2020 13:00 - 11 minutes - 21.3 MBThis 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-second looping videos- however, Byte is piloting a program for revenue sharing that will allow creators to monetize their content in hopes that it will make a bigger splash in the crowded pool of short-form video platforms. Download today to learn about t...
Episode: Lipsi
February 11, 2020 13:00 - 10 minutes - 18.9 MBThis week’s APPropriate podcast is about Lipsi - another anonymous app that lets users can accept anonymous feedback from others – more accurately, it allows users to tell others what they think of them without revealing their own identities. Download today and learn about Lipsi’s connection to Instagram, the concerns you should associate with that and how to talk to kids about anonymous apps.
Episode: Whisper
February 06, 2020 01:02 - 14 minutes - 27.3 MBThis week’s APPropriate podcast is about Whisper - an anonymous, “confessional” app populated by user-created meme-like posts. Download today and learn more about the good and bad of anonymous apps, what sets Whisper apart from other, anonymous apps, the ways in which it makes parental monitoring complicated and why Whisper is the only app of this kind that I endorse for young people.
Episode: Twitch
January 28, 2020 19:26 - 14 minutes - 27.1 MBGot a kid who likes to watch other people play video games? This week’s APPropriate podcast is about Twitch - a livestreaming platform primarily used by gamers, which lets you watch other people play video games, as well as broadcast your own gameplay to the world. Download today and learn about Parenting around this wildly popular platform, its comparison and contrasts to YouTube (including finding out what a TwitchDitch is) and tips how to handle a kid who wants to start livestreaming ...
Episode: VSCO
January 21, 2020 13:00 - 9 minutes - 17.2 MBThis week’s APPropriate podcast is about VSCO, a creative photography app, very similar to Instagram – including its popularity with teens. Download today and learn about what it shares with and what sets it apart from Instagram, its connections to the currently-trendy genre of adolescent girl and its potential benefits for creative kids.
Episode: Snapchat UPDATE
January 14, 2020 13:00 - 17 minutes - 33.9 MBThis week’s APPropriate podcast is an update about Snapchat the wildly popular, insta-texting app that’s marketed directly to teens. The fleeting nature of Snapchat posts, encourage behaviors that can bring heavy consequences to themselves and other people. Download this week's episode to refresh your memory about both the benefits and risks of this popular app, how and why it may be trying to grow itself up a bit AND learn more about the real reasons teens are drawn to this innovative pla...
Episode: Facebook UPDATE
January 07, 2020 13:00 - 19 minutes - 36.2 MBThis week’s APPropriate podcast is an update about Facebook. Download this week's episode to refresh your memory about both the benefits and risks of this popular app, AND learn more about how social networking can be used to manipulate, how irresponsible use and sharing can impact other people, how susceptible we all are to viral disinformation and a primer of what you and your family need to know as we head into yet another election year.
Episode: Instagram UPDATE
December 17, 2019 13:00 - 24 minutes - 46.4 MBThis week’s APPropriate podcast is an update about Instagram an online photo/ video sharing social networking service that lets users take pictures and videos, alter them digitally in cool and unique ways and share them in sort of an online, streaming scrapbook. Download this week's episode to refresh your memory about both the benefits and risks of this popular app, AND learn more about the differences between the trolls that grown-ups encounter and the ones that teens deal with, why bloc...
Episode: Twitter UPDATE!
December 11, 2019 17:52 - 9 minutes - 17.5 MBThis week’s APPropriate podcast is an update about Twitter, one of the biggest and arguably the most relevant social networks. Its immediacy combined with its popularity and the possibility of anonymity means that Twitter can bring out both the best and the worst in humans. Download this week's episode to refresh your memory about both the benefits and risks of this popular app, AND learn more about some of the changes it is pioneering to improve the health and control of the conversations...
Episode: Tango
December 03, 2019 13:00 - 6 minutes - 12.3 MBThis week’s episode is about Tango, a messaging app, similar to apps such as WhatsApp and Kik, though describes itself as the “all-in-one” social networking app. Download this week's episode to learn more about Tango, alternatives and best practices for use talking points to hit with your children
Episode: Down
November 26, 2019 13:00 - 9 minutes - 18.8 MBThis week's episode is about Down- the rebranded version of the android app, Bang with Friends, which was a teen version of Tinder. Listen today to learn more about this popular app’s innovative and modern takes of online dating, it’s connections to Facebook and how to talk about online dating with your kid/s.
Episode: LIKEE
November 19, 2019 13:00 - 14 minutes - 26.6 MBThis week's episode is about LIKEE, a free, video creation and editing app which lets users star in their own videos and share them online with a curated fan base. This diverse, skill-sharing platform offers users opportunities to be paid actual funds in exchange for their content. Download today to learn what else your child may be exchanging through this apps Terms of Service, and why you should exercise very specific cautions.
Episode: Badoo
November 12, 2019 22:05 - 10 minutes - 19.9 MBThis week’s APPropriate podcast is about Badoo, a popular social media platform with a stated focus on dating. What it really is, is a hookup app, designed like a dating app, but marketed as social networking. Download this week to learn more about Badoo’s unusual verification policies, use of a People Nearby features and profiles and what they mean for your family.
Episode: Blendr
November 05, 2019 13:00 - 8 minutes - 15.7 MBBlendr is a relatively straight-forward online dating/ hook up app; a location-based app where people can make friends, chat and eventually meet for a date. Listen today to learn more about this app’s connections to both Facebook and Tinder, information about dating apps in general and how to talk about them with your child/ren.
Episode: KIK
October 29, 2019 12:00 - 9 minutes - 18.6 MBKik is a fast, simple and personal Smartphone messaging system- similar to old-fashioned, “mortal” texting BUT the app has a built-in web browser and a host of internal, native apps. Even if you've never heard of Kik, chances are that your kid has. In fact, 40 percent of American teenagers have reportedly interacted with the app. Download today to hear about why this app’s appeal and biggest cautions are related to your kids.
Episode: MyLOL
October 22, 2019 12:00 - 11 minutes - 22.5 MBWith more than 300,000 members around the world, MyLOL promotes itself as the ‘#1 teen dating site in the US, UK Canada and Australia. MyLOL not the first website to raise adult concern about dating apps aimed at young people. Download today to hear more about this app’s safety measures, suspicious concerns and how to discuss online dating with your teens.
Episode: WeChat
October 15, 2019 12:00 - 6 minutes - 13.1 MBReal-time, photo and video sharing is an exciting trend – particularly for younger generations who are resistant against the more traditional, Facebook-like, social networking platforms. WeChat is a free media sharing app. It’s rated 17+ in app stores, and although some parents might not have heard of WeChat, it is one of the most popular social media apps with almost million monthly active users – many of them, underagers. Listen today to learn more about some of the unique features as ...
Episode: Live.Me
October 08, 2019 12:00 - 13 minutes - 25 MBThis week's episode is about Live.Me. Live.me is a live streaming video app that allows users to watch or broadcast live-stream videos, similar to Musical.ly or YouTube. Live.Me may seem like a way for younger children to wade into social media, like Musical.ly, but it is not. Download this week to learn more about these cautions, and what parents should keep this in mind when deciding if their younger children should use this app.
Episode: MeetMe
October 01, 2019 12:00 - 7 minutes - 13.3 MBMeet me Is a teen-focused, location-based dating app. Like FB, users create a profile complete with pictures and comments and followers. Is it a safe and suitable place for finding your first, adolescent love, or is it just another way for vulnerable minors and the people who prey on them to connect? Find out when you download this week, and learn some tips and tricks to keep your kids from downloading potentially dangerous apps.
Episode: Google Docs
September 24, 2019 12:00 - 7 minutes - 14.9 MBThis week’s episode is about Google Docs. Google docs fall into the word processing and presentation app categories, and is rated 4+ in app stores.. Why, you might ask is a social networking podcast discussing a document processing app? Download next week to find out!
Episode: Hangouts Chat/ Hangouts Meet
September 17, 2019 12:00 - 7 minutes - 14.1 MBToday’s episode is about Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet. Over Google's history, the company has launched over a dozen voice and text chat apps, with Google Hangouts being the famed search engine’s most popular and prominent example of a social media app. BUT, Google Hangouts announced its retirement in October 2018, and is set to be replaced with Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet.
Episode: Google Hangouts
September 10, 2019 12:00 - 8 minutes - 15.7 MBThis week’s episode is about Google Hangouts. Google Hangouts is a messaging platform which allows users to message friends and make video or voice calls either through a mobile device or a desktop browser. Just as you can hang out with your friends in real life at parks, people’s houses or Starbucks, you can hang out with people on Google+ in what are basically video chat rooms where you see and hear everyone in the room.
Episode: Google+
September 03, 2019 12:00 - 15 minutes - 29.4 MBIn September 1998, the “Google.com” domain name was registered, and a new search engine joined the Internet. In light of that, the next few episodes of APPropriate will be a Google-themed mini-series dedicated to Google’s suite of apps, it’s past, future, it’s general impact on out larger culture and its specific impact on our kids. This first episode is about Google+ Obviously and officially the current, social networking platform for Google; the world's largest and most popular search en...
Episode: Instagram
August 27, 2019 12:00 - 21 minutes - 38.4 MBThis week's episode is about Instagram, an online photo/ video sharing social networking service that lets users take pictures and videos, alter them digitally in cool and unique ways and share them in sort of an online, streaming scrapbook. Instagram is age-appropriate for middle schoolers AND there are a couple of pink flags to be aware of as a parent. Download today to learn why a Finsta may (or may not be) one of them, do deep dive with me into the second most populated social media ap...
Episode: Amino
August 20, 2019 12:00 - 12 minutes - 22.9 MBThis week’s episode is about Amino - a connected community for teens, with the intention of bringing them together based on passionate attention base or a pop culture phenomenon - similar to Reddit or Tumblr. This also means there is potential for negativity and toxic people to join with the intention to harass or take advantage. Download today to hear more about these issues, as well as other red flags for parenting around this popular app, and how to set yourself up with my Internet safe...
Episode: Messenger Kids
August 13, 2019 12:00 - 12 minutes - 23.7 MBToday’s episode is about Facebook Messenger Kids - a kids’ version of Facebook’s chat app, Messenger, making Facebook the first of the major social networks to put out a social media app specifically for children under 13.