How does a blog make money? What tools should a blogger know about? On this episode of After the Jump, host Grace Bonney and Amy Azzarito tackle the top questions they regularly come across at Design*Sponge. Hear what an average day at Design*Sponge is like- including team meetings, scheduling some "you" time, and surviving the flood of emails. Building Design*Sponge also means extensive outreach; this how they find homes across the world- from France to the United States! Hear what motivates them, and what is next for the site. Find out what they would be doing if Design*Sponge didn't exist, and how they wrangle with their cats' destructive tendencies. This program was sponsored by BluePrint.

"Every adult wants to know how you have a job when you work on the internet." [5:05]

-- Amy Azzarito on After the Jump

"Start thinking of yourself as a producer of content and that content does not necessarily live where you live." [10:30]

"I am increibly motivated by feedback. Whether it's good or bad, I enjoy comments." [8:45]

-- Grace Bonney on After the Jump

This week Growing Good talks about the importance of young educators in America. Host Alessandra Maria-Iavarone sits down with teacher and artist Lisa Gutting to talk about why we need to start promoting more ethically responsible learning and adopting more effective teaching models for us as parents. Be sure to tune in to hear her share her stories from working in public schools and charter schools in America to teaching abroad in China. This episode is sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards.

"We need more focus, especially in a school environment, on what is ethically responsible learning."

--Lisa Gutting on Growing Good

This week on A Taste of the Past host Linda Pelaccio talks with food writer and interviewer Monica Bhide who has written on a variety of subjects from Indian cooking to her latest venture into the world of e-publishing with her newest e-book, "In Conversation with Exceptional Women". Learn about her tips for gaining inspiration in both cooking and writing, her views on authenticity and Indian cooking, as well as where she sees the realm of digital publishing heading. This episode is sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"It really raises the question of what is real cooking and what is real food. And, to me, anything that is prepared with love and that is intended to nurture the people that it's prepared for is real cooking."

--Monica Bhide on A Taste of the Past