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Ologies with Alie Ward

Oikology (DECLUTTERING) Encore with Jamie & Filip Hord + Joe Ferrari

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.923.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Why does clutter happen? How can we get rid of it and how will it affect us psychologically if we do? Buckle up for an encore that will lift your spirits and quite possibly change your life. We all have unfolded piles of laundry, that closet we don’t want to open, a tornado of papers on our desk that seems impossible to sort through. Enter: Oikology, the science of keeping things contained. Alie hunted down world-famous professional organizers, Jamie & Filip Hord of Horderly to chat about -- FIRST OFF-- their name, plus gender and messes, when to call in a pro to help, the step-by-step process to tackle the entropy in your home and life, what do do about gifts you don’t want, what tools you might need, the KonMari method, how to overcome the emotional attachment to objects, and why decluttering becomes addictive. We also called in the big guns, research psychologist Dr. Joe Ferrari of DePaul university, to share his research on clutter, its psychological causes and effects, if the “spark joy” method works for everyone, when to call a professional organizer and how many pants is too many pants. Also: dispatches from my own front lines. This episode already changed my own life… and closet.

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0:00.0

Oh, hey, it's the Poppy Seed bagels. You've been enjoying more lately because it doesn't matter now if you have seeds in your teeth.

0:06.5

Alley Ward, back with another episode of Ologies.

0:09.5

All right, here we go. This is an encore presentation of an episode that I liked very, very much. Three guests, big deal. And if you're wondering why an encore ward, I had pretty major surgery last week, about a week ago. I had to go in for a planned abdominal surgery if you will and I'll tell you all about it in an upcoming field trip episode I'm working on but I'm doing okay

0:30.8

It's a good thing I had it and I'm doing okay, it's a good thing I had it, and I'm on essentially doctor-ordered rest.

0:36.8

So I'm chilling pretty hard, and I wanted to serve this one up because I think it's timely,

0:41.0

and also because this episode changed my life in numerous ways I no longer have a junk drawer.

0:45.7

We'll talk about it. Also at the end of the episode I'll give you a new secret. Okay.

0:48.8

A beautiful calming aesthetically pleasing,

0:52.0

aesthetically pleasing orderly episode of Ologies.

0:54.7

We all need this one.

0:55.7

This one will transform our lives.

0:57.9

It's going to renew our spirit.

0:59.5

It'll be challenging and cathartic and gutting and sentimental but soothing and will usher in a new era.

1:07.1

It's going to be dusty.

1:08.1

It's going to be broken, but it's going to end up organized.

1:10.9

This one will make you throw out your stained pajamas. Your ex's mom gave you for Hanukkah. This one has been

1:16.8

waiting for you and it's here. You're here. But first let's thank the folks to make it happen. Like everyone at

1:22.3

Patreon.com slash

1:23.4

ologies who spends a dollar or more a month to submit questions and make the

1:27.0

show happen. Thanks to everyone who's wearing ologies merch

1:29.8

com stuff and who rates the show and subscribes to keep it up in the science charts and of course the folks who leave reviews

1:36.5

I promise to read them all and I do and is proof I pick a new one and this week thank you to

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