Thrift Store Smell: What Is It? Plus, Your Cleanspiracies

Every Little Thing

Gimlet

Comedy, Education, Science

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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ELT gets to the bottom of a familiar aroma -- thrift store smell. Why do thrift shops all smell the same? Plus, is washing your clothes better than freezing them? ELT investigates listener cleanspiracies with expert cleaner Jolie Kerr. Guest: Jolie Kerr, writer and host of Ask a Clean Person. Thanks to callers Theresa, Rachel, Jeremiah, Nikki, Vicki, Mark, Juliana, Ben and all the listeners who called in with cleanspiracies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You have reached the Every Little Thing helpline.
0:05.0	Please air your dirty laundry after the tone.
0:07.0	Hey, Laura, this is Theresa. I'm calling from San Francisco, California, and I had a question on a recent episode you
0:15.2	mentioned you went into a thrift store and it had that general thrift store
0:19.6	smell. What is that thrift store smell?
0:23.0	Hi, this is Theresa.
0:27.0	Hey Theresa, it's Flora.
0:30.0	Are you a big thrifter?
0:32.0	I am somewhat of a thrifter. A little thrifter? I like the
0:37.2	brows I don't always buy. I was a thrifter back in like high school to get like the
0:41.5	funny t-shirts you know but like very rarely what I get like jeans or something
0:48.6	from a thrift store. Cowboy boots. Cowboys no shoes definitely no shoes. Definitely no shoes. Red cowboy boos. Describe the smell in
1:00.4	question. I walk into a thrift store and I smell what smells like decaying
1:08.7	moldy clothes and potentially a little bit of stinky feet.
1:12.6	Oh, also cigarette smoke, I feel like,
1:15.6	is always present somehow.
1:17.4	Teresa, you are in luck today. We have someone with us in studio who investigated
1:26.7	exactly what this smell is made of. This is Julie Kerr. She writes a cleaning
1:32.0	advice column and has a list of clean remedies
1:34.2	longer than the warnings on a tub and tile cleaner. Hi! Hi Julie! Hi Teresa!
1:40.8	Julie, anyone who has been to a thrift store knows this smell it seems to be
1:45.5	universal that is so universal you could walk into a vintage clothing store in
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