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Explain It to Me

Your clutter is holding you back

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.48K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

You won’t wear those jeans again. Or use that pasta maker. So why can’t you get rid of them? This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru with Avishay Artsy, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill.  Photo by Arthur Pollock/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images.  If you have a question, give us a call at 1-800-618-8545 or email askvox@vox.com. Listen to Explain It to Me ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

So I've always been someone who loves, loves, loves, loves, love junk.

0:07.1

I wish someone would come in and just rob me blind of my stuff so I don't have to do it.

0:14.3

My wife has a garage full of stuff, and I have a garage full of nothing.

0:24.0

I don't know if you've noticed this,

0:25.9

but it seems like every couple is made up of this exact combination.

0:30.8

Someone who throws stuff away.

0:32.6

This is like one of the boxes that, like, I would love to get rid of.

0:36.5

And someone who holds on to it for dear life.

0:39.6

Like if I want to ship something, you know, I can ship it back in this box.

0:44.8

Pranoi Roy and Haley Brocheck have found a way to manage their differences.

0:49.2

Because of love.

0:50.7

But also because you really don't have a choice when you live in a 600 square foot apartment in New York City.

0:56.3

We have a very small balcony that we are feuding with pigeons over right now.

1:01.2

So, um, every weekend.

1:03.4

Yeah.

1:04.2

Sometimes it'll be, I'm just on this kick where I'm getting rid of everything.

1:08.5

And he has to say like, wait, you might actually use this.

1:11.6

Like, this is something that you wear a lot.

1:13.6

Like, and I'm like, oh, yeah, I didn't even, like, think about that.

1:17.0

I'm just in the mindset of, like, get rid of, get rid of.

1:19.9

My goal is to, like, hold on to things so I can give it to somebody in the future.

1:26.4

If we have children, if our relatives, our friends, something that kind of pass on to that also gives them the joy, then I can hold on to it.

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