Stay ConnectedIn this 45-minute show, cleaning expert and advice columnist Jolie Kerr shares cleaning tips, answers reader questions and gets really real with a rotating cast of guests about the messes life throws our way. If you’re plagued by ‘pit stains, not entirely clear on how often to wash your sheets, or just morbidly curious about how clean restaurant kitchens really are, this is the show for you.
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At some point, most everyone has accidentally shrunk a sweater, jacket, or a pair of jeans. And yet there is no pre-packaged, easy-to-use product on the market to help people salvage their clothes! Until now. Ask a Clean Person host Jolie Kerr is in studio with Desiree Stolar, who has done the impossible: she has found a way to unshrink sweaters! Founder of Unshrinkit, a liquid-based solution specifically designed for returning wool sweaters to their original size, she and Jolie hash out this quick, reliable and lightweight alternative to messy mixtures, homespun instructions and tiresome stretching and unlike other substitutes. For all other shrunken wool moments, don't panic. Unshrinkit. Tune in for this great conversation and for more sweater care tips!
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Ask a Clean Person is back for another season answering your filthiest questions, this week focusing on the dreaded ring around the collar! Welcoming Senior Style Editor at Esquire, Jonathan Evans, to the studio, the duo first explains the exact causes the dreaded stain, the various scrubbable ways to prevent the phenomenon, as well as Jolie's favorite ways to triage the problem from home pre-treatment to tackling the stubborn, settled ring.
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Happy New Year! Well, maybe not yet, but on the season wrap-up of Ask a Clean Person Jolie preps for the glamorous stains one might incur on New Year's Eve. Maureen O'Connor, New York Magazine's sex columnist and contributor at The Cut, is back in studio offering her own crazy New Year's stories, asking some tough questions of her own. Between glitter and confetti messes plus other floor-related triages, Jolie and Maureen conquer the dreaded champaign stain! After the break, the duo breaks down New Year's Resolutions as well as cleaning goals for 2016. Tune in for a great episode!
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Are you ready for it? This week Ask a Clean Person is taking on the worst stain in the world! Along with guest Jaya Saxena, staff writer at The Toast, co-author of the forthcoming Dad Magazine, the book, and the author of the forthcoming Book of Lost Recipes, the duo share some spicy disaster stories plus the best ways to deter this stubborn stain. Between questions surrounding turmeric baths, turmeric beauty masks, turmeric curry bombs, and what to do if the spice infiltrates fabric, Jolie and Jaya dig deep for the best solutions out there!
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Having endured Thanksgiving, Ask a Clean Person host Jolie Kerr tackles the infamous holiday messes along with guests Meredith Haggerty and Julia Rubin, Reports Editor and Features Editor at Racked. Between a capsized gravy boat, a rogue bottle of red wine, and more gravy splatter, this is the ultimate episode addressing all festive disarrays. Plus, tune in to hear details on this year’s Clean Person Gift Guide!
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Ever puked in your friend’s brand new Honda CR-V? Today, Ask a Clean Person is talking all kinds of car messes with returning guest Freddy Hernandez. Freddy writes about buying and selling cool cars on the internet for Jalopnik, under the pen name Tavarish. Loyal listeners will remember Freddy from season one, when he told us what to do if and when a pound of butter melts on our car seat. Navigating car sickness remedies, windshield wiper fluid flooding the back seat, and what Freddy keeps in his trunk for car cleaning emergencies plus winterizing tips (because winter is coming), this is an episode not to be missed!
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Ok cast iron crazies – this episode might make you mad. Jolie Kerr is joined by Daniel Gritzer to debunk some serious cast iron myths. Daniel is the Culinary Director at Serious Eats, where he writes about food, cooking, and recipes, with an eye to obsessive recipe testing and myth-busting. Dedicated listeners will remember Daniel from Season One, when he regaled us with true and terrifying tales of what really goes on in restaurant kitchens. He’s joining Jolie once again in the studio, this time to talk about the very serious subject of cast iron cookware.
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Oh, suck it up! This week on Ask a Clean Person, Jolie Kerr is ranting and raving on Dyson vacuums with guest Liam McCabe, staff writer for The Sweethome where he covers the wild world of appliances. If Dyson isn’t the best ‘high end’ vacuum out there, what is? How about the most affordable vacuum? After hundreds of hours testing vacuums with The Sweethome, Liam shares findings on canisters and upright models, price versus quality and maintenance issues, the most reliable brands, and more!
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Trick or Treat! Jolie Kerr is talking Halloween messes with guest Haley Mlotek on this week’s episode of Ask a Clean Person. Haley is the editor of The Hairpin, which historians will note is the very site on which Ask a Clean Person was launched way back in 2011! Between suggestions for crazy nose bleed stains, a costume color run fiasco, soiled lederhosen, and a feather boa incident, Jolie and Haley sift through solutions along with some witty banter for good measure.
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Got cat puke on your carpet? Dog pee on your couch? No worries, Jolie Kerr has you covered. Tune in for a pet-themed episode of Ask a Clean Person as Jolie is joined by Diana Moskovitz of Deadspin. Diana Moskovitz is a Staff Writer at Deadspin, where she has written about the organization No More, the NFL’s sham domestic violence partner, how Las Vegas authorities hid Floyd Mayweather’s history of beating up women, and the first woman who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault. She has also somehow managed to work at Deadspin for more than a year without writing a single post about poop. In her spare time, she reads and worries way too much about her two cats.
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