Ask a Clean Person

It's summer road trip season! On this episode, Jolie is joined by Friends of the Cleancast, Jalopnik's Kristen Lee and Justin Westbrook, to talk all things car care. From why you need to wash a car, to what to do when a professional car wash leaves your car with weird sludge in the door panels, to how to safely remove sticky residue from the exterior of a car, Kristen, Justin and Jolie have got all your car problems covered.

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Your baseball caps are filthy! Sweat, hair grease, makeup stains, and oh God, the smell … it's time to wash those things. On this episode, Jolie is joined by Mike Toole, who has a truly vile and legendary Mets cap in need of cleaning. Together they tackle the various ways to clean a ballcap depending on its type and importance to you.

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It's Pride Month, and on this very queer episode, Jolie is joined by Michael Gold and Tim Herrera to discuss all the glorious messes from your Pride celebrations! Glitter! Feathers! *whispers* silicone lube!

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Well! We talked about your feet, and how to keep them looking good all summer long (and beyond) so now it's time to talk about your summer shoes — your birkenstocks, your flip flops, your athletic slides, your fancy sandals … all of them are gross and they need to be cleaned. On this episode, Jolie is joined by Michael Gold, who has some updates to share on his Shoe Year's Resolutions!

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FEET! ARE!! GROSS!!! But they don't have to be that way, and on this episode, Jolie is joined by Friend of the Cleancast, Lizzie O'Leary, to talk all about proper foot hygiene — from just the literal washing of feet to dealing with common problems like ingrown toenails, athlete's foot and overly sweaty feet — just in time for summer.

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Are you a tote bag hanger-on-er? Do you have a bag of bags? Have you ever washed that tote bag you, well, tote around every single day? If you answered 'yes,' 'yes,' and 'ummm no comment' this episode is for you! Jolie is joined by Friend of the Cleancast Tim Herrera and very special guest Ann Lightfoot, a professional organizer and co-founder of Done & Done Home, to talk all about your tote bags: How many is too many, what to do with the totes you're not using and, of course, how to clean the ones you use regularly.

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Your style girlfriend Megan Collins is BACK to help you decode all those inscrutable wedding dress codes, (what does "festive dress" mean, anyway?!?) and talk about when and how you can wear sneakers with your suit … and Jolie tells you how to keep your sneakers looking good enough to wear with a suit.

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Ever wonder the best way to clean a suit? Do you dread going to the dry cleaner? In this episode, Jolie breaks down the four steps you need to clean a suit at home, no dry cleaner required! She also explains why and when to take a garment of any sort to the dry cleaner and when to skip it in favor of other cleaning methods.

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It's April and Jolie is rolling out a new theme month: April Fools! In this monthlong arc, Jolie will be hosting freewheeling roundtable discussions with some favorite Friends of the Cleancast! In this episode, she's joined by Caroline Moss and Dan Nosowitz, who have come bearing questions about their very smelly cat, Kevin.

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Welcome to Ask A Clean Person, The Podcast! Host Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist whose weekly column, Ask a Clean Person, appears on Deadspin.com. In this half hour show, Jolie will share cleaning tips, answer reader questions and get really real with a rotating cast of guests about the messes life throws our way. On the debut episode, she is joined by Choire Sicha, co-proprietor of The Awl – a media outlet and website that proudly carries the motto “Be Less Stupid.” Together they join forces to teach cat-owning listeners how to properly manage the messes their cats create!

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