I Couldn't Throw It Out by Michael Small
I Couldn’t Throw It Out is for the people who value what they've saved --- and have reached the point where they realize they have to do something with it. In each episode of I Couldn’t Throw It Out, they listen in on discussions about why we save things, what the options are for keeping or discarding them, and why it’s so difficult to toss them. The constant variety of objects that are discussed on the podcast — from very personal items to celebrity interviews — provides a sort of social history of past decades.
Every episode is a surprise, justifying the value of saving a broad range of things while facing the reality of what will eventually happen to them. Ideally, this will inspire listeners to get out their own treasures, share the stories behind them, and try to decide what to do with them.
We’ve shared stories of encounters with Diana Ross and Bill Murray. And we’ve had guests — award-winning playwright Theresa Rebeck, Olympic skating producer Meg Streeter Lauck — share their treasures. In the mix are personal stories too — family history, the tale of a kidney donation — that are remembered through objects I’ve saved. The common element: It’s wonderful to find lost memories of the past through the things we save, and that makes it even harder to throw out those things.
We've got another big delicious slice of They Might Be Giants' legendary 1985 demo tape! This episode covers tracks 10 through 20, and there's still more left to chew on! We find out newly discovered, frighteningly revelatory information on Cowtown and Chess Piece Face! We take the many demo versions of Youth Culture Killed My Dog for a walk! Then we crank the volume way up to hear the subtle secrets in the demo recordings of Alienation's For The Rich and The Day! After a proper history lesson on hotel detectives, we give Toddler Hiway the deep dive it's always deserved in a very special segment breaking down EVERY. DAMN. WORD! Finally, we peter out with I'm Def. How cooler can this be?!?
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