I Couldn't Throw It Out by Michael Small
![](https://ihaveapodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Copy-of-Featured-Podcaster_Square.ai-3.png)
![](https://ihaveapodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Untitled-design-1-1024x742.png)
![](https://ihaveapodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/11692622_10207151424452404_5347575807010805944_n.jpg)
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.
A while back Jordan and Dave produced an obsessive, second-by-second breakdown of ”Weird Al” Yankovic's They Might Be Giants style parody, Everything You Know Is Wrong, off of his 1996 album Bad Hair Day. This meticulous analysis became our most popular YouTube video, and it turns out one of those precious YouTube views was none other than Mr. Al Yankovic himself! Now Al comes on our show to react, reflect, and remark upon our work, and talk about the writing and recording process behind the TMBG tribute! What I really mean to say is OH MY GOD WEIRD AL IS ON OUR SHOW! Enjoy the heck out of this!
Watch our youtube video about the song here:
https://youtu.be/JjmqMTJeq_E?si=cUsjQHZd2BavHpPG
and Join us on Patreon!: patreon.com/dontletsstartpodcast
—
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dontletsstart/support
![62: Interview with “Weird Al” Yankovic!](https://ihaveapodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1250781-1577993803946-c0e5565cace44-768x768.jpg)
![421482820_10232080273458049_1241163896338810326_n](https://ihaveapodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/421482820_10232080273458049_1241163896338810326_n-768x1024.jpg)
![11692622_10207151424452404_5347575807010805944_n](https://ihaveapodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/11692622_10207151424452404_5347575807010805944_n.jpg)
![Untitled design (1)](https://ihaveapodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Untitled-design-1-1024x742.png)
![Copy of Featured Podcaster_Square.ai (3)](https://ihaveapodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Copy-of-Featured-Podcaster_Square.ai-3-1024x1024.png)
![](https://ihaveapodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Vinnie_Pink-Circle-01.png)
Vinnie Potestivo, Editor-in-Chief of
I Have A Podcast®