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Spotless is a podcast about cleaning, hosted by Hanna Brooks Olsen and Andrew Walsh. They help listeners with cleaning-related questions, test drive new scrubbing techniques, and complain about the way people vacuum in the movies.
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Hanna and Andrew help a listener prepare for an out-of-town guest, and they delight in another book by their new favorite author, Don Aslett.
Hanna’s worst nightmare has returned, but this time she’s taking matters into her own hands. Speaking of hands, Andrew decided to burn some of his off with acid last weekend. And Scrub Jockeys call in with cleaning mantras and admissions of broken brains.
Hanna is living an absolute nightmare, and it all started with a funky smell in her car. She and Andrew also talk about childhood chores, and the Scrubjockeys jockey for their place in Spotless Pod history.
Hanna has been on an organizing kick! She bought some special products to help with that, and it gives her an opportunity to explain “Deinfluencing” to her elderly co-host. She and Andrew also get an update from a listener who took their advice on how to de-stink money. And they obsess over a carpet cleaning video that just might change your life.
Hanna and Andrew learn how one mouse can cause thousands of dollars of damage to a single car -- and how you can avoid that fate. Also, Andrew is trying to solve a Folex-related mystery after noticing something strange on the label. And a listener wants to know how to launder money -- literally.
Hanna and Andrew wax nostalgic about the glory days of Bed, Bath and Beyond. They also get some very intriguing advice about clogged drains, shop vacs, and how to get children to beg you to do chores.
Hanna stumbled on a new cleaning product with packaging that is blowing her mind. She and Andrew also field a call from a Scrub Jockey with great vacuum advice and a cleaning horror story, all wrapped in one.
Andrew bought a new doohickey for his kitchen sink, and now he’s feeling very anxious about it. Plus, listeners weigh-in on washer/dryer combo units, and a Scrub Jockey has a very scary moment involving hot oil and an orange juice jug.
1Hanna reports on her experiment of using dish soap as a window cleaner. Andrew confesses to an old habit that Hanna finds surprising. And Scrub Jockeys living the tiny-house life call-in with advice and questions about maximizing their limited space.
Claims about the many uses of Dawn dish soap has Hanna scratching her head and Andrew Googling furiously. Plus, a Scrub Jockey calls in with a truly inspiring story of ice cubes and garbage disposals. And another listener finds vacuum cleaner bliss in a very surprising place.
Hanna and Andrew help a listener who’s moving into an apartment and wants to know where all the “icky stuff” hides. They also discuss the mental and emotional anxieties some people experience around cleaning and not cleaning. And, as always, Andrew claps back at the haters.
Hanna and her trusty pal Lola visit Seattle to inspect Andrew’s compost, which he’s been lovingly making in his new Lomi machine. He offers a full review. Plus, Scrub Jockeys weigh-in with some driveway-cleaning suggestions. Finally, what the heck is with suction cups, anyway? Do we trust them? If so, why?
1Andrew received some very surprising information about garbage disposals from an unlikely source, and he’s excited to share it with Hanna, who’s come up with a new cleaning theory of her own. They also try to help a Scrub Jockey deal with his oil-covered driveway, and they consider which super power would help with housework the most.
Hanna tried a bonkers cleaning technique that she saw on Instagram and IT TOTALLY WORKED. Now Andrew wants to try it. Plus, Andrew admits that he might be a fraud when it comes to cleanliness, and the Scrub Jockeys come to the rescue with some solid advice on using starch.
Hanna, Andrew and the Scrub Jockeys have vacuums on the mind today. Is there an argument to going back to bagged vacuums? Plus, a YouTube video about cleaning video game controllers makes Andrew laugh, and HBO has been watching HBO.
Andrew noticed something Spotless-related in a movie this weekend, and he cannot wait to tell Hanna about it. Hanna, meanwhile, found something awful in her storage space, and she feels betrayed by it. And a Scrub Jockey wants to know if cleaning house can replace going to the gym.
BREAKING: Anti-Mop Activist Hanna Brooks Olsen Buys Mop, Tells World! Plus, Spotless Pod Listener #2 Paige has the *exact* advice Andrew needs today after he made a laundry-related mistake last night.
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Anyone else geek out when Hannah name-checked Carry A Nation?
The cleaning advice is what brought me in; the extended and ongoing cleaning, tidying, and organizing conversation is what keeps me coming back. Andrew and Hanna are basically the reason I got an extraction cleaner.