Thirty Thousand Things is now Could Be Better, a new podcast with J. Dewey and cohost Rob Conlon. Could Be Better is the show where two gay men in their forties have a few drinks and spill the tea about what they really think about the latest i

Could Be Better, Part 2

Jan 16th, 2018 1h 24m

In Part 2 of "Could Be Better," Rob and I go through the January 2018 issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine and spill the tea on our (unsolicited) opinions about what's on the page...and what's not.

Could Be Better, Part 1

Jan 16th, 2018 21m 47s

Back for one last episode...here's my conversation with Rob Conlon about our shared love for Better Homes & Gardens magazine. In Part 1 we discuss how we both started reading it on the regular. In Part 2, we take you page by page and, with cock

Th3_Episode8_Containers

Oct 11th, 2016 31m 51s

This episode is one that has stuck with me ever since the interview. Not only because it was an interview with two good friends, Amy and Steve Dittmar, but because I think of it every time I wash something out before putting it in the recycling

Episode 7: Suitcase Minimalist

Aug 5th, 2016 23m 59s

So far, this podcast has mostly centered on collectors…archivists…maximalists…or, horror of horrors, borderline hoarders. To balance things out, I’ve been searching for a guest to talk about the other side of the scale: a minimalist. While I ha

Episode 6: Object Oriented

Jul 8th, 2016 33m 45s

If you feel like the things you have in your home or the stuff you collect has a life of its own, or that you’ve got some sort of emotional relationship with it, maybe you’re a proponent of vital materialism. If you're always concerned with how

Episode 5: Tattoos

May 26th, 2016 29m 27s

This is a story about tattoos. Actually it’s the story of one family’s ongoing collection of tableware—silver and porcelain—but it came to my attention through a tattoo. Ken Snodgrass is the executive director of Locust Grove, the Samuel Morse

Episode4: Ornament

May 12th, 2016 18m 12s

In this episode, I get a little personal, mostly for the sake of fairness. For weeks, I've been asking my guests, "What would you save from a house fire?" Here's my answer. And to fully explain, I have to go all the way back to childhood Christ

Episode 3A: Board Game Collector Bonus Material

May 5th, 2016 7m 14s

More from my conversation with board game and toy collector Ross. Here's where we get into his art collection and how his current house thwarts his art displays. Ross also reveals his next big collecting obsession.

Episode 3: Board Game Collector

Apr 28th, 2016 25m 18s

For many of the collectors I talk to, some of them collect things as a way to improve on their childhood by finally acquiring what they couldn’t have in the past. Adults who collect toys, like this episode’s guest, Ross, tend to see their colle