Even if the
academic year has no bearing on your life, fall still feels like a time for
getting organized. As darkness descends progressively earlier, you feel the
urge to spend more time at home, and notice all the piles of clutter you have
been neglecting. And the impending holiday season has a way of heightening whatever
you are already stressed about, be it chores, finances, or work-life balance.
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Any podcast can be a
productivity aid in the sense that it is a hands-free way to stay entertained
as you get other things done. But these six shows are all geared toward helping
you to get more done, feel less overwhelmed, and reframe the drudgery of
housework.
‘Ask a Clean
Person’
Whether cleaning is
your most dreaded chore or one you relish, you are bound to learn something
from advice columnist Jolie Kerr. Over the course of almost 200 episodes, Kerr
has covered just about every specific how-to question you can imagine, whether
it is about deep-cleaning your bathroom, tidying up after a party, or tackling
“the worst stain in the world” (spoiler: it is turmeric). The show now seems to
be on a permanent hiatus, but the archive is packed with clear advice, and some
takes that may surprise you — for instance, that dry cleaning is often not
necessary, or that Swiffers are essentially worthless. Featuring interviews
with guests who discuss their personal cleaning tips and pet peeves, “
Ask a Clean Person” is surprisingly bingeable, and Kerr’s infectious enthusiasm
leaves you feeling genuinely excited about your next deep clean.
Starter episode: “Do
Not Dry Clean!”
‘Best Laid Plans’
Planning your time can
be a key part of getting organized, but it can also easily become another way
of procrastinating. You buy a fancy bullet journal or download a productivity
app, spend hours developing an airtight new life management system for yourself…
and then abandon it after a few days. “Best Laid Plans” is all about the
psychology of planning and how to develop a system that works for your brain.
Sarah Hart-Unger, a self-professed “obsessive list-maker and life-planner”, had
been blogging about productivity and parenthood for more than 10 years before
she began the podcast in 2020. She is a warm and appealing host, offering both
encouragement and tips for listeners trying to get their lives in order.
Starter episode: “How
Sarah Organizes Her Life”
‘The Minimalists’
Minimalism — a
lifestyle that emphasizes owning fewer material possessions — has snowballed
over the past few years, spurred by figures including tidying guru Marie Kondo
and two Ohio natives known as the Minimalists. Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan
Nicodemus, long-time friends, have built the Minimalists brand with books, a
Netflix documentary, and this long-running podcast, and their affable,
nondogmatic approach is hugely appealing. Both were formerly in the sales
world, so their anti-capitalist mindset is backed up by specific insights into
scarcity marketing and other sly tactics that make us all want to buy more
stuff. Beyond minimalism and decluttering, Millburn and Nicodemus also explore
the factors that can drive consumption, like loneliness, trauma, and addiction.
Starter episode: “The
Minimalist Checklist”
‘By the Book’
Walk into the
self-help section of any bookstore and you will be confronted by titles by
gurus of every stripe, promising to help you overhaul your life. The selection
is so overwhelming that even if you are in the market for radical
transformation, it is hard to identify which books have actual wisdom to offer.
Enter Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer, who live by the rules of a
different self-help tome in each episode of their podcast, sharing their
real-time experiences and their takeaway lessons from books including classics
like “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus” and “The Secret”. Billed as part
self-help show and part social experiment, “By the Book” applies a critical but
never mean-spirited lens to the books in question, and Greenberg and Meinzer
are so committed to their task that even the duds provoke interesting
conversation.
Starter episode: “The
Five Love Languages”
‘Radio 1’s Life
Hacks’
There is no shortage
of podcasts out there offering life hacks — tidbits of wisdom that can help you
navigate daily life more smoothly and efficiently — but this BBC Radio version
is more insightful and rigorous than many of its competitors. The show focuses
not just on self-care and self-improvement but on how those things play into
creating a better world. The hosts, Vick Hope and Katie Thistleton, take an
empathetic and earnest approach to subjects like environmental justice,
mental illness, and disability, and although the show is primarily geared toward
teenagers and young adults, it offers wisdom and perspective that will resonate
at any age. “Life Hacks” officially wrapped up its run in the fall of 2020, but
it has since returned for a few follow-up miniseries offering career advice for
the post-COVID era and tips on how to make your life more eco-friendly.
Starter episode:
“Grief With Katy Winship and Charlotte Henly”
‘A Slob Comes
Clean’
As the show’s title
suggests, Dana K. White is brutally honest about her own history of
disorganization and her understanding of what it is like to feel “completely
overwhelmed” at home. After more than 10 years of “de-slobification” (a process
she says is never-ending), White shares the cleaning, organizing, and
decluttering strategies that helped her conquer the mess while also delving
into the mindset changes behind it all. Although most episodes are centered on
tips and Q&As, some have White interviewing guests who offer a different
perspective on organization, like her recent conversation with a “cleanout
expert” whose job is to restore order to the homes of hoarders.
Starter episode:
“Getting Past the Tough Spots”
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