Stuff Dot Life Debbie Galant

This is the lost Episode 0 of The Chemo Files. It was the first episode of the project created by Debbie, Warren and Noah Levinson in 2015, shortly after Debbie's diagnosis of triple negative breast cancer and just before her double mastectomy. You can find the rest of The Chemo Files on Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/chemo-files) or iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-chemo-files/id1030012830aaaaa)

Debbie, by the way, is alive and well and living as an artist in 2023.

In search of the craziest Christmas gifts and the simplest. Host Debbie Galant talks to shoppers outside of Macy's and takes a tour of the gag gift section at Urban Outfitters. With Noel Nowicki. Music by the Woodcrest Brass Band of Rifton, NY and R. Tists of Portland, OR.

Host Debbie Galant finds a vintage edition of "Fun with Dick and Jane" and struggles with her nostalgia for Dick, Jane and Sally and their grandparents' farm. Is she unconsciously buying into Donald Trump's message about America's lost greatness? With Noel Nowicki, Amy Selwyn, Warren Levinson and Ayla and Amir Avdicevic. Music from Stefano Vita, Shake That Little Foot and the Andrew Sisters.

Bestselling author Marie Kondo is the undisputed queen of decluttering, but how does her advice stack up against the bookcase of a former English major and a published novelist? Mixed at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Thanks to VCCA fellows Charles Fishman, Charlie Graeber, Dolores Johnson, Eric Sasson and Kelley Swain for their contributions. Music from Blue Dot Sessions and Vampire Weekend, and a little hat tip to Prairie Home Companion.

Judging by our nervousness when we think we've left them behind, our cellphones may just be the most personal possession we own. And we rely on them for just about everything we do, despite thinking they're the downfall of civilization -- especially in somebody else's hands. But one cellphone user, in Boca Raton, Florida, who packs two iPhones everywhere he goes, has discovered the zen of cellphones.

With Amy Gahran, Allen Sinai, Michael Bearden, Karen Reina, and Patrick Perrotta. Music by Zenji and Sasha and Felix Perez-Hita. Produced during a residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

What happens when the thing you find while cleaning out your loved one's possessions is the very symbol of malevolence? In Episode 2 of Stuff Dot Life, we find two klan robes in the attic. With Tom Greene, Oren and Tamima Friedman, David Cunningham and Alison Kinney. Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Jodie and Emlyn O'Regan. Klan Anthem by White Riders. Production help from Noah Levinson.