38 min
Are you a hoarder? The LRB Podcast
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- Society & Culture
Jon Day talks to Tom about the history and psychology of the accumulation of objects, from Anglo-Saxon treasure to the Collyer twins of Harlem, by way of Freud, Marie Kondo and Day’s own father. When does clutter become a hoard? Are we all digital hoarders now? And should we worry about it?
Read Jon Day's diary, and see the Clutter Image Rating, here: lrb.me/hoardingpod
Sign up to our Close Readings podcast subscription: https://lrb.me/closereadingspod
Title music by Kieran Brunt / Produced by Anthony Wilks
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jon Day talks to Tom about the history and psychology of the accumulation of objects, from Anglo-Saxon treasure to the Collyer twins of Harlem, by way of Freud, Marie Kondo and Day’s own father. When does clutter become a hoard? Are we all digital hoarders now? And should we worry about it?
Read Jon Day's diary, and see the Clutter Image Rating, here: lrb.me/hoardingpod
Sign up to our Close Readings podcast subscription: https://lrb.me/closereadingspod
Title music by Kieran Brunt / Produced by Anthony Wilks
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
38 min