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On this week’s episode of Ask a Clean Person, Jolie welcomes New York Magazine’s Maureen O’Connor back into the studio. As a somewhat avowed non-bed maker, Maureen had agreed to try her best to commit to Jolie’s annual bed making challenge, and today she owns up to the results. But first, they have some unfinished business to discuss… “A lot of bed traumas have occurred in my lifetime.” [23:45] – Maureen O’Connor  

On this week’s special episode, Jolie celebrates the fifth anniversary of Ask a Clean Person! Jessica Coen of Vocativ joins her for a walk down memory lane, discussing where Ask a Clean Person started, where it is now, and what the future holds.  "People who don’t know [the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser] aren't living real lives." [14:45] – Jessica Coen  

On this week's episode of Ask a Clean Person, Jolie is joined in the studio by Meredith Haggerty, Reports Editor of Racked National, and Britt Aboutaleb, Racked's new editor-in-chief. They touch briefly on the merits of glass dildos, before uncorking the best ways to treat red wine stains, including the "Terry Gross Trick," and the "Streisand Method" of using...white wine! "That's how you know red wine is a classy spill, because all the ways to remove it so far are fairly expensive." [19:35] – Meredith Haggerty  

On this week's episode of Ask a Clean Person, Jolie is joined in the studio by Caroline Kepnes, author of Hidden Bodies, the follow-up to her wildly successful and wildly scary debut novel, You. Today's topic of conversation is general blood stain removal tips and, since we're in the midst of Jolie's March bed-making challenge, they also talk a bit about what to do if you get a blood stain on your mattress or pillow. "It is possible to get away with things if you properly clean up." [7:00] – Caroline Kepnes  

On this week's episode of Ask a Clean Person, Jolie is joined in the studio by Maureen O'Connor, New York Magazine’s sex columnist and a contributor at The Cut. In the first half of the show, Jolie lists her seven reasons why you should make your bed every day, and announces the kickoff of her fifth annual bed making challenge – Let's All Make Our Beds. After the break, Jolie goes over the anatomy of the bed in detail, and Maureen shares a recent messy experience she had...in bed. "My bed wears pants, it doesn't need no skirt." [28:30] – Maureen O'Connor

On this very dirty episode of Ask a Clean Person, host Jolie Kerr chats with Meredith Haggerty, the reports editor at Racked National, about...cleaning sex toys! Together, they talk about different materials from latex to pyrex, sexual health, and answer several questions you definitely want the answers to. "Don't clean your toys with anything that you wouldn't put inside you." [25:00] – Jolie Kerr  

Ever wondered if makeup has an expiration date? What is the key to keeping pencil liners in tip top shape? Tune in for Ask a Clean Person as Jolie and Casey Johnston of The Wirecutter and The Sweethome answer the big makeup queries and take listeners through an easy method for purging and organizing your makeup stash. "It's when you start talking about lipstick and mascara that you get into a trickier area as they're combination stains. In lipstick it's wax and mascara is akin to a grease stain." [39:45] --Jolie Kerr on Ask a Clean Person  

Winter shoe woes? Never fear! Ask a Clean Person has you covered as Jolie Kerr is in studio with Dave Lozo chatting all the ways to take care of your footwear throughout the cold and snowy season.  Whether salt stains got you down or if your leather boots have seen better days after the melting slush, this is a great episode to keep your kicks kickin! "If you end up with a super soaked pair of shoes that are also getting on the stinky side: newspaper! Wad up a newspaper and stick it in the shoe. It's going to absorb the water and absorb the odor." [38:30] --Jolie Kerr on Ask a Clean Person  

Dirty gym pants? Unstink it on this week's episode of Ask a Clean Person as Jolie Kerr is joined by friend and Racked columnist Carlye Wisel. Carlye writes about exercise, womanhood and Disney parks. Today Jolie and Carlye are talking about two of those subjects today — exercise and womanhood — as they tackle everything about the dos and don'ts of laundering workout gear, dealing with inevitable smells and ensuring that your yoga pants enjoy a nice, long life.

At some point, most everyone has accidentally shrunk a sweater, jacket, or a pair of jeans. And yet there is no pre-packaged, easy-to-use product on the market to help people salvage their clothes! Until now. Ask a Clean Person host Jolie Kerr is in studio with Desiree Stolar, who has done the impossible: she has found a way to unshrink sweaters!  Founder of Unshrinkit, a liquid-based solution specifically designed for returning wool sweaters to their original size, she and Jolie hash out this quick, reliable and lightweight alternative to messy mixtures, homespun instructions and tiresome stretching and unlike other substitutes. For all other shrunken wool moments, don't panic. Unshrinkit.  Tune in for this great conversation and for more sweater care tips! "Don't ring your sweaters! Bad for the fibers!" [22:15] --Jolie Kerr on Ask a Clean Person "What you're doing with blocking is gently reshaping the garment to the size you want it to be in its enlarged state." [22:35] --Desiree Stolar on Ask a Clean Person  

Ask a Clean Person is back for another season answering your filthiest questions, this week focusing on the dreaded ring around the collar!  Welcoming Senior Style Editor at Esquire, Jonathan Evans, to the studio, the duo first explains the exact causes the dreaded stain, the various scrubbable ways to prevent the phenomenon, as well as Jolie's favorite ways to triage the problem from home pre-treatment to tackling the stubborn, settled ring. "If you are a person who falls on either extreme of oily skin, dry skin, you are much more likely to suffer from ring around the collar." [10:15] "The one thing you don't want to use for ring around the collar is [chlorinated] bleach." [29:00] --Jolie Kerr on Ask a Clean Person  

Happy New Year! Well, maybe not yet, but on the season wrap-up of Ask a Clean Person Jolie preps for the glamorous stains one might incur on New Year's Eve. Maureen O'Connor, New York Magazine's sex columnist and contributor at The Cut, is back in studio offering her own crazy New Year's stories, asking some tough questions of her own. Between glitter and confetti messes plus other floor-related triages, Jolie and Maureen conquer the dreaded champaign stain!  After the break, the duo breaks down New Year's Resolutions as well as cleaning goals for 2016.  Tune in for a great episode!   "I don't want you to say this year is going to be the year that I purge my closet, I never let junk mail into the home, and I make my bed everyday, and I'm always on top of my laundry. That's too much. Pick one thing to master, and if I had to make a suggestion - making the bed everyday!" [27:45] --Jolie Kerr on Ask a Clean Person    

Are you ready for it? This week Ask a Clean Person is taking on the worst stain in the world!  Along with guest Jaya Saxena, staff writer at The Toast, co-author of the forthcoming Dad Magazine, the book, and the author of the forthcoming Book of Lost Recipes, the duo share some spicy disaster stories plus the best ways to deter this stubborn stain.  Between questions surrounding turmeric baths, turmeric beauty masks, turmeric curry bombs, and what to do if the spice infiltrates fabric, Jolie and Jaya dig deep for the best solutions out there!   "If the Magic Eraser didn't work... which tells me that scrubbing is also not going to work.  What needs to happen is that the stain needs to be bleached out. It's like getting your hair highlighted." [15:30] "If you are out eating at a restaurant and you get a stain, ask the waiter... to bring you a couple slices of lemons limes and squeeze the juice right on the stain." [31:45] --Jolie Kerr on Ask a Clean Person  

Having endured Thanksgiving, Ask a Clean Person host Jolie Kerr tackles the infamous holiday messes along with guests Meredith Haggerty and Julia Rubin, Reports Editor and Features Editor at Racked.  Between a capsized gravy boat, a rogue bottle of red wine, and more gravy splatter, this is the ultimate episode addressing all festive disarrays.  Plus, tune in to hear details on this year's Clean Person Gift Guide!   "Salt acts as a desiccant... So the salt is going to absorb a lot of the red wine and then you can brush it away or vacuum it up.  Then you'll be able to stain treat the red wine." [8:00] --Jolie Kerr on Ask a Clean Person  

Ever puked in your friend's brand new Honda CR-V? Today, Ask a Clean Person is talking all kinds of car messes with returning guest Freddy Hernandez.  Freddy writes about buying and selling cool cars on the internet for Jalopnik, under the pen name Tavarish. Loyal listeners will remember Freddy from season one, when he told us what to do if and when a pound of butter melts on our car seat. Navigating car sickness remedies, windshield wiper fluid flooding the back seat, and what Freddy keeps in his trunk for car cleaning emergencies plus winterizing tips (because winter is coming), this is an episode not to be missed!   "The reason why you can't clean a headliner is because it's going to be a cardboard like material with a glue layer then a fabric layer. If you have a cardboard box and you soak it in water, there's no way you can get anything out of that." [8:45] --Freddy Hernandez on Ask a Clean Person  

Ok cast iron crazies - this episode might make you mad. Jolie Kerr is joined by Daniel Gritzer to debunk some serious cast iron myths. Daniel is the Culinary Director at Serious Eats, where he writes about food, cooking, and recipes, with an eye to obsessive recipe testing and myth-busting. Dedicated listeners will remember Daniel from Season One, when he regaled us with true and terrifying tales of what really goes on in restaurant kitchens. He's joining Jolie once again in the studio, this time to talk about the very serious subject of cast iron cookware.   "A very well seasoned pan won't rust as quickly as one that is unseasoned." [17:00] --Daniel Gritzer on Ask a Clean Person  

Oh, suck it up! This week on Ask a Clean Person, Jolie Kerr is ranting and raving on Dyson vacuums with guest Liam McCabe, staff writer for The Sweethome where he covers the wild world of appliances.  If Dyson isn't the best 'high end' vacuum out there, what is? How about the most affordable vacuum? After hundreds of hours testing vacuums with The Sweethome, Liam shares findings on canisters and upright models, price versus quality and maintenance issues, the most reliable brands, and more!  

Trick or Treat! Jolie Kerr is talking Halloween messes with guest Haley Mlotek on this week's episode of Ask a Clean Person.  Haley is the editor of The Hairpin, which historians will note is the very site on which Ask a Clean Person was launched way back in 2011! Between suggestions for crazy nose bleed stains, a costume color run fiasco, soiled lederhosen, and a feather boa incident, Jolie and Haley sift through solutions along with some witty banter for good measure.   "It stands to reason that the people who invest in feather care would be Vegas show girls!" [28:30] --Jolie Kerr on Ask a Clean Person    

Got cat puke on your carpet? Dog pee on your couch? No worries, Jolie Kerr has you covered. Tune in for a pet-themed episode of Ask a Clean Person as Jolie is joined by Diana Moskovitz of Deadspin. Diana Moskovitz is a Staff Writer at Deadspin, where she has written about the organization No More, the NFL's sham domestic violence partner, how Las Vegas authorities hid Floyd Mayweather's history of beating up women, and the first woman who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault. She has also somehow managed to work at Deadspin for more than a year without writing a single post about poop. In her spare time, she reads and worries way too much about her two cats.

So you smell like smoke. Don't worry, Jolie Kerr is here to help! This weeks episode of Ask a Clean Person is for you, smoker. Tune in as she gives some great odor eliminating tips for getting rid of that nasty cigarette smell. She's also joined by returning guest Dave Lozo.