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Object-ives #35: Slippery Soap and the Wrinkle People
A bath-time ritual, an imaginary family, and the small plastic soap figure that helped us through
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Nettie Reynolds
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How to Make Miniatures with Sara Schaefer
Finders and Keepers Episode 5 - Bringing humor, creativity, and curiosity to mini comedy club sets, murder boards, and more
May 13
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Open Secrets Magazine
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Rachel Kramer Bussel
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May 2026 Open Secrets Book Club Pick: ‘Better: A Memoir About Wanting to Die’ by Arianna Rebolini
Join us May 28 at 8 p.m. ET for a live interview about the reality of mental health struggles and writing with author Arianna Rebolini
May 11
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Open Secrets Magazine
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Why I Went to Ice Cream School
How I turned a sweet interest into a side hustle and learned that I’m good at more than just the idea phase
May 11
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Ally Kirkpatrick
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Functional Threshold Power
On being a cyclist riding to honor Alex Pretti
May 9
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Brian McNely
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Object-ives #34: My Mother’s Photographs
Why I’ve held on to photos of a woman who was cruel to me as a child
May 8
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Dianne Moritz
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Dumpsters and Other Dark Places
What you’ll consider when your children don’t have enough
May 7
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Hope Elizabeth Kidd
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Listen to Our New Podcast Finders and Keepers
Our podcast on our attachments to our belongings: a world-traveling teddy bear, Costco shopping, Deesha Philyaw's book collection, baby items and…
May 6
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Open Secrets Magazine
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Rachel Kramer Bussel
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What to Do with Things We Inherit and How We Preserve Our Children’s Earliest Moments with Emily Hessney Lynch
Listen now (52 mins) | Finders and Keepers Episode 4 on motherhood, family inheritances, and leaving a legacy via our belongings
May 6
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Open Secrets Magazine
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Rachel Kramer Bussel
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Emily Hessney Lynch
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How Bestselling Author Deesha Philyaw Builds Her Book Collection and Became an Avid Reader
Finders and Keepers Episode 3
May 6
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Open Secrets Magazine
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Rachel Kramer Bussel
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The Allure of Costco and Bulk Shopping with American Bulk author Emily Mester
Finders and Keepers Episode 2
May 6
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Open Secrets Magazine
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Rachel Kramer Bussel
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Emily Mester
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Meet The World-Traveling Teddy Bear Jointly Owned by This Friend Group
Finders and Keepers, the podcast about our attachments to our belongings, interviews a friend group who've jointly owned a teddy bear for over 25 years.
May 6
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Open Secrets Magazine
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Rachel Kramer Bussel
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