Swedish Death Cleaning Episodes

Treasures saved from past jobs spark memories of a scientist, a porn star, The Pet Shop Boys, The Partridge Family, and long-lost websites

Learn a lesson from the Valentine’s Day cards I’ve saved since the ‘70s: 10 important rules for sending cards to the ones you love, and tips for deciding which love notes to save

Get out the holiday treasures you’ve saved for years, and join us as we decide why we kept them and what to do with them.

Inheriting a violin is wonderful. But what if it comes with instructions that it must be played? And you resorted to violence as a kid to get out of playing?  Then what?

Does a 1967 elementary school magazine -- or a fifth grade school play -- still have value? Only if you’re looking for lost memories, new insights, and hilarity

Which gifts from mom are the real keepers? Daughters and sons, a grandmother, and a mother-to-be help us decide

Some adults can't toss their furry friends from childhood, even when the fuzz is gone. Hear about much-loved survivors, including two teddy bears who escaped the Nazis

Why should you watch Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson in 1967's long-lost comic gem The Tiger Makes Out? Their daughter Katherine helps us explain.

The hosts of Peacock TV's The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning give us a lesson about life as we laugh about death and try to reduce my possessions. And then -- surprise! -- there are tears.

As a director for network TV sports, Meg Streeter Lauck saved treasures that hold memories of Olympic figure skating, meeting teenage Dorothy Hamill, mourning 9/11, and other major moments. Can she toss any of it?

With Danny DeVito and his daughter Lucy starring in her play about our favorite topic, Theresa tells us how she cast them, why she wrote it, what she saves, and what she tosses

A 45-year-old tape recording about family ancestry leads to revelations about a kidnapped rabbi, a Johnstown drowning, and Joe Biden's junior high baseball team

Many brushes with death, years on dialysis, and three kidney transplants followed my wife Cindy's lupus diagnosis at 15. Inspired by saved items, we tell the rollercoaster tale of our intertwined lives and challenges.

When my wife Cindy's health declined after two kidney transplants, how would she find a third organ donor? The answer -- which involves my 33-year error -- could make you believe in miracles.

When bestselling spy novelist Joseph Kanon was a book editor and I was his assistant, I secretly sent letters pretending to be the boss. Until the Brooke Shields incident. Listen as Joe learns what really happened in 1979.

Broadway? Movies? TV? That's nuthin'. Stage and screen actress Donna Murphy first found fame on the high school literary magazine. Listen as she reads poems by herself and others 50 years later -- and get a big surprise.

I do my best to justify to co-host Sally Libby why many of us feel the urge to save things. But after telling her about treasures from my days as a PEOPLE magazine reporter, there's no escape. Something gets shredded.