59: Swiffer? I Hardly Know Her!

Hanna reveals her least favorite household chore, which involves horrific, slimy blobs of grossness that Andrew surprisingly doesn’t find to be so bad. They also help a listener avoid the dreaded title of “Ms. Bacteria Butt 2021.”

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58: Drunk and Orderly

Andrew tries using tire cleaner -- at the advice of a listener -- to remove the waxy buildup on his t-shirts underarms. He reports back with results. Hanna has more information on the cleaning supplies teachers should (and should NOT!) use. And a Scrub Jockey calls with a delightful vacuuming hot tip. We love her.

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57: Gross Domestic Products

A listener calls the Spotline with something she called a “Cleaning Horror Story.” She was NOT exaggerating. Hanna and Andrew try to help her out, and they hear from someone with some pretty strong opinions about mattress covers.

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54: Distain for Dis Stain

Hanna and Andrew stumble on the official cleaning grades that landlords give their tenants...and the grade that Hanna’s landlord gave her! Plus, the Scrub Jockeys share their incredibly colorful ways of creating to-do lists for themselves.

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51: Armor All'd And Dangerous

Hanna and Andrew try to solve the mystery surrounding a listener’s new stinky house smell. Plus, a Scrub Jockey stumbles on her own leather-shoe cleaning lifehack, and Spotless’ #2 fan has a very disturbing experience with her cat’s water dish.

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50: Ragtime Pals

Hello my baby, hello my honey, we are literally talking about rags in today’s podcast! Also: How do you get bike grease out of clothes? And are store brand cleaning products better than name brands?

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49: Procrasti-Cleaners and Mopping Martyrs

What kind of cleaner are you? A Scrub Jockey’s advertising project has Hanna and Andrew exploring the idea of “cleaning archetypes” -- from “The Perfectionist” to “The Putterer.” They also learn that the New York Times is straight-up stealing their whole deal.

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45: Bad Beth and Beyond

Andrew has had many household adventures since we last spoke, including a disgusting laundry room discovery, an even more disgusting vacuum situation, and an in-depth analysis of modern ice-trays. Plus, Hanna's been melting toothbrushes and raking carpets.

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43: Talkin' Trash

 Hanna helps a listener figure out what in the heck we can safely put into our garbage disposals, while Andrew tries to figure out what we're supposed to do with the stupid ice packs that come with meal delivery kits.   

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42: Ice, Ice Maybe

Andrew is impressed with a new kitchen-cleaning gadget, but he and Hanna try to make it a little less sexist. Meanwhile, the Scrub Jockeys offer some critical insights into the Great Pink Slime Mystery, Andrew's ice dream turns into an ice nightmare, and Hanna tries to help a listener make a bidet more okay with the help of a....poop brush? Oh dear. 

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40: You Just Need To Appliance Yourself

Hanna and Andrew try to help the Scrub Jockeys reach Cleaning Nirvana with a little help from their local libraries. Plus, we hear a washing machine horror story with a happy ending, and  Hanna's sister weighs-in on the Mystery Of The Weird Mr. Clean Spray Bottle. 

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