Garage Sales Unhinged

Julie and Jake discuss recent estate-sale experiences. Jake attends a presale at the property behind his home, where an out-of-state heir hires an estate-sale company; with few shoppers, Jake photographs rooms to shop...

Julie and Jake banter about art, including nudity in French films and public arts funding, then shift to what makes art “nice,” emphasizing subjectivity, decor, sentiment, and stories behind pieces. Julie describes art...

Hosts Julie and Jake of “Garage Sales Unhinged” share a gossipy story about Painted Tree, a vendor-mall operator where vendors rented booth space while store employees handled sales for a cut. After the company was sold...

Julie explains a Wall Street Journal article about pawn shop chains serving the K-shaped economy, where higher-income consumers remain comfortable while lower-income individuals struggle with essentials. Jake and Julie...

Julie and Jake riff on buying restaurant polos at Goodwill to sneak into places like Applebee’s for appetizers, noting the security issues of employee apparel being resold. Jake discusses regularly checking an online...

Hosts Julie and Jake discuss unexpected “extras” found in secondhand purchases, focusing on books with notes in the margins (“marginalia”). Julie shares a Nashville-area news story about a woman who bought a suitcase at...

Hosts Julie and Jake, co-hosts of Garage Sales Unhinged, chat about their weekends: Julie attended a duo birthday/pool party and Jake, who usually sticks to online auctions, detours to a nearby first-day estate sale...

Hosts Julie and Jake introduce “Garage Sales Unhinged” and banter about music’s effect on shopping behavior and how garage, yard, and estate sale hosts can use it to shape atmosphere and encourage buying. Julie cites...

Julie and Jake discuss the World’s Longest Garage Sale, a nearly 700-mile event through Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, happening August 6–9. Julie recounts an article about a vendor preparing...

Podcast hosts Julie and Jake describe a field report from Texoma Trade Days, held at a run-down, mostly abandoned “ghost mall” with an eerie backrooms vibe. They recount meeting a wide variety of vendors—from casual...

Julie shares a print newspaper she found in Colorado: The Mountain States Collector, covering antiques and the secondhand market. She highlights an article by DeDe Horan on unusual postcard categories collectors seek...

<p>Julie and Jake discuss a real yard-sale dilemma: what to do when you urgently need the bathroom while shopping at someone’s home. Jake says he’d leave to find a nearby public restroom rather than ask the homeowner...

<p>Jake brings up an Edmonton man running a garage sale for three consecutive months that neighbors call an eyesore and are complaining about, prompting a discussion of rules around sale duration and permits. Julie...

<p>Julie tells Jake about spotting a sign for five coordinated garage sales on a nearby cul-de-sac and visiting three of them, meeting neighbors and hearing about a massive ornate hutch left by previous owners. For $8...

<p>Julie announces the season four finale of “Garage Sales Unhinged,” noting she and Jake will take a few weeks off and return in May. </p><p>Julie recaps how the podcast was started and wanted a show celebrating the...