Season 2

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

Hear the rapper and actor talk about crime, Hollywood, racism, and more -- before he was a Law & Order SVU detective and just after he created the metal band Body Count

The writers discuss their friendship and trade bloody tales during a never-shared 1984 interview about their hit book The Talisman. Plus, horror expert Bev Vincent on the chances of a new Talisman sequel or TV series

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

Melanie Safka's hit song about roller skating didn't reflect her rich talents and history. Get the real story from her lifelong friend, photographer Maddy Miller (Plus: a never-heard Melanie interview)

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?

What came with VIP access to Diana's '80s concerts? Well, chatting with Andy Warhol, stalking Richard Gere, dancing with Diana at 1:30 AM -- and getting very wet

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

Tupac Shakur talks about his violent arrest for jaywalking; his Black Panther family; Hollywood hypocrisy; and his program for poor urban kids. Plus, special guests discuss his contradictions (explicit)

Helen Keller’s friend, Hitler’s defier, Woody Allen’s teacher – the dancer who jolted America with moves you now see on TV, movies and music videos told me great tales in 1989.

As Dustin Hoffman, Andy Warhol, and Diana Ross watched, did I ruin Bill Murray's night at the 1982 premiere party? Former SNL writer Tom Gammill helps us decide.

With help from They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh, it's time to toss treasures that I saved after writing the band's first 1985 review in People Magazine.