Several weeks back after my Twitter thread on Kondō Marie exploded, I spoke with Tristan Grunow about the KonMari phenomenon and why I think people miss something important when they reduce her tidying method to her “Shintō roots” or describe it as “Shintō animism.” Here’s our conversation:

Jolyon Thomas, interview with Tristan Grunow, Japan on the Record, podcast audio, April 16, 2019. https://share.transistor.fm/s/2ed47766.