Uploaded March 2012 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Rob Walker (co-editor of the new book Significant Objects) and Studio 360's Kurt Andersen visited Vintage Thrift in Manhattan to find three prime examples of junk. Your task is to make one piece of junk (or more) significant. Walker will judge the entries, with one winner for each object. The prize, of course, is the piece of junk itself.

Enter the contest -- and read stories submitted by listeners: studio360.org/objects