Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, known collectively as The Minimalists, help millions of people rethink their relationship with material possessions. Since launching their podcast in December 2015, the two — described by The New Yorker as "sincere prophets of anti-consumerism" — have built one of the most listened-to shows in the genre, now joined by cohost T.K. Coleman. Their story began with an unlikely origin: a friendship that started in fifth grade, long before