In this episode:

• our interview with author and webmaster Dave Praeger in NYC,
• his new book Poop Culture (www.poopthebook.com),
• Starbucks,
• public bathrooms and automatic flush toilets,
• the upper class during the Victorian era,
• the ideology behind the flush toilet,
• cholera outbreaks,
• chamber pots and privies,
• the environmental impact of our current sewer system,
• creating energy from human waste,
• Dave’s web site PoopReport (www.poopreport.com),
• his upcoming show The Tao of Poo on June 2, 2007, in Philadelphia, PA,
• and his article in The New York Times about recycling urine for use as fertilizer.

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