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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This was a particularly awesome episode. Not only was it fascinating, but funny as well. I love poop.
Thanks! Dave’s book Poop Culture is fascinating and funny, too. He was a great guest and we thank him again for coming on the show.
We’ll have more people on the show soon, so keep listening!
you were far more scatalogical in your first year, and when this episode was introduced, i was expecting far more toilet humour. however, on liostening it was quite informative and reflective – regardless of the subject (faecal) matter: the victorian social stigma and energy saving theories.