Poop Friends

Sh*t happens. So why is it so hard to talk about? This week, the ways that poop divides and binds us in our friendships.

Additional Resources:

Featured in this episode:

Tracy Clayton, writer and podcast host (see her poop friends tweet thread here)

David Inglis, author of A Sociological History of Excretory Experience

Sarah Albee, author of Poop Happened!: A History of the World from the Bottom Up

Shawn Shafner, founder of The Poop Project

Dan Gerling, associate professor of English at Augustana University

Marlene Sokolon, associate professor of Political Science at Concordia University

Jake Arlow, author of Almost Flying

Learn more:

Poop shame is real

Because it's gross

The whole "women don't poop" myth

But women do, actually

And they talk about it

Go ahead, look at it

Pooping goes viral

Special thanks to the following musicians:

Theme music by Infinity Knives

Stephen Antony Beasley

Elizabeth de Lise

Husked (courtesy Tribe of Noise)

Yung Kartz

Connor Lafitte

Magnus Moon (courtesy of Tribe of Noise)

Solxis

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