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.

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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
• Tom Pile and Running Dog Music
• Solxis
• Elizabeth de Lise
• Husked (courtesy Tribe of Noise)
• Yung Kartz
• Connor Lafitte
• Magnus Moon (courtesy of Tribe of Noise)