Episode 71: May 21, 2007

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. 24 minutes - paunchstevenson.com