EPISODE · Jul 1, 2026 · 25 MIN
Your waste is his work. Meet the 'g-man' lifting the lid on our ties to trash
from The Sunday Magazine
Most people spend their lives trying to avoid garbage, but Simon Paré-Poupart has spent the last 20 years immersed in it. The Montreal garbage collector and sociologist joins Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss his memoir, Trash!: A Garbageman's Story, and why he believes our waste reveals a lot about what we value and what we would rather throw away.
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