Philosopher's Zone
Purity, filth and 'promiscuous defecators': why we're weird about poo
June 4, 2026·36 min
Episode Description from the Publisher
Why are we so repelled yet fascinated by bodily waste? Today we're talking purity, pollution, colonial sanitation regimes, medicine and public health, and how they've been shaped by our deeply ambivalent attitudes to the stuff we all produce (ideally) every day, but rarely think about deeply.
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