December 14, 2020

Eat This Podcast: Oh, poop

Hello

It’s time to face an uncomfortable fact. After more than 200 episodes devoted in their various ways to what we eat and drink, I’ve never looked at the direct consequences of all that ingestion: excretion.

Time to remedy that, with Professor Donald Worster, triggered by his essay The Good Muck: Toward an Excremental History of China.

Excrement is unavoidable. But is it simply a waste product, to be dumped out of sight and out of mind? Or is it a valuable resource that we squander at our peril?

Take a listen, and let me know what you think we should do about it.

All the best

Jeremy