Flush With Excitement

Published: June 14, 2021, 4:10 p.m.

b'The toilet: A ubiquitous appliance that dates to the time of Shakespeare. But billions of people around the world still lack modern sanitation infrastructure. And the incentive to modernize includes the possibility that recycling human waste could help with conservation efforts, energy generation, and even medicine.\\nAlso, a sixth-grader puts lipstick on cats\\u2019 bottoms to map places their tush has touched, and in Michigan, why peeing on the peonies can be a good thing.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nKaeden Henry\\xa0\\u2013 Sixth grade student in Tennessee.\\n\\n\\nKerry Griffin\\xa0\\u2013 Mother of Kaeden Henry; holds a doctorate in animal behavior.\\n\\n\\nYvette Johnson-Walker\\xa0\\u2013 Clinical Instructor in Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.\\n\\n\\nChelsea Wald\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Science and environmental journalist, and author of\\xa0Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet.\\n\\n\\n\\nNancy Love\\xa0\\u2013 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan\\n\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'