Decoder Ring: Standing Up for Sitting Down
If you\u2019re lucky, it\u2019s possible you\u2019ve never thought much about sitting. It\u2019s just something your body does, like breathing or sleeping. But in the last decade or so, sitting has stepped into the spotlight, as a kind of villain. In today\u2019s episode, Slate\u2019s Dan Kois tells us about his radical experiment to go without sitting for an entire month. Then to understand why sitting is under attack we look back at an earlier posture panic around slouching, and explore the role of hostile architecture.\nThis episode was written by Max Freedman and Willa Paskin and produced by Max. We produce Decoder Ring with Katie Shepherd and Evan Chung. Derek John is Executive Producer. Merritt Jacob is Senior Technical Director.\nYou heard\xa0\u201cSitting\u201d by TJ Mack, aka Brian Jordan Alvarez, as remixed by Josh Mac. We\u2019d like to thank Stephen Nessen and Rob Robinson. For some of the background on hostile architecture, we are indebted to the late Mike Davis\u2019s book, City of Quartz, and in particular Chapter 4: \u201cFortress L.A.\u201d Check out Dan Kois\u2019 New York Magazine article about his exploits, \u201cSitting Is Bad for You. So I Stopped. For a Whole Month.\u201d\xa0\nIf you haven\u2019t please yet, subscribe and rate our feed in Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. And even better, tell your friends.\nIf you\u2019re a fan of the show, we\u2019d love for you to sign up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to listen to Decoder Ring and every other Slate podcast without any ads. You also get unlimited access to Slate\u2019s website. Member support is crucial to our work. So please go to Slate.com/decoderplus to join Slate Plus today.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices