Clean Up After Your Dog! (1978)

This Day in Esoteric Political History

Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

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🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

It’s August 3rd. This day in 1978, dog owners in NYC are dealing with a whole new reality — they are now responsible for cleaning up after their pet’s waste.

Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss what life was like on NYC’s streets before the so-called “pooper scooper” law, and how these sorts of laws are more about shifting norms than actual enforcement.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from Radiotopia.
0:07.0	My name is Jody Avergan.
0:09.0	This day, August 1978, dead of summer and New York City, hot, sticky, smelly, but maybe, just
0:20.3	maybe a little less sticky and smelly because this was the start of New York
0:24.8	city's so-called pooper scooper law. Basically a law that says hey you pick up
0:31.0	after your damn dog.
0:32.7	When they poop on the sidewalk,
0:34.0	you are now responsible for picking it up
0:35.8	and disposing of it.
0:37.5	This, I'm sure, was welcome news
0:39.4	to the residents of New York City,
0:41.2	not to mention the manufacturers of those little plastic bags
0:43.8	you have to carry with you on the leash and then you take it out and you turn it inside
0:47.2	out and you pick up the poop which has always struck me I got to say if I'm
0:50.4	being honest I still find that pretty disgusting like I still technically think that counts as touching poop.
0:55.1	I don't know if I'm right.
0:57.3	Mickey is a dog owner so she can describe to us or maybe defend the practice,
1:01.0	but maybe that's the reason I don't own a dog. It's like just that even that is like oh really but anyway here to discuss as always
1:09.0	Nicole Hammer of Vanderbilt and Kelly Carter Jackson of Wellesley let's talk about scooping poop.
1:15.3	Hello there.
1:16.3	Hello Jody and this is this will be my comment.
1:19.7	You're both parents.
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