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Every Little Thing

Public Toilets: To Sit or To Hover?

Every Little Thing

Gimlet

Comedy, Education, Science

4.64.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

ELT answers an age-old question: When you have to use a public toilet, should you sit on the seat? A team of microbiologists weigh in. Plus, the rise, fall, and re-rise of cargo shorts. Guests: Microbiologist Jack Gilbert; comedian Prashanth Venkataramanujam; cargo pantsologist Joe Hancock; Wall Street Journal reporter Nicole Hong. Special thanks to caller Jenny and the biology experts we surveyed: Jason Tetro, William Schaffner, Chuck Gerba, Rob Dunn, Jenny Hayden, Steffanie Strathdee, Liz Scott, Kimberly Page, and Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to E.L.T.'s Summer Survival Series.

0:05.0

Oh!

0:07.0

E.L. S

0:12.3

Summer Sky.

0:11.0

Hey Y L. Hey Eltzelsnert listeners, it's summertime and the listening's easy.

0:18.0

So we're bringing back some of our favorite Elt episodes to help you celebrate slash survive.

0:24.0

Nothing says summer like a trip to the Porta Potty at a horrible overcrowded music festival.

0:32.0

But don't worry, we got you covered with some practical... a horrible overcrowded music festival.

0:32.8

But don't worry, we got you covered with some practical advice

0:35.6

for when that porta potty door swings shut.

0:38.1

And today's a double-headed.

0:39.6

We'll also dig into the deep-pocketed history of a garment we love to hate. Cargo shorts.

0:47.0

Do you ever find yourself having this conversation with the people in your life?

0:52.0

I'm talking about your butt cheeks, not the obvious other part of your butt.

0:56.7

This is listener Jenny.

0:57.8

She called us with a very complicated argument.

1:00.4

Therefore, they're probably your butt cheeks are less dirty than say...

1:05.0

Here's her thesis in a nutshell.

1:07.0

When you're in a public bathroom,

1:08.5

being afraid of sitting on a toilet seat seems kind of ridiculous. But is it? A question you have almost certainly faced,

1:20.8

a long-standing slash sitting debate,

1:23.7

should I sit or should I hover?

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