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Toilets: Humanity’s Greatest Invention?

Clearstory

Dec 12, 201936:11Leisure

Not everyone wants to talk about it, but the toilet is responsible for saving countless lives throughout human history. Hodding Carter, author of “Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization” takes us on a journey throug...

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Toilets: Humanity’s Greatest Invention? is an episode from Clearstory. Not everyone wants to talk about it, but the toilet is responsible for saving countless lives throughout human history. Hodding Carter, author of “Flushed: How the Plumb...

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Published Dec 12, 2019, 36:11 long, audio available.

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Not everyone wants to talk about it, but the toilet is responsible for saving countless lives throughout human history. Hodding Carter, author of “Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization” takes us on a journey through the toilet’s development, and This Old House’s Richard Trethewey tours the Plumbing Museum with an eye to the past before looking to the future.

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Published Dec 12, 2019 and 36:11 long