The Ridiculously Inspiring Story of Free Public Restrooms, Part One: Everyone Has To Poop
About this episode
The episode explores the history and evolution of free public restrooms in the United States.
Today a great many people in the United States take free toilets for granted. Yet, as Ben, Noel and Max discover in the first part of this two-part episode, there was a long -- and ridiculous -- road from the origin of public toilets to the free facilities we enjoy today. Tune in to learn how the United States decided to 'solve' a public health crisis by charging people to poop... and stay tuned to learn what happened next. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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