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Hygiene Debates, Skipping Showers, And Climate Change, Oh My!

It's Been a Minute

English - August 13, 2021 22:53 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 8.2K ratings
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#ShowerGate. Sam talks to Carl Zimring, professor of sustainability studies at Pratt Institute and author of Clean and White, about the online debate over celebrities showering habits and how it taps into a long history linking hygiene and race.

Then, we hear from Yessenia Funes, climate editor for Atmos Magazine, about this week's report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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