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Welcome to the ZuLoo Pōōdcast podcast, where we talk all things poop, toilets, and sanitation. Through insightful news, impact stories, and quirky humor, we aim to discuss and highlight the critical role toilets play in whisking poop out of our lives, the impact toilets have (or the lack thereof) in the health and wellness of humanity, and what ZuLoo is doing to help solve the current global sanitation crisis.
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On today's episode we are joined from India by our dear friends Nirja Bhatnagar and Dr. Sutirtha Sahariah of Sulabh International who discuss their new Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Knowledge Hub and and their efforts to raise awareness and engage men and boys in breaking the taboo around periods. Sulabh recently released a landmark report ana…
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On today's episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast we meet up with entrepreneur Jeremy Bronen who is the driving force behind the SedMed Toilet Lift Assist, an innovative mobility product for the toilet. This unique yet practical toilet seat helps people who might struggle with getting on and off the toilet by slowly lowering users down and providing a natur…
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On today's show we're honored to interview one of the leading authorities in the sanitation space, Professor Francis Lajara De Los Reyes, PhD 👨🏻‍🏫🚽🎓, who is an expert in wastewater treatment plant design and in water and sanitation solutions for developing countries. He helps train wastewater treatment plant operators and works on water and sanitat…
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Continuing our annual Pōōdcast tradition of celebrating International Women's Day 🚺🌐💜, Jocelyn and Suzanne are thrilled to be joined again on the show by the amazingly talented Cody Sanders, who continues to inspire, educate and empower women around the world as the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of MixHers. We also listen to Laxmi's first-ha…
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On today's episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, Suzanne travels to Boston to interview toilet seat innovator and entrepreneur Kevin Tang one-on-one, in-person! Kevin currently serves as CEO of Cleana Inc., a Boston-based technology startup founded by alums from Boston University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kevin shares what the Cleana …
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On today's show we are thrilled to learn at the feet of legendary entrepreneur and "anything is possible" superstar Suzy Batiz, creator of the ubiquitous and original Poo-Pourri toilet spray! 🌸🚽🌸😊 Suzy shares with us her journey of liberation and how she harnessed the energy of intuition to change her life and the world around her for the better. S…
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On today's Pōōdcast we're joined by water and sanitation engineer Edrulfo Rodriguez who currently works as the Nicaragua 🇳🇮 Country Manager for Engineers Without Borders USA. Edrulfo has helped implement over 40 infrastructure projects in the areas of water and sanitation. Edrulfo and his team have been implementing sanitation units and advocating …
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On today's show we catch up with fast-moving entrepreneur, van-living expert, and outdoor fitness enthusiast Devin Mattson about his latest venture, Good Poops Yogurt (yum!) 🍦😋💩🥇. Devin is passionate about yogurt and healthy guts! What started off as a home experiment in Devin's own kitchen exploring the benefits of slow-culturing novel strains of …
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On today's show, we're delighted to learn from the talented and lovely Alexandra Knezovich who serves as the Toilet Board Coalition's Managing Director of Engagement. With extensive expertise in project management, coordination, and creative development, Alexandra’s work for the Coalition -- which accelerates business solutions to the global sanita…
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Today we hang out with one of our new best friends, Jeremy Reeves, Founder and CEO of Peak Biome. Jeremy shares his personal journey of the development of Peak BioBoost, an innovative, science-backed, plant-based breakthrough that helps folks of all ages enjoy the “perfect poop” daily without uncomfortable gas, painful straining, or excessive wipin…
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On today's episode we are delighted to interview Lindsay Stradley, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Fresh Life, who works in partnership with municipalities, utilities and urban residents to develop and scale safe and affordable, sustainable, and citywide inclusive sanitation solutions in fast growing cities. On a regular basis, Fresh Life safe…
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Today we highlight the successful completion of ZuLoo's 2023 toilet-building campaign in Hyderabad, India, 🏁🚽🚽🚽🇮🇳 with our dear friend and colleague, Dr. Meera, and her dedicated team at SAPID. This episode is dedicated to N. Bindu Naidu, our beloved SAPID teammate, who recently passed away. She will be greatly missed! 👼🏾🧡🤍💚🙏🏾 Poo-News and Show Not…
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Today we join hands with our good friends at Brondell Bidets to celebrate World Toilet Day which is coming up fast on November 19! 🌏🚽🥳 Former guest and friend Kali Canedo returns to the Pōōdcast to share Brondell's mission to disrupt the status quo and enhance wellness and hygiene while protecting Earth’s valuable resources. Brondell uses the highe…
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Who votes in favor of clean restrooms? Everyone does, of course! 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏿🗳️🚽✨🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏼‍♀️ On today's episode of the Pōōdcast, we find ourselves in the great state of Texas with AirVote CEO Dmitri Poukhovski and Rocky, his mild-mannered Cocker Spaniel. Utilizing simple but effective QR-code technology systems, AirVote is changing the way customer feedb…
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Bonjour from the ZuLoo Pōōdcast! Today we have the pleasure of sitting down with our new ami français, Jean-Baptiste Duprieu, who is Founder and CEO of Çava Health (pronounced "sah-vah" which in French means “How are you?“). The Çava Seat is a high-tech toilet seat and hygienic built-in bidet that can measure and track a host of biometric data, inc…
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Today we are joined by both Angela Huston and Ruchika Shiva of the IRC (International Water and Sanitation Centre) based in The Hague 🇳🇱. Angela is a civil engineer and interdisciplinary WASH specialist experienced in drinking water 🚰 systems and sanitation assessments, including fecal 💩 waste mapping and the integration of essential components imp…
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"Toilets Can Be . . . Beautiful!" 🌸🚽😍 This novel idea is the mantra of today's special Pōōdcast guest, Point of Shift founder and CEO Kelsey McWilliams, who founded Point of Shift to address the gap between technologists and consumers in the "circular sanitation" and alternative septic market. Based from beautiful Burlington, Vermont 🌲, Kelsey's ca…
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Can you say "Faecal Sludge Management Alliance" 10 times fast? 😛 Haha -- neither can we! Lucky for us, Jennifer Williams' name is much smoother on the tongue and on today's episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast we are thrilled with the opportunity to sit down with her and talk all things "faecal" (a/k/a/ "fecal" for you American listeners out there). 💩 Bef…
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On today's episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast we hunker down with our new friend, sanitation superhero and FLUSH founder Kimberly Worsham! Kim is a sanitation expert with a knack for breaking “toilet taboos” through data-driven storytelling. With over a decade of experience, including working all over the world in international NGOs providing safe drink…
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Today we are graced with the presence of Josephine Daka who serves as Africa Regional Director of Mothers Without Borders. Josephine is helping oversee ZuLoo's new toilet-building and improvement project at the Carol ZuLu Primary School in rural Zambia 🇿🇲 which previously had only 7 working toilets (pit latrines) for over 800 students and teachers …
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Today we travel to the Rocky Mountains of northern Utah 🏔️💩🏔️ where Suzanne is treated by the lovely Madeline Tennant to an exclusive tour of the brand-new, state-of-the-art Logan Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility which receives, treats, and cleans a whopping 18 million gallons of water per day on average! 🚽🏭💦💦💦💦 Poo-News and Show Notes: How d…
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On today's episode we tip our crowns to the "Crapper King" 👑🚽 himself, Curtis Ingalls, who is shaking up the toilet world through his innovative approach to the equally loved-and-loathed porta-potty! King Curtis' technologically-advanced P-Pod design may very well be the next generation of portable sanitation that we've all been hoping for! We also…
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On today's show we have the pleasure of being joined again by the talented Jennica Anusua as we learn of Yadalaxmi's struggle to help her crippled husband, Somaiah, defend his dignity in their slum community before they received a ZuLoo-sponsored toilet. 🚽🇮🇳🤗 We also feature the products of a few of our new ZuLoo Marketplace partners including Bern…
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On today's episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, we return to South Africa 🇿🇦 to visit with The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Associate Professor Dyllon Randall who recently won the South African Institution of Chemical Engineers (SAIChE) Innovation Award 🏆 for a project on the development of a fertilizer-producing urinal and urine bio-brick process. Wh…
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On today's episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, Jocelyn and Darin are joined by the talented actress and mental health professional Jennica Anusua as we listen to the story of Ramulamma and her daughter of Hyderabad, India, who recently received a ZuLoo-sponsored toilet. 🚽🇮🇳🤗 We also feature some of our new ZuLoo Marketplace affiliate product partners in…
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Cholera is a disease that is spread through contaminated water and causes acute diarrhea. If left untreated it can kill the elderly and small children within hours. ☠️☠️☠️ Poor access to clean water, toilets and hand-washing facilities often causes cholera to spread unabated with tragic results. On today's episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast we sit down …
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On today's episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast we connect with a leading voice in the water, sanitation, and hygiene sector, our friend Barbara Ikin! Barbara has helped spread the life-saving work of Sulabh International Center for Action Sociology South Africa 🇿🇦 throughout the country by renovating and building toilets in schools, public spaces, and ho…
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On today's episode we have the pleasure of connecting with our new best friend and fellow global toilet advocate Sarika Saluja! Sarika currently serves as General Manager of the "other WTO", the World Toilet Organization! 🌍🚽 Joining us from her home in Dubai 🇦🇪, Sarika shares her personal story of what first motivated her to become an advocate for …
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast we are honored to hear directly from Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak himself from New Delhi, India! 🙏🏾🇮🇳 Dr. Pathak is the founder of Sulabh International, an international social service organization. The Sulabh toilet is a two-pit pour-flush ecological compost toilet technology developed by Dr. Pathak in 1968. Based on…
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When you flush it down 🚽 where does it all go?? 💩🤔 On today's show we join Kelsey and Jocelyn -- and their witty and professional guides, Matt, Joel, and Shelley -- on a fascinating, behind-the-scenes tour of the water reclamation plant located in Provo, Utah, USA! 🇺🇸 🏭💦💦💦 Poo-News and Show Notes: What are "rags" and why are they bad? Tune in and f…
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast we are joined by our dear friends from the Well Being Foundation Africa, Dr. Franco Apiyanteide and Tosin Adebayo! Based in Nigeria 🇳🇬, the Well Being Foundation Africa is committed to improving WASH in healthcare facilities, households, schools and communities across Nigeria and around the world. The Wellbeing…
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast we get educated in all things woman-kind 💟🌸🚺 by one of our favorite friends, Cody Sanders! As Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Mixhers, one of the fastest growing female-owned companies in America, Cody's expertise as a holistic health practitioner has helped thousands of women worldwide live healthier a…
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast we are honored to sit down with dynamic thought leader Kathy Headlee who founded Mothers Without Borders in 1989. Under her direction, Mothers Without Borders has organized and implemented dozens of community development projects -- including life-saving TOILETS 🚽💟💩 -- and volunteer expeditions to Romania, Mexi…
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast we highlight International Women's Day (March 8), a day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women around the world. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality. Of course, in our humble opinion, nothing spells "equality" quite like toilets do! 🚽 Ke…
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast we "Talk Sh*t" 💩 with South Africa's 🇿🇦 favorite serial entrepreneur and toilet enthusiast Birger Lundgren, founder and CEO of Sanitation Ambassadors! Birger shares with us how Sanitation Ambassadors is taking an "IKEA" 🇸🇪 approach to the global sanitation crisis through their innovative design, engineering, de…
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, we sit down with our friend Cray Rawlings who shares with us his toilet mis-adventures as a missionary in Zimbabwe 🚽🇿🇼😅 . . . and Darin personally answers the age-old question: Can sand -- not sandpaper, but actual sand -- be an effective toilet paper alternative? 🧻🤔🏖️ Facts, Poo-News, and Show Notes: A carniv…
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We often talk about number twos 💩💩✌🏾✌🏾 on the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, but today bio-resource engineer PhD and Sanitation 360 CEO Jenna Senecal reverts our attention to the almighty number one! ☝🏻💦🟡 Joining us from Sweden's 🇸🇪 Gotland Island in the Baltic Sea, Jenna shares with us how Sanitation 360's toilet recycling technology converts urine "waste" into …
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, we learn wisdom at the feet of seasoned humanitarian, family man, and all-around cowboy Lonny Ward! Lonny currently serves as Director of Operations of CHOICE Humanitarian, a philanthropic 501(c)(3) charity that works with and through rural communities to expand their range of options, foster self-reliance, an…
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, we have the pleasure of introducing you to a few of the participants, sponsors, and thought-leaders we met at the 2022 World Toilet Summit that occurred in Abuja, Nigeria, on World Toilet Day (November 19)! 🌍🚽🇳🇬🎉 Facts, Poo-News, and Show Notes: Please join us as Suzanne talks toilets with: Nigeria Minister of…
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Did you miss the recent World Toilet Summit? No worries! The ZuLoo Pōōdcast has you covered! On this episode we sit down with Suzanne Godfrey who represented ZuLoo at the 2022 World Toilet Summit in Abuja, Nigeria! 🌍🚽🇳🇬🎉 Facts, Poo-News, and Show Notes: Policing the sewer? In the UK, flushing wet wipes may now constitute a criminal offense! 🚽🔍👮🏻‍♂️…
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Being pregnant was supposed to be a happy time in Nazeera's life. But before she had a toilet built by ZuLoo and SAPID at her home in Hyderabad, India, she felt guilty having her baby. On this episode of the ZuLoo Põōdcast, listen to Nazeera's compelling story alongside Suzanne and special guests Brynn Martindale and Milli Beach. Brynn and Milli al…
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, we connect with our friend Kassie Morton of The Nature Conservancy who educates us on the impact contaminated wastewater is having on the health and well-being of everyone on the planet! 💩🌍🤢 Facts, Poo-News, and Show Notes: How much does it cost to fix a toilet on an aircraft carrier? 🚽 (19FortyFive) How healt…
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, we visit with our friend Jillian Moore of Pixie Cup, the family-owned and operated menstrual cup maker serving women across the world by providing affordable, waste-reducing period products. Did you know that menstrual cups reduce period waste to almost ZERO and are reusable for up to ten years? Jillian shares…
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, we check in with the bright smiling faces 👧🏾👧🏾👧🏾 of ZuLoo Team India (SAPID) and project director Meera who give us a quick update on the new clean water wells 💦 ZuLoo Humanitarian Outreach 501c3 is drilling and the safe, single-family private toilets 🚽 being constructed among the emerging communities of Hyder…
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, we drop in on Judy Abrahams, founder and inventor of the Super Potty Trainer which she invented in direct response to her child's fear of falling in the toilet. Judy shares with us her entrepreneurial journey from humble beginnings in Colombia to the point where she and her business partner were featured on th…
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, we drop into a noisy local pub in Bristol, England, 🇬🇧 and connect with anthropologist, innovator, and PEEQUAL female urinal co-creator Amber Probyn! We learn how PEEQUAL, an innovative "squat and go" female urinal, helps women bypass the dreaded long bathroom line 🚽🚾🚺🚺🚺🚺🚺 and quickly do their business so they…
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, we boldly go! . . . toward the final frontier of toilets -- outer space, that is 🚀🪐 -- with NASA Lunar Loo Challenge winner Boone Davidson. When NASA asked for help designing a next-generation, extraterrestrial toilet that works for both male and female astronauts 👨🏿‍🚀🚽👩🏻‍🚀 in microgravity, lunar gravity, and …
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, Kelsey and Jocelyn break out of the studio and go on a scientific field trip to the toilet lab of the future, Hall Labs! 🚽💩🧫🔬👩🏻‍🔬⚗️⚛️🧬 Hall Labs Managing Director Michael Hall takes them on an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of the final frontier of toilet tech! Come along and geek out with us! 🤓👽🛸 Facts, Po…
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Often called the silent crisis, the global sanitation crisis is wrought with taboo. 🚽😱💩 We avoid mentioning the toilet, using words for human excrement, sharing a toilet or even having a toilet. Coming to the rescue is the Ocean Sewage Alliance! 🐙 The OSA is a diverse collective of organizations and academic scientists committed to reducing the thr…
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On this episode of the ZuLoo Pōōdcast we connect with ZuLoo's official Peruvian Spanish translator, Adriana Penafiel, who shares with us details of ZuLoo's recent fact-finding excursion and upcoming toilet-building project among the native descendants of ancient Incan highlanders in Chinchero, Peru. 🏔🦙🚽🇵🇪 Also, Kelsey teaches Jocelyn and Darin -- i…
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