SHHH: The Poopcast (aka S**t and Shame with Shawn)
aka Shit And Shame With Shawn. Join Shawn Shafner 'The Puru', performer, activist, and educator for serious but entertaining talk about poop, fecal matters, LGBT shame and other unnameable taboos that clog our bodies, minds, and communities. Shawn and his esteemed guests talk (and might even sing) about taking responsibility for our literal shit and our metaphorical shit, to transform them from waste to resource. It’s time to get our shit together, before it hits the fan.
- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 31
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2018
Thinx’ Miki Agrawal: Pizza, Periods, Pee and Poop
There’s so much happening in our underwear zone: poop, pee, period blood. And Miki Agrawal is tackling them all, with a side of vegan, gluten-free, farm-to-table pizza. This week, Shawn Shafner (The …
The Sex Episode: A Podcast Collision with Sex for Smart People* (*that means you)
Sex and poop. Both are natural parts of having a body. Both can be intensely pleasurable. And both are rich boiling pots of shame and cultural baggage. Which is why The Puru has teamed up with S. Rya…
Pooping Gold: Transforming Trauma with Amanda Miller
Might the way to enlightenment just be through your anus? In this episode, The Puru cozies butt-up with Amanda Miller--writer, actor, massage therapist, yogi, and compulsively creative person--in ord…
American Wasteland: Dr. Daniel Gerling Gets Down with Doodie
Constipated? Take relief: it's probably not because your sphincter is too tight. In this month's episode of SHHH, The Puru sits down with Dr. Daniel Gerling, Assistant Professor at Augustana Universi…
The Loo Lady: Rachel Erickson
Wanna know how your floating ball cock measures up? In this episode, Shawn “The Puru” Shafner sits down with Rachel “The Loo Lady” Erickson. Rachel spent the past few years leading critically-acclaim…
Jibril: Five Year-Old Gastroenterologist
The Puru may have finally met his match. Jibril is an extraordinary five year-old living in the Bronx who just happens to be obsessed with digestion. In this episode of SHHH, Jibril schools Shawn on …
Celebrating World Toilet Day 2015 with Tom Keating
The Puru, Shawn Shafner, is gearing up for November 19, when the United Nations and people around the globe will celebrate World Toilet Day. And where better to celebrate than Atlanta, Georgia with T…
Author of Poop Culture - Dave Praeger
Shawn, The Puru, sits down with Dave Praeger, whose book “Poop Culture: How America Is Shaped by Its Grossest National Product,” catalyzed The POOP Project. Creator of Poop Report, the web’s first in…
Bobby Edwards - Squatty Potty Inventor & CEO
Shawn is thrilled to talk to Squatty Potty creator Bobby Edwards about the undeniable anatomical superiority of squatting over sitting to poop, and how shameful Victorian taboos have all but erased …
"Contamination Theories" or "3 Gays In A Room" with Jamie Benson, Dancer / Choreographer & Andrae Gonzalo, Fashion Designer - Pt. 1
Shawn, our Puru, talks to Jamie Benson, dancer, choreographer, and maker of shows such as the satire-drenched 'Bowel Movement', and 'Bathroom Follies', among others. In addition, Jamie’s partner, …
Shawn Shafner Is Passionate...About Poop
Shawn 'The Puru' Shafner is interviewed by friend, musician, and this podcast producer, Josh Sitron, on serious issues surrounding poop, and the inherent humor that arises automatically from su…