Get personal with your poo, like a samurai

Dec 22, 2025 · 29 min · Episode 4

0:00-29:04

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Are we too quick to flush? In Edo Japan, people were much more mindful of how they dealt with sewage and rubbish than we are today. Chris Harding’s Life Lesson from History is that we should think more carefully about how we deal with our waste products, in the spirit of the samurai.

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