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ZuLoo Poodcast
What if toilets, poop and sanitation are the hidden forces shaping global health, human dignity, and survival worldwide?
ZuLoo Poodcast is a podcast about toilets, poop, and global sanitation, exploring how sanitation impacts public health, wellness, hygiene, and humanity through funny facts, real stories, and impactful conversations.
👉 Learn more about ZuLoo’s mission and global health sanitation work at https://zuloo.org
Welcome to ZuLoo Poodcast, the podcast that talks openly about poop, toilets, global health and sanitation so the rest of the world doesn’t have to ignore why it matters. Each episode dives into sanitation news, global health conversations, public health insights, and quirky humor to uncover how toilets quietly influence daily life, health outcomes, and human dignity across the globe.
From funny toilet facts and surprising poop trivia to serious discussions about sanitation access, toilet innovation, hygiene education, and public health systems, ZuLoo Poodcast shines a light on one of the most overlooked topics in the world. A topic that affects everyone, everywhere.
Why Listen? Because sanitation affects everything. Health. Education. Gender equity. Environmental sustainability. Economic opportunity.
If you care about public health, global sanitation, wellness, sustainable innovation, or simply love learning unexpected facts that actually matter, this podcast is for you. ZuLoo Poodcast makes complex sanitation issues easy to understand, surprisingly entertaining, and deeply human. You will laugh, learn, and start seeing toilets and sanitation in a completely new way.
What You’ll Hear on ZuLoo Poodcast
✅ Real conversations about global sanitation and public health
✅ Funny, fascinating poop facts and toilet stories
✅ Interviews with sanitation experts, innovators, and impact leaders
✅ Stories showing how toilets impact health, wellness, and human dignity
✅ Insight into the global sanitation crisis and real world solutions
✅ How toilet technology and sanitation innovation are changing lives
This is an educational sanitation podcast that does not sound like a lecture. It is honest, curious, approachable, and grounded in real human stories.
Meet the Hosts
Jocelyn Gardiner
Jocelyn Gardiner is a sanitation advocate and co-host of ZuLoo Poodcast with a passion for storytelling, education, and breaking down taboos around toilets, poop, and hygiene. She brings curiosity, humor, and heart to conversations about sanitation access, public health, and why talking about toilets can actually change lives.
Darin Mangum
Darin Mangum is co-host of ZuLoo Poodcast and a leader in impact-driven conversations around sanitation, wellness, and global health. With a grounded and thoughtful approach, Darin connects real-world sanitation challenges to practical solutions, highlighting how access to safe toilets plays a critical role in improving quality of life worldwide.
About ZuLoo
ZuLoo is on a mission to help solve the global sanitation crisis by improving access to clean, safe toilets and hygiene education. ZuLoo Poodcast is one way the organization raises awareness, sparks conversation, and drives action around sanitation and public health.
ZuLoo Poodcast
Designing Dignity: How MadamePee CEO Nathalie des Isnards Is Rethinking Public Toilets (#93)
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Public toilets have historically been designed without women in mind. In this episode of the ZuLoo Poodcast, we sit down with Nathalie des Isnards, founder and CEO of MadamePee, to explore how design innovation can improve access, dignity, and safety in public sanitation.
Nathalie shares how MadamePee was created to address the challenges women face with long restroom lines, limited facilities, and inadequate sanitation infrastructure. This conversation highlights how thoughtful design can help create equitable restroom access and improve sanitation for everyone.
What You Will Learn
✅ Why traditional public restroom design disadvantages women
✅ How female urinals can reduce restroom wait times
✅ The role design plays in sanitation equity
✅ How innovation can reshape public infrastructure
✅ Why inclusive sanitation solutions matter for public health
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Timestamps
00:00 Designing Dignity: How MadamePee CEO Nathalie des Isnards Is Rethinking Public Toilets
02:10 Introducing Nathalie des Isnards and MadamePee
06:05 The problem with traditional public restroom design
10:40 How female urinals work
15:20 Design, dignity, and sanitation equity
20:15 Public infrastructure and innovation
25:30 The future of inclusive sanitation design
Key Takeaways
🔹 Public restroom design has historically overlooked women’s needs
🔹 Female urinals can improve efficiency and accessibility
🔹 Inclusive design creates better sanitation for everyone
🔹 Innovation in sanitation infrastructure supports dignity and equity
Guest Bio
Nathalie des Isnards is the founder and CEO of MadamePee, a company focused on redesigning public sanitation through female urinal innovation. Her work centers on improving sanitation access, reducing wait times for women, and creating inclusive public restroom solutions.
https://www.madamepee.com/en/home/
Poo-News and Show Notes:
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- In defiance of "poop protest" threats, Paris' mayor thinks it's OK! 💩🌊🙆🏻♀️🌊🇫🇷👌🏻 (Wired)
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