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

#ShowerGate. Sam talks to <a href="https://twitter.com/CarlZimring">Carl Zimring</a>, 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 <a href="https://twitter.com/yessfun">Yessenia Funes</a>, climate editor for <a href="https://atmos.earth/">Atmos Magazine</a>, about this week's <a href="https://atmos.earth/ipcc-report-climate-justice-indigenous-people/">report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)</a>. You can follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/NPRItsBeenAMin">@NPRItsBeenAMin</a> and email us at <a href="#mailto">samsanders@npr.org</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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