What if the solution to climate change, world peace, and self-love was the one thing no one wanted to talk about? From communal Roman toilets to the Queen who banished the bowel movement, Shawn Shafner unearths the origins of our dis-ease. In this stand-up comedy / TED-style lecture / character-shifting solo play, Shafner exposes How the Potty Trained Us to embrace sanitary practices that threaten our health, environment, and leave 40% of the world still living without safe toilets - and invites us to get our sh*t together before it hits the fan.

Fascinating, hilarious and totally timely, How the Potty Trained Us asks us to take the plunge, join a revolution pushing for change from the bottom up, and proudly declare “I’m a pooper!” More at: https://thepoopproject.org/how-the-potty

The show will be followed by a panel of global WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) experts. Tentative guests will speak on how local NGOs deliver life-saving toilets and sanitation systems throughout the world, the challenges of working on this taboo topic in different cultures, and how the audience can help make a difference for global health and wellbeing.

Shafner is also celebrating the release of his new book, Know Your Shit: What Your Crap is Telling You, published by Cider Mill Press, and distributed by Simon & Schuster. This is their first outing in DC in a professional venue.

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This event will be hosted in-person at Lost City Books! Masks will be required of all attendees.

Accessibility note: This event will be held up two fight of stairs. Lost City Books does not have an elevator. This event will be simultaneously live streamed on our YouTube page!

Know Your Shit: What Your Crap is Telling You will be available at Lost City Books!