Landfills! Treasures in the trash! Corporate conspiracies! Composting! An instantly classic conversation with the incredibly knowledgeable, frank and wonderful Dr. Robin Nagle of New York University’s Liberal Studies! She is a clinical professor, author, TED speaker and former New York City sanitation worker and truly the best person on Earth to trash talk with. We cover what you can and can’t actually recycle, sticky mustard bottles, drugs in the trash, Swedish Death Cleaning, mobsters and landfills, Bitcoin in the dump, the future of garbage and exactly how screwed we are. Enjoy. Visit Robin Nagle’s <a href="https://robinnagle.com/" target="_blank">website</a>Follow Robin on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rznagle/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rznagle.bsky.social" target="_blank">Bluesky</a>Read Robin’s book <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/picking-up-on-the-streets-and-behind-the-trucks-with-the-sanitation-workers-of-new-york-city/9780374534271" target="_blank">Picking Up</a>, an ethnography of New York City's Department of SanitationA donation was made to the <a href="https://www.sanitationfoundation.org/" target="_blank">Sanitation Foundation</a><a href="https://www.alieward.com/ologies/discardanthropology">More episode sources and links</a><a href="https://pod.link/1746567248">Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes</a>Other episodes you may enjoy:<a href="https://www.alieward.com/ologies/oceanology2"> Oceanology (OCEANS)</a>, <a href="https://www.alieward.com/ologies/urbanrodentology">Urban Rodentology (SEWER RATS)</a>, <a href="https://www.alieward.com/ologies/spacearchaeology">Space Archaeology (SPACE JUNK)</a>, <a href="https://www.alieward.com/ologies/criticalecology">Critical Ecology (SOCIAL SYSTEMS + ENVIRONMENT)</a>, <a href="https://www.alieward.com/ologies/futurology">Futurology (THE FUTURE)</a>, <a href="https://www.alieward.com/ologies/disasterology">Disasterology (DISASTERS)</a>, <a href="https://www.alieward.com/ologies/ursinology">Ursinology (BEARS)</a>, <a href="https://www.alieward.com/ologies/eschatology">Eschatology (THE APOCALYPSE)</a>, <a href="https://www.alieward.com/ologies/conservation-technology">Conservation Technology (EARTH SAVING)</a>, <a href="https://www.alieward.com/ologies/scatology">Scatology (POOP)</a>, <a href="https://www.alieward.com/ologies/agnotology">Agnotology (IGNORANCE)</a>, <a href="https://www.alieward.com/ologies/xylology">Xylology (LUMBER)</a><a href="https://alieward.com/ologies-sponsors">Sponsors of Ologies</a><a href="https://alieward.com/ologies-extras">Transcripts and bleeped episodes</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/ologies" target="_blank">Become a patron of Ologies</a> for as little as a buck a month<a href="https://www.ologiesmerch.com/" target="_blank">OlogiesMerch.com</a> has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes!Follow Ologies on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ologies" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ologies.bsky.social" target="_blank">Bluesky</a>Follow Alie Ward on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alieward" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@alie_ologies" target="_blank">TikTok</a>Editing by Mercedes Maitland of <a href="http://maitlandaudio.com/" target="_blank">Maitland Audio Productions</a> and <a href="https://www.jarrettsleeper.com/" target="_blank">Jarrett Sleeper</a> of <a href="https://www.mindjammedia.com/" target="_blank">MindJam Media</a>Managing Director: Susan HaleScheduling Producer: Noel DilworthTranscripts by Aveline Malek Website by <a href="https://www.kellyrdwyer.com/photo" target="_blank">Kelly R. Dwyer</a>Theme song by Nick Thorburn

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