ZuLoo Poodcast

Can we solve the global sanitation crisis by improving the toilets and wastewater systems we already have? Professor Thammarat Koottatep believes affordable sanitation innovation, smarter wastewater treatment, and regenerative sanitation could help communities improve public health without replacing their existing infrastructure. On the ZuLoo Pōōdcast, Jocelyn and Darin speak with Professor Thamma...

How is Ukraine keeping clean water flowing during war? Artem Shira, Vice President of the Ukrainian Water Association, shares the challenges of maintaining water infrastructure, protecting drinking water supplies, and providing essential water services to communities during an ongoing conflict. In this episode of the ZuLoo Poodcast, Jocelyn is joined by guest co-host Sam Mangum, who helps translat...

Are bidets better than toilet paper for hygiene, sustainability, and your health? Steven Scheer, President of Brondell, Inc., believes washing with water can provide a cleaner experience while significantly reducing our dependence on toilet paper. On the ZuLoo Poodcast, Jocelyn and Darin sit down with Steven Scheer to explore how bidets work, why Americans have been slower to adopt them, and how t...

Can businesses use water and still have a positive impact on global water resources? Alejandro Sturniolo believes they can, and that the technology to make it happen already exists. In this episode of the ZuLoo Poodcast, Jocelyn and Darin sit down with Alejandro Sturniolo of Aqua Positive to explore what it means to become water positive and why water reuse, desalination, and smarter water managem...

What really happens after you flush the toilet? From the moment wastewater leaves your home, an entire system of pipes, screens, treatment tanks and microorganisms goes to work cleaning that water and protecting public health. On this episode of the ZuLoo Poodcast, Jocelyn Gardner and Darin Mangum sit down with Matthew DeNafo, President of the Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA), to go behi...

How can innovative sanitation solutions and non-sewered toilets help solve the global sanitation crisis? By making sanitation more water-efficient, climate-resilient, and investable, communities can gain access to safely managed sanitation without relying solely on expensive traditional sewer systems. On the ZuLoo Poodcast, Jocelyn and Darin sit down with Dominic O’Neill of the UN’s Sanitation and...

How can community-led sanitation, clean water, and sustainable toilets transform lives in underserved communities? They can by providing safe sanitation, clean water, dignity, and economic opportunities while empowering local communities to lead long-term change. In this episode of the ZuLoo Poodcast, Shelley Webb-Humphreys, CEO of SOSNPO, shares how innovative sanitation solutions, dignity hubs,...

How can affordable sanitation solutions, water-saving toilets, and innovative toilet technology improve public health for millions of people? They improve public health by making safe, hygienic, low-water sanitation accessible in communities where traditional toilets are impractical, unaffordable, or unavailable. On the ZuLoo Poodcast, Prashant Bhatia of SATO, part of LIXIL, explains how innovativ...

What if public toilets were clean, modern, and actually enjoyable to use? In this episode of the ZuLoo Poodcast, Andreas Wanner, CEO and co-founder of Mister Loo, shares how his company is revolutionizing public toilets, public sanitation, and clean public bathrooms across Southeast Asia. Discover how smart public toilets, innovative sanitation technology, and customer-focused design are transform...

Sanitation, clean water, public health, and toilet innovation are transforming lives across India. On the Zuloo Poodcast, Sanjay Banka of Banka Bio shares how a personal family challenge led to one of the largest sanitation initiatives in the world. Discover how biodigester toilets, wastewater treatment, water security solutions, and sustainable sanitation systems have helped retrofit over 200,000...

What does a toilet change? Everything. In this powerful episode of the ZuLoo Poodcast, we share real stories from families in Hyderabad, India, whose lives have been transformed through access to safe sanitation. Hear how clean toilets improve women's safety, protect girls, support education, improve health, and create new opportunities for families. More than 673 million people worldwide sti...

673 million people still live without access to safe sanitation, and the global sanitation crisis impacts health, women’s safety, education, clean water, and dignity every single day. At the 2025 World Toilet Summit in New Delhi, global sanitation leaders, nonprofits, innovators, and public health experts share breakthrough solutions in sustainable toilets, hygiene technology, women’s health, port...

What happens when millions of people living in rapidly growing cities don’t have access to safe sanitation? Global sanitation crisis, urban sanitation, and container-based sanitation are transforming communities across Kenya and Zambia. On the ZuLoo Poodcast, Darin Mangum and Jocelyn Gardiner sit down with Fresh Life leaders Elizabeth Mururi and Lindsay Stradley to discuss safe toilets, hygiene, p...

Menstrual hygiene management, period education, and global sanitation challenges are still major barriers for millions of women and girls worldwide. In this powerful episode, Dr. Arunima Chauhan, Menstrual Hygiene Management Expert at Sulabh International India, joins the conversation to break down the truth about menstruation, debunk harmful myths, and explain why access to education, sanitation,...

Toilet Recipient Stories Part 2: real people describe how access to safe sanitation transformed safety, dignity, school attendance, and community well‑being. Hear first‑hand before-and-after accounts from families and communities, concrete examples of sanitation solutions, and the everyday impacts donors and programs can achieve. Valuable for public health advocates, funders, and curious listeners...

Sewage pollution and ocean sewage are silently impacting marine ecosystems, public health, and climate resilience. We explore how wastewater treatment really works, why sewage infrastructure is failing even in developed countries, and how ocean sewage pollution contributes to dead zones, water pollution, and economic loss. Jasmine Fournier of the Ocean Sewage Alliance explains what happens after w...

What happens after a toilet is built? On the ZuLoo Poodcast, we share powerful real-life stories from people whose lives were transformed after receiving access to safe sanitation. These are the voices behind the statistics. Hyderabad, India:  In this episode we meet the grateful families and recipients of ZuLoo Humanitarian's ongoing toilet building project in India. From safety and dignity...

Sanitation, toilets, and access to safe waste systems are at the heart of global health, dignity, and human impact. In this episode of the ZuLoo Poodcast, global impact leader Christine Lee shares her journey from corporate banking success to purpose-driven work focused on sanitation, toilets, and underserved communities. From Mongolia’s ger districts to global nonprofit leadership, this conversat...

Pure water, safe drinking water, and sanitation are essential to public health, equity, and everyday life. In this episode of the ZuLoo Poodcast, Cydian Kaufman, CEO of Pure Water Northwest , explains how drinking water standards really work, the difference between legal and health-based water guidelines, and why water that looks or tastes fine is not always safe. From arsenic and chlorine byprodu...

Sanitation innovation and sustainable sanitation solutions are essential to public health, climate resilience, and human dignity. In this episode of the ZuLoo Poodcast, sanitation expert Dr. Nirod Baran Mazumdar explains how twin pit toilets work, why affordable toilet technology matters, and how ecological sanitation systems can eliminate manual scavenging while saving water. Recorded on site in...

What if the toilet actually evolved? In this episode of the Zulu Pōōdcast, we sit down with Compo Closet co-founders Richard Peter and Erica Pugh to talk composting toilets, van life realities, and why sanitation innovation matters more than ever. From urine-diverting design to waterless, chemical-free systems, this conversation breaks down how modern composting toilets work, why they don’t smell,...

What do ancient civilizations, royal thrones, composting toilets, and modern sanitation innovation all have in common? Toilets. In this episode of the Zuloo Poodcast, we travel to India for a guided tour of the International Toilet Museum with curator Narjis Ali. From 4,500-year-old sanitation systems to royal toilet thrones and futuristic composting and microwave toilets, this episode explores ho...

How do you make the global sanitation crisis impossible to ignore? You tell a story people can feel. In this episode of the ZuLoo Poodcast, we sit down with award-winning filmmaker Lily Zepeda, director of Mr. Toilet: The World’s Number Two Man . Lily shares how she followed curiosity all the way from a radio announcement to a five-year documentary journey alongside Jack Sim, founder of the World...

What does it take to carry forward one of the most important sanitation movements in the world? In this episode of the ZuLoo Poodcast, we sit down in New Delhi with Kumar Dilip, President of Sulabh International. Kumar shares the legacy of his father, Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, whose work helped eradicate manual scavenging through the invention of the twin-pit toilet system. From sanitation and biogas...

What does one life dedicated to sanitation change for the world? In this episode of the ZuLoo Poodcast, we visit the Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Memorial Centre in New Delhi to honor the legacy of Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh International. Dr. Pathak’s work transformed sanitation in India and beyond. From ending manual scavenging through the twin-pit toilet system to restoring dignity for m...