Farting for Relief and Walking for Peace in Our Fragmented World
4/29/202617 min
On today's episode, a family's post-dinner ritual and later Zak tells the improbable tale of Peace Pilgrim.
Lucy, Gino and Avery fart walk in Miami, FL. Lucy co-hosts Slate's parenting show with Zak and Elizabeth Newcamp. It's called Care and Feeding. She also hosts the Mamacita Rica and co-authors Best Mom Friends Forever.
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First 90 secondsZach Rosen· Host0:00
[drum music] Hey, it's Zach. This is Weirdly Helpful. It's a beautiful night in Detroit, and I am heading out into my neighborhood for a walk. I'm gonna call my friend Lucy and her family, and they're gonna tell me all about something they do as many nights a week as they can that they find weirdly helpful. Hi, family.
Gino Polito· Guest0:29
Hey, pal.
Lucy· Guest0:30
Hi.
Zach Rosen· Host0:31
[laughs] Can you three introduce yourselves?
Lucy· Guest0:34
Yeah. We'll start with Avery. Hi, I'm Avery. [laughs] Wait, is that, is that good?
Zach Rosen· Host0:42
Yeah, that's great.
Lucy· Guest0:43
Okay, good. [laughs] Uh, hi. I'm Lucy.
Gino Polito· Guest0:46
Hi. Gino Polito.
Zach Rosen· Host0:49
And what are you guys doing?
Lucy· Guest0:51
Well, guys, you wanna say we're fart walking on the count of three? One, two, three. We're fart walking.
Gino Polito· Guest0:58
Fart walking.
Lucy· Guest1:00
[laughs] It's perfect.
Gino Polito· Guest1:02
It's- You just let it all out.
Zach Rosen· Host1:03
[laughs] Okay. The fart walk. I am on a fart walk, too, I think. I just had dinner, and now I'm walking. Does that mean I'm on a fart walk?
Gino Polito· Guest1:12
What did you eat?
Lucy· Guest1:13
Yeah, we need to know what you're e- what you had for dinner.
Zach Rosen· Host1:15
I made this gyoza, like that viral gyoza bake recipe. So you take, like, fr- frozen gyoza, add curry paste, coconut milk, um,