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Humans have been using soap for literally millennia -- nearly five of them... at least.

And while there's a run on alcohol-based hand sanitizers, it turns out that good, old-fashioned soap is a simpler, more-reliable way to destroy all that coronavirus that might be all over your gross, dirty hands.

In the end, though, "A little bit of soap / Will never never never ever begin / To take away the hurt that I feel..."

GUESTS:
Kieran Dahl - A freelance writer; his piece for Vox is "How a decades-old hippie soap brand became a touchstone of wellness culture"
Brian Resnick - Senior science reporter for Vox

Humans have been using soap for literally millennia -- nearly five of them... at least.
And while there's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/hand-sanitizer-online-sales-ebay-craigslist-price-surge/607750/">a run on alcohol-based hand sanitizers</a>, it turns out that good, old-fashioned soap is a simpler, more-reliable way&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/3/11/21173187/coronavirus-covid-19-hand-washing-sanitizer-compared-soap-is-dope">to destroy all that coronavirus that might be all over your gross, dirty hands</a>.
In the end, though, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0wQU7fJEVQ">A little bit of soap / Will never never never ever begin / To take away the hurt that I feel</a>..."
GUESTS:
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<li>Kieran Dahl&nbsp;- A freelance writer; his piece for&nbsp;Vox&nbsp;is "<a href="https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/5/8/18535403/dr-bronners-soap-label-castile">How a decades-old hippie soap brand became a touchstone of wellness culture</a>"</li>
<li>Brian Resnick&nbsp;- Senior science reporter for&nbsp;Vox</li>
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