Rethinking America’s reliance on toilet paper

The World

Coronavirus-related toilet paper shortages have raised an awkward truth: Americans are outliers globally when it comes to toilet paper usage. Kaiser Kuo, host of The Sinica Podcast, speaks to host Marco Werman about how his family’s habits changed when they moved from Beijing to the US. 

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