Weirdos

Are naturists weirdos? No, the textiles are the weirdos and here's why. Plus Felicity, more standup comedians, and more...

Links to items mentioned in the show:

• Gawker article: Here Is a List of All the Ways Your Spanx Are Probably Killing You
• Episode 45: an interview with Sydney Ross Singer, co-author of the book Dressed to Kill
• Dressed To Kill book
• Episode 18: an interview with Dr. Holick on sunshine and vitamin D
• The Vitamin D Solution book
• Nautilus article: America Is Getting the Science of Sun Exposure Wrong
• Cancer Council Australia: How Much Sun is Enough?
• Young Naturists America
• Episode 59: Standup Comedy Exposed
• SheDoesTheCity.com: That Time I Did Stand Up Comedy… Naked
• The Crimson Wave Podcast
• Life's Messy - Diary of a Dirty Mom Podcast
• The Mary Janes of Comedy

Photo: U.S. Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection, LC-USZ62-99824. – In 1922, Bill Norton, the bathing beach "cop", is using a tape measure to determine the distance between a woman's knee and the bottom of her bathing suit on a beach in Washington, D.C. Col. Sherrell, Supt. of Public Buildings and Grounds, has issued an order that bathing suits at the Washington bathing beach must not be over six inches above the knee.

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Episode LXIX