Johnny's on the Potty Pottycast

Potty training. It's a rite of passage for little peeps and a test of patience for everyone else.

This week, Johnny tackles the messy business of potty training with help from his co-hosts, Pipi and Poupou.

From the great diaper debate to the ups and downs of teaching little ones to use the toilet, Johnny explores the challenges, frustrations, and occasional victories that come with this childhood milestone.

Plus, Pipi and Poupou return with an original song to help keep things moving.

Because growing up is hard. Going potty shouldn't have to be.

RESOURCES FOR THE SHOW:

Visit johnnyonthepotty.com for more from Johnny and news about the upcoming album from Johnny's Potty Players.

Don't forget to follow us on Shitter and subscribe wherever you get your pottycasts.

NAME OUR DUNG BEETLE:

Charlie still needs a new name, and we need your help.

Send your smartest, dumbest, funniest, or most ridiculous dung beetle name ideas to:

johnnyonthepotty.com/#contact

You might even win the highly prestigious Golden Plunger.

EPISODE CREDITS:

Creator and Host, Johnny La Rock

Brand Architect, Marta La Rock, Ph.D.

Executive Producer, Erin Sweeney

Audio Engineer, George Gross

Agency, Deybruyar

Music licensed through Artlist

String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 (‘Dissonance’)” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performed by Musopen. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

LINKS:

Be sure to send us topic request at [email protected]!

Johnny's finally letting someone else do the talking on the toilet.

This week, we welcome our first-ever guest, Anastasia Chapman, Founder of Loui, a bathroom odor neutralizer making the business of doing your business a little more pleasant.

Anastasia joins Johnny to talk about how an everyday bathroom problem became a business, what goes into creating a product nobody knew they needed, and why the bathroom might just be the next frontier of wellness.

From experimenting with scents to navigating product development, retail opportunities, and everything in between, we're getting into the surprisingly complicated business of keeping things fresh.

Turns out, there's a lot more to bathroom business than meets the nose.

RESOURCES FOR THE SHOW:

Meet Loui and explore their bathroom odor-neutralizing drops at tryloui.com.

Visit johnnyonthepotty.com for more from Johnny and news about the upcoming album from Johnny's Potty Players.

Don't forget to follow us on Shitter and subscribe wherever you get your pottycasts.

NAME OUR DUNG BEETLE:

Charlie still needs a new name, and we need your help.

Send your smartest, dumbest, funniest, or most ridiculous dung beetle name ideas to:

johnnyonthepotty.com/#contact

You might even win the highly prestigious Golden Plunger.

EPISODE CREDITS:

Creator and Host, Johnny La Rock

Brand Architect, Marta La Rock, Ph.D.

Executive Producer, Erin Sweeney

Audio Engineer, George Gross

Agency, Deybruyar

Music licensed through Artlist

String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 (‘Dissonance’)” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performed by Musopen. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

LINKS:

Be sure to send us topic request at [email protected]!

Blueberries Out. Dingleberries In.

Johnny’s losing faith in the produce aisle. First the leafy greens, now the blueberries. Is anything safe to eat around here?

This week, Johnny takes on food recalls, ultra-processed lunches, and ingredients that sound better left off the menu. Plus, the Dingleberries make their musical debut with a number best enjoyed within walking distance of a bathroom.

And for our youngest listeners, Poopoo and Peepee have a new potty-training book on the way. Everybody’s got to start somewhere.

RESOURCES FOR THE SHOW:

Visit johnnyonthepotty.com for more from Johnny and news about the upcoming album from Johnny’s Potty Players.

Don’t forget to follow us on Shitter and subscribe wherever you get your pottycasts.

NAME OUR DUNG BEETLE:

Charlie still needs a cooler name, and we need your help.

Send your smartest, dumbest, funniest, or most ridiculous dung beetle name ideas to:
johnnyonthepotty.com/#contact

You might even win the highly prestigious Golden Plunger.

EPISODE CREDITS:

Creator and Host, Johnny La Rock

Brand Architect, Marta La Rock, Ph.D.

Executive Producer, Erin Sweeney

Audio Engineer, George Gross

Agency, Deybruyar

Music licensed through Artlist

String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 (‘Dissonance’)” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performed by Musopen. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

LINKS:

Be sure to send us topic request at [email protected]!

The Navy is back in the bathroom.

Johnny takes a look at reports of toilet problems, food shortages, and life aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, where thousands of sailors have been spending months at sea.

Then, a sailor writes Johnny with a story about what’s been happening aboard the ship.

TAKEAWAYS:

• Life aboard an aircraft carrier comes with some unexpected problems
• Supporting thousands of sailors at sea is no small operation
• Toilet and food shortages can make a long deployment even longer
• Johnny has a few thoughts on how the Navy is handling it

DON'T FORGET TO NAME OUR DUNG BEETLE:

Don’t forget about last week’s episode. Charlie still wants a new name, and we need your help.

Send your smartest, dumbest, funniest, or most ridiculous dung beetle name ideas to:
https://johnnyonthepotty.com/#contact

You might even win the highly prestigious Golden Plunger.

RESOURCES:

Johnny’s on the Potty:
https://johnnyonthepotty.com

Follow Johnny’s on the Potty on Instagram.

Don’t forget to follow us on Shitter.

EPISODE CREDITS:

Creator and Host, Johnny La Rock

Brand Architect, Marta La Rock, Ph.D.

Executive Producer, Erin Sweeney

Audio Engineer, George Gross

Agency, Deybruyar

Music licensed through Artlist

String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 (‘Dissonance’)” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performed by Musopen. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

LINKS:

Be sure to send us topic request at [email protected]!

Johnny’s on the Potty has a new mascot, but there’s one problem: our dung beetle Charlie wants a better name.

In this episode, Johnny launches the official dung beetle naming contest, gets into the surprisingly fascinating history of scarab beetles, shares a very strange George Harrison story, and introduces the musical debut of the Doodoo Brothers.

Yes, there’s a song about dung beetles.

TAKEAWAYS:

• Dung beetles can move an incredible amount of weight for their size.
• Scarab beetles were considered sacred in ancient Egypt.
• Dung beetles have some surprisingly impressive navigation skills.
• Charlie’s journey to becoming the official Pottycast mascot is anything but normal.
• The Doodoo Brothers make their musical debut

NAME OUR DUNG BEETLE:

Charlie wants a new name, and we need your help.

Send your smartest, dumbest, funniest, or most ridiculous dung beetle name ideas to:

https://johnnyonthepotty.com/#contact

You might even win the highly prestigious Golden Plunger.

EPISODE CREDITS:

Creator and Host, Johnny La Rock

Brand Architect, Marta La Rock, Ph.D.

Executive Producer, Erin Sweeney

Audio Engineer, George Gross

Agency, Deybruyar

Music licensed through Artlist

String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 (‘Dissonance’)” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performed by Musopen. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

LINKS:

Be sure to send us topic request at [email protected]!

How clean is your phone? Your toothbrush? Your salad?

In this episode of Johnny’s on the Potty Pottycast, Johnny gets into E. coli, Salmonella, bathroom bacteria, food contamination, and the everyday habits that may be spreading more germs than we realize.

It’s food safety, bathroom hygiene, questionable science conversations, and plenty of places you probably never expected bacteria to show up.

WHAT WE COVER:

• E. coli and everyday contamination
• Cell phones, toothbrushes, and bathroom hygiene
• How bacteria can spread during flushing
• Foodborne illness and common sources of contamination
• Leafy greens, farming, and water quality
• Salmonella and meat safety
• Cooking temperatures and reducing foodborne illness risk
• Bathroom habits, hygiene, and better elimination posture

TAKEAWAYS:

Bathroom hygiene goes far beyond washing your hands.

Everyday objects can carry bacteria from one environment to another.

Food contamination can happen long before food reaches your kitchen.

Understanding how E. coli and Salmonella spread can help reduce the risk of foodborne illness.

Small changes in hygiene and food preparation can make a meaningful difference.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Introduction
00:15 E. Coli and Cell Phones
01:11 Toothbrushes and Bathroom Bacteria
02:10 Bathroom Hygiene and Contamination
03:40 E. Coli and Leafy Greens
04:38 Farming, Water, and Food Safety
05:40 Salmonella and Foodborne Illness
07:57 Meat and Cooking Temperatures
08:58 Food Safety Gets Weird
10:26 Bathroom Posture and Elimination

EPISODE CREDITS:

Creator and Host, Johnny La Rock

Brand Architect, Marta La Rock, Ph.D.

Executive Producer, Erin Sweeney

Audio Engineer, George Gross

Agency, Deybruyar

Music licensed through Artlist

String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 (‘Dissonance’)” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performed by Musopen. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

LINKS:

Be sure to send us topic request at [email protected]!

Why are we still pretending nobody poops?

In this episode of Johnny’s On the Potty Pottycast, Johnny takes on one of the strangest bathroom anxieties of all: being afraid someone might hear you go.

From double flushing and bathroom sound anxiety to Japan’s Sound Princess, Johnny explores the lengths people will go to disguise perfectly normal bathroom habits. There are babbling brooks, tweeting birds, smart toilets, celebrity leaks, an original flushing song and, naturally, a request for Sarah Silverman to use Johnny’s toilet.

IN THIS EPISODE:

TIMESTAMPS: 

00:00 The flush heard around the world
00:30 Why people are embarrassed by bathroom sounds
01:10 Japan introduces the Sound Princess
01:45 Waterfalls, birds and the future of smart toilets
02:15 Why nobody goes to the bathroom on TV
02:45 The bathroom symphony begins
03:00 Johnny Crapp performs The Flushing Song
03:20 Artie Farty’s Farter’s Day
03:45 Celebrity Leaks and a message for Sarah Silverman
04:10 Making normal bathroom habits funny again
04:30 Until the next flush

FOLLOW JOHNNY:

Come for the bathroom humor. Stay for the songs, strange facts, real conversations, and whatever the hell happens next.

Follow Johnny’s On the Potty Pottycast and remember: when you hear the flush, you know what time it is.

EPISODE CREDITS:

Creator and Host, Johnny La Rock

Brand Architect, Marta La Rock, Ph.D.

Executive Producer, Erin Sweeney

Audio Engineer, George Gross

Agency, Deybruyar

Music licensed through Artlist

String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 (‘Dissonance’)” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performed by Musopen. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

LINKS:

Be sure to send us topic request at [email protected]!

That sound of flushing? You know exactly what that means.

This episode opens with Johnny tackling a topic everybody thinks about but nobody talks about, settling once and for all whether it's okay to touch yourself, with a full breakdown of the actual health benefits behind it. Then things take a hard left into Wisconsin dairy country, where a listener's letter about a family fortune lost to almond trees and oat fields turns into one of the show's most unexpectedly educational rants, cow farts, blue whale milk, and a wild proposal for what to do with 15,000 cows once the milk business dries up. 

Plus: a fart joke or two, and a naming contest for the show's mascot that's been dying for a rebrand.

Self-care, sour milk, and a Wisconsin comeback story you did not see coming.

Plant-based milk has been steadily eating into traditional dairy's market share for years. This episode digs into what that shift actually looks like for the farmers living it — with a few detours nobody expects.

🧻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/458KNw5nXrZtqiv5xquHOB

Got a story, a question, or a name idea for our dung beetle mascot? Send it to [email protected] — you could win an autographed roll of toilet paper and a golden plunger.

Don't forget to follow us on Shitter.

EPISODE CREDITS:

Creator and Host, Johnny La Rock

Brand Architect, Marta La Rock, Ph.D.

Executive Producer, Erin Sweeney

Audio Engineer, George Gross

Agency, Deybruyar

Music licensed through Artlist

String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 (‘Dissonance’)” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performed by Musopen. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

LINKS:

Be sure to send us topic request at [email protected]!

That sound of flushing? You already know what that means.

This episode, Johnny brings back one of the show's potty pop stars for a brand new hot sauce anthem, "Oh No Burrito", a song about mystery meat, questionable decisions, and consequences that hit exactly where you'd expect. From there Johnny heads straight to Bob's Big Bad Burrito Food Truck talk before pivoting into the real headline: robot potties. Fully autonomous, self-cleaning, no-toilet-paper-required bathroom bots that come when called and Johnny's got thoughts on exactly who's spending five figures to get one. 

Spoiler: it's not who you'd guess, until you hear the reasoning, and then it makes way too much sense.

Toilet paper might be obsolete. Midnight bathroom trips might be a thing of the past. And gamers might be the ones leading the charge.

Smart home tech has crept into every corner of the house — the bathroom was always next. This episode digs into just how far "smart" goes once it's aimed squarely at the toilet.

🧻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/458KNw5nXrZtqiv5xquHOB

Got a story, a bathroom confession, or a burrito recommendation? Send it to [email protected] — we might feature it on the show.

Don't forget to follow us on Shitter.

EPISODE CREDITS:

Creator and Host, Johnny La Rock

Brand Architect, Marta La Rock, Ph.D.

Executive Producer, Erin Sweeney

Audio Engineer, George Gross

Agency, Deybruyar

Music licensed through Artlist

String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 (‘Dissonance’)” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performed by Musopen. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

LINKS:

Be sure to send us topic request at [email protected]!

That sound of flushing? That's every international fan's first taste of American culture, and it's ranch-flavored.

In this episode, Johnny dives into America's obsession with ranch dressing and why it's become a cultural icon for World Cup visitors experiencing the U.S. for the first time. He also covers the history of Hidden Valley Ranch, including an alternate brand name that almost made it to market, plus a few myths that have followed the sauce for years. The episode wraps with a shorter look at Japan's bathroom sound technology and how it compares to American attitudes toward privacy.

In This Episode:

Timely Flush:

Timestamps:

Resources & Links:

Have a story or topic you'd like us to cover? Send it to [email protected].

Don't forget to follow us on Shitter.

EPISODE CREDITS:

Creator and Host, Johnny La Rock

Brand Architect, Marta La Rock, Ph.D.

Executive Producer, Erin Sweeney

Audio Engineer, George Gross

Agency, Deybruyar

Music licensed through Artlist

String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 (‘Dissonance’)” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performed by Musopen. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

LINKS:

Be sure to send us topic request at [email protected]!