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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Natalie Moore about the legacy of soap operas. She is host and writer of "Stories Without End," the new season of the WBEZ podcast "Making." UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: Like ...

It’s been seven years since we first wrote about status hand soap. At the time, our now–lead editor Lauren Levy identified it as Aesop: “A soap must be recognizable to be status-y,” she argued.

Personal hygiene is often assumed to be a universal practice with clearly defined rules, yet in reality it is shaped by a complex mix of culture, upbringing, environment, access, and personal belief.