Curiosity Daily Podcast: How to Save the World from Plastic (w/ Will McCallum) and Your Puppies Love Baby Talk
Learn why puppies really do love your “who’s a good boy?” voice. You’ll also learn about small changes you can make in your daily routine to help us clean up the world’s oceans, with help from special guest Will McCallum.
September 25, 2019
Episode Show Notes:
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about how puppies really do love your “who’s a good boy?” voice: https://curiosity.im/2ZOHn5c
Additional resources from Will McCallum:
- “How to Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time” on Amazon — https://amazon.com
- Follow Will McCallum @artofactivism on Twitter — https://twitter.com/artofactivism
- Penguin Random House bio — https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2189047/will-mccallum
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