Curiosity Daily Podcast: How Marriage Changes You, New Dinosaur Discoveries, and Empathy Quirks

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

June 24, 2018

Episode Show Notes:

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