WeWow on the Weekend

Hey WowsR fams, Mindy here, and before we start the show, guess what? You can join me every Friday for two What's in a Wow people who wow edition. In this Getting to Know You game show, I'll be visited by some of the world's most fascinating people to get the wows and the what's of their lives. From cartoonist and graphic novelist Rana Telgemeier of the Smile series to everyday extraordinary kids just like you. And that's not all. With this new season of Two What's in a Wow, there are now two ways to wow. What am I talking about? Well first, you can listen to episodes right here in our Wow and the World podcast feed. Or… and this is a big Or. Yeah, you're right Reg. That doesn't have the same ring to it. Okay, now where was I? Or… Yeah, as always you can listen to new episodes in your favorite podcast player or you can watch these episodes with your eyeballs on YouTube. I know, I should comb my hair or something. We are so excited for you to listen and watch our new season of Two What's in a Wow, People Who Wow Edition starting this Friday. So make sure you're subscribed to our podcast feed and our Wow Tube channel on YouTube so you don't miss out. That's Two What's in a Wow, People Who Wow Edition coming this Friday. And now a quick ad break and then we'll get on with the show. Hello and welcome to We Wow on the Weekend. I'm your host Dennis. And that's my feathery co-host Reggie, the giant feathery pigeon. This is the show where we chit chat and answer questions from our fans and listen to TinkerCast podcasts. Hey Reggie, guess what? This week I took my prize-winning azaleas to another flower competition. And they won another prize! Yeah, look, I got a ribbon. It says, most flower competitions. Yeah, out of all the flowers in the flower competition, mine have competed the most. I'm so proud of them, those little go-getters. And the next prize I want to get is the prize for most prizes for most flower competitions. Okay, let's get into our first segment, reading reviewsies. Ahem. I'm reading reviewsies for me and for yousies. We've got us some doosies, so let's read reviewsies. This is the part where people write us comments on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or whatever, and I print a bunch out and I read them aloud. This first reviewsy comes to us from user name, KoliCat777. The title says, We Wow on the Weekend is awesome! And the number of stars is 5! Yay! Thank you, KoliCat777! And the message says, Dear Mr. Dennis, we listen to your show every weekend and it is so cool! Cool smiley face emoji! B.S. Why do cookies bake and bacon cooks? That's a great question. Cookies bake and bacon cooks. Well, I think it's because you bake cookies in an oven and you cook bacon on the stove, right? But I wonder if we could do it the other way around. Yeah, if we cook cookies on the stove and we bake bacon in the oven. I say we test our hypothesis. Mother! Hey, mother! Yes, Dennis! Will you make us some baked bacon and some cooked cookies, please? Sure thing, Dennis! Hooray! Science! Next reviewsy. This next reviewsy comes to us from user name, KMSGarrett. The title reads, Dennis and Reggie are the best! And the message says, Dennis, can you jump 50 times on a crocodile? Can I jump 50 times on a crocodile? Sorry, KMSGarrett. No, I cannot. How do I know? I know, Reggie, because once I tried to jump 50 times on an alligator and it didn't go very well. No, I didn't even manage to jump on the alligator, just next to it. Yeah, and then there was a lot of snapping and thrashing and tail whipping. So I figure if I try to do the same thing with a crocodile, it would go about the same way. I know crocodiles and alligators are different, Reggie, but in this specific scenario, I think we can lump them together. Next reviewsy. This last reviewsy comes to us from user name, LeaHat1983. The title reads, please read. Okay, okay, I'm reading it. The number of stars is five! Yay! Thank you, LeaHat1983! And the message says, Hi, Dennis, do you like rubber duck? I love them! I have 112 rubber duck. I want to put a duck emoji, but there is not one. Smiley face emoji, grin emoji, smiley with teeth emoji, smile without teeth emoji, from Miles. Well, Miles, I don't like rubber ducks. I love rubber ducks! Yeah, I even have a shirt with rubber ducks printed all over it because they're so cute and funny. And I especially love the ones that squeak. Yeah, like that. Wait, where did that come from? Reggie, was that you? Wow, that's a really good rubber duck impression. Do it again. Thanks for all your reviewsies, listeners. Keep on coming! And if you leave a comment on Apple Podcast or Spotify, I just my rated on WeWow on the weekend! Five stars or more, please. Because Reggie, I- Dennis, your cookies are baking already! Yay! Coming, mother! I'll be right back. Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot. Okay. Look, Reggie, our cookies and baked bacon are ready! Let's try. Right, bacon first. Oh, the bacon is really good. What do you think, Reggie? Yeah, five stars for baked bacon. Okay, now let's try the cookies. Um, no, it's pretty good. They're not bad, but I think baked cookies are better. Okay, so the cooked cookies will get three stars and a half. Okay, moving on to a little segment I like to call Inside Tinker Cast Studios. Inside Tinker Cast Studios. This is the part where we revisit an episode of one of my favorite Tinker Cast shows. And today, we're listening to Wow in the World Season 3 Episode 18 called Drop That Beep and Cut the Cheese for Science. Oh, I love cheese and beets. Yeah, sometimes I even like to eat beets with cheese, like goat cheese or a nice burrata. Oh, they're not talking about vegetable beets. They mean beets like music beets. Okay, yeah, I suppose those are good too. So what's gonna happen in the episode then? Like, Mindy and Guy Ross are gonna wrap about how much they love cheese? Like this. My name is Dennis and I'm here to say cheese is good. I eat it every day. I eat it with pickles. I eat it with rice. I eat it with ketchup. I eat it with dark chocolate covered almond. I eat it with... Okay, fine, Reggie. I'll just play the episode, sheesh. All right, here we go. And play. Wee-WOW will be right back. Grown-ups, this message is for you. That's it. Now back to the show. Okay, now let me just tighten the hi-hat here. And adjust the snare. Move the casserole dish over just a little bit. Okay, now where did I put my musical ladles? Oh, here they are. Okay, you ready to record in there, Reg? All right, buddy, let's get ready to crock out. Crock out. Like, rock out, but we're using a crock pot. All right, here we go. A one, a two. A one. It's raining fish tacos. Out of the sky, fish tacos. Don't even know why I just... Guy Ross! Mindy. You finally decided to show up to band practice. Mindy, what in the wow are you doing in my kitchen? Your kitchen? I think you mean what in the wow am I doing in your brand new recording studio? Uh... Mindy, did you turn my kitchen into a recording studio? Surprise! How's it sounded in there, Reg? Can I get a little playback? It's raining fish tacos. Out of the sky, fish tacos. I was just getting to the best part. Mindy, are those my pots and my pans, too? I think so. I mean, they were in your pantry. Uh... Anywho, the base is over there in the corner, so if you wanted to slap it on and take it for a walk, I'm ready to go when you are. And a one, and a two, and a three, fish taco! No, no, no, no, no. I am not here to play music, Mindy. Well, then why did you come into your recording studio? Mindy, I came to my kitchen to get an afternoon snack. What are you guys doing in here anyway? Okay, so there's actually a scientific explanation for this, Gairaz. Uh... No, really. See, it all started when Grandma G Forrest got back from her two-month intensive cooking class in Italy last week, and she brought me this as a souvenir from her trip. Whoa, Mindy, that is one big wheel of cheese. You can say that again. That is one big wheel of cheese. Yep, 100% pure emmental cheese. You! I can smell that cheese from here, Mindy. Oh, well, actually, that might have been me. Ementol cheese? Ementol cheese? Uh, Mindy, isn't Ementol cheese from Switzerland? Yeah, Grandma G Forrest went on this whole European trip after she finished her Italian cooking course, and oh man, you gotta check out these pictures she sent me. Okay. Okay, here she is wrestling a goat in Greece, and here she is wrestling a reindeer in Lapland. Oh, and look, here she is wrestling a mime in France. Mindy, you still haven't answered my question. Oh, yeah, of course. What was your question? Why are you recording an album in my kitchen? Okay, well, first of all, we're recording albums, plural, more than one, and second of all, the answer is right there in front of you. Mindy, when I look at you, all I see is more questions. I'm not making albums for me, Guy Ross. I'm making them for the cheese. For the cheese? Specifically, Ementol cheese. We're calling our band the Grateful Ched. You get it? Mindy, what possible reason could you have for making a musical homage to Frommage? To make it taste better, of course. Huh? Yep, scientifically tested and everything. According to a recent study by the Bern University of the Arts in Switzerland, playing certain types of music to cheese can help to improve the taste. Wait a minute, you're telling me that there is a scientific explanation for why you're playing music to cheese to make it taste better? It shouldn't sound that bonker balls to you, Guy Ross. I've seen you do the exact same thing. Mindy, I'm pretty certain I've never sang a love ballad to a ball of cheese before. Okay, maybe not a ball of cheese, but do you remember when you had that greenhouse full of tomato plants? Ah, nothing like a juicy red tomato right off the vine. It's coming! Time machine, got you, bruh. Oh no! See? You were doing the exact same thing. Oh yeah, well, I guess you're right, Mindy. It's something called sonochemistry, and it's the science of how sound waves... That's the sonopart. Right, how sound waves can affect chemical reactions. That's the chemistry part. Exactoritos. I think I get it, Mindy. So what you're saying is that by playing music to this wheel of cheese here, you're able to change the chemical reactions that go on inside the cheese and then change how it tastes. You know it. It's called ripening. Ripening, yes. And from what I remember, some people also call it maturing, right? Yeah, so basically once a wheel of cheese has been made, it needs to sit around for a while to, you know, develop its flavor. Because when the cheese sits around, all sorts of things can change its flavor, like how hot or cold the room is, or even how humid or moist the air around it is. Bingo, Gairaz. The temperature and humidity of the room can actually change the chemical reactions that are going on inside of the cheese, and those chemical reactions are what makes the cheese taste the way it tastes. And so these researchers that you're describing wanted to see if sound waves could also have an effect on how the cheese tasted? Yep. Pretty bonker balls, right? Yeah. But Gairaz, this isn't the only cheese I'm making music for. It's not? Nope. Gairaz, follow me to the new mini laboratory of bad ideas. New laboratory of bad ideas? Oh, hey Mindy, maybe we should move your recording studio in there. I mean, building it in my kitchen was a terrible idea. And opening the door? Mindy, this is my bathroom. A correction, this was your bathroom. Mindy! Gairaz! Gairaz! Welcome to your new ear curdling cheese listening lab. My bathroom! Now, as you can see, we have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine different crates, each one of them containing a 22 pound or 10 kilogram wheel of emmental cheese. Okay. Now, in every single one of these crates, each wheel of cheese is listening to a different type of music, just like in the original experiment. The one from the Bern University of Arts? Yep, the very same one. So did you make some tiny little earbuds to put in the cheese holes and blast music in that way? Yes, of course I did not put earbuds on cheese, Gairaz. What? Phew, glad to hear that. I did the same thing the researchers did in their experiment. Which was? I set up each block of cheese with little teeny tiny speakers. I just put the speakers next to and on top of the cheese. Okay. And then I hit this button to crank up the volume in order to blast the sound waves directly into the cheese here. Check it out. Ah! Hmm. Gairaz, you want to give me a hand with this crate lid over here? Oh, sure thing, Mindy. Oh, I think I hear it, Mindy. Okay, so this one is playing R and B music, or as I like to call it, R and B-Music. Get it? B-E-E. Like the cheese? R and B-E-E. This, this music actually sounds pretty great, Mindy. And each one of these crates is playing a different kind of music to a different wheel of cheese on a 24-hour loop. So same song over and over and over again. Just like in the experiment? Yep, just like in the experiment. See, I've got a rock over there. This one's listening to classical. This baby's got some techno in there. Plus we've got meditation music, rap. And then down at the end there, we've got three tones playing high, medium, and low frequencies. So those cheeses down there are just listening to one note continuously? Yep, one's listening to a high note, one's listening to a medium note, and the other is listening to a low note. Then right down there at the end, next to the toilet paper roll, that one is not listening to anything. Just complete silence. So that would be your control cheese? Yep, so that's the wheel of cheese that I use to compare with all the rest. So how long have these cheeses actually been soaking in these beet barrels? I'd say just under six months. Six months? Yep. Mindy, you've had a cheese lab set up in my bathroom for six months? Well, technically five months, 30 days, 23 hours, and about 55 minutes, but I wasn't really counting. But Mindy, I've used my bathroom in the last six months, and I don't remember seeing any of this cheesy chemistry you've got going on here. Are you sure you've used this bathroom, Guy Ross? Man, I really shouldn't have drank all that pomegranate juice. Well, I guess it's time to use the bathroom. Mindy? Guy Ross, big news. We've been asked to host the Na Na Food Awards. The Na Na Food Awards? Mindy, that's great. Yeah, we have to go now. Now, but Mindy, I was just about to use the- No time, come on. I knew all that water before bed was a bad idea. Guy Ross! Guy Ross! Guy Ross! Mindy, it's four o'clock in the morning. Guy Ross, it's time for a four o'clock neighborhood walk. Okay, everything packed and ready to go. Now just one last spot to check in a bathroom stop and I'll be- Hey, Guy Ross. Ha, Mindy, how did you get into my house? Through the window. You ready to go visit Reggie's parents in Florida? Sure am, Mindy. I just need to go to the- Great, because the motor pickle is idling outside and it only has enough mustard to get us to the airport, but we gotta go now. Let's go. Now, well, hold on. I just have to use the bathroom. We gotta go now! You know, Mindy, now that I think about it, maybe I haven't used this bathroom in the last six months. Lucky for me, can you even imagine, Guy Ross? It would have ruined my entire experiment. Speaking of which, I'm about to move all of these wheels of cheese into the final stage of the experiment. Well, what's the final stage? The taste test. Taste test? Yeah, so I'm gonna need your help. You want to go ahead and grab those wheels of hip-hop, rock and roll, and techno cheese and then bring them up to your bedroom? Huh? The guests are gonna be here any second now. Guests? Bedroom? Mindy, what in the world are you talking about? The taste test, Guy Ross? I sent you an E-Invite. An E-Invite? Yeah, check your spam folder. I use a lot of exclamation points in my emails. Okay. Oh yeah, here it is. Cheese and grape juice party. To better understand the effects of acoustic sound waves on the cheese ripening process, where? Guy Ross's bedroom? Yep, that's the one. Mindy, my bedroom is. There any room of my house you haven't taken over yet? Well, I'm still working on the water park in your garage. The what? Nothing. It's a surprise for your birthday. Ah! So can you give me a hand with these cheeses or yes, people are gonna be ringing the doorbell any... Second! Mindy, I'm not prepared for a party. My formal bow tie is still at the dry cleaners. Don't stress, Guy Ross. This is just a casual get-together with friends to do a little sono chemistry. Okay. Your semi-formal bow tie will do just fine. Okay Mindy, if you insist but you get the door, I'll do my best to plate up these musical cheeses. Divide and conquer. I like the way you think, Guy Ross. Okay. Coming! How about a better double-park my Zamboni? I just lost it. Wait, did you write up? Bonjour, no Mindy. That's how you say how you do it in Italian until you what? Grandma G for his hugs. You ready to try some of that emmental cheese you brought back from Switzerland? I think you broke my back. You bet you're sweet but too dumb ready to cut that cheese. I had to wrestle a cow for it. Of course you did. Come on in and head right upstairs and to the right. Well the invitation doesn't say nothing about stairs. Don't worry G-Force, no one will stare at you. Thomas Fingerling! G-Force don't like it when you make eye contact with her. She sees it as a threat. Like the majestic baboon. Great! You want to come in and try some cheese? Oh the lolly! You guys making fun, do? Up the stairs and to the right. Reggie, you made it! Wait, weren't you here the whole time? Sorry, there's no bird seed, just cheese. Come on Reg, you gotta expand your culinary horizons. That's the spirit. Come on in. Upstairs and to the right. Alright, that should be everyone. Bindi, I can't come to the cheese party. My doze is stuffed up. Without my sense of smell I'll never be able to properly taste the spicy black pepper notes, the fresh cream of the lactics, the fruity notes of apricots, lemons, honey, where are you going? Sounds like my stomach's grumbling. Hey Ger-Roz, how are those cheese platters coming along? Almost there, Mindy. Just need to put on music. And we're good to go. Great, I'll be right up. Step, step, step, step, step, step, step. Whoa, nice work, Ger-Roz. They should call you Ger-Razzle Dazzle. This place looks amazing. Thanks Mindy, I do my best. So, you ready to try some of these cheeses? You bet Mindy, where should we start first? Well, if the experiment from the Bern University of the Arts is anything to go by, I think we should start with this one. Hip hop? Yep, the study found that hip hop was tip-top when it came to taste and flavor. Well, I think I'll be the judge of that. Let me just cut off a slice here. Mmm, this is really great cheese, Mindy. What does it taste like? A little fruity and it has a very strong smell and taste. Yes, that means my experiment worked. It worked? Yes, that's exactly what those researchers found in their study. After they marinated their cheeses in a bunch of different types of music for six months, they sent the cheeses off to food scientists for what they call a sensory consensus analysis. And a sensory consensus analysis is basically a fancy way of saying a scientific taste test where they precisely measure the smell and taste of different foods. Exactly, Ritos. And so, what did they find? Well, the experts concluded that most of the cheese that had been exposed to music had a milder flavor compared to the control cheese. And the control cheese being the one that had just been sitting there in silence. Exactly, but on top of this, they found that the hip hop cheese was the fruitiest of all the cheeses and the one that had the strongest smell and taste. Wow. Oh, that's not all. It's not? Nope. On top of all this testing, the researchers also conducted a blind taste test with some expert cheese tasters. So blindfolded people who were paid to eat cheese? I know. Best job ever, right? Anywho, these cheese tasting experts confirmed what the researchers had found when they concluded that the hip hop cheese was in fact the fruitiest and the tastiest cheese of the bunch. That's incredible, Mindy. So does that mean that the sound waves from the music actually affected the chemical reactions and then the taste of the cheese? Yeah, well, there's still no way to know for sure, but soon the same researchers will be conducting a biomedical survey on the cheeses. And by biomedical survey, you mean that they'll be looking into the microscopic structure of the cheese to see if the music changed how the cheese is shaped on a tiny molecular level. You know it. And if the cheese looks different on this really, really small level, then it would be a good sign that this music actually did have an effect on the chemical reactions going on inside the cheese. Whoa. That's incredible. You know what else is incredible? What? This. Um, excuse me, everyone. Excuse me. Where did she get that microphone from? I just want to thank all of my friends and family for coming out to our cheese cutting party. Now, as I mentioned in the e-invite, all of the cheese that you see here today has been lovingly marinated in a variety of different types of music over the last six months. And that music was written and performed by yours truly. What? Bitten by who? I think she said they were written by George Trudy. Oh, George Trudy? I haven't seen him in 30 years. He's still alive? No, I said I wrote and performed the music. Oh. And now, if you'll indulge me, I'd like to perform one of my tastiest songs for you right now. I call this one, Gouda Cress. All right, Guy Ross, drop the beat. Huh? Just drop the beat, okay? Mindy, I don't know how to... Drop the beat! So this might sound a little cheesy, but it's actually quite easy. All you need is a little breathe. Now everybody, sing with me. That's some pretty good hip hop and man of George Trudy. Wow, that was so cool. I know the way the scientists were testing to see if different music made cheese taste different. I just wish my nose wasn't stuffed up that day, so I could have tasted the cheese too. You're right, Reggie. My nose isn't stuffed up today. We should do our own cheese tasting right now. Right, right, right, right, right. Let's wrap up the show first. Thanks to all you listeners out there for tuning in to We Wow on the Weekend. If you have a question for me, call and leave me a message at 1-888-7-WOW-WOW. That's 1-888-7-WOW-WOW. And don't forget to call in and record your talents for the talent show. I just might play it on We Wow on the Weekend. Okay, let's go. Oh, I can't wait to make a giant cheese board. Oh, and we'll need music for the cheese tasting. Yeah, like this. Before we get into the credits for today's episode, we want to give some special shout-outs and say a huge thank you to some of the Wowsers whose families are powering the Wow this year. We broke the names up into two batches, and here is our first batch of names. We are so grateful for your support. Owen and Aubrey from California, Saman and Ryan from California, Oraline and Esther from New York, Ella from Singapore, Lacey Elementary from North Carolina, Teddy, Silas and Emmett from Arizona, Jason from Texas, Eli and Nolan from Texas, Luke and Noel from North Carolina, Ilan from California, Emmett and Adler from Kansas, John, Katie, Ethan and Amelia from Pennsylvania, Nezla and Yaqub from Kuwait, Evelyn, Ramona and Cabotha from Nevada, John R from Wisconsin, Emery and Isla from California, Caroline from Massachusetts, Ian and Declan from Washington, Elena and Lucia from Maryland, Parker from Texas, Albert and Lulu from Brighton, England, Hayden, Hazel and Allie from Pennsylvania, Magnus from the District of Columbia, William and Allie from Virginia, Brendan, Jessica, David and Michael from Ohio, Bailey, Macy and Hank from South Carolina, James from Washington, Peter, Teddy and Leo from Minnesota, Paul from Rhode Island, Nuri from Washington, Violet and Will from California, Audrey and Ethan from Virginia, Alex H from Tennessee, James and Madison from Utah, and Happy Birthday to Otis from Minnesota, from the bottom of our hearts, and the tops of our brains. Thank you. Thanks for joining us for this edition of We Wow! Our show is written by Ruth Morrison and Jed Anderson. The role of baby Dennis is played by Jed Anderson. Well then who plays the role of big Dennis? Never you mind. Original sound design and production is done by Henry Moskel with contributions from Jed Anderson and Tyler Tholl. Original music for We Wow! is composed and performed by Tyler Tholl. Special thanks to Jessica Bodie, Rebecca Caban, Dr. Natasha Crandall, Kenny Curtis, Kristin Yang, Meredith Helper and Ranzer, Tui Mac, Jody Nussbaum, Allie Paxima, Guy Raz, Linda Rothenberg, Steph Sosa, Mindy Thomas, Anna Zagorsky, and all of the other tinkerers at Tinkercast HQ. Be sure to visit tinkercast.com where you can become an official member of the World Organization of Wozers, learn about upcoming events, shop our Woz Shop, find our best-selling books, and learn about all the other amazing podcasts from Tinkercast. 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