WeWow on the Weekend

Hello, wowsers! It's me, Dennis! And before we start the show, did you hear about March Gladness? Reggie, no! Not basketball tournament stuff! March Gladness tournament stuff! Yeah, exactly! March Gladness is where I think of all the things that made me the Gladness this month, and then I put them head to head in a tournament-style bracket! Oh, so you do know what I'm talking about? Well, then as you know, the winner of my March Gladness tournament was my new haircut! Do you love it? What do you mean? Don't worry, it'll grow back! Whatever! Wowser fams, you too can fill out your very own March Gladness bracket by going to tickercast.com slash march. There, you can print your very own free March Gladness bracket, then fill it out to see what made you the Gladness this month! Put your favorite things head to head in a tournament of Gladness! One more time, that's tickercast.com slash march. Now, let's get on with the show! We wow on the weekend, we wow on the weekend, we wow on the weekend, cause this is what we do on the weekend! Talking, laughing, me and Reggie singing, laughing, and then we- Oh wait, no I said laughing twice. Ah, whatever! We wow on the weekend, we wow on the weekend, we wow on the weekend, cause this is what we do on the weekend! Hello and welcome to We Wow on the weekend! I'm your host, Dennis, and that's my co-host, Reggie the Giant Pigeon. This is the show where we chit chat and answer questions from our fans and listen to TinkerCast podcasts. Hey Reggie, look what I built out of bricoblocks! Ta-da! Yeah, it's a model of the whole neighborhood! There's Mindy's Gingerbread Mansion, and there's Guy Riz's Tiny House, and there's Grandma G Forza's diaper house, and this is my house. Well, I ran out of the house pieces and had to use the bricoblock, brave, brave knight in shining armor castle pieces. Well, no, I guess my house doesn't have an alligator moat or trebuchets or buttresses, but I believe it's called taking artistic liberty. I know, buttress. Okay, let's move on to reading reviews. I'm reading reviews for me and for yousies. We've got us some doo-zies, so let's read reviews. Zees. 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 review comes to us from username SNRSparkleEmoji. The subject says, Dennis, read this. And the message says, I love we-wow! It's the best! Do you like takis? The spicy snack? Well, SNRSparkleEmoji, I've never had takis, but last week I had turkey tacos on Turkey Taco Tuesday. Well, I don't know, Reggie, is Turkey Taco Tuesdays the same thing as takis? No? Okay, then I've never had takis. Next reviewsy! This next reviewsy comes to us from username Snoopscoop. The subject says, Soooooooop! Means super. Star! And the number of stars is five. Aww, thank you, Snoopscoop! And the message says, Why are Mindy and Guy not on we-wow on the weekend? That's a good question, Snoopscoop. They should be on we-wow on the weekend. I'm gonna call them right now and tell them to come on the show. Okay, dialing, dialing, dialing. Hello, this is Mindy from Wow in the World. Darn, went to voicemail. If you're calling about a delivery of pocket shrimp, please press one. If you're calling to order a hat made out of pocket shrimp, please press two. Yikes. If you're calling to have me on we-wow on the weekend, I'm sorry, Dennis, but I am currently on one of Jupiter's moons. Ah, shucks. If you'd like me to repeat these options, please press- Never mind. Sorry, Snoopscoop. Mindy and Guy are in a different part of the solar system, I guess. But we'll get them one of these days. Next reviewsy! This last reviewsy comes to us from user name Science Dragon. Dragon emoji, magnifying glass emoji. The subject says, one of my favorites. And the message says, I love it so much. I think it's awesome. Yay, Reggie! Science Dragon thinks our show is awesome. Alright, there's more. I think it's awesome, but how do you write giant pigeons? It seems impossible. What? It's not impossible, Science Dragon. I'll show you. Reggie, care to do a demonstration? Excellent. Let's go over here. So, Science Dragon, the first thing you want to do is swing your leg over the pigeon, like this. Reggie, quit wiggling. Well, could you bend down a little, please? Thank you. Okay, now I'll swing my leg over like this. And... Oh no, I spooked him! Reggie, calm down, boy. Oh, Reggie, calm down. No, no, no, no, Reggie, look out for the bug case. No, no, stop! Look out for the table with my prickled block neighborhood. No! Reggie, stop! Sorry, Reggie. Did I pull your feathers again and spook you? Oh, and I got on backwards. No, it is spooky, I understand. Well, there you have it, Science Dragon. That's how you spook a giant pigeon and ride him around in the basement like a bucking bronco and destroy your prickled block diorama of the neighborhood. That's okay, Reggie. Well, rebuild. Thanks for all your reviews, these listeners. Keep bump coming. If you leave a comment on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, I just might rate it on We Wow on the weekend. Five stars or more, please. Okay, next up is a little segment I like to call Inside TinkerCast Studios. Inside TinkerCast Studios. This is the part where we revisit an episode of one of my favorite TinkerCast shows. And today, we're listening to Wow in the World Season 4, episode 17 called Are You Smarter Than a Toilet? Or as I like to call it, Dennis' Amazing Adventure through the Toilets of Time. Yeah, I'm in this one big time. It's all about how I, Dennis, learned everything there is to know about every toilet that ever existed. Oh, and I think Guy and Mindy talk about some stuff too. I don't really remember. Okay, here we go. And, right. We Wow will be right back. Grownups, this message is for you. Whoa, you're listening to Bongo in the Big 2 in the morning on K-W-O-W. Hey, Bongo, guess what time it is? Looks to be about 7.40 a.m. No, it's time for Big Teeth's Big Favorite. Big Favorite. Oh yeah, the part of the show when you, Big Toot, hit us with your favorite new song. What you got for us today? All right, today's Big Favorite is a song from a new artist called Wow in the World. Well, what's the song? It's called... The scientifically most danceable song in the whole wide world. Wow, that's a big title. Yeah, let me spin you up a clip. Whoa, that was totally rockin'. Where can we listen to the rest of the song? Anywhere you get your tunes, Bongo. They're out on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you like to spin your tracks. Well, thanks for tuning in to Big Toot's Big Favorite here on Bongo in the Big 2 in the morning on K-W-O-W. Bye-bye now. Waiters. That's it. Now back to the show. Wow in the world. Tired of the same old toilet? Yes. Ready to take the plunge and finally create the bathroom of your dreams? A bathroom that doubles as a water park? You know it. Then come to the bathroom showcase a one day only event. Industry experts are standing by to help you flush out your ideas and bring your lavatories to life. Yes. Beautiful tiles and toilet seats. Dial, dial, dial, dial, dial. Oh, come on. Pick up. Good morning, Mindy. Guy Ross, remember how you were planning to spend the day cooped up in your playhouse? For the 75th time, Mindy, this is not a playhouse. It's a 50 square foot sustainable, micromobile dwelling that... Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's got a toilet in the kitchen sink. Well, well, technically the sink is in the toilet, but... Guy Ross, either way, you're pooping in the sink. No, I'm washing my dishes in the... Okay, what are you getting at anyway? What I'm getting at is that you need a new toilet, one without a garbage disposal. And I need a new bathroom with a water slide and a toilet that doubles as a tiny wave pool for my ducks. What ducks? And for one day only, we can make all of our bathroom dreams come true. Mindy, I don't have bathroom dreams. All we have to do is head on down to the convention center for the one day only bathroom showcase. Experts are standing by to help. Come on. Wait, actually, I was just reading about that showcase myself, Mindy. In fact, I was planning on heading down there to check out a revolutionary new piece of bathroom technology that could detect diseases. And they're also giving out free samples. I hope they're not stool samples. Okay, well, let me grab my shoes and I'll meet you outside in, uh, five minutes? Yes! Run, run, run, run, run, run! Hey! Hi, Mindy. Whatcha doing? Oh, hey, Dennis. I'm waiting for Guy Ross to emerge from his dollhouse. We are going to the bathroom showcase down at the convention center today. We are? Oh, no, what I mean is, Guy Ross and I... Oh, we'll be like the three amigos or the three stooches or the three mouse-gateers. Ugh. Okay, Mindy, I'm ready to go. How are we getting there? Hi, Guy! Ah, Dennis, you scared me. Guy Ross, did you hear? We're getting the gang back together. We're like Harry, Ron and Hermione. Obviously, I'm Harry. Huh? Ah, sorry, Dennis. You know, we'd really love for you to come, but we're taking Guy Ross's yellow banana scooter and, you know, it's only got seating for two people. And a giant pigeon! Ah! Plus, we need you here to spy on the neighborhood and watch out for danger. I guess. Oh, yeah. And we promised to bring you back a souvenir. Oh, a souvenir! Uh, Mindy? Yeah, Guy Ross? Uh, I think we have a little problem. Why? What's going on? Well, uh, I can't get the banana scooter to start. It seems like the battery might be dead. Maybe the banana is just overripe! You know, according to popular fruit and veg mechanics magazine, overripe produce is the number one problem with perishable transportation. Wait, I know! Uh... Hey, Dennis! What? You don't happen to have your roller blades handy, do ya? Oh boy, do I? Oh, no. Almost there. Almost there. Mindy, this is not what I had in mind. Ah, Mush, Dennis! Ah, Mindy! Oh, sorry, got a little carried away. Whew! Made? I don't know why Reggie got to ride. He can fly! Wow, Dennis, thank you so much for pulling us and the banana scooter all the way down here to the convention center! No problem, Mindy. What are roller blades for? Come on, you two. Hand you Reggie, the entrance is right over there. Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, wop. Hi there! Welcome to the bathroom showcase! Are you considering a bathroom remodel? Yes, I am looking to build a Baratuba lazy river in my bathtub, and my buddy Guy Ross over here is tired of pooping in the kitchen sink. Mindy! I see. Diney house? Well, actually, it's a solar-powered energy-efficient modular... It's an oversized Debbie doll dream hunt. Well, I think that is just super, and I believe we've got some lovely compact lavatory options that you are going to adore. Come with me right this way. Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, wop. Whoa! What in the world? Look at the size of this place, Mindy. Well, as far as the eye can see! Now, over here to the left, you'll see we're featuring the latest in portal potty technology. Oh, I think you mean portal potty, right? Yeah, portal as in portable potties? Not port-a. Port-tau. You see, traditional portal potties need to be transported to a location, but... But let me guess, the portal potties transport us? Bingo! Oh, it's like the roller blades of toilets. Now that's something I can get my behind behind. Once properly tested, these portal potties will be able to transport poopers through time and space, past or future. A time-traveling toilet? Sign me up. I want to see inside. Oh, sir, please don't go in there. Whoa, look! This portal potty is bigger than your new house, Guy Ross. Please, sir, the portals are highly unstable. They have access to urine and feces from all of human history. So, do I just flush myself to another dimension or what? Dennis! No, sir, please. It's just a prototype. It's still in beta butt testing. Mindy, what does it you say when you go on adventures? Up, up, in a way or something like that? Oh, I remember. And away I fly! Oh, no! Dennis! Oh, dear. Security, we've got a flusher. He was my best friend! Hey, I thought I was your best friend. Oh, yeah, um, he was my second best friend! Okay, come on, number one. We gotta go check out the rest of these exhibits. But what about Dennis? Ah, Dennis clogs toilets all the time. He's not gonna get that far. Just be patient, Guy Ross. Dennis will come bubbling up and the whole convention center is gonna know about it. You'll see. Okay. Whoa, check out that sign, Guy Ross. Huh, are you smarter than a toilet? Yes, yes, I am smarter than a toilet. At least I'm pretty sure I am. Does a toilet know the square root of 50? Because I sure do. It's 7.07106781187. Mindy! Thank you very much. Come on, let's go check it out. Run, run, run, run, run, run, run. Wait for me, Mindy! Oh, you're still here. I mean, oh good, you're still here. Let's continue on to what I wanted to show you earlier. Over here we have the... I'm here to prove that I am smarter than a toilet. I'm sorry, what? That sign up there. It says, are you smarter than a toilet? Oh yeah, that sign is referring to the new smart toilet by Stanford. Stanford? As in the university? That's right. Wait, wait a minute, Mindy, this is it. This is the revolutionary new bathroom technology I was telling you about earlier. I read about this smart toilet in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering. Oh yeah, I read about it too, Guy Ross, in Toilet Talk Magazine. So, let's unveil this smart toilet. I can't wait to see what it looks like. Oh well, you're looking at it. It's right here. Huh? It's right in front of you. Uh, this just looks like a regular toilet. Shouldn't a smart toilet be wearing, I don't know, glasses or a graduation cap or something? Just like people, Mindy, you can't judge a toilet based on its appearance. Okay smart toilet, let's see what you're made of. How do you spell the word, dolphinately? Oh, I don't think it can spell made up words, or any words. Mindy, this smart toilet created by scientists and engineers at Stanford University is not that kind of smart. Huh, so you're saying it can't do your homework and solve all your math problems? Not exactly. Man, well can it at least flush itself? Because flushing is one of my least favorite things to do in life. I believe this smart toilet uses precision health-focused technology. Which means that it can detect if a person is sick. And how was it able to do that? Well, it examines your, uh... It examines your what? You know, your... Your what, Guy Ross? It examines your what? Eh, yeah, your uh... Guy Ross, just say it! What does it examine? It examines your stool and urine! It examines your poop and pee? Shhh, keep it down! What, we're literally surrounded by toilets right now? Yes, have no fear. In here it's safe to talk about Tingle and discuss Doopie all the live long bidet. Now, this smart toilet uses a suite of different tools from a variety of technologies to detect disease. Oh, I see what's going on here! Oh yeah? Yeah, so it turns out your poop and pee can actually tell you a thing or two about your overall health. Even though they don't have mouths and they do not talk. Go on! Okay, so let's talk about poop for instance. First of all, what is it? Uh... If you were to find a recipe for poop, the list of ingredients would include undigested food, protein, bacteria, salt, water, and a bunch of other stuff. And then all of this stuff turns into poop, travels through your intestines, and then gets pushed out. I don't know if I'd necessarily use the words recipe or ingredients, but sure, I mean, I think I see where you're going with this. And even though all poops are different from person to person, there are a few red flags that can tell you if your poop is unhealthy. Oh yeah? Yeah, for example, if your poop pops out like hard little marbles instead of nice juicy sausages, it might mean that you're constipated or that there's a traffic backup in your large intestine. Get out of the way! Oh! Or if your poop is green and squeeze-ing out like soft serve ice cream, it might mean you got a case of the old diarrhea. By the way, do you think the smart toilet can spell diarrhea? Of course I sure can't! Again, Mindy, it's not that kind of smart toilet. And if your poop pops out in cubes, well... It might just mean you're a wombat. Uh huh. Mindy's absolutely right. The smell, size, color, and shape of your stool all contain clues to the state of your health. And this smart toilet is able to read those clues. So it's like having a bunch of teeny tiny scientists and researchers inside your toilet bowl just waiting for your next deposit? Oh wait, I read about this and I read about how it works. First, a scanner takes a picture of your... Of your butt? Uh, yeah, yes. First, the scanner takes a picture of your butt and uses that picture to help the toilet identify you or rather, your butt. Exactly! It's like facial recognition. Just instead of faces, it's butts. Okay, so fecal recognition, huh? Alright, well, sounds a little personal, but who hasn't made photocopies of their own butt? Guilty as charged. And then a pressure sensor records how long you sit and how long it takes for you to, uh... To do your business? Uh, yes. And while you're doing your business, say, number one... You mean pee? Yes, I mean pee or urine. Oh, urine what? Mindy! Sorry. So while you're peeing, another sensor monitors the force of your flow. Flow as in a little tinkle or a full-on Niagara Falls. Uh, sure. And during that tinkle or Niagara Falls, a color detector checks the color to see if your pee is looking healthy or not. Oh yeah, I am always aiming for that good lemonade pee. What? Lemonade pee. You know, the healthiest pee is the color of a tall glass of lemonade. Whereas dark orange juice pee might be a signal that you're dehydrated and need to drink a bunch of water and electrolyte stacked. Exactly. And finally, the last sensor checks the shape and firmness or density of any, uh...uh...solid deposits. Solid deposits? You know you can just say poop, Gairaz. I know it's just that. Say it. Say poop. Pooop. Ah, good job little buddy. So once this toilet is finished getting all up in the business of your business, then what does it do with all the information that it collects? I can answer that one. This smart toilet sends all of the information to a cloud-based portal for safekeeping. Oh, an internet cloud made of poop and pee? Ugh, wouldn't want to be standing under that cloud when it rains. Actually Mindy, from what I read in the future doctors and nurses will be able to get the information from that cloud to help treat people when they're sick. A toilet that's in cahoots with your doctor to help keep you healthy? I don't know about you, but I'm ready to take this baby for a test drive. Well, what you're looking at here is only a prototype. Sort of a rough draft. Oh, I get it. The scientists and engineers at Stanford need a little more time for tinkering before we can get to tinkling. Precisely. So in the meantime, why don't we go see if we can find Dennis? Good thinking. Um, hey, excuse me. You don't happen to have a human-sized plunger lying around, do you? I thought you'd never ask. Right this way. Oh, okay. Womp, womp, womp. Oh, you do that too. Whoa, Mindy, that's quite a crowd gathered around the portal party where Dennis flushed himself. Now I need everyone to stand back while I work this plunger now. Guy Ross, what if this guy can't bring Dennis back from his time-traveling toilet adventure? What if he's stuck down there forever? Who'll be able to fill Dennis's roller blades as our neighborhood snoop? I mean, I could probably do an awesome job of getting up in everyone's beeswax, but... Okay, on a count of three. One, two, three. Woo! Excuse me! Dennis! Tell us what you saw! Tell us where you've been! Tell us when you've pooped! Ah, yes. Gather round ye children, and I shall tell you of poop's long past, of ancient poops, where butts were wiped with stones and seashells and animal furs and one time stinging nettle on accident. Whoa! Tell us about the toilets! And yay, there were no toilets, but merely holes in the ground. Simple, elegant, but smelly. Oh! Then I traveled to the 1600s where toilet bowls were actually just bowls. Large bowls sitting on the floor called chamber pots. Perhaps the world's first portable potty, the chamber pot, were... Hey, Dennis! Did you ever make it to the future in that portal potty? Yes! Tell us about the future! Very well. In the not too distant future, many people use disease-detecting smart toilets. Oh! Mini! Mini, did you hear that? The smart toilets are coming! The future is tomorrow. And even further into the future, wiping shall not be done with crude paper, but instead with cool lasers. Oh, hi! Wow! That was so cool! And gross! Yeah, there was a lot of pee and poo discussion while I was surfing the toilet time wave. Reggie, we should build a bric-o-block model toilet of the future! Yeah, we're gonna need lots more bric-o-blocks. Let's go get the big bin out of the attic. Oh, right, let's wrap up the show first. Thanks to all you listeners out there for tuning in to We Wow on the Weeknd! If you have a question for me, call and leave me a message at 1-888-7-WOWOW. That's 1-888-7-WOWOW. I just might answer your question on We Wow on the Weeknd! Okay, let's go. So Reggie, what kind of cool features should our ultra-futuristic toilet have? Besides lasers, obviously. Ooh, a built-in waffle maker! Good idea. I think it should also have wheels for the modern pooper on the go, Reggie. Think about it, you're going to the bathroom when all of a sudden the doorbell rings. This way you can ju- 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. Tee-hee! Original sound design and production is done by Tyler Tholl with contributions from Jed Anderson and Henry Moskel. 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, Tweet Mac, Jody Nussbaum, Ali Paxima, Guy Raz, Linda Rothenberg, Steph Sosa, Mindy Thomas, Anna Zagorski 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 WoW shop, find our best-selling books and learn about all the other amazing podcasts from Tinkercast. Thanks again for thinking, tinkering, experimenting and exploring with me this week. Be sure to check out episodes of Wow in the World on Mondays, 2 What's in a Wow on Fridays and We Wow on the Weekend with Dennis on the weekends. And remember, who wows, I will! Oh, baby Dennis, we will! Alright, we will! Wow in the World, Wow in the World, Wow in the World, Wow in the World! Wow in the World was made by Tinkercast and set to you by Wundery.