Hey WowsR fams, Mindy here, and before we start the show, happy Wau birthday! That's right, Wau in the world is officially 9 years old! And if I had to guess, a lot of you are 9 years old too. Or maybe you were 9 or maybe you're not quite 9 years old yet. Anywho, whether you started listening 9 years ago or 9 days ago, we want to thank you for spending time with us. That's right, Reg, if you want to help keep us wowing, tell your friends and your family about us or leave us a reviewsy. Grownups, you can also support our show by gifting a membership to the World Organization of WowsRs to a kid in your life. Oh good idea, Reg, we should tell them what it is. So with your W-O-W membership, you'll get a birthday card in the mail when it's your birthday, plus quarterly mailings, exclusive access to members only activities and events, and from now until the end of the month, we'll be adding an extra bonus Wau surprise in your welcome kit. Just a little something to show how grateful we are that you have chosen to Wau with us! Grownups, to sign up for a membership today, visit tinkercast.com slash Wau. That's tinkercast.com slash Wau. And now a quick ad break, and then we'll get on with the show. Ah, whatever! We Wau on the weekend, we Wau on the weekend, Wau Wau, we Wau on the weekend, cause this is what we do on the weekend! Hello and welcome to We Wau on the weekend! I'm your host, Dennis, and that pigeon you hear in your ear is my co-host, Reggie. Right, who is in fact a pigeon? This is the show where we chit chat and answer questions from our fans and listen to tinkercast podcasts. Hey Reggie, I haven't seen you around lately. Where you been? On vacation? Wau! Oh, Wau! Where'd you go on vacation, Reggie? An arctica? What? Reggie, vacations are for being on the beach with sunglasses and big floppy hats, not for being called at the South Pole. Oh, this wasn't a beach vacation, it was an adventure vacation? Well, I forgot there are different types of vacations. So what'd you do in Antarctica? You hung out with penguins? I love penguins, they're so cute! Yeah, I love how they waddle around and slide on their bellies and look like they're wearing little tuxedos. Did you wear a tuxedo and slide around on your belly like a penguin? Aw, you gave the penguins a ride on your back and flew them around because they can't fly even though they have wings? Reggie, that's so sweet! But I'm glad you're back because we have a show to do! That's right! We need to hear from our devoted listeners with a Q&A segment! Ahem! The Q&A segment! Alright, let's just get the old answering machine pulled up here. Okay, here we go. Hi, you've reached Dennis from We Wow on the weekend! That's me. Do you have a question? Well, I do too! Lots of them! And who's gonna answer all my questions? You? Probably not! But I guess I can answer yours. Leave me a message! Hi, Dennis. My name is Ellie and I live in York, Pennsylvania. Hi, Ellie! My question is, if you were to have a hot dog eating contest, who would win, Reggie or Dennis? If we were to have a hot dog eating contest, who would win, Reggie or me? Good question, Ellie! Definitely, Reggie would win. Because, Reggie, you eat a lot of hot dogs! Yes, you do! Whenever you go to New York City to visit your cousins, you end up eating a bunch of hot dogs off the sidewalk together. And you don't even really chew your food! You swallow it whole and use your gizzard to grind it up. Your gizzard, Reggie! It's a little organ that you have in your body that I don't have in mind, and it's not fair! I want a gizzard! So, if we had a contest, you'd be gizzarding hot dogs one after the other, and I'd be chewing them all slow with my human mouth! Also, I don't really like hot dogs. No, I prefer fully cooked sausage-like bolognilogs or a pig in a blanket. Oh yeah, or a corn dog! I love corn dogs! They have a genus a corn about them. No, Reggie! I don't want to have a corn dog eating race! I want to savor my corn dog as I walk around the fair or a theme park, and then I want to ride the ferris wheel. Next question! This is Ethan. Hi, Ethan! Dennis, how come you never, ever have listened to an episode of Wee Wow on the weekend? I dare you to do a few episodes of listening to Wee Wow on the weekend. Oh, great idea, Ethan! Of course it's a great idea, Reggie! Ethan dared us, Reggie! We have to do it! 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 doing Ethan's idea where we listen to Wee Wow on the weekend! Okay, let's see what we got. Hit it, Reggie! Huh, I guess we can sing a song. I've got a keyboard here. Oh wow, Reggie! This is from the first episode of Wee Wow on the weekend! Okay, let's fast forward. And play! What's my superhero name gonna be? Oh, oh, oh! This is from last year! I remember this! That still has my name in it! It's not secret enough! This is fun! Let's go forward again. I'm gonna go for the first episode of Wee Wow on the weekend! This is fun! Let's go forward again. And play! And play! Uh, what's this? Uh, what's this? Oh, it's from right now! Oh, Reggie, quit talking! It's hurting my brain! It's gonna rip a hole in the space-time continuum! I don't wanna be a pedonaut, Reggie! Stop it! I don't wanna be a pedonaut! Stop it! That was close. And weird. Ethan, that was a horrible idea! Ah, Ethan was pranking us. Good one, Ethan! Okay, now let's revisit an episode of one of my favorite Tinker Cash shows. That's not Wee Wow on the weekend. And today, we're listening to Wow in the World Season 3, Episode 15 called, And the winner is... Rice Quake! Rice Quake? What's a rice quake? Is it like when the ground shakes and opens up into a bottomless pit of rice cakes? Rice cakes, Reggie! You know, those little round discs that taste like packing peanuts. Okay, fine, then what is a rice quake? Alright, we'll just listen to the episode. Okay, here we go. And play. Wee Wow will be right back. Grownups, this message is for you. That's it. Now back to the show. Rolling on two? Can we get a level check on Mr. Rice, please? This is so exciting, Mindy. I know the last time I saw this many cameras in one room was when I held that press conference for my latest invention last week. What I'm unveiling today is not a revolutionary new form of renewable energy like I had told you. But I think you'll find it just as impressive. Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the Pop-Tart Party Peanut! Oh, no, come back! You don't understand, it's a Pop-Tart with a... Mindy, I still can't believe that one of those reporters actually worked for the All You Can Eat Network and they asked you to host the television broadcast of this year's Nom-Nom Awards. And I can't believe you agreed to host it with me. Are you kidding me, Mindy? I love the Nom-Nom Awards. I watch it every year. The glitz, the glamour, the... The mountains and mountains of free food. Don't mind if I do. Mindy, don't. Hey then, you must be Mindy. That's what they call me. And you must be Pyros. Actually, it's Guy Ross. What? I don't know. Did we get the wrong person? Karen, was it supposed to be Pyros or Guy Ross? Guy Ross? Well, there goes the food theme. Alright, well, sorry about that, Guy Ross. No need to apologize. Okay then, we're about ready to start here. Just need to get you mic'd up. My old neighbor was named mic'd up. What? Nothing. Save it for the show, Mindy. Alright, here are your microphones. And could we get a level from you, please, Guy? Oh, sure. Hello, I'm Guy Ross and on the show today? Okay, that's great. Thanks. Do you need me to do a few lines too? It's raining tacos! No, that's fine. Alright everyone, are we ready to roll? Great. Okay, Mindy, Guy, good luck. Remember, Mindy, big smiles. My teeth are literally covered in cheese. What? Cheese! Okay, we're live in three, two, one. Coming to you live from the All You Can Eat buffet across the street from the Dolby Theater here in Hollywood, California, it's the annual Nom Nom Awards with your hosts, Guy Ross and Mindy. Hello and welcome. It's great to be here with you on such a magical and delicious night. I'm Mindy. And I'm Guy Ross, and tonight we'll be celebrating paying tribute to and drooling over some of the biggest names in the culinary arts. And look, Guy Ross, I think I see some of the Nom Nom nominees coming down the Maranera red carpet right now. That's right, Mindy. I think I see some of the kernels from A Star Is Corn. Oh, and look, here come the wieners from the Isle of Hot Dogs. Excuse me. Excuse me, sir. Excuse me, sir. What are you wearing tonight? It's a bun from Kroger's, and I spilled some mustard on it. Oh, who la la, smells delicious. Good luck at the awards tonight. Thanks. Now Mindy, we shouldn't forget, there are a lot of important awards up for grabs tonight. That's right, Guy Ross. How about the Nom Nom Award for Best Snack? Outstanding performance in a salad or rice dish? Best supporting actor in a casserole. But folks, none draw quite as much attention as the coveted, adapted screenplay from a breakfast food award. Oh, yes. Spoonlight took it home a few years ago. And I gotta say, ever since, I must think about that cereal bowl every week. Well, Mindy, that's the first award up for grabs tonight, and I think we could be in for a few surprises. Oh, it wouldn't be the Nom Nom Awards without a few surprises. You got that right. And we'll be right back with more from the Maranera red carpet right after this commercial break. And we're clear. This week at the Knucklehead, get 50% off your food when you crack all ten of your fingers at the front counter. Phew. What a rush, Mindy. I forgot how fun being on TV was. Oh, yeah, whatever happened to your paleolithic cooking show? Oh, well, we got replaced by a flashy new mesolithic cooking show. Ugh, it always goes that way. But I'm super excited about these awards, Mindy. I've actually been doing a lot of research into this year's nominees, and I think I've got a few predictions. A few predictions? That's right. You know that category that we were talking about just before the commercial break? Yeah, a best screenplay adapted from a breakfast food? Yeah, well, one of the nominees from that category is based on an actual scientific study by researchers Itaï Aynav and François Guillard from the University of Sydney in Australia. Whoa, which nominee is it? Ricequake. Oh, the one featuring Snap, Kragle and Pop? The very same. Oh, so what was the study about? Well, Mindy. Coming back in five, four, three, two, one. Hello and welcome back to this year's Nam Nam Awards. I'm Mindy. And I'm Guy Rossi. I mean, Guy Rossi. We're out here in sunny Southern California, right across the road from the Dolby Theatre, reporting live from the Marinera carpet, as the last of the Nam Nam nominees make their way into the buffet hall. Oh, I think I see Christian Kale over there. Christian Kale is nom-nominated for three nominees tonight. Oh, and look, there's the tomatoes from Roma. Oh, so delicious, so good. You know, Mindy, it's so great to see some foreign foods making it into the awards this year. I know, and speaking of foreign foods, Guy Ross, here comes the tortillas from If Beale Street Could Taco. And with that final pun, it looks like we may be ready to start the awards ceremony. Coming up after the break, all the awards you've been waiting for lie from the buffet hall. Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back. And we are clear. Ah, ah, so, Guy Ross, what was the scientific study that the nominee Rice Quake was based on about? Oh, yeah, right. So, these two researchers from the University of Sydney wanted to see how porous material acted when exposed to liquid and put under pressure. And a porous material is a material that has tiny cracks or holes in it, right? Exactly. It's a type of material that isn't completely solid. So, like a sponge. Right. So these researchers wanted to see how these sort of materials held up when soaked in a liquid and put under pressure. Okay, got it. So then, how did this scientific study inspire the non-stop action-adventure disaster thriller Rice Quake? Well, Mindy, every time. Two, one. Welcome back to this year's Nom Nom Awards. The Marineric carpet is done and dusted, and we are ready to give out some awards. At first, the coveted Adapted Screenplay from a Breakfast Cereal Award. Let's go live now to the buffet floor. And here to announce the nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay from a Breakfast Food is self-proclaimed foodie Oscar Chow. Oh, wow. This all looks so good. I don't know how to choose. Excuse me, I just want to get in here and... Huh? Overlives? Hey there, folks, and welcome to the buffet floor, a place where all of your food dreams come true, and also a place where the stuffed chicken wings run out. Okay, the nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay from a Breakfast are... ...Bustbusters. Looks like we've got a category five sourdough. Get into the pro-tow toaster. I can't. There's lactic acid everywhere. Pirates of the Carabatebian. Arr. Oh, you're... Arr. Arr. Oh. Peter Pancakes. Oh, but Peter, I don't want to grow up and replace my chocolate with bananas and my maple syrup with organically-sourced local honey. Right you are, Wendy. We shan't ever grow up. Here, use this bacon to make a smiley face on your pancake. And rice quake. Ah! The whole darn mall of puffed rice cereal is about to collapse. Looks like this mission just got a little... rice risky. And the winner is... Coming up right after these messages. And we're clear. Oh, why do they always do that? Well, it's all about suspense, Mindy. Okay, well, while I hold my breath, why don't you tell me about that rice crunchie study from Australia? Oh, oh right. Well, as I was saying, these researchers wanted to see how these porous materials reacted when they interacted with fluids. Like, would I pour milk on my breakfast cereal and it all go soggy? Yeah, kind of. Okay, but why? I mean, don't get me wrong, I've done countless experiments on my breakfast burritos, but why do these researchers care about the sogginess of their rice crunchies? Because, as it turns out, Mindy, many naturally occurring dams and even some ice shelves, like the ones around Antarctica, are made out of porous materials. Porous materials like rice crunchies? And just to be clear, a dam is a structure made out of rocks or stones that helps to stop the flow of water in a river, right? Correcto, Mundo. Some of them form naturally and others are man-made in order to collect drinking water or even to produce electricity. And so where does the rice crunchies come in and all this? Mindy, Mindy, where did you get that bowl of rice crunchies from? There's a bunch of free food over there with my name on it. Well, Mindy, as it turns out, rice crunchies are also a porous material and unlike dams or Antarctic ice shelves, they're small enough and cheap enough to bring into the lab. So these researchers were using these rice crunchies to simulate or model how these ice sheets and dams might react in the wild? Correcto, Mundo. And so what did they find? Well, back in four, three, two, one. Welcome back to the annual Nom Nom Awards. If you're just joining us, Up for Brabs is the coveted Adapted Screenplay from a Breakfast Food Award. The winner is just about to be announced, so let's head back down to the buffet hall. Okay, here we go. And the winner of this year's Nom Nom Award for Best Adapted Screenplay from a Breakfast Food is... Rice Quake! This is the Breakfast Series' third Nom Nom nomination and its first win. Here to accept the award is Snap, Crackle and Pop. Oh, wow, wow! What an honor, what an honor to be Nom Nom nominated alongside some of these other breakfast foods. I love you pancakes! First and foremost, we'd like to thank the Academy for their great taste in food. Thanks to our parents for always making sure we ate a healthy breakfast. And of course, thank you to the scientists and researchers who did the study that inspired our project. Well, it looks like that's our time. This is such an honor. Thank you all so much! Coming up next day, a live performance from a Star is Corn. And we find out which veggie dish we'll be taking home this year's Golden Carrot. All that and more live from the All You Can Eat buffet across the street from the Dolby Theatre here in Hollywood, California. And we're out! Oh man, I really thought Peter Pancakes had this one in the bag this year. Well, Mindy, like I said before, Rice Quakes is based on a real-life scientific experiment. And the Academy always loves a true story. That's true, so how does this study end? Well, as I was saying, Mindy, these scientists were trying to see how porous materials like natural dams and ice shelves reacted to liquids and pressure. Right, and in the lab, these scientists were using rice crunchies to simulate or model those porous materials. Correct, Amundo, because Mindy, even though your bowl of rice crunchies might not be as dramatic as a dam breaking or an ice shelf cracking, a bowl of cereal can actually fit in a lab and can actually be measured. And then these researchers can take those measurements and use them to predict how dams or ice shelves might break under water pressure. Exactly. So how did they measure this bowl of simulation cereal? Well, unlike the bowl of cereal you have here, these scientists put the rice crunchies in a scientific tube. So like a pipe or a hose? Yeah, from the top of the tube, the scientists applied pressure onto the rice puffs and then they injected liquid into the bottom. Huh, and then? Then pumped up the pressure until... Rice Quake! That's right, the researchers found that whole layers of the rice puffs would collapse into themselves all at the same time, and they would make this very loud cracking sound. Wow. And then after repeating the same experiment a few more times, these researchers were able to predict exactly when these rice quakes were going to occur. And so by knowing how and when these rice quakes are going to happen in the cereal tube, these researchers can then predict when and how the same thing will happen with these natural dams and ice shelves out in the real world. That's right, by adjusting their time scale from a few seconds to a few years, these researchers are hoping that this model or scientific estimate as to what is going to happen can be used to understand and predict bigger collapses like the ones you were talking about. That's Bonker Balls, Gairas, no wonder Rice Quake won. It sounds like the real award here should go to... science. Ugh, that's so cheesy, Gairas, it should have had a nom nomination in tonight's dairy category. Speaking of which, Mindy, I think the next award might be coming up. Ooh, what's up next? Uh, let me see here. Ah, best action thriller based on a legume. Ooh, my money's on chili con carnage, have you seen it? I don't think I have yet, but I really love the Swiss charred family Robinson. I don't think I'd consider that one an action thriller. We are back in three, two, one. Wow, that was so cool! So scientists really studied how rice crunchies crunched under pressure? To predict how ice shelves would crunch in places like Antarctica? Well, did you see anything like that when you were in Antarctica, Reggie? You did? Wow, I want to see, but I also don't want to get cold. No, Reggie, denises don't like the cold. Maybe we could just watch some tube tube videos of ice shelves collapsing and wear snow suits and pretend we're in Antarctica. I suppose we could watch some pigeon videos too. Okay, let's wrap up the show and go do that. 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. That's 1-888-7-WOW. I just might answer your question on We Wow on the weekend! And don't forget to call in with your super cool talents for the talent show! Yeah, we'll take all talents! Alright, but it's just going to be audio, so if your talent needs to be seen, you'll just have to describe it. Okay, should we do the goodbye song? Here we go! That's the end of the show. I need to go and watch some videos on the internet while dressed up like an Antarctic explorer. But I'll do another show tomorrow! But for now, it's the end of the show. E-E-Bye! E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E from California, Avani and Avir also from California, Martin and Matthias from Utah, Penny James and Anna Louise from North Carolina, Lennox and Langston from Arkansas, Fiona, Bram and Callum from Wisconsin, Samuel and Victoria from Louisiana, Aaron and Eden from California, Milos from California, Jonah and Elijah from New Jersey, Naya, Nuren, Sumitra and Beavosh from New York, Noah, Hudson and Ella from Pennsylvania, Evan and Emma from North Carolina, Wesley from Virginia, Ashconn and Kavon from New Mexico, Lily and James from Georgia, Beckett, Harper, Tim and Annie from Texas, Josiah, Elijah and Dad from Texas, Ellie and Daniel from Michigan, Alex and Eli from Colorado, Ethan and Eli from Wisconsin, Kira and Corinne from Illinois, Jack and Nick from Florida, Oden, Lyra and Newton from California, Stella and Molly from Illinois, Caroline and Theo from Missouri, Owen and Riley from Canada, Clark and Finley from Virginia, Ani and Nia from Massachusetts, Orly and Beckon from California, Theo and Mira from Virginia, Sebastian and Oliver from Michigan, Charlotte and Dean from New York, Campbell from Massachusetts, Nate and Sophie from Hawaii, Wevee and a belated happy birthday to Sanderling from Gilly and Ranger from the bottom of our hearts and the tops of our brains. Thank you.
