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Clap, clap! WeWOW on the weekend Because this is what we do on the weekend Hello and welcome to WeWOW on the Weekend I'm your host, Dennis And this is my co -host, Reggie the Giant Pigeon Reggie Reggie Reggie, turn off your music Thank you Now pay attention while I'm hosting, please.
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Brrr! Oh, whatever.
Let's just move on to reading revuesies!
Ahem. I'm reading revuesies for me.
And for yousies. We've got us some doozies.
So let's read revues.
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Yeah, now that we're doing a fun segment, you're all into the show aren't you?
That's what I thought.
Okay, let's see what we've got here.
This reviewsy comes from username Lee Academy.
The title reads, static man wee Wow.
And the message says, Hi, Mr. Dennis.
Oh ho ho, I love it when people call me Mr. Dennis.
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Ahem. Hi, Mr. Dentist. Please tell Static Man to make a wee -wow podcast for Tuesday.
Love your show. 100 out of 10 stars.
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This Tuesday? Rrrrr.
Oof, that's really short notice, LE Academy.
I mean, that's in like two days.
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Right, and probably generate a whole bunch of static.
How am I supposed to do all that by Tuesday?
I mean, how is Static Man supposed to do all that by Tuesday?
But it's a great idea, Lee Academy.
I'll contact Static Man's PR team, and we'll see what happens.
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That's weird. Well, they misspelled Dennis.
Oh right, and Reggie, they misspelled Dennis and Reggie.
Well, the message says this podcast is awesome.
And these are my favorite foods.
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And I rate 20 out of 10.
I love emojis. I love Wee Wow on the weekend.
Love, Bryce. Ah, your name is Bryce.
Sorry, my mistake. OK, so to recap, Bryce likes foods and emojis and podcasts.
And that has been our one time only segment, Bryce likes.
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Reggie, I need all the stars, because I print them out and stick them to my ceiling with tape, and every night, I pick a different star to make a wish on. OK, next stop is a little segment I like to call Inside Tinkercast Studios.
Ahem, inside deeper cast 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 2, episode 39 called Spit Take, the science of saliva and those bitter bites.
Reggie, this is one of the very first episodes of Wow in the World featuring me, Dennis.
recorded in this? You don't remember me in this episode?
Yeah, I guess it was a long time ago, and I sound a little different, but I don't remember there being any spit.
Do people spit in this episode?
Ew! Are you sure? Well, I don't know.
Maybe spit is an acronym that stands for Super Pointy Iguana Tales?
Reggie, it could be about iguanas, although I don't why they would be spitting.
Right. Let's listen and find out.
OK. Here we go. And play.
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What in the world! K, Roz!
Open the door! It's me, Mindy!
Hey, Mindy. Good morning, Dennis!
Listen, I've been sneaking bites of your gingerbread mansion I just thought you should know it tastes really terrible Hey, Mindy, hello Dennis.
Oh hi there guy I was just telling Mindy her mansion here tastes like gingerbread wrapped in grapefruit and dipped in earwax Ugh.
Really gross. Maybe you can ask her why it's so hot.
Happy un -birthday, Guy -Raz!
What? Mindy, it's not my birthday.
My birthday was like nine months ago, and you forgot.
Don't you remember?
Forgot that I remembered your birthday?
No. Because I seem to remember forgetting to remember that I forgot to remember.
This is giving me a headache.
Oh, that headache is just me, Guy -Raz.
Well, in any case, it's not my birthday, but I'll be sure to remember this moment the next time it comes around, OK?
What? OK, thanks. Watch your foot there.
Bye. Wait, I know that it's not your birthday, Guy Raz.
That's why I said, happy un -birthday.
Happy, huh? Happy not your birthday to you.
Happy not your birthday to you.
Happy not your birthday, dear Guy Razi.
Happy not your birthday to you.
Mindy, what is all of this even about?
What is all of this even about?
KaiRoz, it's about the exciting day that I have planned for your un -birthday.
Well, well, I was just planning on taking it easy today, you know, maybe a few crossword puzzles, spend some time catching up on reading terms and conditions.
Reggie! Woohoo! What?
Is that Reggie? Hey, Reg!
who many why is Reggie driving your motor pickle because you don't let the pigeon drive the bus guy rotten everybody knows that guess I'll have to hop on the old motor pickle then after you thank you ok we're gonna need you to take us to that new place the spit take take it's a new experimental restaurant that specializes in all of your favorite foods artichokes broccoli Brussels sprouts, kale...
Kale! Happy Unbirthday, Guy Raz!
Brussels sprouts, orange jokes!
Here we go! Thanks for the ride, Reg!
Yeah, thanks, Reggie.
Whoo -Hoo! You didn't tell me that this new experimental restaurant was shaped like a human mouth, Mindy.
Oh, yeah, and lucky for you, It looks like they're rolling out the red carpet in honor of your big un -birthday.
I don't think that's a red carpet, Mindy.
It looks like that red carpet is a tongue.
What are we waiting for?
Come on. Let's go inside.
Wow. People are eating at tables that look like teeth.
What is this place?
So the spit tank, opened right after this scientist from Purdue University, unveiled an amazing new study.
Yeah. What was it? It was a study that explored the link between our spit and our willingness to eat things like Leafy green vegetables and dark chocolate and coffee.
Huh? I feel like all those things share something in common But I can't quite put my finger on it Hello, and welcome to the spit take party for two.
Don't mind if I knew write this way Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk, walk.
Ugh, what's this slippery, wet stuff all over the floor in here.
It's dripping from the ceilings and from everywhere.
This place feels like a damp cave. Oh, that's the organic saliva imported from the Mediterranean or was it the Netherlands?
Ooh la la, did you hear that guy, Roz?
Imported saliva. What, we're walking in spit.
Here at the Spit Take, we only import the finest saliva from around the world.
Each batch a perfect combination of water and chemicals to keep your mouth moist. Don't say moist. Yeah, nobody likes that word. Now, here we are.
Please take a seat.
Kairoz. Ever since that study I mentioned was unveiled, culture vultures from around the world are all agreeing that spit is it.
Spit is it? as in, in style or on trend or the zeitgeist. Really?
Joseph will be with you in just a few moments.
Enjoy. I'm so excited.
Hello, there, my name is Ginger.
I'll be taking care of y 'all today.
Can I get you anything to drink?
We have coffee, and we have chocolate milk.
And? And that is it.
I'll have a chocolate milk please.
I'll just have a water.
Is it ok if there is coffee in your water?
Uh, no. I would just like a water, please.
We don't have water, sir.
But you just said there's water in the coffee!
One coffee it is! I'll be right back to take your order.
But... Sorry, Guy Roz, I forgot to mention that here at The Spit Take, they only serve food and drinks with a bitter taste.
Bitter? Mindy, what kind of restaurant is this?
Um, a restaurant that serves literally all of your favorites.
I mean, go ahead, look at the menu.
OK. Broccoli rabe with olives and garlic, stir -fried mustard greens, roasted Brussels sprouts.
Mindy, these are all my leafy green favorites.
Happy Unbirthday, little buddy.
But Mindy, I do have a confession to make.
Are you about to tell me a secret?
Because I got to make sure I'm live streaming this.
What? Here, talk into this end.
No, put the phone down, Mindy.
This is not for the whole world to know.
Fine. All right, what's the secret confession?
I. What? I didn't always.
Didn't always what?
I didn't always like.
Just say it, Guy Roz.
I didn't always like the taste of leafy green vegetables.
Mindy, you say something.
Chocolate milk. What?
Hope I'm not interrupting anything.
Just wanted to drop off your coffee here.
and your chocolate milk, ma 'am?
Now either of you first timers here.
We aren't, it's my own birthday.
OK. So here's how the restaurant works.
We are an experimental eatery that sources and serves only the most bitter foods.
And we prepare them in the most bitter way possible.
There's no sugar or milk in this coffee water at all.
Fantastic. Spin -take -serve.
That's what we like to see here.
What? Kairozz, that's kind of the point.
And while everything will probably taste a little bit toxic at first, we will continue to bring these foods out to your table until you start to enjoy them.
Which could take up to seven days, is that ok?
Okie -dokie. Huh? Great!
I'll be right back with your broccoli -kale -biter -biter bites.
Mm -mmm. You are going to detest them.
But... Ehhh... OK, Guy Raz, you were just starting to tell me the mind -blowing secret that once upon a time, you did not like the taste of kale.
Oh, right. Well, to be honest, Mindy, it's kind of hard for me to talk about.
Because as you know, these days, I'm known as the Kale Crusader, you know, the kale guy.
Oh, yeah. I've seen you parading through the farmer's market with your please don't kale my vibe posters.
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Consider this your body's wake up kale.
Eat this kale to action.
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Oh, hi there, Guy. Hello, Dennis.
Oh, nice bull horn.
What is that, like, 20 watts?
Ugh. Should have got the 50 watt.
then people can hear you a little better.
Phew! Well, what can I say?
I'm a kale fan. Kale, Brussels sprouts, mustard greens, I never leave home without them.
But Mindy, there was once upon a time where that wasn't the case.
Let me guess, when you were a little kid.
Yeah, how did you know?
Oh wow, it feels really good to get this off my chest. Kairos, most kids don't like the taste of green leafy vegetables.
But I wasn't like most kids, Mindy.
Hmm, color me surprised.
Guy Ros, I want you to think back to when you were just a tiny guy Rosie, okay?
Okay, thinking back.
Now, I want you to think back to the very first time that your mom fed you some leafy green kale from the garden and what that tasted like to you.
Ok, imagining those days, days...
Little guy, Rozzie!
I've harvested some Brassica oleraceae from the garden.
Here, try some! Ah, feel the delicious dance of your old bactrian gustatory cells!
Yes! Ew, bitter, bitter, bitter!
Yeah, I do remember tasting pretty awful and bitter.
Yep, and that brings us back to that study I was about to tell you about earlier.
Oh right, the one about the new connections between our spit and foods with a bitter taste?
Yeah, so here's the scoop.
This researcher named Dr. Cordelia Running from Indiana's Purdue University knew that bitter -tasting foods like kale and brussels sprouts were not exactly loved by most people.
As opposed to the other four basic tastes salty, sweet, sour and umami?
Umami? Yeah, umami is a savory taste found in foods like meat and fish and some vegetables and even dairy products like cheese.
Umami. Sorry. So I guess the idea behind the study was that most people when given the choice would rather eat something salty or sweet or any other taste over bitter?
Yeah, so out of all five of the basic flavors, bitter is known to be the most unpleasant to say the least. But it's also the flavor found in some of the healthiest foods for our bodies.
While it might be good for you, no one is going to ask for a big kale cake topped with mustard greens and dollops of Brussels sprouts on their birthday cake.
Happy birthday to you.
Shh, not now. What I'm getting at, Guy Raz, is that Dr. Running had a hunch that maybe this rejection of bitter foods is something that we can change about ourselves biologically, by actually changing how we physically taste right down to our teeny tiny taste buds.
As opposed to psychologically, where we convince ourselves that we really, really like these foods.
Exactaritos, Guy Raz.
So is this where our saliva or spit Comes in?
But first, I should say that Dr. Running took this hunt she had and decided to conduct an experiment.
I love a good scientific experiment.
What was it? OK, so she got 64 people to agree to drink chocolate milk every day for a whole week.
And every time they drank it, they had to rate the flavor from bad to good.
Like on a scale of one to 10.
Shranking chocolate milk for science?
Hmm. Hey, anything for science Guy -Ras.
But I don't understand.
I mean, chocolate milk is one of the sweetest treats I can think of.
It's kind of nutritious, but very delicious.
Delicious? Not so fast. See, this chocolate milk was flavored with chocolate or cocoa that contained only 4 % sugar.
Ah, much less sugar than a regular chocolate bar that contains up to 23 % sugar.
Right, so as you can imagine, chocolate, or rather cocoa with almost no sugar in it, might taste pretty bitter.
For most people, maybe, but not for me.
I love dark chocolate.
Like you said, guy Roz, you're not like most people.
So what did Dr. Running learn from her experiment?
Well, she learned that while the chocolate milk tasted crazy bitter to most people at first. Yeah.
By the end of the week, most of the people in the study actually started to like it.
At least it seemed to lose some of its bitter taste the more they drank it.
So over the course of the week, something in their bodies was changing the way they tasted the bitterness in the cocoa.
Yeah. Interesting. Which brings us back to spit.
Uh. Do we really need to talk about spit at the dinner table?
Guy Raz, we are literally in a restaurant shaped like an open mouth and called the spit take.
Hi, hi. Just checking in.
Anything I can get you guys?
Maybe some citrus peels to snack on?
Mm. Citrus peels? I think we're gonna need a few more minutes to look over the menu.
Thanks. Okay. Back to spit.
I feel like we never left it.
After the people in the study drank their bitter chocolate milk and rated the taste, they had to, you know...
What? Send their spit to Dr. Running.
What? So like they spit into an envelope and just mailed it to her?
No, I'm pretty sure that would be too messy, envelopes drooling all over the mailboxes.
I think they used something more scientific, like, I don't know, maybe a test tube or something.
Oh! And then they mailed their spit to her.
And what exactly did she do with tubes of spit from 64 different people?
She took them to Purdue's spit lab and studied them.
I'm sorry, did you say spit lab?
Oh, well, the full name is Purdue's saliva, perception, ingestion, and tongues laboratory, but most people just call it the spit lab for short.
An entire laboratory dedicated to studying spit for science?
Anyhoo, what she found was pretty wow.
Oh yeah? Yeah. So after studying the spit samples from these 64 different people, she and her team started noticing that there were changes in the spit during the course of the experiment.
Changes? Like what?
Well, first, I should mention that, in addition to helping us chew and swallow and break down the food that we shovel into our traps, spit is also full of these teeny tiny molecules called proteins.
And those proteins help us to taste the different flavors caused by the chemicals in our foods.
Like sweetness and sourness and bitterness.
You know it, but after studying the spit of these people, she noticed that the more of this bitter chocolate milk they drank, the more certain proteins in their spit began to change.
Huh, so the more their spit came into contact with the bitter flavors in the cocoa, the more those special proteins were made in their spit, and the less they were able to taste the bitterness.
Well, basically, yeah.
So their spit glands actually learned to make more of that protein that dampened or decreased the bitter flavor, kind of like when you dump a bunch of water in my orange juice to water it down and think I don't notice.
So just to be clear, Dr. Running discovered that, after a week of drinking bitter chocolate milk, the people in the experiment had more of these diluting molecules than when they started?
Pretty bunker balls, right?
The building blocks of their spit basically changed to tell their brains that the bitter cocoa wasn't so bitter after all.
Wow. You know, Mindy, this could explain why I love eating kale now, but I didn't like it when I was a little kid.
Yeah? What do you mean?
Well, even though I didn't like kale, or Brussels sprouts, or even dark chocolate as a kid, I still had to eat them.
So, when you were a little kid you actually tried again, and again, and again, and again to eat the bitter foods that you detested?
Yeah, with almost every meal.
I couldn't have dessert until I did.
But Mindy, over time, I started to actually enjoy these foods, and now, well...
I'm the Kale Crusader!
Whoa. Guy Raz, your spit actually changed to make you like the taste of those bitter, leafy green vegetables.
Man, it just goes to show that maybe it's not just the taste that determines what we eat.
But what we eat can, over time, determine the taste.
Whew, I might have to chew on that one for a while.
Ew. Uh, Mindy? Sorry, but it's just taken me a while to chew on this broccoli -tail bitter bite.
Hi hi, just checking in to see how those bitter bites are going for you, huh?
Ugh, feel crazy bitter!
Can I spit it out now?
Oh of course you can, there's a spit trough right over there.
A spit trough? Pfft. or Morpheus Alibi to change enough for the bitter flavor to go away.
Hi -Roz! Here, put on these magnifying goggles and check out my spit.
See if you can see any changes in it yet.
Mindy, I'm not gonna...
Happy Unbirthday to you.
Wow, just for me? Is that a cake made entirely out of raw kale?
You know it! Oh, look, it's even decorated with tiny little broccoli florets, Mindy!
Ah, this is the best Not My Birthday ever!
Go ahead, Guy Raz, take a bite.
Okay. Ah, two -pitter Mommy, two -pitter Mommy, ha!
He might need a few more bites before his saliva gets used to it.
Ewwwwww! There was so much spit in that episode!
Yeah, it was on the floor and in the trough and in the mail.
Spit in the mail, Reggie!
But you know, it did get me thinking about Mindy's Gingerbread Mansion.
Yeah, that I only tried to eat it that one time and it was horrible and bitter.
But if I keep trying it every day, maybe my saliva will change and I'll be able to finally eat it.
I know! We need to go eat Mindy's house right now!
Alright, let's wrap up the show first. Thanks to all you listeners out there for tuning in to We Wow on the weekend!
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Good! That's the end of the show!
I need to go and eat a bunch of Mindy's gingerbread house and see if my saliva changes.
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