Ahem! Hello, Wowzers!
It's me, Dennis. And before we start the show, I wanted to invite you to a special, spectacular, super secret event!
Okay, fine, Reggie.
Maybe it isn't a super secret anymore, but can I get a drumroll anyway?
Thank you. Ahem! Introducing the Make It Wow listening party!
That's right. on Saturday, February 15th at 7 p .m.
Eastern. I will be hosting the second -ever members -only live listening party.
And this time we'll be listening to the never -heard -before recorded performance of the Make It Wow!
live show in New York City from last November.
Isn't that cool? Yes, Reggie, all of our members will be there and we can all chat together as we listen to it.
It'll be like Reviewsies, but in real time.
If you want to join the party, grown -ups, you can sign up to become a member of the World Organization of Wowsers today.
Just visit Tinkercast .com slash membership.
That's Tinkercast .com slash membership.
Every membership helps support our podcasts and Tinkercast's mission to spread wow to families and teachers around the world.
That's right, Reggie.
Our members also get birthday cards from Mindy and Guy, quarterly mailings from you, Reggie, and so much more.
Members, we'll see you there on Saturday, February 15th.
Just go to tinkercast .com slash events to get the secret password to join my live stream at 7 p .m.
Eastern. That's it!
Now let's get back to my show I mean, our show I mean, the show We wow on the weekend We wow on the weekend We wow on the weekend Cos 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 Whatever Wee Wow on the weekend Wee
Wow on the weekend Wee Wow on the weekend Cause this is what we do On the weekend Hello And welcome to Wee Wow on the Weekend.
I'm your host Dennis And Reggie, guess what?
I found new questions sent in from my Devoted listeners No, they're not voicemails No, they're not reviewsies either Okay, well they're kind of reviewsies Because I had to print them out like the reviewsies But they're not reviews Yeah, they're questions like the voicemail Q &A segment Right, and I want to
answer some of these Well I'm just trying to figure out which segment of the show they should go in Because I have to sing a song before I read them So everyone knows what we're doing Okay, you think we should put them in reading refusies?
Great. I'm reading refusies for me and for you -zies.
We can't. Reggie, what?
You changed your mind.
Fine, you're right.
They're questions and we're going to answer them so they belong in the Q &A segment.
The Q &A segment time.
Okay, let's take a look at what we got here.
This first question comes from username Spencer.
And Spencer asks, how many species of fish are there?
Good question, Spencer.
Okay, well, let's see.
There's tuna fish, goldfish crackers, fish sticks, fish fingers.
Can you think of any more, Reggie?
Oh, right. Go fish.
I forgot about that one.
That's a fun game. We should play that.
Okay, how many fish was that?
Yeah, I think that's all the fish there are.
Next question. Okay, this next one is from username Ezra.
And Ezra asks, why are bagels, bagel emoji, so good?
I love them, am confused.
Good question, Ezra.
And the answer is because they're round.
Reggie, think about it.
All the best foods are round.
Pizza, donuts, cookies, um, oranges?
No, Reggie, those are spheres.
Next question. Okay, this next one is from username JL.
And JL asks, do you still have the Snoop sash?
Good question, JL. Firstly, technically, it's not a Snoop sash because Reggie spelled Snoop wrong.
No one wants a sash that says Biggest Poop, Reggie.
And secondly, Mindy's snoop -and -seek robot has it.
I know, boo. Thanks so much for your questions, everyone.
And if you have a question for me, you can write or leave me a voicemail at 1 -888 -7 -WOW -WOW.
That's 1 -888 -7 -WOW -WOW.
I just might answer your question on We Wow on the Weeknd.
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 this weekend, we're revisiting episodes from the very first season of Wow in the World Today, we're doing a story
from episode 13 called A Tasty Looking Moon You're right, Veggie!
It is the one where they talk about empanadas Yeah, like half the episode is empanada talk Well, let's play it Okay, here we go And play WeeWOW will be right back Grownups, this message is for you That's it!
Now back to the show Mindy, did you ever find really cool shapes in the clouds?
Yes, one time I looked up and I saw a dolphin being pushed in a baby stroller by a T -Rex Only the T -Rex was having trouble pushing the stroller because his baby arms were too small And he was holding a lot to ink I must have missed that one In this morning when I was looking up at the clouds I saw a huge
piece of cauliflower topped with shaving cream Looks delicious.
Yeah, yeah, cool. You've got a great imagination, Mindy.
What? Imagination? Guy Raz, I saw a piece of giant cauliflower topped with shaving cream in the clouds.
It was real. Okay, well, moving on.
You know, scientists who've been observing Saturn have also been noticing some pretty unusual shapes recently, especially around one of Saturn's moons.
Wait a minute. I know we've talked about this before, Guy Raz, But just to be sure, Saturn has a moon?
Just like we have our moon for our planet Earth Mindy, Saturn does not have one moon Well, you just said it did Well, I said one of Saturn's moons Saturn has, are you ready for it?
Saturn has at least 62 moons And probably as many as 150 But we've only been able to see 62 Wow, that's crazy So this means that if the book Goodnight Moon was written about Saturn It would be titled, Good Night.
Moon, moon, moon, moon, moon, moon, moon, moon, moon, moon, moon, moon, moon, moon, moon.
Stop, stop. We get it.
We get it. Moon. Man.
Sorry, Guy Raz. I don't know what just happened there.
I think I'm in a left out of moon.
Nope. Anyway, you were saying?
Well, astronomers have noticed that one of Saturn's closest moons, called Pan, has a very, well, unusual shape.
So what's the shape?
Well, it looks like an empanada.
An empanada? An empanada.
Empanada. Yep, an empanada.
Empanada? An empanada.
Wait, what's an empanada?
Oh, Mindy, you are in for a treat if you have never tried an empanada.
Empanadas are these little bread pockets filled with meat or cheese or vegetables.
And you can find them in countries like Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, and even in Latin American restaurants here in the United States.
And Mindy, I can tell you from experience, they are amazing.
Okay, now I'm hungry.
Let's take a snack break.
No. Kairos, you were right.
Those empanadas were delicious.
I told you. They look like little giant raviolis Yeah, they're puffy in the middle and flat along the edges The puffy part is where you've got the yummy stuff inside And this moon, Mindy Pan, it looks a little like an empanada And astronomers have just figured this out?
Yes, and Mindy, the reason why is because they recently got some really great photographs of Pan From a space camera called Cassini Wait a minute, wait a minute There is a camera flying around up in outer space?
Yeah, in fact, Mindy, there are lots of them.
Well, not exactly cameras flying up in space, but space probes or small little spacecrafts that fly around planets and do things like take close -up photographs of them.
Huh. Okay, I need Mars, I need Venus, I need faces towards the Sun, Jupiter, lose the pouty face, I want to see some teeth, honey!
And then they send those photos back to Earth in a kind of an email to scientists who are working at NASA, the U .S.
space agency. And just to be clear, there's no one on these spaceships, right?
That's right, Mindy.
These are unmanned spacecrafts.
And they help scientists here on Earth understand what's going on in space by doing things like taking photos.
Oh, and that's how they realized that Pan isn't just a moon but an actual empanada.
Well, it is a moon, actually, not an empanada, and it's made of mostly rocks and ice.
So, no beef and cheese?
No. Man, so why do they call it Pan anyway?
Well, that's a great question, Mindy.
Pan was named after a mythological god named Pan.
Mindy, I know a lot of kids will have heard about Greek mythology.
These are ancient stories that come from the country Greece.
And way back, a long, long, long time ago, the ancient Greeks believed in many different gods, which were a little like powerful superheroes.
We don't generally believe in these gods today, and we call the stories about them myths.
But these stories were created to help humans make sense of the world around them, Especially about things they didn't understand So there were gods of the ocean and the skies and music and even wine And Pan was the god of shepherds But what does the god of shepherds have to do with Saturn?
Ah, great question, Mindy Well, Pan is known as a shepherd moon Because just as a shepherd makes sure that the sheep don't get too far away from the flock And, you know, stay inside a closed -off area The shepherd moon is generally a moon That orbits a planet with rings Like Saturn or Neptune And these
shepherd moons stay inside Or very close to the rings They don't stray And so astronomers have compared these moons to shepherds And thus, they call them shepherd moons Wow, that's a pretty cool explanation for how it got its name Anyway, Gairaz, I'm going to head on down to the farmer's market And
like a good shepherd I'm going to herd some empanadas Right into my belly You want one?
Be careful Mindy You know what they say Yep Twelve empanadas a day Keeps the doctor away Or something like that Reggie We should make empanadas Okay hurry Let's do a quick cooking segment Dish it up on a dish Anything that you wish Take a bite That's delicious Dishing it up With Dennis and Reggie Okay,
empanadas They're like a little pastry filled with cheese or meat or veggies or something like that No, I don't have any pastry dough But I do have half a bagel with cream cheese here It's pretty much the same, I think Just gonna scrape off the cream cheese Okay, next is the filling Do we have any beef?
Oh, yeah, the beef jerky Oh, wait, no, I ate that earlier How about veggies?
What? I thought there were some carrot sticks around here earlier Okay, you ate those How about cheese?
Cheese, cheese Oh, right, the cream cheese I just scraped off the bagel a minute ago Just gonna smear that back on And voila, a cheese empanada Yeah, I guess you're right It's just the same half bagel with cream cheese I started with Oh well, almost had it Yeah, better wrap up the show Wanna do the goodbye
song? Okay That's the end of the show I have to go find a real empanada But I'll do another show tomorrow But for now, that's the end of the show Bye Grownups, if you like Wow in the World, you can listen early and ad -free right now on Wondery Plus.
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