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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 Ahh, 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 that's Reggie, my sidekick.
I mean, co -host. I mean, um, what'd you get up to last night, Reggie?
Really? And then what?
Where do walrus learn how to DJ?
Fifty frogs with glow sticks?
Wow, what a wild night.
Oh, me? I stayed in, built a fort out of the couch cushions, wrote a gossip blog called Dennising and made confetti.
Yeah, I made confetti, two whole bags.
How? With a confetti maker, Reggie.
What's a confetti maker?
Reggie, are we even friends?
Oh, right, right, right, right, right.
We should move on and answer some questions from my adoring fans.
It's time for the Q &A segment.
segments. The Q &A segment.
All right, let's just get the old answering machine pulled up here.
Okay, here we go. Hi, you've reached Dennis from WeWow on the weekend.
That's me. Do you have a question?
Well, I do too. Lots of them.
And who's going to answer all my questions?
You? Probably Probably not, but I guess I can answer yours.
Leave me a message.
Hi, Dennis. It's Lucy.
I'm nine from Venice, California.
I have a riddle for you.
One night, a king and a queen walked into a castle.
No one was in there.
It was completely empty.
Who else was in the castle with the king and the queen?
I hope you can answer it.
Oh, a riddle. I love riddles.
Okay, one night A king and a queen Walked into an empty castle But there was someone else in there But also no one was in there Huh Oh, oh, I know It's, it's, it's Uh, uh, no, wait Uh, no, never mind Um, this is hard Okay, Dennis You can do this Just be logical Think back What did Lucy say exactly?
Okay, I pushed the button There was a beep And then, hi, Dennis, it's Lucy from Venice, California.
I have a riddle for you.
And then she said...
Reggie, be quiet. I'm trying to remember what Lucy said after hi, Dennis.
Well, Lucy said my name and then I got distracted because my name is so melodious.
Alright, one night, a king and a queen walked into an empty castle with no one else in there.
Who else was in there?
Um, I don't know. A mouse or something?
And the answer is the knight.
Huh? Don't you get it?
One knight, a king and a queen, walked into a castle.
Bye. Oh, one knight.
Like a knight in shining armor.
Wow, that was a good one.
And I almost had it.
Next question, or riddle.
Hey, Dennis. My name is Claire.
I live in Georgia. And I am 11 years old.
My question is, how did you and Reggie meet?
Thanks. Bye. How did me and Reggie meet?
Wow! Thanks for your question, Claire.
Reggie, do you remember how we met?
Reggie, no! I met you way before that.
Yeah, huh? Remember?
It was season three, episode three, and Elevator to the Stars.
I saw you from my driveway.
You were going to fly Mindy and Guy Raz to the Elevates concert.
Yeah, now you remember.
I was very concerned for your safety, and I told you I was a card -carrying member of an activist group for imaginary animal rights.
Yeah, that was a good episode.
Next question. Hi, Dennis.
My name is June, and I have a question for you.
What is the funniest joke you've learned in your whole entire life, and why?
Say hi to Reggie for me.
Bye. Wow June The funniest joke of my whole entire life Oh yeah Reggie June says hi Okay funniest joke Funniest joke Oh I know This is a good one Okay so an elephant A giraffe and a lizard Get on an airplane and they Wait no it's not an airplane It was a helicopter Or actually no they were on an airplane plane because they were at the airport.
And then the lizard said, wait, no, was it a chameleon or a lizard?
Are chameleons lizards?
Whatever. It was definitely a chameleon because the punchline is that it changes color.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Pretend I didn't say that.
Okay. So the giraffe, the elephant, and the chameleon are going through security at the airport and the security guard tells the elephant to take off her hat.
I forgot to say that the elephant is wearing a hat.
Okay, and then, um, uh...
Hang on, Reggie. I'm trying to remember the next part.
Uh, and then, uh...
Oh, I remember. And then the chameleon says, I've been here the whole time.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Oh.
Oh, that's a good one.
Thanks for your calls, everyone.
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I just might answer your question on WeeWow on the weekend Okay, that takes care of that Alright, 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 7 called The Velocity of Poop?
Reggie! Ew! Is this a gross one?
Well, did Guy Raz think it was gross?
Oh, he didn't? Okay, I'll give it a shot.
Here we go. And play.
We Wow will be right back.
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Terms apply. that's it now back to the show hey mindy yeah i'm the official time keeper wait is that an elephant and a tiger at the The starting line?
What is this? Yeah, yeah.
Can you hold my jacket for a second?
I got to get this stopwatch ready.
On your mark, get set, go.
Manure Muppet takes the lead, followed closely behind by Conservation of Feeding Matter.
And here comes Uncle Grumpy, passing night swing, reduces our wild, following close behind.
And I'll be your number two, bringing up the rain.
Uh, Guy Raz, they're not moving, and I'm pretty sure that elephant just went poop.
Let's see here. Five seconds.
Yeah, so this race didn't appear to actually begin or move anywhere.
Oh, boy, that tiger just pooped.
Oh, man, what is happening, Guy Raz?
It stinks out here.
Oh, no, maybe the race went exactly to plan.
What are you talking about?
The elephant just stood there and pooped.
Yeah, I know. Wasn't that great?
What? Ross, have you gone bonker balls?
You're standing here on a track with an elephant and a tiger holding a stopwatch. You've got a sweatband on your head.
And neither one of these animals seem interested in running.
Oh, boy, they just pooped again.
Well, who said this was a running race, baby?
What is happening? Well, I'm trying to recreate an experiment carried out by two researchers ...at the Georgia Institute of Technology, David Hu and Patricia Yang.
Right. So let me just make sure I got this straight.
You are standing on this running track holding a stopwatch...
...watching an elephant and a tiger poop in the name of science?
Well, probably not exactly like this, Mindy.
But yeah, these two scientists basically timed how fast certain animals poop.
Okay, so you're telling me that two scientists from one of the finest universities in the world timed how fast animals poop?
Yeah, that's exactly what I'm telling you, Mindy.
Oh boy, there they go again.
Guy Raz, why would they do that?
I wouldn't even do something that crazy.
Well, Mindy, it has to do with something called scatomancy or copramancy.
Scata -copra what? What?
Well, these were methods used by ancient doctors a long, long, long time ago in places like China, ancient Greece, Egypt, and Rome.
Okay, and this has what to do with animal poop?
Well, actually a lot, Mindy.
In ancient times, if you were sick, doctors would examine your poop.
They would look at the size and the shape and the color and try and figure out if they could identify clues Clues that would help them understand why you were sick.
Uh, hold the phone, Guy Raz.
I've got some science business to take care of.
I'll be right back.
Occupied. Sorry, I'm back.
My science lavatory was occupied.
So you're saying, Guy Raz, that we can find out all of that stuff just by examining our poop?
Which I would never, ever actually do, by the way.
Well, yeah, and in fact, Mindy, even modern day doctors sometimes do the same thing because our poop is simply what our body produces from our food after it takes in the vitamins and nutrients from the food.
Okay, so let me just make sure I've got this straight.
These two researchers, David Hu and Patricia Yang, did this experiment just to find out if these animals were healthy?
Well, in this case, not exactly.
They were actually more interested in finding out how fast different mammals poop.
Oh, now this is getting interesting.
And, Mindy, what they wanted to find out is why poop comes out in different shapes and sizes in different mammals, including us humans.
Wow. Yeah, I'm still having trouble wrapping my brain around this one.
So what did they do?
What they did was they videotaped 34 different mammals at the Atlanta Zoo.
So elephants, lions, gorillas, bears.
And then they watched videos of the animals pooping.
Ah, well, I guess science does happen in all kinds of ways.
So what did they find out?
Well, the first thing they found out was about poop size and the size of the animals.
So the bigger the animal...
The bigger the poop?
Yes! Which sounds kind of obvious, right?
Yeah, I'd say that's pretty obvious.
But here's another interesting thing these scientists observed.
There's more? Yeah, they found out that bigger animals poop faster than smaller animals.
Okay… So an elephant for example takes about 5 seconds to poop, but a dog can take up to 20 seconds to poop.
Oh, please tell me they were wearing nose plugs during this experiment!
Well, as far as I understand, there were some stinky situations, but...
Ah! You said but! But what they found is that most mammals take between 5 and 20 seconds to go poop.
Wow. Okay, so this is gross and fascinating, but I have to ask, Guy Raz, why is this even important?
I'll get there, Mindy.
But before I do that, can you guess why bigger animals poop out faster than smaller ones?
Why does an elephant poop faster than a monkey?
Because they're in a bigger hurry?
Or maybe their poop's just so heavy it just falls out really fast. Well, actually, the scientists discovered that the bigger the animal, the more likely their poop is covered in a thicker layer of a slippery coating.
And the smaller the animal, the thinner the layer of that slippery coating.
So how is this information going to help make the world a better place, Guy Raz?
Aha. Well, as you know, Mindy, science is about curiosity and discovery, and it doesn't always have to have a point.
But in this case, David Hu's research might actually help people and other animals who have trouble going to the bathroom.
Huh, that's interesting.
Yeah, this research might lead to new medicines that could make life a little more comfortable for lots of people who have pain when they go to the bathroom.
And that could be an incredibly important invention.
Well, this is all starting to sound like a pooper -duper idea.
And it gets better, Mindy.
In 2015, this scientist, David Hu, won a famous award known as the Ig Nobel Prize for another study he wrote about.
He won the Nobel Prize?
Prize? The most famous prize in all of science?
The same prize that Albert Einstein won?
Uh, well, actually it was the Ig Nobel Prize.
It's an award given to a scientist whose research makes people laugh.
I thought science had to be serious.
There's laughing allowed in science?
Okay, wait a minute.
So what was the research?
Well, he won that award for studying how fast mammals go pee.
Of course he did. So what did he discover?
Well, he discovered that on average, we mammals take about 20 seconds to empty out our bladders, which is where we store our pee inside our bodies.
Oh, check it out. I think that elephant and tiger that you were observing on the racetrack might be, uh...
Animals, to your starting positions.
Who will prove to be number one at number one?
On your mark, get set, go!
If you know what I mean.
They might be doing that pee experiment on their own.
Ugh, I guess it's time to clean it up.
Oh, would you look at the time.
Gotta run, Monica! Ah, Reggie, care to explain?
You said it wasn't a gross one!
Reggie, there was pooping and tooting and peeing.
Yes, I know poop is important for science, but that's not the point.
The point is, now I have to go wash my ears out.
Oh, well. Thanks, everyone, for listening to this episode of Wee Wow on the Weekend.
Be sure to give our phone lines a call to ask me, Dennis, a question.
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reggie no i told you already i have to go wash my ears out because i think there's animal toots stuck in there and i need to get it out no reggie i'm not going to use shampoo grown -ups if you like wow in the world you can listen early and ad -free right now on Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Wondery Kids Plus on Apple Podcasts.
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