A Guided Tour of Mars with Emily "The Space Gal" Calandrelli (11/10/25)

Summary

Wow in the World: "A Guided Tour of Mars with Emily 'The Space Gal' Calandrelli"

Release Date: November 10, 2025
Podcast: Wow in the World (Tinkercast | Wondery)
Hosts: Mindy Thomas & Guy Raz
Special Guest: Emily Calandrelli ("The Space Gal")

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Episode Overview

In this imaginative and laughter-filled episode, Mindy Thomas embarks on a dream adventure to Mars, guided by "The Space Gal," Emily Calandrelli. With appearances from station crew members (including familiar Wow in the World characters in new Mars-y roles), listeners are taken on a fun, educational "tour" of a fictional Martian research base. The episode explores real science topics: what living on Mars could be like, the challenges scientists face, and why learning to farm and exercise on the Red Planet is so important.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Journey to Mars: Setting the Scene

• Distance and Challenges:
  • Emily highlights the scale of space travel: “The furthest human beings have ever traveled is to the moon, which is 238,900 miles away from Earth. Mars... can be anywhere from 34 to 250 million miles away.”
    (03:36)
  • Mars missions are complicated not just due to distance, but also travel time and the need for self-sufficiency.

2. The Artemis Mars Research Base Tour

• Mission Logistics:

  • Emily: “Our stay here on Mars is for about 18 months... we’re about halfway through our three-year mission.” (07:48)
  • Explains that much of a Mars mission is consumed by travel back and forth, not just the time spent on Mars itself (08:33).

• Crew Roles:

  • Guy Raz appears as the Chief Science Officer/geologist, showing the role of rock and soil analysis in searching for Mars’ secrets.
    • “We already know there used to be liquid water here on Mars because of what we’ve already found in the Martian soil. My hope is that one day we’ll find signs of life too.” — Guy Raz (10:10)

3. Science on Mars: Life, Food, and Exercise

• Farming and Food Security:

  • Most food is pre-packaged, but growing food is critical for future colonies and recycling air:
    • “If all goes according to plan in the future, we’ll have entire colonies of people living here on the red planet...” — Emily (13:21)
    • “Plants also help recycle the carbon dioxide within the station.” — Emily (12:52)

• Biologist Thomas Fingerling:

  • Adds humor and insight into the importance of fresh food, “Sometimes a fellow just wants a turnip, you know.” (12:45)

• Exercise and Gravity:

  • Emily explains Mars’ weaker gravity: “Mars only has 38% of Earth's gravity…without constant exercise, our bones and muscles…can get really weak.” (14:41)
  • Astronauts on Mars (and on the ISS) must exercise 2 hours a day to stay healthy.

4. Teamwork and Problem-Solving

• Station Technician ("Zero G Force"):

  • Fixes the communications system with a dramatic “karate chop,” demonstrating problems (and creative solutions) faced by astronauts (15:59–16:48).

• Emergency Drill—Dust Storm:

  • The base receives a warning of an approaching Martian dust storm.
  • Emily explains that, “A 60 mile per hour gust of wind here on Mars feels about the same as a light breeze back on Earth,” due to Mars’ thin atmosphere. (19:16)
  • Moments of suspense turn into an opportunity to learn about Martian weather.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Mindy’s Excitement:
  “What? I am like your biggest fan ever. Times a million.” (06:22)

• Guy Raz (Science Officer Mode):
  “I use [the spectrometer] to analyze the Martian dirt samples… hoping that some of these minerals in the soil can tell us more about the past here on Mars.” (09:54–10:10)

• Thomas Fingerling, on Farming:
  “Well, that food is basically microwave TV dinners. If you want some real food around here, you gotta grow it yourself.” (12:04)

• Emily Calandrelli, on Exercise:
  “The main reason [for 2 hours of daily exercise] is because Mars only has 38% of Earth's gravity. Meaning we're about 38% lighter here than we would be on Earth. And without constant exercise...our bones and our muscles...can get really weak.” (14:41)

• Dust Storm Surprise:
  Mindy: “But nothing happened…”
  Emily: “A 60 mile per hour gust of wind here on Mars feels about the same as a light breeze back on Earth.” (18:45–19:16)

• Returning to Earth (and waking from the dream):
  Mindy: “You all were [in my dream]…Dennis, I never saw you. But you were on the radio from mission control.” (21:17)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | Notes | |-----------|----------------------------------------------|-------| | 03:20 | Introduction to Mars Missions | Emily explains NASA’s future Mars plans | | 04:16 | Research Base Concept | Building labs for long-term study | | 07:35 | Entering the Mars Research Base | Start of the "tour" of the fictional habitat | | 09:42 | Soil Science & Search for Life | Key science task on Mars | | 11:10 | Introduction to Station Cook/Biologist | Farming and food on Mars | | 13:21 | Importance of Growing Food for Future | Anticipating Mars colonies | | 14:41 | Gravity, Exercise, and astronaut fitness | Why exercise is critical in low gravity | | 15:54 | Technician "Zero G Force" fixes comms | Fun, teamwork, and problem-solving | | 17:31 | Dust Storm Alert & Science Lesson | Emergency becomes a teachable moment | | 19:05 | Explanation of Martian Atmosphere | Why Mars storms aren’t as dangerous | | 20:14 | Return to Reality/Waking Up | Transition out of the dream sequence | | 21:05 | Mindy recounts her dream to the group | Wrap-up, blurring dream and reality |

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Episode Tone and Takeaways

• Tone: Playful, imaginative, and loaded with curiosity. The characters riff off each other with lots of enthusiasm, puns, and running jokes, making dense science topics accessible and memorable for younger listeners.
• Learning Takeaways:
  • Mars is a long (and complex) journey, requiring careful planning and teamwork.
  • Life on Mars will require learning to grow food, recycle air, and stay healthy in low gravity.
  • Mars’ atmosphere is thin — making even fierce storms much milder than Earth’s.

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Closing Thoughts

This "cartoon for the ear" episode makes space science accessible, exciting, and laugh-out-loud fun. By blending real Martian science with fantastical storytelling and jokes, Mindy, Guy, and Emily Calandrelli invite kids (and grown-ups) to dream about humanity’s future on Mars—and maybe imagine themselves exploring the Red Planet one day.

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Want more WOW? Explore more with the World Organization of Wowzers, and check out Emily Calandrelli’s videos for more space adventures!

Transcript

[Guy Raz]

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[Audience/Callers]

3, 2, 1 mission. Get ready for an adventure of magnificent proportion.

[Dennis]

I don't know what you've been told.

[Emily Calandrelli]

But we're in a golden age.

[Mindy Thomas]

So many discoveries that are jumping off the page while.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Have you ever wondered if meteorites fall to earth all the time? And they do thousands every year? How would you know if a rock in your backyard is a rock from space or just a regular earth rock?

[Mindy Thomas]

Today we will learn about all of.

[Emily Calandrelli]

This and more with my experiment.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh man, I must have fallen asleep. Pause this video here.

[Dennis]

Coming.

[Mindy Thomas]

Walk. Walk. Walk. Opening the door.

[Guy Raz]

Hey, Mindy.

[Mindy Thomas]

Guy Razzy. What are you doing here?

[Guy Raz]

Well, I just wanted to make sure you're all ready for our hike tomorrow morning.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh yeah, the hike. Yeah, I'm definitely not remembering that for the first time right now.

[Guy Raz]

Uh, Mindy?

[Mindy Thomas]

Yeah?

[Guy Raz]

Is that a piece of popcorn stuck to your face?

[Mindy Thomas]

Uh, what?

[Guy Raz]

Right there.

[Mindy Thomas]

Huh? Oh. Mm. Mm. Yeah, that's popcorn all right. Sorry, I must have fallen asleep in my bowl of popcorn while I was watching all those Emily Calandrelli videos.

[Guy Raz]

Emily who?

[Mindy Thomas]

Emily Calandrelli, the space gal.

[Guy Raz]

Oh, I'm not familiar.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, she's the best, Guy Raz. You'd love her. She's fun and sciencey and smart. And I'm pretty sure we'd be best friends if we ever met in.

[Guy Raz]

Sounds like you're a big fan, Mindy.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, you could call me a wind farm guy, Raz. Huh? Because I'm such a big fan. Uh huh. Anyway, I've been binging all her videos all day. You wanna come in and watch a couple? The next one's all about humans on Mars.

[Guy Raz]

Well, as interesting as that sounds, Mindy, I think I should probably get some sleep. We have to be up bright and early tomorrow morning, remember?

[Mindy Thomas]

For what? Why, for the hike. Oh, right, the hike. Yeah, totally didn't forget that.

[Guy Raz]

Don't forget, Mindy.

[Mindy Thomas]

It won't, Guy Raz. Just one more video and then it's off to bed. I promise.

[Guy Raz]

Okay, Mindy. Well, I'll see you in the morning.

[Mindy Thomas]

Bye. Okay, just one more Emily Calandrelli video and then I'm really going to bed. And play.

[Audience/Callers]

Ah.

[Emily Calandrelli]

H. Three HOURS later Stay curious and keep exploring. I'll see you next time.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay, just one more video, then it's definitely time for bed. Okay. And. Play.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live on another planet. Well, that's exactly what some scientists are trying to do. NASA has plans to send human beings.

[Mindy Thomas]

To the red planet as soon as the 2030. Why am I sleepy?

[Emily Calandrelli]

So how are they planning on doing all this? Well, it's not going to be easy. The furthest human beings have ever traveled is to the moon, which is 238,900 miles or 384,400 kilometers away from Earth. Mars, on the other hand, can be anywhere from 34 to 250 million miles away from Earth, depending on where it is. In its lap around the sun, that's about 200 times.

[Guy Raz]

Wow.

[Mindy Thomas]

Some big numbers. That must be a long way away.

[Emily Calandrelli]

NASA is planning on heading back to the moon in the next few years with a space mission called Artemis. After that, they hope to set up a base on the moon in which they could launch missions to Mars and eventually set up a long term research station there where scientists could study the red planets up close. Wow.

[Mindy Thomas]

A Mars research station. Like a laboratory of bad ideas in space.

[Emily Calandrelli]

That would be a dream. Dream and dream and dream and dream and dream.

[Mindy Thomas]

Sand in my mouth. Sand in my mouth. Ugh. Where am I? Whoa. Looks like I'm in the middle of the desert. But I don't remember falling asleep in a desert. Huh? What's that in the distance?

[Emily Calandrelli]

Is that a. A person?

[Mindy Thomas]

That's not a person. It's an. An astronaut. Hey, wait up. Run, run, run, run, run, run, run. Hey. Hey you.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Excuse me.

[Mindy Thomas]

Hi. Sorry, silly question, but where am I?

[Emily Calandrelli]

Where are you? You're on Mars.

[Mindy Thomas]

Mars? But I don't even have a spacesuit on. If I'm on Mars, how am I outside and breathing?

[Emily Calandrelli]

Maybe it's because all of this is a dream. Ah.

[Mindy Thomas]

Was up pretty late watching Emily Calandrelli videos. Wait, have you ever heard of Emily Calandrelli? Emily the space gal? She's amazing. I've watched all of her videos.

[Emily Calandrelli]

You know, that reminds me, I never introduced myself. Let me take off my visor. My name's Emily Calandrelli, Commander of the Artemis Research Station.

[Mindy Thomas]

Get out of here. What? I am like your biggest fan ever. Times a million. My name's Mindy.

[Emily Calandrelli]

So good to meet you, Mindy. Again, this is all in your head. I'm not actually real. I'm just a figment of your imagination.

[Mindy Thomas]

Well, it is still a thrill to meet the figment of my imagination. That's you, Emily. This is gonna be so fun. Can you show me around your Martian laboratory of bad ideas?

[Emily Calandrelli]

You mean the research station?

[Mindy Thomas]

Sure. Whatever you want to call it.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Of course, I'd love to. Come on, follow me. I'll give you the grand tour.

[Audience/Callers]

Walk, walk, walk.

[Mindy Thomas]

Hey, I do that too. Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk. Whoa, is that big dome looking tent thing your lab? My lab.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Our home, our play area. Well, everything.

[Mindy Thomas]

Wow.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Opening the airlock. Come on, Mindy, step inside.

[Mindy Thomas]

Don't mind if I do. Stepping inside.

[Emily Calandrelli]

All right. Closing the airlock.

[Mindy Thomas]

Ah.

[Emily Calandrelli]

That means it's done. And I can take off this big bulky spacesuit. That's better. Now. Welcome to the Artemis Mars Research Base.

[Mindy Thomas]

Wow.

[Emily Calandrelli]

This place is bonker balls. It's not much, but it's home. At least for the next year and a half. We're about halfway through our three year mission.

[Guy Raz]

Whoa.

[Mindy Thomas]

You're gonna be living in this tent for three whole years?

[Emily Calandrelli]

Not exactly. Our stay here on Mars is for about 18 months. While we're here, we're going to be learning all we can about Mars before heading back to Earth and being replaced by the next crew of astronauts. Uh huh.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay, so if you're only here for 18 months, which is, let me see, carry the one, I don't know, one and a half years, then how is this a three year mission?

[Emily Calandrelli]

That's because of the travel time. It takes a while to get here for mirth.

[Mindy Thomas]

Whoa. So half of this Mars mission is just traveling to and from Earth? It didn't take me nearly as long to get here in my dream.

[Emily Calandrelli]

That's right. But it's not just me here. I have a whole crew with me to help learn about this little red planet. Speaking of which, here comes our chief science Officer now.

[Guy Raz]

Emily, have you seen my portable spectrometer? I. I thought I left it in the lab, but I can't find it anywhere.

[Mindy Thomas]

Guy Razzie. Excuse me, Guy Raz, it's me, Mindy. Who? Mindy. Your next door neighbor. Your best friend. We share a movie flix account.

[Guy Raz]

I'm sorry, I think you must have me confused with someone else. I'm the Chief Science officer. I'm a geologist. And my closest neighbor is currently 93 million miles away.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay, sure you are, Guy Raz. I'll play along. So, Mr. Geologist, Chief Science Officer, what exactly are you working on at the moment?

[Guy Raz]

Well, at the moment I'm working on trying to find my portable spectrometer.

[Mindy Thomas]

A portable spectrometer? You mean one of those little tiny gizmos you use to analyze dirt?

[Guy Raz]

Exactly. I use it to analyze the Martian dirt samples we get from outside.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Huh.

[Guy Raz]

And using the light from the machine, I'M able to tell what sort of minerals are in the soil.

[Mindy Thomas]

And that's important because.

[Guy Raz]

Well, we're hoping that some of these minerals in the soil can tell us more about the past here on Mars. We already know that there used to be liquid water here on Mars because of what we've already found in the Martian soil. And my hope is that one day will also find signs of life too.

[Mindy Thomas]

Life on Mars. Didn't someone write a song about that?

[Emily Calandrelli]

David Bowie.

[Mindy Thomas]

Nah, that's not it.

[Guy Raz]

Well, anyway, I better keep looking. I definitely had it when I went to the sleep chambers earlier. I'm gonna go check there. It was nice meeting you.

[Mindy Thomas]

I already know you.

[Guy Raz]

No, I don't think you do.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Shall we continue the tour?

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, yes, absolutely. Yes. 10,000%.

[Audience/Callers]

Great.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Just through here is the kitchen. Are you hungry?

[Mindy Thomas]

Almost always. Great.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Then follow me.

[Mindy Thomas]

Right behind you. Emily Calandrelli.

[Emily Calandrelli]

You can just call me Emily.

[Mindy Thomas]

I prefer Emily Calandrelli.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Suit yourself. The kitchen is right through here.

[Mindy Thomas]

Ooh, I love what you've done with the place. So much Stainless steel.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Well, it makes everything easy to clean up. Which is super important when you live and work in a scientific laboratory.

[Mindy Thomas]

Yeah, I bet.

[Emily Calandrelli]

And equally as important when you have a station cook that's as messy as ours.

[Thomas Fingerling]

What? Who are you calling messy?

[Mindy Thomas]

Thomas Fingerling, is that you?

[Thomas Fingerling]

Oh, I don't think so.

[Emily Calandrelli]

This is our station cook and resident biologist.

[Mindy Thomas]

Aha, I see.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Very pleased to meet you, young lady.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Biologist?

[Mindy Thomas]

You mean a scientist that works with plants and stuff?

[Thomas Fingerling]

Yeah, that's me. Little old green thumb.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Most of the food we eat here are prepackaged meals from Earth, frozen and vacuum sealed. We have about double the amount that we need for our mission.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Well, that food is basically microwave TV dinners. If you want some real food around here, you gotta grow it yourself. Like. Like these here. So far, I've been able to to grow lettuce, spinach, potatoes, soybeans and carrots.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Cool. Our head biologist here grows all our supplementary food in the station's greenhouse just across the hall.

[Thomas Fingerling]

That's right.

[Mindy Thomas]

But if you brought all the frozen TV dinners you could ever possibly need with you, then why grow even more food?

[Emily Calandrelli]

Well, there's a couple of reasons. To start, it's always a good idea to have a backup plan food supply.

[Thomas Fingerling]

And sometimes a fellow just wants a turnip, you know. Oh, that's a good turnip.

[Emily Calandrelli]

The plants also help recycle the carbon dioxide within the station.

[Mindy Thomas]

Ah, because plants breathe in carbon dioxide, or CO2 and breathe out oxygen.

[Thomas Fingerling]

That's right. And us humans breathe in oxygen and breathe out CO2.

[Mindy Thomas]

So you're sort of helping each other out. Exactly.

[Emily Calandrelli]

But maybe the most important reason for growing food here is for the future.

[Mindy Thomas]

What do you mean?

[Emily Calandrelli]

Well, we're the first explorers here on Mars. But if all goes according to plan in the future, we'll have entire colonies of people living here on the red planet. Hundreds, maybe thousands of people.

[Mindy Thomas]

And I guess you can't be ordering takeout from Earth every time someone gets hungry. Exactly.

[Emily Calandrelli]

So in the long term, it's essential for us to learn how to farm on Mars.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Ooh, Mars Farm. New band name. Called it.

[Mindy Thomas]

Uh. What?

[Thomas Fingerling]

I said I called it.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Come on, let's head over to the gym. I think our station technician is there and I need her to take a look at my communicator. I can't seem to get it to work.

[Mindy Thomas]

You all have a gym? Fancy. Do you also have a spa? A sauna? Please say you have a sauna. Please say you have a sauna. I could totally go for a steam right now.

[Emily Calandrelli]

No spa and sauna, unfortunately. But the gym is a super important part of our life here on Mars. We have to exercise for a minimum of two hours a day.

[Mindy Thomas]

What? That's a lot of working out, trying to get swole for when you get back to Earth. What? You know, big buff, trying to get them gained?

[Guy Raz]

Um, no.

[Mindy Thomas]

But then why would you work out so much? That's a lot of exercise.

[Emily Calandrelli]

The main reason is because Mars only has 38% of Earth's gravity. Meaning we're about 38% lighter here than we would be on Earth. And without constant exercise, well, our bones and our muscles, they can get really weak. Huh.

[Mindy Thomas]

I guess I do feel a little lighter. Let me see how high I can jump. Oh yeah. Mars, Mindy is dolphinitely lighter than Earth.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Mindy, astronauts in the International Space Station that orbits the Earth, they have the same problem. They also have to keep up a rigorous exercise routine on board in order to keep those muscles strong for when they return back to Earth's gravity.

[Mindy Thomas]

What in the one? Oh yeah.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Mindy, this is our station technician.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, I know who this is, Grandma. G Force Hut.

[Emily Calandrelli]

No, this is our station technician. She calls herself Zero G Force.

[Mindy Thomas]

Zero G Force, huh? Yep, that's me.

[Emily Calandrelli]

She can fix anything around the station with just a flick of the wrist.

[Mindy Thomas]

A flick of the wrist? Yes.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Let me show you. 0geForce.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, that's my name.

[Emily Calandrelli]

I was wondering if you could take a look at my communicator. It's been Acting up recently. Look, all I get is static. I haven't been able to reach Mission Control for hours.

[Mindy Thomas]

Well, space gal, let me take a quick look, see. Hmm? Oh, yeah, there's your problem. I see it all right. Okay, everybody stand back. Uh, what is happening?

[Emily Calandrelli]

Just watch.

[Mindy Thomas]

Well, that oughta do it. Here you go, Mindy. Give it a try. Give it a try? You just karate chopped it into oblivion. Who's the technician here? Why don't you give it a try, space girl?

[Emily Calandrelli]

Let's see.

[Dennis]

Artemis Research Station, come in. Do you read me? This is Mission Control.

[Mindy Thomas]

Hey, it works. Told ya, I fixed it.

[Dennis]

Come in, Artemis Research Station. This is an emergency.

[Emily Calandrelli]

This sounds like it's serious.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay, come in. Hello?

[Dennis]

Is this thing on? This is Mission Control.

[Mindy Thomas]

Dennis.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Mission Control, this is Artemis Research Base. Go ahead.

[Dennis]

Finally. I've been trying to reach you for hours.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Yeah, sorry, we had a communication issue.

[Mindy Thomas]

Dennis, is that you? Dennis?

[Dennis]

No, this is Houston, as in Mission Control. And this is Baby Mission Control. No, just ignore him.

[Emily Calandrelli]

What's the emergency?

[Dennis]

You've got a dust storm headed your way, Commander.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Emily, how bad is it?

[Dennis]

60 mile per hour winds. Or as I like to call them, 100 kilometer per hour winds.

[Emily Calandrelli]

And how long till it gets here?

[Dennis]

That's why I've been trying to reach you. It's almost there. The windstorm should be hitting the station any minute now.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, snipe.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Thanks, Mission Control.

[Mindy Thomas]

You're welcome. Bye. A dust storm? 60 mile per hour winds. Is that bad?

[Emily Calandrelli]

Let's head back to the control hub and find out. Come on, follow me. Run, run, run, run.

[Mindy Thomas]

Okay, Run, run, run.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Okay, let's have a look at this radar. Ah, yes, there it is.

[Mindy Thomas]

What, that big giant blob? That's the dust storm.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Yes, and this little dot on the screen right here is us.

[Mindy Thomas]

Whoa, that dust storm must be huge.

[Emily Calandrelli]

It's a big one, all right.

[Mindy Thomas]

And I think it's about to reach us.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Look, it should be hitting the station in five, four, three, two, one. And that's it.

[Mindy Thomas]

Wait, that's it?

[Emily Calandrelli]

Yep, that's it.

[Mindy Thomas]

But nothing happened. Yeah, but I thought there was gonna be like 60 mile per hour winds or something. I thought this whole tent space station was gonna be blown away.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Well, I suppose that's one of the advantages of living here on Mars. The weather here, it's pretty mild.

[Mindy Thomas]

Wait, what?

[Emily Calandrelli]

Well, the atmosphere here on Mars is only about 1% as dense as the atmosphere on Earth.

[Mindy Thomas]

So? So the winds aren't as strong here.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Exactly. A 60 mile per hour gust of wind here on Mars feels about the same as a light breeze back on Earth.

[Dennis]

Huh.

[Mindy Thomas]

Well, seems like that would have been good information to know before I started freaking out.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Sorry, Mindy.

[Mindy Thomas]

Hey, what's that beeping?

[Emily Calandrelli]

What beeping?

[Mindy Thomas]

That alarm. Don't you hear? Sort of sounds like a doorbell. Wait, Emily, don't go. I, I. Emily. Oh, where am I? Hey. Only I'm allowed to smash down my gingerbread.

[Guy Raz]

Mindy, you're not even dressed yet.

[Mindy Thomas]

Dressed for what?

[Thomas Fingerling]

Ah, see, I told you. She forget.

[Mindy Thomas]

What are you all doing here?

[Dennis]

It's hiking day, Mindy. The best day of the year. And look, I made trail mix. It's 90% little chocolate candies and 10% trail.

[Mindy Thomas]

What?

[Guy Raz]

You weren't answering the door, Mindy. We were starting to get worried.

[Mindy Thomas]

I wasn't. Huh? You know, I was having the most wonderful dream.

[Emily Calandrelli]

Really?

[Dennis]

Was I in it?

[Mindy Thomas]

Yeah, you were there. Hooray. You all were. And you were there Thomas Fingerling. And you were there Grandma G Force. And Emily was there.

[Guy Raz]

Emily?

[Mindy Thomas]

Yeah. Emily Calandrelli.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Emily who? Landrawetti.

[Mindy Thomas]

Emily Calandrelli, the space gal from YouTube. She was giving me a 20 of the research station on Mars. And you, Guy Raz, you were a science officer. And Thomas Fingerling, you were a cook who grew his own food there.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Ooh, neat.

[Mindy Thomas]

And Grandma G Force, you karate chopped things around the station to fix them. Yeah, sounds like me. Dennis, I never saw you. But you were on the radio from mission control.

[Dennis]

Wow, I was on the radio? Was it like a podcast to.

[Mindy Thomas]

And then Emily Calandrelli was the station commander. Well, I've never heard of her. Oh, she's the best. Here, take a look. Let me just bring her up here.

[Guy Raz]

Mindy, we're meant to be going for a hike.

[Dennis]

I want to watch Space Gal first. Anyone want any trail mix?

[Thomas Fingerling]

Oh, me, me, me, me.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, man, if I do, I just want all the chocolate parts.

[Guy Raz]

But what about the height?

[Mindy Thomas]

Ah, don't worry, Guy Raz. We still got plenty of time to go on the hike. Just one more Emily Calandrelli video.

[Guy Raz]

Yay.

[Mindy Thomas]

And play wow in the World. We'll be right back, Grown Ups. This message is for you. Hey, grownups. Mindy here from wow in the World, the number one podcast for curious kids and their grownups. That's you. And we are so excited to bring the wows of the to your home with our brand new wow in the World stem toys from Wondery Kids and Themes and Cosmos Channel your inner astronomer with our wow in the World telescope kit. Or zoom in on the tiny Wows of nature with our wow in the World microscope and biology kit. You can even tinker like real scientists with our 100 experiments that wow kit. And with every wow in the World stem toy, you unlock access to exclusive, exclusive audio content from me and my buddy, Guy Raz. There are so many ways to wow. So whether you're shopping for a kid who loves science or one who doesn't just yet, our wow in the World stem toys are the perfect gift for your curious kids. Grown ups. Visit tinkercast.comtoys to shop the wow. Now, that's it. Back to the show. Wow in the World. Hi, thanks for calling wow in the World. After the beep, get ready to record.

[Audience/Callers]

My name is Zoe and I live in Sharpsburg, Georgia. And my wow is blue whales have the biggest heart. Goodbye. Hi, Mindy and Gaia. My name is Rafi from Los Angeles, California. In my lab in my world is that the tallest horse in the world is 7ft and 2 inches tall or 12 shams. I love your show. And also, can you say hi to Dennis? Hi, Grandma G Force.

[Mindy Thomas]

Booyah.

[Audience/Callers]

Thomas Fingerling.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Gnarly.

[Audience/Callers]

And the sleigh cats for me. Hi, my name is Daniella. I'm from New Jersey and I'm 10 years old. My law in the world is that polar bear's skin isn't actually white. It's like a purplish black. Say hi to Reggie, Dennis. Howdy, Grandma G Force. And Grandma G Force's enemy.

[Mindy Thomas]

Excuse me.

[Audience/Callers]

Hey, Mindy and Guy Raz. My name's called Jean Luc and my wow is tuataras lose their tails they when predators try to get them. Hi, Mindy and gurus. My name is Nazet and I'm 10 years old. I listen to your park folks every night. And my wow in the world is that there are volcanoes on Mars. Also, say hi to Grandma G Scores.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, yeah.

[Audience/Callers]

Thomas Fingerling neat. And Dennis for me.

[Mindy Thomas]

Hi there.

[Dennis]

Bye.

[Audience/Callers]

Love your show. Hi, my name is Zoe and I live in Texas and I'm five. And my wow in the world is that lizards lick their eyeballs to clean them. Hello, my name is Clay and I live in Fairbanks, Alaska. My wow in the world is that the coilet trees can grow up to be 250ft tall and 300ft tall. Say hi to Reggie, Thomas Fingerling.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Oh, that's cool, dude.

[Audience/Callers]

Static man, baby. Dennis. Yay, Dennis.

[Mindy Thomas]

Ahoy there.

[Audience/Callers]

And Grandma G Force.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, snap.

[Audience/Callers]

I'm Jordan. I am from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. My wow in the world is that pigeons are very intelligent and can learn basic math and abstract rules about numbers. Wow Reggie, you're really smart. Bye.

[Emily Calandrelli]

End of Messages.

[Mindy Thomas]

Grown Ups if you like wow in the World, you can listen early and ad free right now on Wondery.

[Guy Raz]

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[Mindy Thomas]

And before you go, tell us about yourself by filling out a short [e-mail] survey thanks for listening to this episode of wow in the World. If you're a kid with a big WOW to share with us, call our WOW. Hotline at 1-888-7-WOW wow for a chance to be featured at the end of the show or an upcoming episode of 2 what's in a wow?

[Guy Raz]

And while you're at it, why don't you head over to Apple Podcasts and tell us what wows you about our show by leaving a review. You just might hear your reviewsy read by Dennis on Wee wow on the weekend.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oh, and don't forget to Visit [e-mail] and become a member of the World Organization of Wowzers. With that, you'll get year round mailings, weekly activities, birthday cards and more on.

[Guy Raz]

Tinkercast.com, you can also shop our wow. Shop, get tickets for upcoming live events, find our books, and learn about all the other amazing podcasts from Tinkercast.

[Mindy Thomas]

Once again, that's Tinkercast.

[Guy Raz]

Wow in the World is written by Mindy Thomas and Tom Van Kelken with contributions from Me Guy Raz.

[Mindy Thomas]

Original sound design and music editing is done by Tyler Thole with help from our senior Production Director Jed Anderson. You can also hear Jed Anderson in the voices of Dennis, Thomas, Fingerling, Reggie and many of the other silly characters you hear on our show.

[Guy Raz]

Jessica Bode keeps our facts straight as our fact checker and Meredith Halpern Ranzer powers the WOW at Tinkercast.

[Mindy Thomas]

Our theme song was composed and performed by three time Grammy nominees the Pop Ups. Find them at thepopups.com Special thanks to.

[Guy Raz]

Our team including Kit Ballinger, Rebecca Caban, Dr. Natasha Crandall, Kenny Curtis, Kristin Yang, Thuy Mack, Erica Medina, Henry Moskal, Jody Nussbaum, Ali Paxima, Linda Rothenberg, Steph Sosa, Anna Zagorski and all of the other Tinkerers at Tinkercast HQ Grown Ups.

[Mindy Thomas]

You can follow wow in the World on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter owintheworld and our email address is hello in tinkercast.com thanks for listening.

[Guy Raz]

Find episodes of WOW. In the World every Monday two what's in a WOW every Friday. And we wow on the weekends with Dennis every Saturday and Sunday right here in the the wow in the World podcast feed. Until then, keep on wowing.

[Mindy Thomas]

Wow in the World was made by Tinkercast and sent to you by Wondery.