Planet Wow

Summary

Wow in the World – "Planet Wow" (April 13, 2026)

Hosts: Mindy Thomas & Guy Raz | Produced by: Tinkercast

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Episode Overview

This lively, science-filled episode celebrates Earth Day by launching listeners into a cartoonish, audio adventure about climate change and the simple, smart things everyone can do to care for our planet. With signature humor, playful banter, and teachable moments, Mindy, Guy Raz, and a wacky cast of neighbors explore how human habits impact Earth and—most critically—how teamwork and community can drive positive change. The episode weaves fun, fact-based explanations with actionable takeaways, making climate science accessible and inspiring for young listeners and their families.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Stage: Climate Chaos Hits Home

• Neighborhood Antics (02:02–07:11):

  • Unusual weather—heatwaves, storms, and flooding—are affecting the gang’s gingerbread mansion neighborhood.
  • Comedy ensues as Guy tries extreme solutions: running the AC and heater simultaneously, opening appliances, and suggesting an emergency meeting to “save the planet.”

  Memorable moment:
  Guy Raz: “Just turn [the AC] as cold as it'll go and then leave it running at full blast all day long. And then plug in all of my electric blankets so that we can pile them on top of us to stay warm while we're inside this freezing gingerbread mansion.” (03:02)

2. Unmasking Common Polluting Habits

• Neighbors Gather—And Fess Up (07:29–13:16):

  • The group meets (begrudgingly, in some cases) to talk about why our world is getting hotter and what’s making the climate “go bonkerball.”
  • Each character illustrates a climate-unfriendly habit:
    • Dennis: Overuses pesticides and spray-paints his grass to fake a green yard.
    • Thomas Fingerling: Orders excessive Boo Boo Beanie Boppers, tosses duplicates.
    • Grandma G Force: Chops down shade trees just because they “throw shade.”
    • Mindy: Lets her garden rot, creating food waste and methane.

  Notable quote:
  Grandma G Force: “I would like to say I am sorry to all of the trees I chopped down for giving me shade.” (12:35)

3. How Earth Works—And Why It’s Unique

• Science Segment: The “Goldilocks Planet” (09:09–10:15):

  • Mindy and Guy explain Earth’s perfect, “just right” conditions due to an “invisible blanket” of greenhouse gases.
  • Compare with Venus (too thick a blanket) and Mercury (too thin a blanket), driving home why Earth's balance is special.

  Info highlight:
  Mindy Thomas: “Of all the planets in the solar system, Earth is the only planet with the perfect temperature for us to live. … It's not too hot like Venus, and it's not too cold like Uranus.” (09:11)

4. Climate Change: Causes and Solutions

• What Makes the Blanket Thicker? (10:05–13:16):

  • Humans add pollution (greenhouse gases) by:

    • Overusing electricity (#theACdebacle)
    • Transportation (Guy’s “gas guzzling ice cream truck”)
    • Manufacturing unnecessary goods (Beanie Boppers)
    • Poor land use/spray-painting lawns or chopping trees
    • Food waste (rotting veggies emit methane)

  • Action Shift: Instead of blaming, the group pivots to what changes they can make together.

  Notable quote:
  Guy Raz: “The important thing is not to focus on what we've individually done … The important thing is to focus on what changes we can make together for a brighter future.” (13:16)

5. Empowering Change: What Can We Do?

• Collective Climate Crusading (13:40–16:37):

  • Learn and share: Understanding climate change is step one.
  • Community action is more powerful than individual change.
  • Examples of teamwork:
    • Dennis will “gossip” online about eco-friendly behaviors.
    • Grandma G Force becomes a tree protector, vowing not to chop them anymore.
    • Thomas plans a documentary on how his toys reach him, focusing on the life cycle of products.
    • Mindy wants to tackle food waste in local schools and open her garden to students.
    • Guy will keep hosting neighborhood meetings to spread the word.

  Inspirational quotes:
  Mindy Thomas: “While what we do individually matters, what we do together in our families, in our schools and communities matters even more.” (13:51)
  Guy Raz: "Because when we know better, we do better. … And it's all gonna be better and brighter when we do it together." (13:48, 16:31)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Mindy Thomas: “You can't just go around the neighborhood chopping down trees. We need their shade … and we need them to soak up some of the carbon pollution in the atmosphere.” (05:55)
• Dennis: “I'll go on [Snoop Scoop] and gossip about all the ways we can stop wasting electricity and stop buying too much stuff and stop spray painting our yards.” (14:07)
• Thomas Fingerling: “I'm gonna get my old filmmaking gear and make a documentary about the life cycle of a Boo Boo Beanie Bopper.” (15:31)

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Listener Call-Ins (18:17–21:28)

• Kids from around the country share the places that "wow" them in the world—hot springs, rainforests, museums, and wildlife conservation sites—showcasing global diversity and wonder. These call-ins reinforce the value of exploring, protecting, and admiring natural wonders everywhere.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Time | Segment Description | |---------|-----------------------------------------------------------| | 00:06 | Earth Day greetings, episode setup | | 02:02 | Heat wave antics; leads to climate club meeting | | 07:29 | Neighborhood meeting begins, discussing climate change | | 09:09 | Earth’s “just right” atmosphere explained | | 10:05 | How human activity adds to greenhouse gases | | 13:16 | Transition from guilt to teamwork and solution-finding | | 14:07 | Dennis pledges to go online and “gossip” about solutions | | 15:31 | Characters share climate-friendly projects and actions | | 16:37 | Meeting adjourned, call to collective action | | 18:17 | Listener call-ins: Places that "wow" kids |

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Tone & Language

The episode is upbeat, goofy, and packed with humor—even as it delivers urgent lessons about taking care of our planet. The cast models both mistakes and positive change, emphasizing forgiveness, teamwork, and real action in a way that’s engaging for families and accessible for kids.

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Takeaways

• Earth is unique—our only home, with just the right conditions.
• Climate change is caused by choices big and small, many of which we don’t even notice.
• It’s never too late to learn, change, and work together—for a brighter, “wow-worthy” future.
• Community action (from online sharing to local gardening) makes a huge difference.

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Endnote:
Whether you're turning off lights, planting a tree, or starting a school project, every step counts—especially when wowzers work together to keep Earth amazing!

Transcript

[Mindy Thomas]

Hey, Wowzer, Fams, Guy, Raz and Mindy here. And before we start the show, happy

[Guy Raz]

Earth Day to you. Happy Earth Day to you. Happy Earth Day, dear Wowzers. Happy Earth Day to you.

[Mindy Thomas]

If you're looking for ways to celebrate our Earth today and every day, visit tinkercast.comearth to find activities, episodes and videos that bring the wows of the world right to you.

[Guy Raz]

And while you're at it, don't forget to show your gratitude to the Earth today. It does a pretty good job of taking care of all of us, so let's all remember to take care of it too.

[Mindy Thomas]

That's it. Now let's get back to the show.

[Narrator/Caller]

Proceeded.

[Guy Raz]

3, 2, 1.

[Narrator/Caller]

Mission.

[Thomas Fingerling]

The bubble horn adventure of magnificent proportion.

[Guy Raz]

I don't know what you've been talk. Oh, we're in a golden age. So many discoveries that are jumping off the page. Houston. Okay, flyer, you and Flaps and Beaky and Captain Cuckoo head can fly up and get it.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Pigeon patrol will be right back after these messages.

[Narrator/Caller]

Little baby boops his pants.

[Guy Raz]

Good morning, Reggie. Ah, so good to be back home. I really missed you, buddy. Oh, yeah. Guy and I were at a week long climate crusader training and now we're equipped with everything we need to save our planet. Look, I even got a cape. It's gonna be a beautiful day. It's gonna be a scorcher of a day today. Wait, what?

[Thomas Fingerling]

That's right on today's top story. Here on planet Earth, hot is about to get even hotter. Temperatures are heating up to record breaking numbers.

[Guy Raz]

Yikes. You hear that, Reg? And that's not all. Meteorologists everywhere are predicting massive storms and even flooding. In other words, time to get out the canoes because wet is about to get even wetter.

[Mindy Thomas]

Oof.

[Guy Raz]

Hot and rainy. Reggie, we need to turn up the air conditioning in this gingerbread to keep it from melting. I don't know. Just turn it as cold as it'll go and then leave it running at full blast all day long. And then plug in all of my electric blankets so that we can pile them on top of us to stay warm while we're inside this freezing gingerbread mansion. But then leave the refrigerator door open to cool us off when the electric blankets make us too hot. And then get out all of the space heaters and plug them in to warm us back up again. But then turn on all the ceiling fans to cool us off from the space heaters. And then call everyone over for an emergency neighborhood meeting so I can tell everyone how they can be a climate crusader and Save our planet. Because we've got to save our planet, Reggie.

[Mindy Thomas]

This is important.

[Guy Raz]

Now I gotta open all the windows to let the heat from the outside warm up the inside of the gingerbread mansion. It's freezing in here with that air conditioner running at full blast.

[Dennis]

Oh, hi, Mindy. Are you practicing karate on your windows again?

[Guy Raz]

Yeah. Hey, Dennis, what are you doing right now?

[Dennis]

Just working on the lawn. It's time for the daily green washing.

[Guy Raz]

Daily green washing?

[Dennis]

Yeah. First, I put a bunch of dangerous pesticides on my yard to keep away the bugs. And then I put fertilizers down to help my flowers grow. And then I spray paint the grass green with these cans of green spray paint. Spray, spray. Wow, I love nature.

[Guy Raz]

Uh, okay, well, hurry up. We need to have an emergency neighborhood meeting about how to protect our planet.

[Dennis]

Fine. I'll be right over after this. Okay, grass. It's time to get green.

[Guy Raz]

There you go.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Easy does it. Back it up just a little more. And.

[Guy Raz]

Oh, there's Fingerling's daily delivery.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Okay, I got a delivery of 75 boxes of Boo Boo Beanie Boppers for Thomas Fingerling. That you? This is a lot of Boo Boo Beanie Boppers. You a collector or something? Sure am. Every day I order 75 boxes, keep all the Beanie Boppers I don't have, and throw away the doubles. You throw away the doubles? Of course I throw away the doubles. Doubles are a waste of space. I'm not a wasteful person, you see? Okay, well, that makes no sense. Says you.

[Guy Raz]

Hey, Thomas Fingerling.

[Thomas Fingerling]

What now, Mandy?

[Guy Raz]

We're having an emergency neighborhood meeting of the climate crusaders.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Climate crusaders, eh? Well, maybe you can do something about all this heat. I can't even sort through my Boo Boo Beanie bumpers without sweating all over the place.

[Mindy Thomas]

What in the.

[Grandma G Force]

That's enough shade out of you, tree. Oh, boy.

[Mindy Thomas]

Grandma G Force, what are you doing? Dad, that's my oak tree.

[Grandma G Force]

I did not like the way it was looking at me.

[Mindy Thomas]

Looking at you? It's a tree.

[Grandma G Force]

It was throwing shade at me.

[Mindy Thomas]

You can't just go around the neighborhood chopping down trees. We need their shade to cool things down. And we. We need them to soak up some of the carbon pollution in the atmosphere.

[Grandma G Force]

Well, where's it coming from in the first place?

[Thomas Fingerling]

Bye bye, Boo Boo Beanie Bopper man.

[Guy Raz]

Toodle oo.

[Mindy Thomas]

Well, it's coming from things like Thomas Fingerling's daily freight truck deliveries. Do you know how far the things we order have to travel to get to our front doors?

[Grandma G Force]

No.

[Guy Raz]

Well, hey, Guy. Grandma GeForce, Quick, come over to my gingerbread mansion.

[Grandma G Force]

Pass.

[Guy Raz]

We're having an emergency neighborhood Climate Crusaders meeting.

[Grandma G Force]

Well, okay, okay.

[Mindy Thomas]

But first I need to weed my vegetable garden.

[Grandma G Force]

What vegetables? All I see are a bunch of rotten cucumbers and one shriveled up a little tater.

[Mindy Thomas]

Wait, what?

[Grandma G Force]

Come here. A little tater? I'll still eat you up.

[Mindy Thomas]

Well, it used to be a beautiful vegetable garden, but then I got too busy to take care of it, and now it's just a bunch of rotting vegetables.

[Grandma G Force]

And they smell like toots.

[Mindy Thomas]

Well, that's because of all the methane gas they're releasing into the atmosphere. What a waste.

[Guy Raz]

So, you coming or not?

[Mindy Thomas]

I'm coming, I'm coming. Grandma G Force, you coming, too?

[Grandma G Force]

Only if you push me in this wheelie barrel. It's too hot to walk.

[Mindy Thomas]

Hop on in.

[Grandma G Force]

Giddy up, garage.

[Guy Raz]

Walk, walk, walk, walk. Welcome, everyone, to Mindy's first ever emergency meeting of the neighborhood climate crusaders.

[Dennis]

What's a crusader?

[Guy Raz]

Now, as you may have noticed, our world is changing.

[Dennis]

That is Crusaders by me.

[Guy Raz]

Wild weather events like storms, floods, droughts, hurricanes, wildfires. It's like the planet is going bonkerball.

[Thomas Fingerling]

That's fine, I agree.

[Guy Raz]

But as the president of our neighborhood Climate Crusaders club, I have gathered you all here to say that together we can make the changes we need for a brighter future. Yes. Yes, for sure.

[Grandma G Force]

And it all starts by chopping down all those shady trees with my bare hands.

[Mindy Thomas]

What?

[Grandma G Force]

No. Well, humph.

[Guy Raz]

You may not know this, but planet Earth is our home.

[Grandma G Force]

No, the Diaper House on 5th is my home.

[Guy Raz]

No, the diaper house is your house. Planet Earth, where your diaper house sits, is your home. And it's home to all of us. And we all have to work together to take care of it, or else

[Dennis]

we'll have to move to another planet.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Ooh, I like the sound of that. Uh, Mandy, how many Boo Boo Beanie Boppers can I fit on Mars?

[Mindy Thomas]

I'm not sure you all realize how special our home here on Earth really is.

[Guy Raz]

Yeah, you tell him, Guy Raz.

[Mindy Thomas]

Well, of all the planets in the solar system, Earth is the only planet with the perfect temperature for us to live. It's not too hot like Venus, and it's not too cold like Uranus.

[Guy Raz]

Yeah, and that's because our home, planet Earth, has this invisible blanket of heat trapping gases that trap just the right amount of heat for us humans to live here.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Neat.

[Mindy Thomas]

Mindy's right. We couldn't live on Mercury because its blanket is too thin. So it Gets too hot in the sun, but too cold in the shade.

[Guy Raz]

And Venus blanket is way too thick, so it gets way too hot.

[Mindy Thomas]

Which brings us back to Earth, where that invisible blanket is just right made to keep us not too hot and not too cold.

[Grandma G Force]

But here comes Mindy's big butt.

[Guy Raz]

As you may have noticed, our world is getting hotter.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Oh, I noticed.

[Grandma G Force]

Who's messing with that invisible blanket? I wanna know.

[Dennis]

Yeah, who's the troublemaker?

[Mindy Thomas]

Well, we are. What?

[Guy Raz]

How? Well, in all sorts of ways, we humans are adding more pollution in the form of heat trapping gases into the atmosphere. And we're making that invisible blanket thicker.

[Grandma G Force]

I do not even know how to do that.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Yeah, me neither.

[Mindy Thomas]

Well, we're all doing it in ways that we probably don't even know.

[Guy Raz]

And once we know better, we can work together to do better for our world and for each other.

[Dennis]

Okay, so where's all this pollution coming from? How am I, Dennis, possibly harming the environment?

[Mindy Thomas]

Great question, Dennis. This extra pollution is coming from all sorts of things. Like how we make and use electricity.

[Guy Raz]

Oh, you mean like running my air conditioner at full blast all day, every day while keeping the windows open and turning on all the fans, but also the space heaters and leaving the refrigerator door open?

[Mindy Thomas]

Um, yeah, that's actually a great example, Mindy.

[Guy Raz]

Reggie, I told you that was a waste of electricity.

[Mindy Thomas]

This pollution also comes from transportation or how we get around.

[Guy Raz]

Oh, like my gas guzzling ice cream tr.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Maybe you should convert it to electric power.

[Guy Raz]

Ooh, good idea, Thomas Fingerling.

[Mindy Thomas]

And pollution also comes from how we manufacture or make things.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Ooh, like how a factory makes my mountain of Boo Boo Beanie Boppers.

[Dennis]

Oh, yeah, probably.

[Thomas Fingerling]

No, leave the boppers out of this.

[Mindy Thomas]

And pollution also comes from how we use our land, how we change it and take care of it.

[Dennis]

Like how I spray paint my dead grass to look green.

[Grandma G Force]

Well, boy, he's talking about me. Chopping down all the neighborhood trees is

[Mindy Thomas]

becoming a problem in our neighborhood.

[Grandma G Force]

Well, I'll say.

[Guy Raz]

The point is, all of these acts and all of this pollution are building up in the atmosphere and making the planet hotter.

[Mindy Thomas]

And a hotter planet changes our climate. Meaning more storms and floods and droughts and wildfires. Things that change how we live.

[Guy Raz]

And it's impacting all of us, and some more than others.

[Grandma G Force]

I would like to make an announcement.

[Mindy Thomas]

Uh, yes, Grandma G Force.

[Grandma G Force]

I would like to say I am sorry to all of the trees I chopped down for giving me shade.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Oh, and I would like to apologize for buying more Boo Boo Beanie Boppers. Than any one person could ever need. And also sorry for throwing the doubles into landfills.

[Guy Raz]

Yeah, but.

[Dennis]

And I would like to tell the Earth that I'm sorry for using all those harmful chemicals on my yard and for spray painting my dead grass.

[Mindy Thomas]

Yeah, yeah. And I'm sorry for letting my vegetable garden go to waste.

[Guy Raz]

And I'm sorry for building an unsustainable gingerbread mansion that wastes a ton of electricity to heat and cool.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Oh, for shame.

[Guy Raz]

But listen up, everyone. The important thing is not to focus on what we've individually done to contribute to pollution or climate change in the past or even the present.

[Mindy Thomas]

Yeah. The important thing is to focus on what changes we can make together for a brighter future.

[Guy Raz]

Because if we work together to take better care of our home planet, our home planet can take better care of us.

[Mindy Thomas]

And the first step is learning all we can about climate change and its causes so we can share what we learn with others.

[Guy Raz]

Because when we know better, we do better.

[Mindy Thomas]

And while what we do individually matters, what we do together in our families, in our schools and communities matters even more.

[Dennis]

Oh, I know. I'm a top contributor on the neighborhood Snopescope online website.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Neat.

[Dennis]

I'll go on there and gossip about all the ways we can stop wasting electricity and stop buying too much stuff and stop spray painting our yards.

[Guy Raz]

I'm not sure that's what gossip is, but sure, talk about it all you want, wherever you want. The important thing is to spread the word, Dennis. Yay.

[Mindy Thomas]

And while you're at it, maybe you can gossip about ways we can get more energy from renewable resources like the sun and wind.

[Dennis]

Aye, aye, captain. Okay, logging in and ready to gossip about the environment.

[Grandma G Force]

And I'm gonna go stand outside the trees and protect them from anyone who tries to chop them down with their bare hands.

[Mindy Thomas]

I'm pretty sure you're the only one who's been doing that around here, but

[Guy Raz]

sure, yeah, and maybe talk nicely about the trees to other people.

[Dennis]

What?

[Guy Raz]

Talk about how good they are at soaking up carbon pollution and compliment them loudly on providing shade so that we don't have to use as electricity to cool things down.

[Dennis]

Oh, this is all good gossip for Snoop Scoop online. Hey, everyone. Did you hear about the elm tree on First Street? She got a great new hair trim. Let's all be cool and plant her some new tree friends to hang out with. Post.

[Thomas Fingerling]

And I'm gonna get my old filmmaking gear and make a documentary about the life cycle of a Boo Boo Beanie Bopper. It'll start with how the materials are made and end with what it takes to get a finished boo boo Beanie bopper to my front door.

[Dennis]

Whoa.

[Mindy Thomas]

I'm sure amazing. And I'm gonna contact the leaders of our neighborhood schools to talk about how food waste in cafeterias is impacting our planet. And maybe offer to invite students and teachers to my vegetable garden to help main harvest and eat the vegetables grown in it.

[Grandma G Force]

Oh, snap. Now that's a good idea.

[Guy Raz]

And I'm gonna continue to host more community Climate Crusaders meetings just like this one, encouraging all of us to get out there in the world to use our voices to spread the word on how we can work together to create a brighter future for our planet and ourselves.

[Mindy Thomas]

Because when we know better, we do better.

[Guy Raz]

And it's all gonna be better and brighter when we do it together.

[Mindy Thomas]

Climate Crusaders, this meeting is adjourned.

[Dennis]

Now let's get out there and stop spray painting our grass. What?

[Guy Raz]

Well, I was gonna suggest we spread the word on working together to protect our planet, but sure, we can stop spray painting our grass too. Now, who's with me? Climate Crusaders.

[Narrator/Caller]

Wow in the World.

[Guy Raz]

We'll be right back, grown ups. This message is for you. Hey, Wowzer fams. Mindy and Guy Raz here. And before we start the show, did you hear that? We are on YouTube.

[Mindy Thomas]

That's right, Mindy. Wowzer fams. You can find full episodes of wow in the World and more of your favorite Tinkercast podcasts on our YouTube channel,

[Guy Raz]

WowTube Plus plus on WowTube, you can also watch me explode some watermelons and test out Bonkerball's experiments in the laboratory of bad ideas.

[Mindy Thomas]

Or you can dance along with Dennis for music videos featuring music from wewow on the weekend.

[Guy Raz]

There is so much in store made just for you on WowTube. Visit Tinkercast.com YouTube to watch. Now that's Tinkercast.com YouTube.

[Grandma G Force]

That's it.

[Guy Raz]

Back to the show. Wow in the World. Hi, thanks for calling wow in the World. When you hear the beep, tell us where in the world you go to find wow.

[Narrator/Caller]

Hello, my name is Harper. I. I'm 10. I live in Chicago, Illinois and my wildness planet is the Arkansas National Park. Hot Springs National Park. I loved it when I went with my family because it has a fun trail you can walk on. And my little brother's butt almost fell into a hot spring. By Dennis Mindy, Guy Raz Baby Dennis and Thomas Schwingerling. Thank you. I'm a G force.

[Grandma G Force]

Booyah.

[Narrator/Caller]

Hi, my name is Corrine and I am from Ohio. I'm 11 years old. This summer I walked the Camino with my family. It was so cool. By the way, your show's awesome. Byee. Hi, my name is Nyla. In Puerto Rico, we went to the only rainforest in America and a coquille landed on my brother's nose. And they huddled above our dome and they made noises all night and they were very loud. Hi, my name is Heavy and I am from Ohio. The place that wows me is the Natural History Museum in New York. Hi. Love your show. Hi, my name is Nico and. And we went to Sequoia national park and we saw the biggest trees in the world. They were so wide. And we went to my cousin's house and we watched the Olympics. It was awesome. I love your show. Bye. My name is Steven and a place in the world that wears me is Mexico San Poncho. And I like that place because when I went there, we got to see a turtle release. They protect many turtles and they protect them from anything that may harm them. On the beach they explained that every mama turtle lays their eggs and then they collect them and protect them. Bye. Say hi to Reggie, Bucky the horse. Say hi to the sleigh cat. Bye, Mindy and Guy Raz. Hello, my name is Rivka. My name's Ari and we're from Minneapolis. We went to the oldest salt mine in the world in Austria and there was ginormous slides there. They were there forever. They were there forever. Bye. Hi. My name is Gray and a planet that wows. A place that wows me is me and my friend's backyard. We live in the canyon, so we have a forest behind our houses. One time me and my friends found the crystal there and it was a big one, if you know what I mean.

[Guy Raz]

End of messages. 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?

[Mindy Thomas]

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[Guy Raz]

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[Mindy Thomas]

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[Guy Raz]

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[Mindy Thomas]

the world is written by Mindy Thomas and Tom Van Kalken with contributions from Me Guy Raz.

[Guy Raz]

Original sound design and music editing is done by 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.

[Mindy Thomas]

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[Guy Raz]

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[Mindy Thomas]

our team including Kit Ballenger, Rebecca Caban, Dr. Natasha Crandall, Kenny Curtis, Kristin Yang, Thuy Mac, Erica Medina, Henry Moskal, Jodi Nussbaum, Ali Paxima, Linda Rothenberg, Steph Sosa, Tyler Thol, Anna Sigorski, and all of the other Tinkerers at Tinkercast hq Grown Ups.

[Guy Raz]

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[Mindy Thomas]

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[Guy Raz]

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[Grandma G Force]

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