Planet Wow (9/22/25)

Summary

Wow in the World – "Planet Wow" (September 22, 2025)

Hosts: Mindy Thomas & Guy Raz
Main Theme:
This special episode, “Planet Wow,” explores the everyday actions that impact our planet and what kids and families can do together to care for the environment, combat climate change, and make the world a little more “wow.” With silly neighborhood antics and real science, Mindy, Guy Raz, and their friends use humor and kid-friendly explanations to empower young listeners to take climate action—together.

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Episode Overview

“Planet Wow” invites listeners on an imaginative geocaching eco-adventure while introducing the basics of climate change and personal responsibility. Through quirky neighborhood characters, the episode demystifies complex topics like the greenhouse effect, pollution sources, and the importance of collective action. The show also features real kids sharing the places that "wow" them across the globe.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Welcome & Purpose of the Episode

• [00:22] Mindy and Guy Raz announce the “Planet Wow” adventure, encouraging listeners to share what makes the planet wow for them.
• The collaboration with Geocaching HQ, Aspen Institute, and The Nature Conservancy aims to inspire eco-friendly exploration.
• Listeners are invited to participate in geocaching and share their stories.
  • Quote: “This week's episode of wow in the World takes a closer look at the role we all play in taking care of our planet and how we can all work together to make this planet wow.” — Mindy Thompson [00:50]

2. Climate Change Hits Home – A Neighborhood in Chaos

• [03:14] Mindy and Guy Raz return home from “climate crusader” training, determined to save the world—though Guy’s overzealous attempts to control the temperature in his gingerbread mansion hilariously waste energy.
• [03:40] News breaks: record heat and massive storms are coming.
• The neighborhood’s wacky responses illustrate exaggerated bad environmental habits (overusing energy, wasteful consumerism, deforestation, and chemical use).

Notable moments:

• Guy Raz describes elaborate (and silly) strategies to control the mansion’s temperature, highlighting energy waste.
  • Quote: “Turn it as cold as it’ll go and then leave it running at full blast... then plug in all of my electric blankets... But then leave the refrigerator door open... And then get out all of the space heaters...” — Guy Raz [04:08]
• Dennis reveals his “daily green washing”—using harmful chemicals and spray-painting dead grass green.
  • Quote: “First I put a bunch of dangerous pesticides on my yard... then I spray paint the grass green with these cans of green spray paint. Spray spray. I love nature.” — Dennis [05:31]
• Thomas Fingerling throws away “doubles” of his Boo Boo Beanie Boppers, highlighting overconsumption.
  • Quote: “Every day I order 75 boxes. Keep all the Beanie Boppers I don’t have, and throw away the doubles.” — Thomas Fingerling [06:20]
• Grandma G Force chops down shade trees simply because she believes they’re “throwing shade” at her.
  • Quote: “You can’t just go around the neighborhood chopping down trees. We need their shade to cool things down. And we need them to soak up some of the carbon pollution in the atmosphere.” — Mindy Thompson [07:33]

3. Emergency Climate Crusaders Meeting

• [09:06] The neighborhood gathers for an emergency meeting led by Guy Raz—to address global warming and community action.
• Guy explains Earth's “invisible blanket” (the greenhouse effect) in kid-friendly terms.
  • Quote: “Our home planet, Earth, has this invisible blanket of heat trapping gases that trap just the right amount of heat for us humans.” — Guy Raz [11:01]

Explanations Include:

• Why we need Earth’s “just right” atmosphere (not too hot like Venus, not too cold like Mercury/Uranus).
• Human activities are thickening the blanket, causing global warming and climate change.
  • Quote: “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.” — Guy Raz [12:02]

• Sources of Pollution Discussed:
  • Electricity misuse (e.g., Guy’s mansion example)
  • Transportation (gas-guzzling ice cream truck)
  • Manufacturing (mass production and waste)
  • Land use (chemicals, deforestation, food waste)

Personal Accountability:

• Each character apologizes for their own environmentally unfriendly behaviors, demonstrating vulnerability and change.
  • Quote: “The important thing is not to focus on what we've individually done... but on what changes we can make together for a brighter future.” — Guy Raz [14:55]
  • Quote: “When we know better, we do better.” — Mindy Thompson [15:26], echoed at [18:06]

4. Solutions & Community Action

• The biggest impact happens when families, schools, and communities act together.

  • Quote: “While what we do individually matters, what we do together in our families, in our schools and communities matters even more.” — Mindy Thompson [15:28]

• Ideas for Collective Climate Action:

  • Spreading awareness online and offline (Dennis gossips about climate solutions on Snoop Scoop)
  • Switching to renewable energy sources (sun, wind)
  • Planting trees and celebrating their benefits
  • Reducing unnecessary consumption (Thomas makes a documentary on the lifecycle of Boo Boo Beanie Boppers)
  • Combating food waste and building local gardens (Mindy invites schoolchildren to her garden)

• Closing rally:

  • Quote: “Because if we work together to take better care of our home planet, our home planet can take better care of us.” — Guy Raz [15:10]

• Humorous, memorable closer as the group adjourns the meeting and pledges to take better care of the planet.

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Listener Call-Ins – Places That “Wow” Us

[19:08–22:19]
Kids from across the world call in, sharing the natural wonders and experiences that inspire them:

• Harper [19:08]: Arkansas’s Hot Springs National Park
• Corinne: Walking the Camino in Spain
• Naila: Exploring Puerto Rico’s rainforest and meeting coquí frogs
• Hallie: New York’s Natural History Museum
• Nico: Sequoia National Park and seeing giant trees
• Steven: Turtle release in San Pancho, Mexico
• Rifka & Ari: World’s oldest salt mine in Austria
• Grant: Crystal discovery in his backyard canyon

These segments reinforce the “wow” of our planet and why protecting it matters.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Simplifying climate science:
  • “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.” — Mindy Thompson [10:48]
• On personal change:
  • “The importance thing is to focus on what changes we can make together for a brighter future.” — Mindy Thompson [15:05]
  • “Spread the word... The important thing is to spread the word, Dennis.” — Guy Raz [15:53]
• On collective action:
  • “And it’s all gonna be better and brighter when we do it together.” — Guy Raz [18:09]
• Closing rally:
  • “Climate crusaders, this meeting is adjourned.” — Mindy Thompson [18:15]
  • “Now let’s get out there and start. Stop spray painting our grass.” — Dennis [18:19]

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• [00:22] – Introduction to “Planet Wow” and geocaching adventure
• [03:14] – Arrival home and outrageous (wasteful) climate control attempt
• [05:31] – Dennis’ “green washing” and character vignettes
• [07:33] – Importance of trees and carbon capture
• [09:06] – Emergency neighborhood climate crusaders meeting begins
• [11:01] – Explaining the greenhouse effect (“invisible blanket”)
• [12:26] – Pollution sources breakdown
• [14:55] – Apologies and shifting to solutions
• [15:28] – Emphasis on collective action
• [16:35] – Spreading awareness, renewing commitment
• [18:15] – Meeting adjourned, call to action
• [19:08–22:19] – Listener call-ins: Places that “wow” us

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Tone & Style

The episode is upbeat, silly, and playful, using humor and imaginative storytelling to explain climate science while encouraging real-world action. The interactions are relatable for kids, balancing gentle honesty about environmental challenges with continuous hope and empowerment.

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Takeaways for Families & Educators

• Climate change is complex, but everyone can play a part—even small actions matter more when done together.
• Being informed leads to better choices, and talking about positive solutions is vital.
• Celebrating nature’s wonders reminds us what’s at stake and why protecting the planet is so exciting.

Call to Action:
Get involved! Share what "wows" you about the Earth, participate in local geocaching or nature explorations, and keep talking about ways to be a climate crusader at home, in school, and in your community.

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“When we know better, we do better… and it’s all gonna be better and brighter when we do it together.” — Mindy Thompson & Guy Raz [18:06–18:09]

Transcript

[Mindy Thompson]

Grown Ups Wondery subscribers can listen to wow in the World early and ad free right now. Join Wondery in the Wondery app or Wondery Kids plus on Apple Podcasts.

[Guy Raz]

Hey Wowzer fams Mindy and Guy Raz here. And before we start the show this week, we have a very special episode of wow in the World to share with you.

[Mindy Thompson]

That's right, Mindy. You may remember back in April, we teamed up with our friends at Geocaching hq, the Aspen Institute and Nature Conservancy to create Planet Wow, an epic geocaching eco adventure that shares the wows of our planet.

[Guy Raz]

And since then, we've received so many phone calls telling us about the places that wow you. You've also sent us photos of your geocaching adventures and we're not done yet.

[Mindy Thompson]

This week's episode of wow in the World takes a closer look at the role we all play in taking care of our planet and how we can all work together to make this planet wow.

[Guy Raz]

Listen to our latest episod called Planet Wow to learn about how you too can help take care of our planet and grownups. Don't Forget to visit tinkercast.com planetwow to learn how you and your Wowzer can join us in our Geocaching Eco Adventure.

[Mindy Thompson]

And it's not too late to call us with your planet wows. Call 1-888-7-WOW-WOW and tell us about a place on our planet that wows you.

[Guy Raz]

That's it. And now let's get back to the show.

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[Guy Raz]

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[Jed Anderson]

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[Listener Callers]

Little baby poops his pants.

[Guy Raz]

Good morning, Reggie. 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?

[Jed Anderson]

That's alright. Gale 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.

[Mindy Thompson]

The canoes because wet is about to get even wetter.

[Guy Raz]

Oof. Hot. And rainy. Reggie, we need to turn up the air conditioning in this gingerbread mansion 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 Thompson]

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? Yeah.

[Dennis]

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.

[Guy Raz]

Wow.

[Dennis]

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.

[Grandma G Force]

There you go.

[Jed Anderson]

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

[Guy Raz]

And stop. Oh, there's Fingerling's daily delivery.

[Jed Anderson]

Okay, I got a delivery of 75 boxes of Boo Boo Beanie Boppers for Thomas Fingerling. Now you. This is a lot of Boo Boo Beanie Boppers. You a collector or something? Sure am I. 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.

[Jed Anderson]

What now, Mandy?

[Guy Raz]

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

[Jed Anderson]

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

[Guy Raz]

Hey.

[Mindy Thompson]

What in the.

[Grandma G Force]

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

[Mindy Thompson]

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

[Grandma G Force]

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

[Mindy Thompson]

Looking at you? It's a tree.

[Grandma G Force]

It was throwing shade at me.

[Mindy Thompson]

You can't just go around the neighborhood chopping down trees. We need their shade to cool things down. And 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?

[Jed Anderson]

Bye bye, Boo Boo Weenie, Whopper Man, Toodle oo.

[Mindy Thompson]

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?

[Guy Raz]

No.

[Jed Anderson]

Well.

[Guy Raz]

Oh, hey, guy. Grandma G Force, 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 Thompson]

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 tighter.

[Mindy Thompson]

Wait, what?

[Grandma G Force]

Come here. A little tighter. I'll still eat.

[Mindy Thompson]

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 Thompson]

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 Thompson]

I'm coming, I'm coming. Grandma GeForce, she coming too.

[Grandma G Force]

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

[Mindy Thompson]

Hop on.

[Grandma G Force]

Giddy up, garage.

[Guy Raz]

Walk, walk, walk, walk. Oh, 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. Wild weather events like storms, floods, droughts, hurricanes, wildfires. It's like the planet is going bonker balls.

[Mindy Thompson]

That's right. All the time.

[Jed Anderson]

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.

[Mindy Thompson]

Yes, for sure.

[Grandma G Force]

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

[Mindy Thompson]

What? No.

[Grandma G Force]

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.

[Jed Anderson]

Ooh, I like the sound of that. Mandy, how many boo boo beanie boppers can I fit on Mars?

[Mindy Thompson]

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 Thompson]

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.

[Jed Anderson]

Neat.

[Mindy Thompson]

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 Thompson]

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.

[Jed Anderson]

Oh, I noticed.

[Grandma G Force]

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

[Dennis]

Yeah, who's the troublemaker?

[Mindy Thompson]

Well, we are.

[Dennis]

What? How?

[Guy Raz]

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.

[Jed Anderson]

Yeah, me neither.

[Mindy Thompson]

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 Thompson]

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 Thompson]

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

[Guy Raz]

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

[Mindy Thompson]

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

[Guy Raz]

Oh, like my gas guzzling ice cream truck.

[Jed Anderson]

Well, maybe you should convert it to electric power.

[Guy Raz]

Oh, good idea, Thomas Fingerling.

[Mindy Thompson]

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

[Jed Anderson]

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

[Dennis]

Oh, yeah, probably.

[Jed Anderson]

No, leave the boppers out of this.

[Mindy Thompson]

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, he's talking about me chopping down all the neighborhood trees.

[Mindy Thompson]

That is 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 Thompson]

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. Some more than others.

[Grandma G Force]

I would like to make an announcement.

[Mindy Thompson]

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.

[Jed Anderson]

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.

[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 Thompson]

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.

[Jed Anderson]

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 Thompson]

Yeah. The importance 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 Thompson]

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 Thompson]

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

[Guy Raz]

Oh, I know.

[Dennis]

I'm a top contributor on the neighborhood Snoop Scope online website.

[Jed Anderson]

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 Thompson]

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 Thompson]

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

[Guy Raz]

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

[Mindy Thompson]

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 much 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.

[Mindy Thompson]

Post.

[Jed Anderson]

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 Popper to my front door.

[Dennis]

Whoa.

[Mindy Thompson]

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 maintain, 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 crusade 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 Thompson]

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 Thompson]

Climate crusaders, this meeting is adjourned.

[Dennis]

Now let's get out there and start. 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.

[Listener Callers]

Wow in the World.

[Guy Raz]

We'll be right back. Grownups. This message is for you. That's it. 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.

[Listener Callers]

Hello, my name is Harper. I'm 10. I live in Chicago, Illinois, and my wow on this 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. Bye. Dennis, Mindy, Guy Raz. Baby Dennis and Thomas Fingerling and Grandma G Force.

[Guy Raz]

Moo. Yay.

[Listener Callers]

Hi, my name is Corinne, 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. Bye. Hi, my name is Naila. 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 Hallie, and I am from Ohio. The place that wows me, it's a natural history museum in New York. Hi. Love your show. Hi. My name is Nico, 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 Rifka. 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 Grant, 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 Grown Ups if you like WOW in the World, you can listen early and ad free right now on Wondery.

[Mindy Thompson]

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[Guy Raz]

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 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 Thompson]

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 WEWOW on the weekend.

[Guy Raz]

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.

[Mindy Thompson]

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.

[Guy Raz]

Once again, that's Tinkercast.com wow in the.

[Mindy Thompson]

World is written by Mindy Thompson and Tom Van Kelken 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 Thompson]

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

[Guy Raz]

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

[Mindy Thompson]

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

[Guy Raz]

Grown Ups. You can follow wow in the World on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter owintheworld and our email address is [e-mail] thanks for listening.

[Mindy Thompson]

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 wow in the World podcast feed. Until then, keep on wowing.

[Guy Raz]

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