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Mindy Thomas
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Dennis
Birthday.
Mindy Thomas
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Dennis
Wow.
Mindy Thomas
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Dennis
Wyatt Yoshi.
Mindy Thomas
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Guy Raz
Ignition. Get ready for an adventure of magnificent proportion.
Dennis
I don't know what you've been told.
Thomas Fingerling
We're in a golden age.
Dennis
So many discoveries that are jumping off the page while in the out.
Thomas Fingerling
Wow.
Dennis
Welcome to Bongo in the Big two
Thomas Fingerling
in the Morning on KWOW Show. And today, me and Bongo are taking part in a scientific data collection effort.
Mindy Thomas
Ooh, ooh. Turn it up, Guy Raz.
Guy Raz
Oh, sure.
Thomas Fingerling
On, That's right.
Dennis
We're testing the first ever smart underwear.
Thomas Fingerling
If you want to learn more and take part, get on down. Welcome to Flatisfest. Flatisfest.
Guy Raz
Smart underwear at Flatisfest.
Mindy Thomas
Oh yeah. Smart underwear is a new scientific innovation from a group of researchers at the University of Maryland.
Guy Raz
Wow.
Mindy Thomas
Really?
Dennis
Can we go, Mindy? Can we go to Flatisfest? Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please.
Mindy Thomas
Well, we were on our way to Basket Fest, but I guess we can change our plans and go to Flatis Fest. Hold on everyone. We gotta reroute.
Dennis
Play this fast. Play this. Fest.
Mindy Thomas
Flight is fast. There we go.
Guy Raz
So Mindy, tell us what's behind this smart underwear idea anyway?
Mindy Thomas
Well, from what I understand, it's a new kind of underpants with toot tracking technology. And it's very intelligent.
Guy Raz
Uh huh.
Thomas Fingerling
There ain't no way a pair of underpants is smarter than me.
Dennis
Yes there is, Tommy. There's scientists underpants.
Grandma G Force
Well, I do not believe underpants.
Thomas Fingerling
What?
Grandma G Force
I only wear over the pants.
Mindy Thomas
Grandma G. Forrest, you're wearing your undies on the outside again.
Grandma G Force
Well, I'm not gonna wear em on the inside else or no one will see em.
Thomas Fingerling
So I heard these smart science underpants are so smart they can see right into your digestive guts. And I heard they can tell you how many times a day you flatulate.
Dennis
Yeah, and how many. How'd you fart?
Grandma G Force
Oh, please.
Guy Raz
What in the Granny J.
Mindy Thomas
Now say excuse me.
Grandma G Force
Oh, right. Pardon me, duck. I didn't see you there. What?
Thomas Fingerling
Huh? A duck?
Dennis
Wait, where did that come from?
Grandma G Force
I don't know, but it's mine now. Come here, duck.
Mindy Thomas
Oh, look, we're here. All right, last one else smells like a rotten egg.
Grandma G Force
Okay, come on, D.
Thomas Fingerling
Look at that.
Dennis
Hello and welcome to Flatisfest. Tickets please.
Mindy Thomas
Oh, right. Tickets.
Guy Raz
Mindy, I don't think we have tickets to Flatisfest, do we?
Mindy Thomas
Uh, no. But I do have a ticket for one free spin at the Spin Zone and four raffle tickets for Rafflefest. Do you take raffle tickets?
Dennis
Oh, I'm afraid not. Sorry. Rat. Please step aside so I can let this nice lady and her duck through.
Guy Raz
What?
Dennis
Yoo hoo, Young lady with the duck.
Grandma G Force
Who, me?
Dennis
Yes, you. Please step forward and have a flatus filled day at Flatisfest.
Grandma G Force
Okay.
Dennis
Just pass through the gas deer and enjoy your stay. Moo.
Grandma G Force
Yay.
Dennis
Toodaloo.
Mindy Thomas
But she didn't even have a ticket.
Dennis
Yes, that's. That's because it's undies on the outside day. Everyone wearing their underpants on the outside of their clothes gets in free. Oh, well, why didn't you say so?
Guy Raz
What in the.
Dennis
Ta da.
Mindy Thomas
Dennis, how did you get your undies on the outside so fast?
Dennis
Magic, huh? Thank you.
Thomas Fingerling
Okay, I'm ready as well.
Guy Raz
Thomas Fingerling, how did you get your underwear on the outside so fast?
Thomas Fingerling
Well, I always keep spare underpants in my pocket. You know that.
Guy Raz
Uh, no, I don't.
Dennis
Excellent, sir. Come right on through.
Thomas Fingerling
Ooh, duh. Wow.
Dennis
Come on, there being Guy. Put your underpants on the outside so you can get in for free.
Guy Raz
Uh, that's okay. We'll just pay. How much for two tickets?
Dennis
Two tickets will be $40.
Guy Raz
You mean $40.
Dennis
Yes, exactly.
Guy Raz
Okay, here you go.
Dennis
Thank you. And have a flatulence day.
Guy Raz
Uh, did you mean fabulous day?
Dennis
What did I say?
Guy Raz
Flatulence day.
Mindy Thomas
Next. Come on, Guy. Raz, let's go.
Guy Raz
Right behind you, Mindy.
Dennis
Wow. Hooray. Play this fest. Play this fest. What should we see first?
Thomas Fingerling
Well, it looks like there's a free fart facts booth over there.
Grandma G Force
I want to see them smarty farty underpants that the big toot was talking about on the radio.
Thomas Fingerling
Uh.
Grandma G Force
Hmm.
Mindy Thomas
It looks like they're saving that big unveiling for last.
Thomas Fingerling
Hello there. Can I interest you in a sample of high fiber fart food?
Guy Raz
Oh, beans. I love beans. Well, what I really love is organizing my beans in alphabetical order.
Mindy Thomas
Wait. High fiber fart food? Tell me more.
Thomas Fingerling
Of course. See, beans contain a special sugar that your body can't completely break down. And once that sugar reaches your large intestine, the microbes or bacteria that live there get to eat it instead.
Mindy Thomas
And let me guess. When bacteria or microbes eat, they make
Guy Raz
gas, and that gas builds up and
Mindy Thomas
your body has to toot it out.
Thomas Fingerling
That's right. There you are.
Guy Raz
Ow.
Thomas Fingerling
Oh, my.
Dennis
So how long until I'm Full of flatulence.
Thomas Fingerling
Um, well, what's that? That is the Flatusfest trouser trumpet bag. Cool, dude. I'll catch up with y' all later.
Mindy Thomas
Okay, Mr. Fingerling. But be sure to meet us back at the main stage in time for the big Smart Underpants reveal.
Thomas Fingerling
Okey doke. Hey, you all know the song Thunder from Down Under?
Guy Raz
So what's next, Mindy?
Mindy Thomas
Hmm, I'm not sure.
Thomas Fingerling
Would you care to see a demonstration? A toot, Oriel, if you will.
Dennis
I do, I do, I do.
Thomas Fingerling
What's the tutorial on how flatulence is made?
Grandma G Force
Well, I already know that. Oh, Granny J, that was the duck.
Mindy Thomas
Why, yes, we would love to see how to make our own toots at home.
Dennis
Yeah, me too.
Thomas Fingerling
Okay, wonderful. Gather round. My mixing bowl. The ingredients are simple. We need some nitrogen, hydrogen, a dash of methane, a scoop of carbon dioxide and a pinch of oxygen.
Dennis
Cool. Where can I find all those ingredients?
Grandma G Force
At your local grocer, probably.
Thomas Fingerling
Actually, you can find all of these ingredients in your own bodies.
Mindy Thomas
Wow.
Thomas Fingerling
Okay, now I'm just going to mix them all up here in my mixing bowl.
Guy Raz
Mix them up?
Thomas Fingerling
Exactly. The nitrogen, hydrogen, methane, carbon dioxide and oxygen will combine to create flatus. Any questions?
Dennis
Oh, I have a question.
Thomas Fingerling
Yes?
Dennis
How come we can't see any of the ingredients you're mixing up?
Thomas Fingerling
Oh, well, that's because they're invisible. Ah.
Dennis
Like magic.
Thomas Fingerling
Um, no.
Mindy Thomas
Ah, tennis. It's because hydrogen, methane, carbon dioxide and oxygen are all gases, and these gases
Guy Raz
are invisible to the human eye.
Dennis
Oh, is that why all toots are invisible?
Thomas Fingerling
Well, flatus should be invisible. Yes.
Dennis
So cool. Well, thanks for the tutorial, Mr. Volunteer Person. Come on, everyone. Let's go see if we can score any flatisfest swag.
Thomas Fingerling
Wait, don't you want to smell the finished product?
Dennis
Look, Mindy. Look, Guy over there. A demonstration on toot trapping undies. Ooh, Guy.
Mindy Thomas
Raz, we know about these. Remember? Under ease?
Thomas Fingerling
Oh, yeah.
Guy Raz
Toot trapping undies, or under ease, which were invented in the early 2000s by an American inventor named Buck Weimer.
Mindy Thomas
Oh, yeah, they're so cool. They have a built in activated charcoal filter, so when you toot through your underpants, the gas has to pass through
Guy Raz
the fabric, and then the charcoal traps and absorbs the odor molecules before they can escape into the air.
Mindy Thomas
In other words, it traps and holds the toot so that you don't have to soak.
Thomas Fingerling
Oh, well.
Guy Raz
Wow. Toot trapping underwear. What will they think of next?
Mindy Thomas
I don't know. Bottom booster, boxer briefs? Sauce? Pocket dunker drawers.
Guy Raz
What in the.
Thomas Fingerling
Since the dawn of man, one question has persisted throughout all human history.
Guy Raz
Mindy, it's happening. This must be it.
Thomas Fingerling
That question. Who farted? Whoever smelt it, dealt it. Whoever denied it, supplied it. Whoever said the rhyme, did the crime. All of these answers dissatisfying. But this stinky mystery is about to end. From the scientific masterminds at the University of Maryland, introducing smart underwear.
Dennis
What? I don't see any underwear. Mindy, do you see any underwear?
Mindy Thomas
No, I just. I see a little black button.
Dennis
Huh? Um, Mr. Announcer?
Thomas Fingerling
Uh, yes?
Dennis
Where are the underwear? Are they under that little black button?
Thomas Fingerling
Uh, no, they are this little black button. This is the smart underwear. Ah. Smart underwear is a wearable device designed to measure human flatulence.
Guy Raz
Ah, it's a device.
Thomas Fingerling
And by tracking flatus flaunting hydrogen gas, this device holds the truth about our toots.
Dennis
Wow.
Grandma G Force
What is flatus?
Mindy Thomas
Oh, flatus is just a fancy word for farts.
Grandma G Force
Oh, fancy.
Thomas Fingerling
Now, I've got a question for all of you. How many times a day would you say you fart?
Mindy Thomas
32 times a day. But I always say. Excuse me.
Guy Raz
It's really not something I like to talk about.
Grandma G Force
I don't never fart. Excuse me.
Thomas Fingerling
Exactly. So many answers. But which one is the truth? You there, madam. You with the underpants, on the outside of a wrestling unitard.
Dennis
Granny G, that's you.
Thomas Fingerling
Yes, you. You with the duck. Come on up to the stage, please.
Grandma G Force
Well, can I bring the duck?
Thomas Fingerling
Um, no.
Mindy Thomas
Go on up, Grandma G Force. Guy Raz will hold the duck for you.
Grandma G Force
Fine.
Guy Raz
What?
Grandma G Force
Me?
Guy Raz
Oh, why do I have to hold the duck? He was the duck.
Thomas Fingerling
Ma', am. Why don't you tell us your name?
Mindy Thomas
No, that's my grandma G Force.
Thomas Fingerling
Ah, Ms. G Force, is it? I believe I heard you claim that you pass gas zero times a day.
Grandma G Force
That is correct.
Thomas Fingerling
Would you care to put that claim to the test using smart underwear?
Grandma G Force
Well, I don't not got any smart underwears. My underwears are so dumb. Look, they say it's yesterday up here on the waistband. And everybody knows it's Monday.
Mindy Thomas
Wait, those are my day of the week. Underpants, Grandma G Force.
Guy Raz
And Also, it's Saturday.
Thomas Fingerling
Ms. G Force, I will ask you one more time. How many times a day do you float an air biscuit burp from the bottom?
Grandma G Force
What?
Thomas Fingerling
How many times a day do you fart?
Grandma G Force
I already told you, Mr. Announcer Man. 0. 0 times a day. Ah.
Thomas Fingerling
What was that?
Grandma G Force
Oh, that. Well, that was just a little snoring mouse.
Mindy Thomas
You know, Guy Raz, for a long time, scientists didn't have a good way to count how often people tooted. They mostly had to just ask people to keep track themselves or use really uncomfortable medical tools in small studies.
Guy Raz
But as we can see here with Grandma G Force, people seem to lose
Mindy Thomas
count or forget altog toot while they're sleeping.
Guy Raz
And also, different people feel gas differently. I mean, two people might pass gas the same amount, but one barely notices while the other feels it a lot.
Thomas Fingerling
Now, what do you say, Ms. G Force? Would you care to back up your claim of zero farts with our flatus detecting device?
Grandma G Force
You're on.
Thomas Fingerling
Excellent. Ms. G Force, please connect this little device onto your outside underwear.
Grandma G Force
Okay. There. Clipped it right in there, behind of the old release valve.
Thomas Fingerling
Now, this smart underwear device uses electrochemical sensors to track intestinal gas production around the clock.
Dennis
Huh?
Grandma G Force
What does that even mean?
Thomas Fingerling
That means we only need to patiently wait until your body relaxes. And.
Grandma G Force
And what?
Thomas Fingerling
And.
Guy Raz
Something tells me that wasn't a duck.
Dennis
Aha.
Thomas Fingerling
And there we have it.
Grandma G Force
No, that was an anomaly.
Thomas Fingerling
Oh, goodness gracious.
Mindy Thomas
Oh, she is really letting them rest.
Grandma G Force
Oh, that's a bad squeaking chair. And that floor squeaking too. Is that your phone vibrating?
Guy Raz
Suminthi? I always understood that from a scientific perspective, the average person passes gas around 14 times a day. I mean, is it possible that this smart underwear technology is gonna tell us that that number is higher?
Mindy Thomas
I think it's safe to say that that number might be looking much.
Grandma G Force
I do not know what is happening right now.
Thomas Fingerling
From the data scientists have collected so far using this smart underwear technology, they found healthy adults pass gas on average of 32 times a day, twice what was originally thought. But this. This is positively groundbreaking.
Grandma G Force
Okay, that was not me. I don't even think that was a human.
Guy Raz
So, Mindy, I mean, what do scientists plan to do with this smart underwear technology and all the information that they're gonna learn from it?
Mindy Thomas
Well, right now, scientists don't actually know what a normal amount of tooting even is.
Guy Raz
I see. And if you don't know what's normal, it's hard to know when someone is tooting too much.
Mindy Thomas
Exactly. So these scientists are starting something called the human flatus, and it's basically a big project to measure how often people toot during the day and at night while they're sleeping.
Guy Raz
Huh. And I guess by wearing this smart underwear technology, the counting is done automatically.
Mindy Thomas
That's right. And people from all over the United States can join from home. The scientists will compare the tooting patterns with what people eat and the tiny little living things inside their guts called microbes.
Thomas Fingerling
According to our smart underwear data, there are three types of people in this world. First, we have the Zen digesters. People who eat a lot of fiber but barely fart.
Dennis
Hey, that's like me.
Thomas Fingerling
And then there are the average everyday farters who Pass gas roughly 32 times in a 24 hour period.
Dennis
Hey, that's me.
Thomas Fingerling
But what we have standing here before us is a microbial marvel. Ms. G Force, I crown you a Hydrogen Hyper Producer.
Grandma G Force
Oh, me Queen Hypergen Hyper Doodle. That's right. I'm Grandma G Force. And the G stands for gassing.
Guy Raz
I'm sorry, A Hydrogen Hyper Producer Zen Digester.
Mindy Thomas
Oh yeah. These are real terms that these real scientists are using in their human Flatus atlas. By calling Grandma G Force a Hydrogen Hyper Producer, they're basically saying she just toots a lot more than most people.
Guy Raz
And these scientists are looking to study people like her.
Mindy Thomas
And also the infrequent tooters or Zen digesters like that guy over there.
Guy Raz
In order to better understand what the microbes in our guts are doing and what causes some to produce more gas than others.
Mindy Thomas
You know it. And also to help scientists figure out what a normal amount of tooting really looks like. And how the foods we eat might change what's happening inside our bellies.
Guy Raz
So in other words, with this new smart underwear technology and the information being shared in the human Flatus atlas, scientists
Mindy Thomas
are basically building the world's first fart map. Yes.
Guy Raz
Who knew flatulence could be so fascinating?
Thomas Fingerling
Ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause for Ms. G Force, the Queen of Flatus.
Grandma G Force
Way to go, G Force.
Dennis
Thank you.
Grandma G Force
Thank you. Now where's my friend? I want a million. And can I get a little sash or something?
Thomas Fingerling
Oh boy.
Dennis
Wow in the world. We'll be right back, grown ups.
Mindy Thomas
This message is for you.
Thomas Fingerling
I can't open this jar of pickles.
Mindy Thomas
Let me try, Grandpa.
Grandma G Force
Ha.
Thomas Fingerling
You've clearly been drinking your milk. Milk can help you build muscles.
Mindy Thomas
Free. We're finally free.
Thomas Fingerling
Wait, who said that milk can't stop pickles from coming alive?
Dennis
That's it.
Mindy Thomas
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Dennis
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Grandma G Force
Oh, yeah.
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Thomas Fingerling
Oh, cool, dude.
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Dennis
What? No, I'm not static man. We just look alike and sound alike.
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Grandma G Force
Oh, snipe.
Guy Raz
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Guy Raz
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Mindy Thomas
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Guy Raz
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Mindy Thomas
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Guy Raz
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Guy Raz
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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
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Guy Raz
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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
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Podcast: Wow in the World
Hosts: Mindy Thomas & Guy Raz
Air Date: May 18, 2026
This episode takes listeners on a hilarious yet fascinating journey into the science of flatulence—or “farts”—and the latest in wearable technology: smart underwear! Mindy, Guy Raz, and their quirky podcast crew stumble into "Flatisfest," where scientists are unveiling high-tech underpants designed to track human gas output. Along the way, the crew learns surprising facts about our guts, bacteria, toot tracking, and the ambitious “Human Flatus Atlas” project. The episode expertly balances silly humor with real scientific discoveries, making gastrointestinal science accessible and fun for kids and families.
Dennis’s confusion at Flatisfest admissions
“Everyone wearing their underpants on the outside of their clothes gets in free.” — Dennis (07:28)
Festival humor and classic callbacks
“Whoever smelt it, dealt it. Whoever denied it, supplied it. Whoever said the rhyme, did the crime.” — Thomas Fingerling (13:16)
Device Demonstration
"Ms. G Force, please connect this little device onto your outside underwear." — Thomas Fingerling (17:47)
“Oh, that's a bad squeaking chair. And that floor squeaking too. Is that your phone vibrating?” — Grandma G Force, in comic denial after a detected toot (18:42)
Summarizing the project
“With this new smart underwear technology and the information being shared in the human Flatus atlas, scientists are basically building the world’s first fart map.” — Mindy Thomas (22:29)
This episode seamlessly blends fun, laughter, and science to answer one of humanity’s oldest questions: “How much does the average person fart?” Listeners discover that cutting-edge science can be found in the least expected places—even our underpants—and that by charting our toots, scientists are learning more about gut health, microbes, and the role of diet than ever before.
Keep an eye out for more discoveries… and maybe more smart undies!