Smart Underwear?! The Science of Farts, Gut Health & the Human “Flatus Atlas”

Summary

Wow in the World — “Smart Underwear?! The Science of Farts, Gut Health & the Human Flatus Atlas”

Podcast: Wow in the World
Hosts: Mindy Thomas & Guy Raz
Air Date: May 18, 2026

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Episode Overview

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.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introduction to Smart Underwear & Flatisfest

• Setting the Scene: Mindy and Guy Raz, originally on their way to Basket Fest, reroute to "Flatisfest" after hearing about a new scientific innovation—smart underwear (04:11).
• Smart Underwear Explained: Mindy reveals the underwear features "toot tracking technology" developed by researchers at the University of Maryland (05:13).

2. How (and Why) Do We Fart?

• Flatulence Science 101: The crew visits a “Free Fart Facts” booth. They learn beans (and certain other foods) contain sugars humans can’t digest, but gut microbes can—producing gas as a byproduct (09:10).
• What’s in a Fart?: Thomas Fingerling demonstrates the “recipe” for flatulence: nitrogen, hydrogen, methane, carbon dioxide, and oxygen—all invisible gases naturally found in our bodies (11:02).
  • Quote:
    “See, beans contain a special sugar that your body can’t completely break down… when bacteria or microbes eat, they make gas, and that gas builds up and your body has to toot it out.” — Mindy Thomas (09:18)

3. From Odor-Fighting Underwear to “Smart” Underwear

• History: Guy Raz explains “toot trapping undies” (called Under-Ease), which use activated charcoal filters to reduce fart odors (12:23).
• Next Generation: At Flatisfest’s main stage, they witness the reveal of the smart underwear device—a small black button-like wearable that tracks hydrogen gas (14:06, 14:25).
  • Quote:
    “Smart underwear is a wearable device designed to measure human flatulence.” — Thomas Fingerling (14:11)

4. How Much Do People Actually Fart?

• The Big Question: The team discusses how scientists previously had to rely on self-reporting or uncomfortable medical devices to estimate how often people fart (17:10).
• Revelation from Smart Underwear: Initial data shows adults pass gas an average of 32 times a day, double the prior estimate of 14 (19:06).
  • Quote:
    “From the data scientists have collected so far… healthy adults pass gas on average of 32 times a day, twice what was originally thought. But this… This is positively groundbreaking.” — Thomas Fingerling (19:14)

5. The Human Flatus Atlas Project

• Ambition: Scientists are launching the “Human Flatus Atlas” to collect toot data around the clock, from people nationwide, to build the world’s first comprehensive “fart map” (20:03-22:29).
• How It Works: The device tracks gas production and matches it with diet and gut microbes for research into gut health (20:16).
  • Quote:
    “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.” — Mindy Thomas (20:03)

6. Three Types of Farters

• Through new data, scientists have identified:
  • Zen Digesters: High-fiber eaters who fart very little
  • Average Everyday Farters: The majority, averaging 32 toots per day
  • Hydrogen Hyper Producers: People who toot much more than average (21:17)
• Grandma G Force is crowned the "Queen of Flatus" for her spectacular performance as a Hydrogen Hyper Producer (21:17, 22:46).

7. Why This Research Matters

• Normal vs Abnormal: Scientists hope to learn what’s a “normal” level of gas, and how foods and microbes impact digestive health, with implications for understanding digestive issues (22:10).

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Memorable Moments & Notable Quotes

• 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)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Smart Underwear Introduction — 04:35
• How Beans Cause Farts — 09:10
• Flatulence Recipe (Toot-oriel) — 11:04
• History of Odor-Fighting Underwear — 12:23
• Smart Underwear Reveal — 13:56–14:25
• How Many Farts Per Day? — 17:10, 19:14
• Human Flatus Atlas — 20:03–22:29
• Types of Farters Explained — 21:04–21:35
• “Queen of Flatus” Crowning — 22:46

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Final Takeaway

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!

Transcript

[Mindy Thomas]

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[Dennis]

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[Mindy Thomas]

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[Dennis]

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[Dennis]

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[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]

Back to the show. Hi, thanks for calling wow in the world. After the beep, get ready to record.

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Gnarly.

[Caller]

Bye. Hi, Mindy and Guy Raz. I'm Lydia and I live in North America. My wow is that humans glow in the dark. However, the light we give off is 1000 times weaker than your eyes can see. Bye. Love your show. Hi, Mindy and Guy. My name is Evelyn and I'm from the United States. And my wow is that jellyfish have no brains, eyes, ears, nose, and they are 95% water. Say hi to Dennis. Hi, Reggie. Grandma G Force.

[Mindy Thomas]

Yay.

[Caller]

And Thomas Fingerling for me.

[Thomas Fingerling]

Oh, cool, dude.

[Caller]

Bye. Love your show. Hi, Mindy and Guy Raz. My name is Tatum and I'm from Montana. My wow in the world is that archaeologists found a bottle of honey that was over 3,000 years old in an Egyptian tomb and it was still edible. Isn't that crazy? They had a static man, AKA Dennis.

[Dennis]

What? No, I'm not static man. We just look alike and sound alike.

[Caller]

Grandma Dew Force, Thomas Fingerling, Reggie and the Sleigh Cat.

[Mindy Thomas]

Bye.

[Caller]

Hello, my name is Natasha, I'm eight years old. I live in Atlanta, Georgia. And my wow is that there's this galaxy called M87 and it has a black hole in the center of it that is 6.5 billion times as massive as the sun. They hide a Grandma J Force, Thomas Fingerling, Dennis and Reggie for me.

[Grandma G Force]

Oh, snipe.

[Guy Raz]

Hi there.

[Caller]

I love your show. Goodbye.

[Mindy Thomas]

End of messages.

[Guy Raz]

Before we get into the credits for today's episode, we want to give some some special shout outs and say a huge thank you to some of the wowzers whose families are powering the WOW this year.

[Mindy Thomas]

We broke the names up into two batches and here is our second batch of names. We are so grateful for your support.

[Guy Raz]

Dikayla from California. Avani and Avir also from California. Martin and Matias from Utah. Penny, James and Anna. Louise from North Carolina. Lenox and Langston from Arkansas.

[Mindy Thomas]

Fiona. Bram and Callum from Wisconsin. Samuel and Victoria from Louisiana. Erin and Eden from California. Milos from California. Jonah and Elijah from New Jersey.

[Guy Raz]

Naya, Nuran, Sumitra and Bivash from New York. Noah, Hudson and Ella from Pennsylvania. Evan and Emma from North Carolina. Wesley from Virginia. Ashcon and Kayvon from New Mexico.

[Mindy Thomas]

Lily and James from Georgia. Beckett, Harper, Tim and Annie from Texas. Josiah, Elijah and Dad from Texas. Ellie and Daniel from Michigan. Alex and Eli from Colorado.

[Guy Raz]

Ethan and Eli from Wisconsin. Kira and Corinne from Illinois, Jack and Nick from Florida, Odin, Lyra and Newton from California, Stella and Molly from Illinois,

[Mindy Thomas]

Carolyn and Theo from Missouri, Owen and Riley from Canada, Clark and Finley from Virginia, Ani and Mia from Massachusetts, Orly and Beckon from California, Theo and Mira

[Guy Raz]

from Virginia, Sebastian and Oliver from Michigan, Charlotte and Dean from New York, Campbell

[Mindy Thomas]

from Massachusetts, Nate and Sophie from from Hawaii, Wevy and a belated happy Birthday to Sanderling from Gilly and Ranger from

[Guy Raz]

the bottom of our hearts and the

[Mindy Thomas]

tops of our brains.

[Guy Raz]

Thank you.

[Mindy Thomas]

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.

[Guy Raz]

And while you're at it, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Leave us five stars and tell us what wows you about our show by leaving a review or send us a comment on Spotify. You just might hear your reviewsy read by Dennis on Wewow on the weekend,

[Mindy Thomas]

visit [e-mail] and become a member of the the World Organization of wowzers. With that you'll get year round mailings in your mailbox, weekly activities, birthday cards

[Guy Raz]

and more on Tinkercast.com, you can also shop our WOW. Shop, get tickets for upcoming live events, find our books, toys and science kits, and learn all about the other amazing podcasts from Tinkercast.

[Mindy Thomas]

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

[Guy Raz]

world is written by Mindy Thomas and Tom Van Kalken 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 and audio Producer Henry Moskal. 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 Boddy keeps our facts straight as our fact checker, Steph Sosa keeps our heads on straight as our Executive producer 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 Kristin Yang, Twee Mak, Ali Paksima, Linda Rothenberg and Anna Zagorsky 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 inkercast.com thanks for listening.

[Guy Raz]

Find episodes of wow. In the World every Monday to what's in the wow Every Friday right here and on YouTube.

[Mindy Thomas]

And don't forget, we wow on the weekends with Dennis every Saturday and Sunday right here in the wow in the World podcast feed.

[Guy Raz]

Until then, keep on wowing.

[Dennis]

World.

[Mindy Thomas]

Wow. In the World was made by Tinkercast.