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Hey, Wowzer, fams. Mindy here. And before we start the show, guess what? The brand new season of two what's in a People who Wow Edition begins this Friday. Cue the confetti, Reg. In this Getting to Know youw game show, I'll be visited by some of the world's most fascinating people to get the wows and the what's of their lives. From cartoonist and graphic novelist Raina Telgemeier of the Smile series, to everyday extraordinary kids just like you. And that's not all. With this new season of two what's in a wow? There are now two ways to wow. What am I talking about? Well, first, you can listen to episodes right here in our wow. In the World podcast feed. Or. And this is a big or. Yeah, you're right, Reg. That doesn't have the same ring to it. Okay, now where was I?
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Oh, yeah.
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As always, you can listen to new episodes in your favorite podcast player, or you can watch these episodes with your eyeballs on YouTube. I know. I should comb my hair or something. We are so excited for you to listen and watch our new season of two once in a while, People who Wow Edition starting this Friday. So make sure you're subscribed to our podcast feed and our WowTube channel on YouTube so you don't miss out. That's two what's in a People who Wow Edition coming this Friday. But in the meantime, let's get back to the show. Hey, Grown Ups Mindy here. And do I have a wow for you. What if I told you that the best kids math program is actually inspired by comic books and it's about monsters? It's called Beast Academy. And the little monsters, like Grog, do the kind of math that gives kids curious enough to stop and think and figure things out for themselves. For example, Krog asked his Beast Academy math club, if our school has more than 366 kids in it, is it guaranteed that two of them will have exactly the same birthday? He proved that the answer is yes. Through problem solving.
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Wow.
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That's Beast Academy. Where kids build problem solving skills through interesting problems and puzzles. It's from the folks at Art of Problem Solving, the same people who train math champions. Grown ups. Head to beastacademy.com and use code BEASTWOW for 10% off the online program. Oh, and tell Grog Mindy says hi.
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Who's that walking through the woods? Wyatt's Yoshi, here to explore a world of curious creatures with you. Discovered a creature you haven't seen before. Why don't you get Yoshi to see what it tastes like?
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Hmm.
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Soapy. No wonder this creature blows giant bubbles so big they can carry you. You jump from one bubble to another and reach new areas. There are plenty more surprises to discover, too. Bowser Jr. What are you doing out here? You can jump into adventure with Yoshi and The Mysterious Book. May 21, only on Nintendo Switch 2. Game Rated E for everyone.
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Ah ah ah ah ah. We wow on the weekend? We wow on the weekend? We wow on the weekend? Cause this is what we do. Talking, laughing, me and Reggie singing, laughing. And then we. Oh, wait, no, I said laughing twice. Whatever. We wow on the weekend. Yeah, we wow on the weekend? Clap clap me wow on the weekend? Cause this is what we do on the weekend. Hello and welcome to Wee Wow on the Weekend. I'm your host, Dennis, and here's my co host, Reggie the giant pigeon. Say hi, Reggie. Hey, Reggie, look what I found. It's my old yearbook from boarding school. My cherished days at Count Montague's school for nosy little children. The most wonderful moments of my young life. Oh, look, there's my picture. Yeah. Huh. I look different without a mustache. Um, maybe I should draw one on Lil O me. There we go. That's better. Oh, and there's my favorite teacher, professor von Sneakson. She was amazing. She taught my favorite subject, History of snooping. Yeah, History of snooping was like all the gossip from olden times. You would not believe the drama in feudal Japan. Who was your favorite teacher? Teacher Reggie. Mr. Featherstein. What did he teach? Oh, wow, I didn't know you took biochemistry. Well, I just want to say thanks to all the teachers out there for teaching us how to eavesdrop on our neighbors. Right? And for teaching us about science and biochemistry and stuff. Okay, that's enough of that. Let's get to our first segment, Reading reviewsies. I'm reading reviewsies for me and for you, Z. We've got us some doozies, so let's read reviews. Z's. This is the part where people write us comments on Apple podcasts or Spotify or whatever, and I print a bunch out and read them aloud. And our first reviewsy is from Roggy. Look at these. It's a whole bunch of ideas for what to name my goldfish. Yeah, remember, I got a goldfish and then I didn't know what to name it. Oh, my poor little goldf. Swimming around without a name for weeks. But we're gonna give you a name right now, Lil Fishy. How's that sound? Yay. Let's do it. What's the name? What's the name? What's the name of the fish? Okay, in no particular order, here are some of the names that my devoted listeners think would be amazing for my fish. First, we got Fizzy. Oh, that's cute. Then we got Goldie Bubbles Guppy, which is also cute. And then there's Mango Pancake Sashimi. Sashimi. What's that? So she. No, we're not gonna eat this fish, Reggie. It's a pet. We're not naming it after sushi. Okay, and then we got Goldie golden. Another Goldie. Goldie McGoat face. Another Goldie Gold. Gold, Goldie McNuggets. And then we've got Bob, Brad, Greg, George Gilbert. Another Bob Pearl Aurora, Sunrise fins, static fish, Mr. Shiny scales slime, Big Chungus, Another Bubbles. And then this one's just a bunch of fish emojis. Okay, and then finally, we have Dennis Jr, Golden, Dennis and Bob. Wow, our listeners really brought their naming. Except for Static fish. Not sure what that one's about. Reggie. There are so many great names, but I only have one goldfish. Yeah, I guess I could go out and adopt, like, 30 or 40 more goldfish. So we could use all the names, but then how would I tell them apart? This is a real crisis, Reggie. A crisis. Okay, you're right. Deep breath. We could do this. Oh, that's a great idea, Reggie. There are some names that a lot of listeners suggested. Like Goldie. Yeah. And like Bob. Okay, Goldie or Bob. Goldie or Bob. Well, both are equally beautiful names for a goldfish, Reggie. Okay, how about Goldie Bob? Yeah, it's perfect. What do you think, Goldie Bob? She likes it. Yeah, I think it's a girl. Are you a girl, Goldie Bob? Bob, make bubble noises if you're a girl. Yay. Okay, thanks for all the fish names, listeners. And remember, if you leave a comment on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, I just might rate it on Wee Wow on the weekend. Five stars or more, please. Because, Reggie, we need to look good for Goldie Bob. Isn't that right, Goldie Bob? Okay, next up is a little segment I like to call Inside Tinkercast Studios. Ahem. Inside Tinkercast Studios. This is the part where we revisit an episode of one of my favorite Tinkercast shows. And today we're listening to wow. In the World, Season 3, Episode 10 called One Plus Two Equals Three. Just ask a bee. The scientific buzz on bees and math. Oh, I love bees. What do you mean of course I love bees. Well, yes, I hate bugs because they're icky and crawly and slimy and gross. But bees are the best kind of bugs because they pollinate all the flowers, including my prize winning azaleas. I don't even want to think about what would happen to my prize winning azaleas if there weren't any bees around to pollinate them. No, Reggie, don't even say it. Okay, here we go. And play.
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Grown ups.
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This message is for you yellow grownups.
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Jett Anderson here from Tinkercast. I got a question for you. How does your household manage to keep track of everything? I mean, really. I want to know because after a day of producing another episode of wow. In the World and keeping track of all the crazy characters, the voices, I then have to keep track of all the crazy characters at home. That is why I can't wait to get a Skylight calendar. It's an all in one digital smart calendar that syncs with Google Calendar, Outlook and more. And it gives you and your kids the perfect customized view of everyone's events, chores, and to dos so that nothing slips through the cracks. Families are better when they're working together. Right now, Skylight is offering our listeners $30 off their 15 inch calendars by going to myskylight.com wowintheworld go to myskylight.com wowIntheworld for $30 off your 15 inch calendar. That's my s k y l ght.com wowintheworld that's it.
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Now back to the show.
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Wow in the world
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where you'll be
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left in the dust unless I stuck by ya. You're a sunflower. You're a sunflower. Every time I'm leaving on you. You don't make it easy. No, no, you don't make it.
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Hey, Guy.
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Razzie.
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Oh, hi, Mindy.
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What are you doing out here in the community garden so early?
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You know what they say.
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Yep.
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The early worm gets the bird, then it can't eat it because it doesn't have teeth.
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Uh, I hadn't heard that one. Eh.
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So what are you doing out here anyway?
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I was just doing some math exercises.
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Uh, math exercises?
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Yeah.
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In the sunflower patch of a community garden.
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I know. Isn't it perf.
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I'll tell you what I'm doing here. I am collecting sunflower seeds for a new energy bar recipe that Reggie and I are working on.
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Energy bar?
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Oh, yeah. There's a big opportunity in the energy bar for birds industry. Thinking of Starting a little business.
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Oh yeah, what's that?
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Energy bars for birds.
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Huh?
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We're gonna shove a bunch of sunflower seeds inside each bar, call em Paleo.
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Birds Going Paleo.
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I know, genius, right? Reggie came up with the idea to turn this concep for bird energy bars into a business after he had been listening to episode after episode of this one podcast called How I Bird this. Have you heard of it?
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Can't say I have.
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Oh, yeah, it's nuts. It features all of these birds and all the cool stuff that they've built, like bird houses that you can rent out to other birds for a night. And then there was this one episode of this bird owned company called Warbler Parker where you can get these flying goggles to try on at home, and if you don't like them, you send them back.
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Oh, that's cool.
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Anywho, you should totally check out the show. It's called How I Bird this. I think you're really gonna like the host. In fact, you kind of remind me of him. Guy Raz, where are you going? Wait up. You never explained why you were in the middle of all these sunflowers doing math exercises, or what those exercises even are.
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That's right. See you later.
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Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Guy Raz, I know that look anywhere. You are up to something. Guy Raz, were you in here doing a scientific investigation without me?
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Well, what makes you think that?
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Well, for starters, you're wearing the handy dandy 5D sensory hat.
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D oh, this thing? I didn't even notice. I just grabbed the first hat I could find as I walked. You know, with the strong sunlight. Always better to be extra cautious.
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Extra cautious? My math. Guy Raz, you are totally up to something.
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Hi, Mindy. Hi, Guy.
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Hi, Dennis.
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Whatcha doin'?
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Oh, you know, we were just about
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to search for the Fibonacci sequence.
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Yeah, see, nothing too exciting.
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The what?
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Oh, you two Liberace had a lot of sequence. You shouldn't have to search for them. I mean, unless he was walking around here back in the 70s and some loose sequins fell from one of his exotic costumes and into the yard. Huh.
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Interesting. Well, I'm actually talking about a mathematical concept known as the Fibonacci sequence, where each number in the sequence is the sum of the two numbers before it.
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Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. I understood none of that. And now my brain hurts, so I'm gonna go lay down.
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Okay, well, thanks, Dennis.
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Bye.
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Yep, peace out, Dennis. That was close. Okay, Guy Raz, what is going on. First, I find you in the community garden. You're standing in the midst of all of these sunflowers. Then you say that you're here to do math exercises. Plus you're wearing a full lab coat and the handy dandy 5D sensory Hattie. And now there' about sequins and nachos.
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No, no, Mindy, not nachos. The Fibonacci sequins. Though I do have to say I made a pretty mean batch of kale and tofu cheese nachos last night. You gotta try them next time I make em.
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Yeah, I think I'll take a pass. So you were saying something about Fibonacci?
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Well, Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician who lived more than 800 years ago in the city of Pisa.
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Oh, like where the Leaning Tower of Pisa is?
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Exactly.
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Wait, do you still have that Leaning Tower of Pisa jello sculpture? You made that one time.
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Don't you remember? You ate it.
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That's right, I did eat it.
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Anyway, Fibonacci was particularly interested in patterns.
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I love patterns. Plaids, stripes, polka dots, paisley.
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Well, not exactly those patterns, more like patterns that he noticed in nature.
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Giuseppe. Leonardo. Come quickly. You must look at this apple.
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What?
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What is it?
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The Red Delicious. It is delicious.
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But look at what happens when I slice it across its hemisphere.
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You see, it is right here. I just see the inside of an app.
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Ah, but you see at the center there is a star.
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And.
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And that star has five points. It's a part of a sequence. Don't you see? Everything in nature is connected to the sequence. Ah, Fibonacci. I'm afraid I don't understand. Well, if I take the number 0 and added the number 1, what do I get? Well, of course you will get the
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one because one plus zero is one.
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That is correct. So now let's say I take another one and I add it to one.
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Easy. One plus one is two.
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Now, what happens when I add a two and a one?
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Well, two plus one is three. Where is this going, Fibonacci.
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Aha.
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And now it gets interesting. What if I add 3 and 2? 3, 2 is 5 and that is the Fibonacci sequence. You start with a number and then you add to the number before it and you get a new number.
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Fibonacci.
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I am still not following. Well, well, well, it's like this. A zero, a one, a one, a two, three, five, eight, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89. You catch on my drift, eh?
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Oh, of course. Each number is the Number you get when you add up to two numbers before it.
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And, Leonardo, you can find these numbers represented in things like flowers, in pine cones, even inside the human body.
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Huh. So this guy, Fibonacci, who sounds awfully familiar, figured out that there's a mathematical pattern in almost every part of nature.
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Well, yeah. And in fact, Mindy, that's why I'm in this sunflower patch.
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So how do we find the Fibonacci sequence in a sunflower?
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Ah, well, that's precisely what I'm going to try and find out using my handy dandy 5d sensory hat d of
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course, because the 5d sensory hat d helps to magnify or increase all your senses. So that way.
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That way, I'll be able to see the parts of the sunflower really well, and I won't need a magnifying glass.
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Well, good thing I brought along my own 5D sensory hat tea. Just get it out of my adventure toolkit.
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Here.
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Put it on. Now let's go find some Fibonacci numbers.
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All right, let's see here. Look at this beautiful sunflower. Just a perfect, perfect specimen of a flower.
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And look how many petals this sunflower has. 1, 2, 3, 4. 55. I've counted 55 petals.
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That's it. A Fibonacci number. 55 is a Fibonacci number.
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What in the. Wow, Guy Raz, it is bonker balls. That we can find math all around us all the time. 24, 7.
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Get away.
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Ouch.
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Mindy, watch out for that bee. It seems a little aggressive.
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Ah.
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Get away from me, bees. Stop being all up in my bee's nest. Shoo, chooby, shoo.
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Hey, this is my flower. I was here first.
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Uh, Mindy, who just said that?
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I think it was the bee.
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Hang on, hang on a minute. I think the handy dandy 5D sensory hat is. Is giving a superpower hearing right now.
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As I said, this is my power yet lost.
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What in the.
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Uh. Oh, well, Mr. B. Sorry, we didn't realize you were here first. We were just searching for some mathematics in nature, and we didn't intend to disturb you.
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Well, you did disturb me. I'm just minding my own buzz, Nez. And you humans are droning on and on like drones. Why don't you buzz off?
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Uh, Mr. Bee, are you trying to tell us something?
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Oh, wait a minute, Guy Raz, I think we may have hurt his little bee feelings.
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Mindy, what in the world are you talking about?
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You know what? Let's just ask the bee. Okay. Excuse Me? Hi, little bee. What are you doing right now?
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I was doing my homework. Math homework, to be exact.
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Math homework? Wait a minute. What is going on?
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Guy Raz, this is that study I was going to tell you about.
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What study?
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The new study I read about in the journal Science Advances.
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Well, what's it about?
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You ready for it? Yeah, it's amazing. Okay, this one's really gonna blow your mind.
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Alright, spit it out.
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I'm so excited to tell you.
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Mindy, just tell me.
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Bees can do math.
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Bees can do math.
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What's the matter? Never zeen a bee count to zero before here?
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Guy Raz, you gotta check out this study for yourself. I even brought along the journal with me. Heads up.
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Oof. Huh? Mindy, this is amazing.
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Tell me about it. So we've known for a long time that doing math requires a certain combination of brain power mixed with a scoop of memory.
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And scientists have known that some animals, like chimps, ravens, even spiders can understand basic math.
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Yeah.
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But some scientists at the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, wanted to find out if bees could also understand basic math, like addition and subtraction.
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Like 1 plus 2 or 3 minus 1.
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Exactly.
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So 1 of the scientists named Scarlett Howard decided to see if she could train bees to add and subtract.
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This is amazing, Mindy. It says here that Dr. Howard made a special enclosure, or bee house, shaped like the letter Y. Yeah.
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And if the bee went to one arm of the Y, it would taste delicious sweet sugar water.
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But if the bee went to the other arm of the Y, it would taste bitter water made with something called quinine.
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Mm.
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The researchers then decided to put five different shapes on a piece of paper that the bees could see as they entered the beehives.
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And each shape was blue. Blue represented addition. In other words, each time the bees would see blue shapes, they were supposed to add another shape to the picture.
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So when the bee flew into the bee house and saw two blue triangles,
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it would have to decide what two
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plus one is, which of course is three.
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Right. And so at that point, the bee would have to either fly to a picture of three triangles, which would be
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the right answer, or a picture with one triangle, which would be the wrong answer.
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And of course, if the bee picked the right answer, it got sugar water.
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And look, Guy Raz, they did the same experiment with yellow shapes, but the color yellow was supposed to represent subtraction. So every time a bee saw two yellow triangles, it had to find the answer with one yellow triangle.
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Because of course, two minus one is one.
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Right. But here's the crazy thing. After about three hours of training the bees and trying to understand math, the researchers started to mix it up. Sometimes the problems were 5 minus 1 or 4 plus 1 or 3 minus 1 or plus 1, which is slightly more complex.
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Yeah.
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And what the researchers noticed was that after three or four hours of training, the bees were getting the answer right on the first try. 70% of the time.
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Wow. That's like being right seven out of ten times. That's amazing.
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Totally. So what this means is that maybe even creatures with teeny tiny brains can understand and perform basic math.
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Hey, I may be a bee of little brain, but your behavior downright zdings.
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Oh, sorry, little bee.
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Yes, sorry. We had no idea you were out here doing math just like us.
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Ha. You're over there counting to three and I'm beezy. Calculating the beeswax efficiency of the hexagonal prismatic honeycomb. And I'm very behind now.
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Choo. Wait, did he just say.
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Oh, oh, sure. We were just on our way anyway.
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Yeah, we were just going to collect some sunflower seeds for my bird Paleo bars guy. Raz, looking at the rose recipe here, it looks like we're gonna need 4,181 seeds.
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Hey, that's a Fibonacci number. 2,584 plus 1597.
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Wow.
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Or if we're really ambitious, we can collect, say, 6,765 sunflower seeds.
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Another Fibonacci. 2,584 plus 4,181.
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Or if we wanted to, we could just go back to my house and make some Fibonaccios.
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I got it. How about we take 89 tortilla chips, add 21 jalapenos, 13 olives, 55 grams of beans, and we bake it on an 8 inch.
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Wow. That was so cool. I knew bees were helpful, but I didn't know they were so smart. Yeah, they probably had a really good math teacher. No, I don't think they got a pluses, Reggie. They got bees. Get it? The grades were all bees. Cause they're bees. Whatever. I'm hilarious. Okay, let's wrap up the show. Thanks to all you listeners out there for tuning in to WEWOW on the weekend. If you have a question for me, call and leave me a message at 11888-7-WOW. Wow. That's 1-888-7-WOW Wow. I just might answer your question on Wee Wow on the weekend. Okay. Should we do the goodbye song? Here we go. That's the end of the show. I need to go and think of more hilarious jokes about bees, but I'll do another show tomorrow. But for now, that's the end of the show. Ee e Bye.
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Before we get into the credits for today's episode, we want to give some special shout outs and say a huge thank you to some of the wowzers whose families are powering the WOW this year.
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We broke the names up into two batches and here is our first batch of names. We are so grateful for your support.
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Owen and Aubrey from California Saman and Ryan from California Oraleen and Esther from New York Ella from Singapore Lacey elementary from North Carolina Teddy, Silas and Emmett
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from Arizona Jason from Texas Eli and Nolan from Texas Luke and Noel from
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North Carolina Elan from California Emmett and Adler from Kansas John, Katie, Ethan and Amelia from Pennsylvania Nesla and Yaqub from Kuwait Evelyn, Ramona and Tabitha from Nevada
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John R. From Wisconsin Emory and Isla from California Caroline from Massachusetts Ian and Declan from Washington Elena and Lucia from
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Maryland Parker from Texas Albert and Lulu from Brighton, England Hayden, Hazel and Allie from Pennsylvania Magnus from the District of Columbia William and Allie from Virginia Brendan,
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Jessica, David and Michael from Ohio Bailey, Macy and Hank from South Carolina James from Washington Peter, Teddy and Leo from Minnesota Paul from Rhode Island Nuri from
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Washington Violet and Will from California Audrey and Ethan from Virginia Alex H. From Tennessee, James and Madison from Utah and
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happy birthday to Otis from Minnesota.
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From the bottom of our hearts and
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the tops of our brains, thank you.
Podcast: Wow in the World
Episode: WeWow on the Weekend
Date: May 9, 2026
Hosts: Dennis (with Reggie the Giant Pigeon), Mindy Thomas, Guy Raz
This family-friendly episode of “WeWow on the Weekend” is a science-packed journey with Dennis and Reggie, as they share listener messages, give a goldfish a new name, and revisit the fascinating Wow in the World episode: “One Plus Two Equals Three: Just Ask a Bee.” The main theme: discovering the “wow” in the ordinary, with a focus on how bees, despite their tiny brains, can actually do math. As always, the hosts blend humor, imagination, and accessible science in a way that delights both kids and grown-ups.
(05:30–09:30)
“Okay, Goldie or Bob. Well, both are equally beautiful names for a goldfish, Reggie... How about Goldie Bob? Yeah, it’s perfect.” – Dennis (08:30)
(11:00–27:28)
(11:21–14:31)
“I was just doing some math exercises.” – Guy Raz (11:43)
(14:31–18:17)
“Each number is the number you get when you add up the two numbers before it.” – “Fibonacci” (17:17)
(18:56–20:06)
(20:16–23:19)
“Hey, I may be a bee of little brain, but your behavior is downright zdings.” – Bee (25:59)
(23:19–25:49)
“Bees can do math.” – Mindy (22:22)
“After three or four hours of training, the bees were getting the answer right on the first try 70% of the time.” – Mindy (25:42)
(26:13–27:28)
“They probably had a really good math teacher... No, I don’t think they got A pluses, Reggie. They got bees. Get it?” – Dennis (27:28)
This episode perfectly exemplifies the Wow in the World/Tinkercast style: humorous, engaging, and packed with genuine science “wows.” Dennis’s over-the-top dramatics and Mindy and Guy Raz’s playful banter make complex topics accessible. The exploration of bees and their surprising math skills blends fun with curiosity, encouraging young listeners to look for hidden patterns in their world—with bonus goldfish-naming drama and a dash of silly math-food puns.