WeWow on the Weekend

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Wow in the World – WeWow on the Weekend

Podcast: Wow in the World
Episode: WeWow on the Weekend
Date: May 17, 2026
Hosts: Dennis & Reggie, with Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz (Featured Segment)

Episode Theme:

Celebrating Wows, Cheese, and Science!

This lively “WeWow on the Weekend” episode combines fan interaction, playful experiments, and a behind-the-scenes relisten to a classic science segment from Wow in the World. Dennis and his giant pigeon friend Reggie kick things off with witty banter and fan mail before diving into a memorable episode about the Swiss cheese experiment that explores whether music can actually make cheese taste better! Fun, science, jokes, and curiosity flow throughout the show.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Fan Reviews and Listener Interaction

• Dennis reads out reviewsies (listener comments) and answers quirky questions:
  • Why do cookies bake and bacon cooks?
    • Dennis riffs on the question, suggesting the difference is mostly due to where they're cooked (oven vs. stove), and initiates a playful home experiment to try switching techniques (04:43).
    • “Hey, mother! Will you make us some baked bacon and some cooked cookies, please?” – Dennis [05:25]
    • Results: Baked bacon is “five stars,” cooked cookies are “three and a half stars”—but regular baked cookies win.
  • Can you jump 50 times on a crocodile?
    • Dennis admits to trying with an alligator once and “it didn’t go very well” (07:03).
    • “There was a lot of snapping and thrashing and tail whipping…” – Dennis
  • Do you like rubber ducks?
    • Dennis confesses, “I don’t like rubber ducks. I love rubber ducks.” [07:40]
    • Reggie’s surprising rubber duck impression delights them both.

2. Inside Tinkercast Studios: A Musical Cheese Experiment

• Relisten to “Drop that Beat and Cut the Cheese for Science” (Wow in the World Season 3, Episode 18):
  • Set-Up:
    • Mindy turns Guy Raz’s kitchen into a recording studio for cheese, inspired by a real Swiss science experiment investigating “sonochemistry”—the effect of sound on chemical reactions, specifically in cheese aging.
    • “I’m not making albums for me, Guy Raz. I’m making ‘em for the cheese.” – Mindy [14:07]
    • “We’re calling our band The Grateful Ched. You get it?” – Mindy [14:16]
  • The Science:
    • Based on a study from Bern University of the Arts, Switzerland, which played different types of music to cheese wheels to observe changes in flavor during ripening.
    • Various music types—hip hop, classical, rock, techno, meditation, rap, and simple tones—were played 24/7 to separate cheese wheels. One control cheese was left in silence for comparison (19:15–20:53).
  • The Home “Cheese Lab”:
    • Mindy sets up her cheese experiment in Guy Raz’s bathroom (“ear curdling cheese listening lab”), raising both astonishment and concern from Guy Raz for his missing bathroom use (17:42–23:02).

3. Cheese Tasting Party

• Results of the Musical Cheese Experiment:
  • After six months, they host a taste test to see if the cheese exposed to music differs in taste.
  • Hip hop cheese was found to be the “fruitiest and the tastiest” according to both their taste test and the original study (27:27–29:19).
  • “The study found that hip hop was tip top when it came to taste and flavor.” – Mindy [27:27]
  • Guy Raz describes the hip hop cheese: “A little fruity and… it has a very strong smell and taste.” [27:50]
• Scientific Explanation:
  • Music (sound waves) may affect the cheese’s chemical structure during its ripening, but researchers aim to study the cheese at a molecular level to be sure (29:35–30:23).
  • “If the cheese looks different on this really, really small level, then it would be a good sign that this music actually did have an effect on the chemical reactions…” – Mindy [30:11]

4. Party Antics & Musical Performances

• Grand cheese-cutting party with Mindy, Guy Raz, Grandma G-Force, and other recurring characters.
• Mindy debuts her “tastiest song” performance: “Gudacris” [31:19].
  • “So this might sound a little cheesy, but it’s actually quite easy. All you need is a little brie. Now everybody sing with me!” – Mindy [31:48]
• Dennis and Reggie are inspired to try their own cheese tasting at home, singing about their favorite cheeses [32:37].

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “My name is Dennis and I’m here to say cheese is good, I eat it every day…” – Dennis rapping about cheese (09:15)
• “Surprise!” – Mindy, after converting Guy Raz’s kitchen and bathroom into a cheese lab [11:37; 17:48]
• “I use a lot of exclamation points in my emails.” – Mindy, on her enthusiastic e-invites (23:34)
• “Divide and conquer. I like the way you think, Guy Raz.” – Mindy, prepping for the cheese party [24:44]
• “This is just a casual get together… to do a little sonochemistry.” – Mindy [24:34]
• “I’m still working on the water park in your garage.” – Mindy, revealing plans for another wild household experiment [24:05]
• “If the cheese looks different on this really, really small level, then it would be a good sign…” – Mindy on micro-level cheese analysis [30:11]
• “So this might sound a little cheesy, but it’s actually quite easy…” – Mindy's song, “Gudacris” [31:48]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 03:38 – Dennis & Reggie intro; “Reading reviewsies” begins
• 05:25 – Baked bacon & cooked cookies experiment
• 08:21 – Results and taste tests of cookies and bacon
• 09:15 – Dennis raps about cheese, launching the relisten of “Drop that Beat and Cut the Cheese for Science”
• 11:19 – Mindy’s recording studio in Guy Raz’s kitchen explanation
• 14:13 – Mindy reveals she's making music “for the cheese”
• 16:01–16:59 – Sonochemistry explained: Sound waves affecting cheese ripening
• 19:15 – Mindy sets up cheese wheels with different music in bathroom-lab
• 23:07 – Cheese taste test party introduced
• 27:27 – Hip hop cheese declared “tip top”
• 29:15 – Blind taste test and confirmation; hip hop cheese is “fruitiest and tastiest”
• 31:19 – Mindy performs “Gudacris” at the cheese party
• 32:37 – Dennis and Reggie plan their own cheese party and sing about cheese
• 33:19–35:20 – Shoutouts to W.O.W. program supporters and special listener mentions

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Style & Tone

• High-energy, playful, encouraging curiosity, and packed with silly puns and kid-friendly jokes.
• Hosts interact like best friends, making science fun and accessible with humor and hands-on experimentation.
• Episodes are interactive—listeners are invited to call or write in, sharing their own questions and talents.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode celebrates not just nine years of Wow in the World, but also the spirit of curiosity and science fun. From answering zany listener questions to revisiting the now-famous cheese-and-music experiment, it’s a showcase of how experimentation, friendship, and humor can make science magical for kids and families. If you’re curious about whether hip hop can make cheese taste better (spoiler: it might!), or just want a hearty laugh, this one’s for you.

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Transcript

[A]

Hey, Wowzer fams. Mindy here. And before we start the show, Happy Wow. Birthday. That's right. Wow in the world is officially nine years old. And if I had to guess, a lot of you are nine years old too. Or maybe you were nine. Or maybe you're not quite nine years old yet. Anyhoo, whether you started listening nine years ago or nine days ago, we want to thank you for spending time with us. That's right, Reg. You want to help keep us wowing. Tell your friends and your family about us, or leave us a reviewsie. Grownups, you can also support our show by gifting a membership to the world organization of Wowzers to a kid in your life. Oh, good idea, Reg. We should tell them what it is. So with your wow. Membership, you'll get a birthday card in the mail when it's your birthday. Plus quarterly mailings, exclusive access to members only activities and events. And from now until the end of the month, we'll be adding an extra, extra bonus wow. Surprise in your welcome kit. Just a little something to show how grateful we are that you have chosen to wow with us. Grown ups. To sign up for a membership today, visit Tinkercast.com wow that's Tinkercast.com wow. And now a quick ad break and then we'll get on with the show. Who's that walking through the woods? Wyatt 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? Hmm, soapy. No wonder this creature blows giant bubbles so big they can carry you. You can even jump from one bubble to another and reach new areas. There are plenty more surprises to disc. Bowser Jr. What are you doing out here? You can jump into adventure with Yoshi and the mysterious book. Available now only on Nintendo Switch 2. Game rated E for everyone. 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 gets kids curious enough to see and think and figure things out for themselves. For example, Grog 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. Wow. 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.

[B]

We wow on the weekend. We wow on the weekend. We wow on the weekend. Cause this is what we do on the weekend. Talking, laughing, me and Reggie singing, laughing. And then we. Oh wait, no, I said laughing twice. Whatever. We wow on the weekend.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

We wow on the weekend. We wow on the weekend. Cause this is what we do on the weekend. Hello and welcome to We Wow on the Weekend. I'm your host, Dennis, and that's my feathery co host, Reggie the giant feathery pigeon. This is the show where we chit chat and answer questions from our fans and and listen to Tinkercast podcasts. Hey Reggie, guess what? This week I took my prize winning azaleas to another flower competition and they won another prize. Yeah, look, I got a ribbon. It says most flower competitions. Yeah, out of all the flowers in the flower competition, mine have competed the most. I'm so proud of them, those little go getters. And the next prize I want to get is the prize for most prizes for most flower competitions. Okay, let's get into 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 I read them aloud. This first reviewsy comes to us from username kolykat777. The title says wee wow on the weekend is awesome. And the number of stars is five. Yay. Thank you, Klykat777. And the message says, Dear Mr. Dennis, we listen to your show every weekend and it is so cool. Cool smiley face emoji. P.S. why do cookies bake and bacon cooks? Huh, That's a great question. Cookies bake and bacon cooks. Well, I think it's because you bake cookies in an oven and you cook bacon on the stove. Right. But I wonder if we could do it the other way around. Yeah, if we cook cookies on the stove and we bake bacon in the oven, I say we test our hypothesis. Ahem, Mother. Hey, mother. Yes, Dennis? Will you make us some baked bacon and some cooked cookies, please? Sure thing, Dennis. Hooray. Science. Next reviewsy. This next reviewsy comes to us from username kmsgarret the title reads, dennis and Reggie are the best. And the message says, dennis, can you jump 50 times on a crocodile? Can I jump 50 times on a crocodile, sorry, K.M.S. garrett, no, I cannot. How do I know? I know, Reggie, because once I tried to jump 50 times on an alligator and it didn't go very well. No, I didn't even manage to jump on the alligator. Just next to it. Yeah, and then there was a lot of snapping and thrashing and tail whipping. So I figure if I tried to do the same thing with a crocodile, it would go about the same way. I know crocodiles and alligators are different, Reggie, but in this specific scenario, I think we can lump them together. Next. Ravuzi. This last reviewzi comes to us from username leahhat1983. The title reads. Please read. Okay, okay, I'm reading it. The number of stars is five. Yay. Thank you, Leahat1983. And the message says. Hi, Dennis, do you like rubber duck? I love them. I have 112 rubber duck. I want to put a duck emoji, but there is not one I. Smiley face emoji, grin emoji, smiley with teeth emoji, Smile without teeth emoji from miles. Well, Miles, I don't like rubber ducks. I love rubber ducks. Yeah, I even have a shirt with rubber ducks printed all over it because they're so cute and funny. And I especially love the ones that squeak. Yeah, like that. Wait, where did that come from? Reggie, was that you? Wow, that's a really good rubber duck impression. Do it again. Thanks for all your reviewsies, listeners. Keep them coming. And if you leave a comment on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, I just might rate it on WeWow on the weekend. Five stars or more, please. Because, Reggie, I. Your cookies and bacon already.

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Yay.

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Coming, mother. I'll be right back. Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot. Okay, look, Reggie, our cooked cookies and baked bacon are ready. Let's try. Right. Bacon first. Oh, the bacon is really good. What do you think, Reggie? Yeah. Five stars for baked bac. Try the cookies. It's pretty good. I agree they're not bad, but I think baked cookies are better. Okay, so the cooked cookies will get three stars and a half. Okay, moving on to 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 18 called Drop that Beat and Cut the Cheese for Science. Oh, I love cheese. And beets. Yeah, sometimes I even like to eat beets with cheese. Like goat cheese or a nice burrata. Oh, they're not talking about vegetable beets. They mean beets. Like music beats. Okay, yeah, I suppose those are good too. So what's going to happen in the episode then? Like, Mindy and Guy Raz are gonna rap about how much they love cheese like this. My name is Dennis and I'm here to say cheese is good. I eat it every day. I eat it with pickles. I eat it with rice. I eat it with ketchup. I eat it with dark chocolate covered almonds. I eat it with. Okay, fine, Reggie. I'll just play the episode. Sheesh. Alright, here we go. And play

[A]

Wee Wow will be right back. Grown ups, this message is for you. That's it. Now back to the show.

[B]

What in the world?

[A]

Okay, now let me just tighten the hi hat here and adjust the snare. Move the casserole dish over just a little bit. Okay, now where did I put my musical ladles? Oh, here they are. Okay, you ready to record in there, Reg? All right, buddy, let's get ready to croc out. Crock out? Like rock out. But we're using a crock pot. All right, here we go. A one, a two, a one. It's raining fish tacos from out of the sky. Fish tacos. Don't even know why. Just Guy Raz.

[C]

Mindy.

[A]

You finally decided to show up to band practice.

[C]

Mindy, what in the wow are you. What are you doing in my kitchen?

[A]

Your kitchen? I think you mean what in the wow am I doing in your brand new recording studio? Uh,

[C]

Mindy, did you turn my kitchen into a recording studio?

[B]

Surprise.

[A]

How's it sounding in there? Reg, can I get a little playback? It's raining fish tacos out of the sky. Fish tacos. Charlotte, turn it off. Ah, I was just getting to the best part.

[C]

Mindy, are those my pots and my pans too?

[A]

I think so. I mean, they were in your pantry. Uh, anywho, the base is over there in the corner, so if you wanted to slap it on and take it for a walk, I'm ready to go when you are. And a one, and a two, a two and a three fish toss. No, no, no, no.

[C]

I am not here to play music, Mindy.

[A]

Well, then why did you come into your recording studio, Mindy?

[C]

I came to my kitchen to get an afternoon snack. What are you guys doing in here?

[A]

Anyway, okay, so there's actually a scientific explanation for this guy Raz. Uh, no, really. See, it all started when Grandma GeForce got back from her two month intensive cooking class in Italy last week. And she brought me this as a souvenir from her trip.

[C]

Whoa, Mindy, that is one big wheel of cheese.

[A]

You can say that again.

[C]

That is one big wheel of cheese.

[A]

Yep, 100% pure Emmental cheese.

[C]

I can smell that cheese from here, Mindy.

[A]

Well, actually, that might have been me. Whoop. Sorry.

[C]

Emmental cheese. Emmental cheese. Mindy, isn't Emmental cheese from Switzerland?

[A]

Yeah, Grandma GeForce went on this whole European trip after she finished her Italian cooking course and. Oh man, you gotta check out these pictures she sent me. Okay, okay, here she is wrestling a goat in Greece. And. Oh, here she is wrestling a reindeer in Lapland. Oh, and look, here she is wrestling a mime in France.

[C]

Mindy, you still haven't answered my question.

[A]

Oh, yeah, of course. What was your question?

[C]

Why are you recording an album in my kitchen?

[A]

Okay, well, first of all, we're recording al bums, plural. More than one. And second of all, the answer is right there in front of you.

[C]

Mindy, when I look at you, all I see is more questions.

[A]

I'm not making albums for me guy Raz. I'm making him for the cheese.

[C]

For the cheese.

[A]

Mm. Specifically Emmental cheese. We're calling our band the Grateful Ched. You get it?

[C]

Mindy, what possible reason could you have for making a musical homage to fromage?

[A]

To make it taste better, of course. Huh? Yep. Scientifically tested and everything. According to a recent study by the Bern University of the Arts in Switzerland, playing certain types of music to cheese can help to improve the taste.

[C]

Wait a minute. You're telling me that there is a scientific explanation for why you're. Why you're playing music to cheese? To make it taste better?

[A]

It shouldn't sound that bonkerballs to you, Guy. Raz, I've seen you do the exact same thing.

[C]

Mindy, I'm pretty certain I've never sang a love ballad to a ball of cheese before.

[A]

Okay, maybe not a ball of cheese, but do you remember when you had that greenhouse full of tomato plants?

[C]

Ah, nothing like a juicy red tomato right off the vine. Time machine cut in the.

[A]

See, you were doing the exact same thing.

[C]

Oh, yeah, Well, I guess you're right, Mindy.

[A]

It's something called sonochemistry. And it's the science of how sound waves.

[C]

That's the sono part, right?

[A]

How sound waves can affect chemical Reactions.

[C]

That's the chemistry part.

[A]

Exact oritos.

[C]

I think I get it, Mindy. So what you're saying is that by playing music to this wheel of cheese here, you're able to change the chemical reactions that go on inside, inside the cheese and then change how it tastes?

[A]

You know, it. It's called ripening.

[C]

Ripening, yes. And from what I remember, some people also call it maturing. Right?

[A]

Yeah. So basically, once a wheel of cheese has been made, it needs to sit around for a while to, you know, develop its flavor.

[C]

Because when the cheese sits around, all sorts of things can change its flavor. Like how hot or cold. Cold the room is. Or even how humid or moist the air around it is.

[A]

Bingo. Guy Raz. The temperature and humidity of the room can actually change the chemical reactions that are going on inside of the cheese. And those chemical reactions are what makes the cheese taste the way it tastes.

[C]

And so these researchers that you're describing wanted to see if sound waves could also have an effect on how the cheese tasted.

[A]

Yep. Pretty bonkerballs, right?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But Guy Raz.

[C]

Yeah?

[A]

This isn't the only cheese I'm making music for.

[C]

It's not?

[A]

Nope. Guy Raz, follow me to the new mini laboratory of bad ideas.

[C]

New laboratory of bad ideas. Oh, hey, Mindy, maybe we should move your recording studio in there. I mean, building it in my kitchen was a terrible idea.

[A]

What?

[B]

Walk.

[A]

Walk. And opening the door.

[C]

Mindy, this is my bathroom.

[A]

A correction. This was your bathroom.

[C]

Mindy.

[A]

Guy Razzie, welcome to your new ear curdling cheese listening lab.

[C]

My bathroom.

[A]

Now, as you can see, we have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 different crates. Each one of them containing a 22 pound or 10 kilogram wheel of Emmental cheese.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Now, in every single one of these crates, each wheel of cheese is listening to a different type of music. Just like in the original experiment.

[C]

The one from the Bern University of Arts.

[A]

Yep, the very same one.

[C]

So did you make some tiny little earbuds to put in the cheese holes and blast music in that way?

[A]

Yes, of course. I did not put earbuds on cheese, Guy Raz. What?

[C]

Phew. Glad to hear that.

[A]

I did the same thing the researchers did in their experiment. Which was I set up each block of cheese with little teeny tiny speakers. I just put the speakers in next to and on top of the cheese.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

And then I hit this button to crank up the volume in order to blast the sound waves directly into the cheese. Here, check it out. Hmm. Guy Raz, you wanna give me A hand with this cratelet over here.

[C]

Oh, sure thing, Mind. Ooh, I think I hear it, Mindy.

[A]

Okay, so this one is playing R and B music, or as I like to call it, R and brie music. Get it? Brie, like the cheese. R and brie.

[C]

This. This music actually sounds pretty great, Mindy.

[A]

And each one of these crates is playing a different kind of music to a different wheel of cheese on a 24 hour loop. So same song over and over and over again.

[C]

Just like in the experiment.

[A]

Yep, just like in the experiment. See, I've got a rock over there. This one's listening to classical. This baby's got some text techno in there. Plus we've got meditation music, rap. And then down at the end there, we've got three tones playing high, medium and low frequencies.

[C]

So those cheeses down there are just listening to one note continuously?

[A]

Yep. One's listening to a high note, one's listening to a medium note, and the other is listening to a. A low note. Then right down there at the end next to the toilet paper roll, that one is not listening to anything, just complete silence.

[C]

Ah, so that would be your control cheese.

[A]

Yep. So that's the wheel of cheese that I use to compare with all the rest.

[C]

So how long have these cheeses actually been soaking in these beet barrels?

[A]

I'd say just under six months.

[C]

Six months?

[A]

Yep.

[C]

Mindy, you've had a cheese lab set up in my bathroom for six months?

[A]

Well, technically, five months, 30 days, 23 hours and about 55 minutes, but I wasn't really counting.

[C]

But, Mindy, I've used my bathroom in the last six months and I don't remember seeing any of this cheesy chemistry you've got going on here.

[A]

Are you sure you've used this bathroom? Guy Raz. Guy Raz. Guy Raz.

[C]

Man, I really shouldn't have drank all that pomegranate juice. Well, I guess it's time to use the bathroom.

[A]

Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run.

[C]

Mindy.

[A]

Guy Raz. Big news. We've been asked to host the Nom Nom Food Awards.

[B]

The Nom Nom Food Awards.

[C]

Mindy, that's great.

[A]

Yeah, we have to go now.

[C]

Now? But Mindy, I was just about to use the. I knew all that water before bed was a bad idea.

[B]

Guy Raz.

[A]

Guy Raz. Guy raz.

[C]

Mindy, it's 4:00 clock in the morning.

[A]

Guy Raz, it's time for our 4 o' clock neighborhood walk.

[C]

Okay, everything packed and ready to go. Now just one last Spot to check in a bathroom stop and I'll be.

[A]

Hey, Guy Raz.

[C]

Mindy, how did you get into my house?

[A]

Through the window? Nah. You ready to go visit Reggie's parents in Florida?

[C]

Sure am, Mindy. I. I just need to go to the.

[A]

Great. Cause Motor pickle is idling outside and it only has enough mustard to get us to the airport. But we gotta go now. Let's go now.

[C]

Hold on, I just have to use the bathroom.

[A]

We gotta go now.

[C]

You know, Mindy, now that I think about it, maybe I haven't used this bathroom in the last six months.

[A]

Lucky for me. Can you even imagine, Guy Raz? It would've ruined my entire experiment. Speaking of which, I'm about to move all of these wheels of cheese into the final stage of the experiment.

[C]

Well, what's the final stage?

[A]

The taste test.

[C]

Ooh, a taste test.

[A]

Yeah. So I'm gonna need your help. You wanna go ahead and grab those wheels of hip hop, rock and roll and techno cheese and then bring them up to your bedroom, huh? The guests are gonna be here any second now.

[C]

Guests? Bedroom? Mindy, what in the world are you talking about?

[A]

The taste test. Guy Raz, I sent you an E invite and.

[C]

An E invite?

[A]

Yeah, check your spam folder. I use a lot of exclamation points in my emails.

[C]

Okay. Oh, yeah, here it is. Cheese and grape juice party to better understand the effects of acoustic sound waves on the cheese ripening process. Where? Guy Raz's bedroom?

[A]

Yep, that's the one.

[B]

Mindy.

[C]

My bedroom. Is there any room of my house you haven't taken over yet?

[A]

Well, I'm still working on the water park in your garage.

[C]

The what?

[A]

Nothing. It's a surprise for your birthday. So can you give me a hand with these cheeses or. Yes. People are gonna be ringing the doorbell any second.

[C]

Mindy, I'm not prepared for a party. My four wool bow tie is still at the dry cleaners.

[A]

Don't stress, Guy Raz. This is just a casual get together with friends to do a little sonochemistry.

[C]

Okay?

[A]

Your semi formal bow tie will do just fine.

[C]

Okay, Mindy, if you insist. But you get the door. I'll do my best to plate up these musical cheeses.

[A]

Divide and conquer. I like the way you think, Guy Raz. Okay, coming.

[C]

Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk.

[A]

Nobody better double park my Zambia. I just washed it. Wait, did you write a bond journal? Mandy, that's how you say how you doing? And Italian. I tell you what, Grandma G. For his hugs. Oh.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

You ready to Try some of that Emmental cheese you brought back from Switzerland. I think you broke my back. You bet your sweet potato. I'm ready to cut that cheese. I had to wrestle a cowboy. Of course you did. Come on in and head right upstairs and to the right. Well, the invitation didn't say nothing about stairs.

[B]

Don't worry, G Force, no one will stare at you.

[A]

Tom is fingerling G Force.

[B]

Don't like it when you make eye contact with her.

[C]

She sees it as a threat, like the majestic baboon.

[A]

Great. You want to come in and try some cheese?

[C]

Cheese.

[A]

Oo de lolly.

[B]

You guys making fondue?

[A]

Up the stairs and to the right. Reggie, you made it. Wait, weren't you here the whole time? Sorry, there's no bird seed, just cheese. Come on, Red, you got to expand your culinary horizons. That's the spirit. Come on in. Upstairs and to the right. All right, that should be everyone.

[C]

Mindy, I can't come to the cheese party.

[B]

My nose is stuffed up. Without my sense of smell, I'll never be able to properly taste the spicy black pepper notes, the fresh cream of the lactics, the fruity notes of apricots, lemons. Honey, where are you going? Ha.

[A]

Sounds like my stomach's grumbling. Hey, Guy Raz, how are those cheese platters coming along?

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Almost there, Mindy. I just need to put on music and we're good to go.

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Great. I'll be right up. Step, step, step, step, step, step, step. Oh, nice work, Guy Raz. They should call you Guy Razzle. Dazzle. This place looks amazing.

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Thanks, Mindy. I do my best.

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So, you ready to try some of these cheeses?

[C]

You bet, Mindy. Where should we start first?

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Well, if the experiment from the Bern University of the Arts is anything to go by, I think we should start with this one.

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Hip hop.

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Yep. The study found that hip hop was tip top when it came to taste and flavor.

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Hmm. Well, I think I'll be the judge of that. Let me just cut off a slice here. This is really great cheese, Mindy.

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What does it taste like?

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Um, a little fruity and. Hmm. It has a very strong smell and taste. Yes.

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That means my experiment worked.

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It worked.

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Yes, that's exactly what those researchers found in their study. After they marinated their cheeses in a bunch of different types of music for six months, they sent the cheeses off to food scientists for what they call a sensory consensus analysis.

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And a sensory consensus analysis is basically a fancy way of saying a scientific taste test where they precisely measure the

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smell and taste of different Foods Exact Oritos.

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And so what did they find?

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Well, the experts concluded that most of the cheese that had been exposed to music had a milder flavor compared to the control cheese.

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And the control cheese being the one that had just been sitting there in silence?

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Exactly. But on top of this, they found that the hip hop cheese was the fruitiest of all the cheeses and the one that had the strongest smell and taste.

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Wow.

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Oh, that's not all.

[C]

It's not?

[A]

Nope. On top of all this testing, the researchers also conducted a blind taste test with some expert cheese tasters.

[C]

So, blindfolded people who were paid to eat cheese.

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I know. Best job ever, right? Anywho, these cheese tasting experts can confirmed what the researchers had found when they concluded that the hip hop cheese was in fact the fruitiest and the tastiest cheese of the bunch.

[C]

That's incredible, Mindy. So does that mean that the sound waves from the music actually affected the chemical reactions and then the taste of the cheese?

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Yeah. Well, there's still no way to know for sure. But soon the same researchers will be conducting a biomedical study survey on the cheeses.

[C]

And by biomedical survey, you mean that they'll be looking into the microscopic structure of the cheese to see if the music changed how the cheese is shaped on a tiny molecular level.

[A]

You know it. And if the cheese looks different on this really, really small level, then it would be a good sign that this music actually did have an effect on the chemical reactions going on in inside the cheese. Whoa.

[C]

That's incredible.

[A]

You know what else is incredible?

[C]

What?

[A]

This. Excuse me, everyone. Excuse me.

[C]

Where did she get that microphone from?

[A]

I just want to thank all of my friends and family for coming out to our cheese cutting party. Now, as I mentioned in the E invite, all of the cheese that you see here today has been lovingly marinated in a variety of different types of music over the last six months. And that music was written and performed by yours truly.

[B]

What? Bitten by who?

[A]

I think she said they were written by George Trudy.

[C]

Ooh, George Trudy. I haven't seen him in 30 years.

[B]

He's still alive.

[A]

No, I said I wrote and performed the music.

[B]

Oh.

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And now if you'll indulge me, I'd like to perform one of my tastiest songs for you right now. I call this one Gudacris. Alright, Guy Raz, drop the beat.

[B]

Huh?

[A]

Just drop the beat. Okay?

[C]

Mindy, I don't know how to drop the beat. Uh, woo hoo.

[A]

So this might sound a little cheesy, but it's actually quite easy. All you need is a little brief. Now, everybody sing with me.

[B]

That's some pretty good hip hopping there, George. Trudy.

[A]

Wow.

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That was so cool. I know. The way the scientists were testing to see if different music made cheese taste different. I just wish my nose wasn't stuffed up that day so I could have tasted the cheese, too. You're right, Reggie. My nose isn't stuffed up today. We should do our own cheese tasting right now, right? Right, Right, Right, Right. Let's wrap up the show first. Thanks to all you listeners out there for tuning in to WEE WOW on the Weekend. If you have a question for me, call and leave me a message at 1-888-7-WOW-WOW. That's 1-888-7- wow Wow. And don't forget to call in and record your talents for the talent show. I just might play it on WE WOW on the weekend. Okay, let's go. Oh, I can't wait to make a giant cheese board. Oh, and we'll need music for the cheese tasting. Yeah, like this. Oh, I love my boredomanny cheeses. It has cheddar and brie and gouda and Swiss and Colby and blue and muenster and harare and feta and go. And.

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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 second batch of names. We are so grateful for your support.

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

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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.

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Nya, 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.

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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.

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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.

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Carolyn and Theo from Missouri. Owen and Riley from Canada. Clark and Finley from Virginia. Ani and Nia from Massachusetts. Orly and Becky from California.

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Theo and Mira from Virginia. Sebastian and Oliver from Michigan. Charlotte and Dean from New York. Campbell from Massachusetts, Nate and Sophie from

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Hawaii Wevy and a belated Happy Birthday to Sanderling from Gilly and Ranger.

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From the bottom of our hearts and

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the tops of our brains, thank you.

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Thanks for joining us for this edition of We Wow. Our show is written by Ruth Morrison and Jed Anderson. The role of Baby Dennis is played by Jed Anderson. Well then, who plays the role of Big Dennis? Never your mind. Tee hee. Original sound design and production is done by Henry Moskal with contributions from Jed Anderson and Tyler Thol. Original music for wewow is composed and performed by Tyler Thol. Special thanks to Jessica Bode, Rebecca Caban, Dr. Natasha Crandall, Kenny Curtis, Kristin Yang, Meredith Helpern, Ranzer, Thuy Mack, Jody Nussbaum, Ali Paxima, Guy Raz, Linda Rothenberg, Steph Sosa, Mindy Thomas, Anna Zagorski, and all of the other tinkerers at Tinkercast HQ. Be sure to visit tinkercast.com where you can become an official member of the World Organization of Wowzers. Learn about upcoming events, shop our wow Shop, find our best selling books and learn about all the other amazing podcasts from Tinkercast. Thanks again for thinking, tinkering, experimenting and exploring with me this week. Be sure to check out episodes of wow in the world on Mondays 2 what's in a wow On Fridays and We Wow on the weekend with Dennis on the weekends. And remember who Wows We Wow. Oh Baby Dennis. We wow. All right. We wow.

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