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Hello, Wowzers. It's me, Dennis. And before we start the show, did you hear about March Gladness?
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Reggie?
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No, not basketball tournament stuff. March Gladness tournament stuff. Yeah, exactly. March Gladness is where I think of all the things that made me the gladdest this month and then I put them head to head in a tournament style bracket. Oh, so you do know what I'm talking about. Well then, as you know, the winner of my March Gladness tournament was my new haircut. Do you love it?
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What do you mean?
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Don't worry, it'll grow back.
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Whatever.
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Wowzerfams, you too can fill out your very own March Gladness bracket by going to tinkercast.com march there you can print your very own free March gladness bracket. Then fill it out to see what made you the gladys this month. Put your favorite things head to head in a tournament of gladness one more time. That's Tinkercast.com March now let's get on with the show. 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. Wah wah. Me wow on the weekend. Cause this is what we do on the weekend. Hello and welcome to We Wow on the Weeknd. I'm your host, Dennis, and that's my co host, Reggie the Giant pigeon. This is the show where we hang out and chit chat and listen to episodes of Tinkercast podcasts. Oh yeah, why do we only listen to Tinkercast podcasts? Well, does Tinkercast have anything other than podcasts? I don't know, like Tinkercast clarinet music or Tinkercast Dinosaur? How about Tinkercast sound effects of old car horns?
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Yay.
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Okay, let's move on to a segment I like to call Reading Reviewsies. I'm reading reviewsies for me and for Uzies. We've got us some doozies. So let's read reviews.
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Z's.
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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. Okay, this first review Z is from username Ingrid and Anton. The title says it's raining pigeon and the message says, dear Dennis, your pigeon is weird. Weird what? Slander. Slander and lies. Oh, you don't mind being called weird? Okay, I'll keep reading.
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Ahem.
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P.S. i love to sing along with you. Reggie, you're weird, but we love you. Oh, I get it. Weird is good. Yeah. Because if you're weird, it means you're interesting and not like everybody else. Am I weird?
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Yay.
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Weird is good. Weird is good. Normal and emotionally stable, but weird is good.
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Yeah.
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Next reviewsy. Okay, this reviews comes from username giraffelover457. The title says, To Mr. Dennis.
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Oh, hooray.
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I love being called Mr. Dennis. And the message says, dennis, I love your show so much. It's amazing. Heart, eye emoji. I am giving your show infinity stars. Wow.
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Infinity.
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Yeah, it's so abstract. Let's read on. Dennis, what is your favorite food, animal and color? Well, I have a lot of favorites, but today I'm feeling like the answer to all three of those questions would be chicken. Uh huh. Chicken is so a color. Of course it is. It's a pinkish brown and very tasty. Okay, there's still more to this reviewzi. Ahem. Reggie, I think you should host the show. What? Well, of course you think it's a good idea. You've been angling for my job ever since I brought you on as my unpaid intern. What? No, wait, Reggie, don't leave. No, I'll pay you. I'll pay you. I'll pay you. Yes, whatever. I agree to pay you a six figure birdseed salary.
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Welcome aboard.
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Next reviewsy. This one comes to us from username vphil. The title says, dennis is amazing Star emojis. I sure am. Fee Phil. And the message says, dennis, your podcast is amazing. And also, can you do any yo yo tricks? And also, how high can you jump? Oh, yes, a stunts question. Reggie, I can so do yo yo tricks. I do yo yo tricks all the time. Okay, technically, no, I've never done any, but I bet I could do a whole bunch if I had a yo yo. Oh, you have one? Uh, sure, yeah, let me give it a try. Okay, here we go. And yo yo. All right, that's enough yo yo. Um, let's see how high I can jump. Okay, ready? One, two, three, jump. How high was that, Reggie? Well, good thing no one saw, because this is a podcast. Let's just say I can jump really, really high. Ow. Okay, I think that's enough reviewsies for now. Thanks for all your reviewsies, everyone. Keep them coming. And if you write me a question on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, I just might answer it on Wee Wow on the week. Unless I don't know the answer or I get distracted or I forget. Okay, up next is A little segment I like to call Inside Tinkercast Studios. Ahem. Inside Tinkercast Studios. This is the part where we listen to an episode of one of my favorite Tinkercast podcasts. And today we're listening to season two, episode two of wow in the World called that's Nuts. Wait, what's nuts? No, Reggie, I'm not asking you to list types of nuts. I'm asking what's nuts. I know what nuts are. I just. Oh, never mind. Let's just play the episode. Okay, here we go. And play
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Wee. Wow will be right back. Grown ups.
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This message is for you.
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You're listening to Bongo in the Big two in the morning on kwow. Hey, Bongo, guess what time it is. Looks to be about 7:40am no, it's time for Big Toot's big favorite.
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Big favorite?
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Oh, yeah, the part of the show when you, big Toot, hit us with your friends. Favorite new song. What you got for us today? All right, today's big favorite is a song from a new artist called wow in the world. Well, what's the song? It's called the scientifically most danceable song in the whole wide world. Wow, That's a big title. Yeah. Let me spin you up a clip. The scientifically most danceable song in the world.
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A white world.
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The scientifically most danceable danceable song.
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Whoa.
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Too. That was totally rockin'. Where can we listen to the rest of the song? Anywhere you get your tunes, Bongo. They're out on screen. Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you like to spin your tracks. Well, thanks for tuning in to Big Two's big favorite here on Bongo in the Big two in the Morning on kwow. Bye bye now. Later.
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That's it. Now back to the show.
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Well in the world.
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Almond, coconut, hemp cheese, chocolate cow rice, soy.
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Hey, Caros, what are you doing in your refrigerator over here?
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Oh, oh, hey, Mindy. I'm just organizing my milk collection.
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Uh, of course you are.
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Hey, it looks like you're holding a glass of something white and creamy. I bet I can guess what kind of milk that is. Here, here, let me take a sip.
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Wait, I. Ugh.
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Mindy, have you been drinking straight up butter?
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Well, I mean, technically, it started off as a butter popsicle on a st, but then it melted, so that's just gross.
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A whole glass of melted butter?
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Butter is back, guy Raz. Besides, what do you want me to do? Wake up at 4 o' clock in the morning to squeeze the milk out of a bunch of almonds?
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That's what I do. Wait, actually, that's not what I do. Almond milk is made by just. Oh, never mind.
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Look, coconut milk makes me hyper, soy milk causes me to have headaches, and cow's milk gives me the toots. Here, I'll prove it to you.
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No, I'll take your word for it, Mindy.
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Oh, too late. So what did you say you were doing with all these milks in here anyway?
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Well, I just thought I'd organize my supply in alphabetical order. Actually, I'm reorganizing my entire kitchen.
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That's nuts.
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Oh.
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Oh, well, speaking of nuts, check out my nut pantry.
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Wait, What?
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Oh, my.
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53 different varieties of nuts, all labeled and organized by species, shape, color and personal preference. Check this out, Mindy. I've got almonds, beechnuts, butternuts, Brazil nuts, candle nuts, cashews, walnuts, and white nuts.
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Wow.
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Wow, that's a lot of nuts.
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Yeah. Yeah, it is quite the collection, if I do say so myself.
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But too bad you forgot the biggest nut of them all.
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Ah, the coconut. Well, loosely speaking, a coconut can be a fruit, a seed, and a nut.
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So not talking about a coconut.
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Then what are you talking about?
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Me.
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I'm the biggest nut around. Go ahead, knock on my head, please, Mindy. Now that's what you call a hard nutshell. So I'm just gonna perch myself right up here on this shelf, right between the macadamias and the peanuts. We're going by ABC order.
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That shelf is not meant to hold nuts heavier than.
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Welp. On the bright side, it looks like I just made you a lifetime supply of Trail Mix Guy Raz.
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My beautiful collection of organic, prize winning nuts.
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Now they're mix nuts.
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Ha.
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How will I ever get these organized again?
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Oh, wait, I know.
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Oh, no, no, no, no. I think you've done enough, Mindy.
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No, really, I know who can help.
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You know someone who can help me organize my organic nut collection?
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Sure do. In fact, they're living, breathing, professional nut organizers. Like, that's basically all they've got going on.
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Well, I guess if they're professional nut organizers. Well, yeah, they must have a lot of practice. So when can I meet them?
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How about now?
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Now?
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Sure.
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But first I need to grab a couple of supplies from my house.
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Uh, which supplies?
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And whatever you do, don't let Reggie near your pantry. I have a peanut allergy.
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What?
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I'll be right back.
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Okay. So you're allergic to nuts, huh? But I guess you're okay around Mindy.
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Okay.
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Okay, I'm back.
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What Were you getting over there, Mindy?
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Just the bare necessities, Guy Raz. Now, here, put this on.
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A squirrel suit?
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No, I'm wearing the squirrel suit. You're wearing the chipmunk suit.
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Mindy, there is no way I.
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Look, do you want your nut pantry reorganized or not?
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Hand over the fur.
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Okay, now it's gonna be a little snug, but that's just because it's a chipmunk costume made for a dog.
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What?
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It'll be fine. I just squeeze into it while I slip into mine.
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Mindy, this does not feel comfortable.
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Well, that's because you got it on upside down, silly. Here, let me help you out. Just gonna adjust your spine. Just. Just move your elbow back a little bit.
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Crank it up. Just gonna squeeze you in there,
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there. Look at you. Now. Go check yourself out in the mirror. You could totally pass for a legit chipmunk. Ready to go meet my nut organizing friends?
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Are you sure this is a good idea, Mindy?
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Of course I'm not sure this is a good idea, Guy Raz. But the state of your nut pantry calls for emergency action.
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Right.
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So hand me my shrink wand from the adventure toolbox over there.
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Oh, Shrink wand. Shrink wand. Oh, got it. Here you go. Wait, wait, what?
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Shrink wand, activate.
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Mindy, you put me back to normal right this minute.
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Oh, you are the cutest little chipmunk I've ever seen. I'm just gonna pinch those little chipmunk cheeks of yours.
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And, Mindy, if you don't unshrink me right now.
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Hang on just one second, tiny chipmunk. Guy Raz, I'm shrinking down with ya.
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What? Shrink wand, activate again. Phew. Look at us, Guy Raz. We're tiny talking woodland creatures. Mindy, come on, let's scamper away outside and meet my friends like this. I'm not even wearing my elbow patches. Sure you are, Guyron. But now your elbow patches are made of fur. Oh, yeah. Ooh, look over there. Over where, Chipmunk. Guy Raz, where are your glasses? They're bigger than my body, Mindy. They won't stay on. Wait. Watch. We must be quiet. Squirrel.
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Squirrel.
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Squirrel. Squirrel. Stop screaming, Guy Raz. You'll scare him away. Scare him away? Sounds great.
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What?
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Boo Boo, calm down. Do you think your pride, nuts and pistachios are just going to organize themselves? Chiron? No. You said you had a professional nut organizer who would do that for me. Well,
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this is him.
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Who? Beady little eyes, fuzzy tail. But that's a squirrel. Right? So we need to Be very polite and not scare him away. Okay, I'm not sure this is gonna work, Mindy. Now just watch what he does. Well, it looks like he's walking over to what appears to be a huge pile of nuts. Yeah, now pay very close attention to what he does with them. Interesting. It looks like he's separating the nuts into categories and then running back and forth and burying them in different locations, depending on the category of nuts. Yep. So he's what we call a scatter hoarder. Stockpiling food and hiding it in different places. Exactly. Those guy, Raz. And the reason he does this is so that he'll know that at least some of his food stash is protected. Even if there is a bad storm that wipes out his supplies. Or I suppose another critter who finds out where he's been hiding it. Hey, that reminds me of the time I accidentally ate all of the Halloween candy you bought for the trick or treaters. Oh, I remember. Only I anticipated that you would do that, so I hid piles of it all over my house so you'd never find all of it. Yeah, and then you forgot all of your hiding places and wound up having to give out beans to the trick or treaters. Hey, those were high quality organic beans. Nature's candy, Mindy. Well, our squirrel friend here will never forget where he's hidden his stash, because researchers at the University of Berkeley in California have just uncovered his secret stashing strategy. So there's a method to his organizational madness. Yep, and we're about to see it up close and personal. Oh, no, Mindy, you're not thinking of. How did my tail look like? It just got a bad idea. Now straighten your chipmunk stripe and follow my lead. Okay, I don't like the sound of this. Um, hello, Mr. Squirrel. Hi. I was just piddling through the trees with my buddy Chip Raz over here, and I couldn't help but notice that you look like an eastern fox squirrel. Squirrel. Squirrel. Oh, what's that? You are an eastern fox squirrel. Ooh, squirrel. Well, of course you are. Mindy. Mindy. So as an eastern fox squirrel, you must be really good at organizing your nuts. Aww, squirrel. Well, I happen to know a nearby land where you can find more species of nuts than you could ever imagine. Squirrel. Mindy, this costume is itching. Let's get out of here and I can take you to this land of nuts.
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Huh?
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Squirrel. But first, if we want to reach the keys to the kingdom, we've got some growing to do. Squirrel. Wait We? Who's we? Shrink ray reverse activate.
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That's better. Gotta stretch it out. All right, you ready to go nuts, Mr. Squirrelly Pants? Hey, Guy Raz, come on, open your eyes.
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Wah.
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Squirrel. Squirrel. Squirrel.
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That's a human sized squirrel.
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Yeah, so about that. I just figured that if he was the size of a full grown human, it would help to make his job easier and faster, you know?
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Squirrel.
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Come on, you two, let's get inside before someone sees us. Friend. Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run. Okay, Guy Raz, hand me your keys. Gonna unlock this door. And here we are, Mr. Giant Squirrely Pants in Guy Raz's humble abode. Make yourself right at home. Okay, okay, okay. Now if you'll just scurry on right this way towards the kitchen, you'll find Guy Raz's enormous pantry of mixed nuts.
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They weren't mixed an hour ago.
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So, Mr. Squirrel, what we need you to do is to organize these nuts just the way you were doing with your nuts back out there in the yard. Okay, Squirrel?
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Wait, do you speak squirrel, Mindy?
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Yes, of course I don't speak squirrel.
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Guy Raz, what now? Come on into the kitchen. Come on. Now just sit down, relax, put your your feet up on the table while I explain what's going on here.
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Oh, now you're planning to explain what's going on here? But, Mindy, get your feet off my table.
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Okay, so as I was saying earlier, this group of researchers from the University of Berkeley have been spending a lot of time with the common Eastern fox squirrel. Just like this guy, trying to understand his organizational strategy.
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Yeah, I mean, look at him getting to work in my nut pantry. It looks like he's grouping all the different nut species into categories.
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That's exactly what he's doing, Guy Raz. It's a method known as chunking. Chunking?
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Yeah.
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So chunking is how squirrels organize their nut. Booty.
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You know, there are other words for booty, like treasure chest or hoard or supply. You don't necessarily need to use that word.
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Yeah, but booty's the best word.
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Okay, so what is it? What is chunking?
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Okay, so chunking is taking long strings of information and breaking them up into chunks. So we humans do this when we put our clothes away in our dresser drawers.
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Ah, right, just like how I put all my socks in the top drawer and all my wool pants in the bottom drawer.
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Yeah, and then you take it a step further and put all of your striped socks on the right side of the drawer and all of your Solid socks on. On the left side of the drawer.
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That's right. And I do this so whenever I need a striped pair of socks, I know exactly where to find them. Wait a minute. Have you been going through my dresser drawers, Mindy?
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Uh, have you been going through your dresser drawers, Guy Raz?
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Wait, what?
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And by putting everything in a specific place, you're making a map in your brain.
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So if I were to close my eyes, I'd be able to picture my dresser drawer and be able to tell you exactly where my striped socks were without even having to look in the actual drawer?
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Yes.
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Unlike my house, where I just throw all of my clothes and dishes and important papers inside the same dishwasher and have no idea where to find anything.
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So what this means is that I'm like a.
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From an organizational perspective, Guy Raz, you're basically a big squirrel chunker.
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And I guess from another organizational perspective, you're basically, what, a tornado?
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Well, I don't know if I'd go that far.
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So how did these researchers discover that squirrels were using their brains for chunking, too?
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Well, they conducted a few experiments. Okay, so the scientists started with a hypothesis.
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So a pretty educated scientific guess based on data or information collected.
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Yep.
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And based on what they knew about squirrels, they had a serious hunch that the squirrels might use chunking. As in they would put the almonds and one hole in the ground and the pecans in another, et cetera, et cetera.
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And was their hypothesis correct?
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Well, the results of the experiment said that the squirrels did, in fact, do this, but only if they got the nuts all from the same place. If they got the nuts from different places, they didn't use chunking. Instead, they just hid all of their nuts in random spots.
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Well, how do they know? I mean, how are they able to track the nuts of 45 different squirrels?
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Oh, so they used handheld GPS tracking devices to find them and create a map of their collecting and hiding patterns.
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Say, speaking of nuts, whatever happened to that human sized squirrel that was supposed to be organizing my nut collection?
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Um.
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Oh, he's organizing your nuts, all right. What?
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Where?
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Take a look outside in your yard, Mindy.
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My nuts are all gone, and he's deep digging hundreds of holes in my beautiful garden.
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You never said that you wanted him to organize them in the pantry.
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What?
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Well, on the bright side, he and his friends will never go hungry. Guy Raz just considerate payment for a job well done.
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That was so funny. The part where Mindy and Guy Raz were the size of a squirrel, and then the other part where the squirrel was the size of Mindy and Guy Raz. Wait, Reggie, I just had a great idea. We should be giant. Yeah, like giant. Dennis and Reggie, the very giant pigeon. Okay, let's wrap up the show and go ask Mindy to make us giant. Thanks to all you listeners out there for tuning in to Wee Wow on the weekend. If you have any questions for me, call and leave me a message at 1-888-7-WOW-WOW. That's 1-888-7-WWOW. I just might answer your question on Wee Wow on the weekend. Okay, let's go. Okay, Reggie, when Mindy makes us giants, we should stomp around like Dennis and Regizillas. Or we should grow a giant beanstalk and live in the clouds. Or I'll change my name to Dennis Bunyan and go dig a river and eat a bunch of pancakes and donate one of my shoes to an old lady so she can live in it. Thanks for joining us for this edition of Wee Wow. Our show is written by Ruth Morrison and Jed Anderson. The role of Baby Dennis is played by Jed Anderson.
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Well, then, who plays the role of Big Dennis?
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Never your mind.
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Tee hee.
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Original sound design and production is done by Henry Moskal with contributions from Jed Anderson and Tyler Thole. Original music for wewow is composed and performed by Tyler Thole. Special thanks to Jessica Bode, Rebecca Caban, Dr. Natasha Crandall, Kenny Curtis, Kristin Yang, Meredith Helpern, Ranzer Thuy Mac, 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.
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We Wow.
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Oh, Baby Dennis. We wow.
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All right.
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We wow.
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Wow. Wow in the World was made by Tinkercast and sent to you by Wondery.
Date: March 15, 2026
Hosts: Dennis (with Reggie the Giant Pigeon), featuring Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz in the episode playback
Podcast Theme: Science stories for kids and families, inspiring curiosity, laughter, and fun learning.
This episode of WeWow on the Weekend is a jam-packed, fun-filled adventure hosted by Dennis and his pigeon co-host Reggie. The show is split into two major components: Dennis’s signature weekend banter featuring reading listener reviews and answering questions, followed by a relisten to a classic Wow in the World episode, “That’s Nuts”—an exploration into the science of squirrel nut organization, with a healthy dose of imagination, jokes, and scientific explanation.
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Lively, imaginative, and interactive. Most dialogue is playful, silly, and family-friendly, with lots of puns and enthusiastic encouragement for young listeners to explore their own curiosity and embrace their “weird.” The episode celebrates the joy of science and the power of asking questions—topped with a hearty helping of jokes, sound effects, and wild storytelling.
Listeners who enjoy science, jokes, imaginative adventures, and interactive content—all in a podcast perfect for family time, car rides, or curious minds of any age.