Mindy (3:47)

Yeah.

Dennis (3:48)

We wow on the weekend. Laugh, laugh. We wow on the weekend. Cause this is what we do on the weekend. Greetings and salutations, devoted listeners. It is I, Dennis, your humble host, your master of ceremonies, your commander of commemoration. Reggie. I was just trying something. Sheesh. Okay, fine. Take two.

Reggie (4:15)

Ahem.

Dennis (4:16)

Welcome to Wii Wow on the Weekend with me, Dennis and Reggie. We're here in my basement doing weekend stuff like hanging out in our pajamas even though it's well past noon. And today we've got a very special.

Grandma G. Force (4:33)

Are you gonna introduce me or not?

Dennis (4:36)

Grandma G. Force. I was just getting to you. I was going to introduce you with a song.

Grandma G. Force (4:42)

Oh, well, that sounds nice. Do it.

Dennis (4:45)

Okay. Guest segment. The segment with a guest. A guest comes on the show, and just like the title suggests, we bring them out.

Grandma G. Force (4:56)

No, that's enough singing, boy. We're all very impressed.

Dennis (5:00)

All right, all right, all right. Welcome to Wee Wow on the Weekend.

Grandma G. Force (5:04)

Grandma G. I don't know what that is.

Dennis (5:07)

Oh, well, it's a very, very cool new show. That's very cool. Where Reggie and I hang out on the weekend.

Grandma G. Force (5:14)

Okay.

Dennis (5:14)

And we talk about our favorite Tinkercast shows and interview celebrities like yourself. And we. Oh, right. Thanks, Reggie. And we answer questions from our adoring listeners.

Grandma G. Force (5:26)

Okay, I want to do that.

Dennis (5:28)

What?

Grandma G. Force (5:28)

I want to answer questions. Hit me.

Dennis (5:32)

Oh, okay. And now it's suddenly time for the Q&A SE. The Q& A segment.

Grandma G. Force (5:42)

Boy, don't you never stop saying.

Dennis (5:45)

All right, let's just get the old answering machine pulled up here. Okay, Here we go. Hi, you've reached Dennis from We wow on the Weeknd.

Grandma G. Force (5:55)

Is that you?

Dennis (5:56)

Do you have a question? Well, I do, too. Lots of them. And who's gonna answer all my questions?

Grandma G. Force (6:02)

You?

Dennis (6:03)

Probably not. But I guess I can answer yours. Leave me a message.

Mindy (6:10)

Hi, Dennis. My name is Miles, and my question is. Where does water come from?

Dennis (6:16)

Where does water come from? Good question, Miles. Now, the answer is a little complicated. Firstly, the water cycle can be.

Grandma G. Force (6:25)

Get out of here. It's not complicated. Everybody knows water comes from the sink.

Dennis (6:32)

Oh, well, I suppose that's true, but.

Grandma G. Force (6:35)

And the toilet and the hose and those overpriced plastic bottles and the sprinklers. When it's hot out, sometimes I drink out of them.

Dennis (6:48)

Huh. That's.

Grandma G. Force (6:49)

Next question.

Dennis (6:52)

Hi, Dennis.

Mindy (6:53)

My name is Kate and I'm from Virginia Beach, Virginia. My question is, why is tree bark brown?

Dennis (7:00)

Why is tree bark brown? Good question, Grandma G. Force, do you know?

Grandma G. Force (7:05)

Well, Kate, first of all, I don't know why anything is anything.

Dennis (7:14)

That's very true.

Grandma G. Force (7:15)

Why are oranges orange? Why are trucks loud? Why are always frogs looking at me weird?

Dennis (7:22)

Oh, my.

Grandma G. Force (7:23)

Also, tree bark ain't always brown.

Dennis (7:28)

It ain't? I mean, it isn't?

Mindy (7:30)

No.

Grandma G. Force (7:31)

You got a tree in your backyard that's white. I seen that with my own eyes.

Dennis (7:36)

Oh, yeah, my birch tree. Good snooping, Granny G. And in the.

Grandma G. Force (7:41)

Park, there's a bunch of trees with green bark.

Dennis (7:45)

What? Green bark?

Grandma G. Force (7:46)

You heard me.

Dennis (7:47)

Oh, you mean they're covered in moss so they look green?

Grandma G. Force (7:51)

Yeah, that's what I said. Green bark.

Dennis (7:54)

Right. Okay, thanks for calling, Kate. Next question.

Mindy (7:59)

Hi, I'm Kenley Hymer from Fayetteville, Arkansas. And my question for you, Dennis, is have you ever petted the sleigh cats? If you have, which one's your favorite?

Dennis (8:13)

Good question. And yes, Mindy always asks me to watch her sleigh cats. My favorite is Ms. Dixon. Grandma GeForce, do you have a favorite sleigh cat?

Grandma G. Force (8:24)

No, those cats don't get along with my cats.

Dennis (8:27)

You have cats?

Grandma G. Force (8:28)

Yeah, Mr. Fluffypants is my cat.

Dennis (8:32)

Oh, cute.

Grandma G. Force (8:33)

And of course, there's Mr. Colonel Toots Thunderpaw. He's my cat and my landlord.

Dennis (8:41)

Oh, that's interesting. Can I meet Colonel Toots Thunderpaw?

Grandma G. Force (8:46)

No.

Dennis (8:46)

Alright, well, thanks for your calls, everyone. If you've got a question for me, call and leave me a message. The number is 1-888-7-WOW. Wow. I just might answer your question on WEWOW on the weekend. Okay, that takes care of that.

Grandma G. Force (9:03)

Can I go now?

Dennis (9:04)

Yes, you can go.

Grandma G. Force (9:08)

And you're gonna put my check in the mail.

Dennis (9:10)

What? No. Grandma GeForce, there's no money.

Mindy (9:13)

What?

Grandma G. Force (9:14)

No money? That's it. I want my money back. No. I should have never.

Dennis (9:20)

I think that went pretty well. And now it's time for Inside Tinkercast Studios. Inside Tinkercast Studios. This is the part where we revisit an episode of one of my favorite Tinkercast shows. Today we're revisiting a story from wow in the World. Season one called your shoelaces on GeForce. Yes, Reggie, that's why we had Grandma GeForce on today. No, I don't think it's about Granny G's shoelaces. Well, I think it's about everyone's shoelaces. Yes, even your shoelaces. I mean, that is when you wear shoes. Oh, you're right. This is a shoe focused weekend. Seriously, I think this makes us sneaker influencers now. Should we change this show to be all about sneakers? We could name it like we sneak on the weekend. Oh no, you're right. That sounds like another snooping podcast idea. Okay, let's listen to your shoelaces on JForce. Here we go and play wow in the World.

Mindy (10:31)

We'll be right back. Grown Ups, this message is for you.

Reggie (10:37)

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Dennis (14:53)

That's it.

Mindy (14:54)

Back to the show. Run in the World.

Dennis (15:04)

Two, three.

Mindy (15:06)

Uh, Guy Raz, why are you running?

Guy Raz (15:10)

Oh hey Mindy, I'm just going for a jog here. Just trying out my new running shoes.

Mindy (15:15)

Yeah, I can see that. It looks like you got yourself a pair of those five toed deals. Kind of make your feet look like foot fingers why don't you just stick with regular shoes?

Guy Raz (15:24)

You know, Mindy, I was wearing regular running shoes, but my shoelaces kept getting untied and I would have to stop and tie my laces again. So, you know, I thought, well, I could just slip into these shoes with.

Mindy (15:38)

No laces or life hack. You can just tie them tighter like everyone else. I'll even do it for you.

Guy Raz (15:44)

Well, surprisingly, Mindy, over time, it doesn't matter how tight you tie those shoelaces, because if you run in them, they will eventually become undone, man.

Mindy (15:55)

How does that happen?

Guy Raz (15:56)

Well, Mindy, that was the very same question a team of mechanical engineers at the University of California in Berkeley asked. And they wanted to know why shoelaces become untied.

Mindy (16:08)

Timeout. So just to be clear, a mechanical engineer is the type of engineer that works with machines, not the type that operates a train, right?

Guy Raz (16:16)

Yes, exactly. A mechanical engineer is a scientist that works on designing and creating and operating and understanding how machines work.

Mindy (16:27)

So how did these engineers even begin to investigate how our shoes come untied?

Guy Raz (16:32)

Well, they started, Mindy, by asking one of their colleagues, who's also a mechanical engineer, to start running.

Mindy (16:39)

Okay, so let me just make sure I've got this picture in my head. So their colleague is running in circles around the science lab and the engineers are cheering her on and staring at her shoelaces.

Guy Raz (16:52)

Well, basically, yeah. But they also used a high speed camera.

Mindy (16:57)

High speed? Wait a minute. The camera was running? No, it was just taking pictures.

Guy Raz (17:04)

Yeah, except this was a special camera, Mindy. The kind of camera that takes more than 250 photos every second.

Mindy (17:14)

You're telling me that there's a camera that could take that many photos every single second?

Guy Raz (17:19)

Yeah. So every second I speak is like 250 photos?

Mindy (17:24)

Man, that's a lot of pictures. I mean, just think about it. If you printed out every single one of those one second photos, you could fill in swimming pool with your own selfies.

Guy Raz (17:35)

Well, possibly even more photos than that, Mindy. But the good news is these were digital photographs. So they just live on a computer. And by taking so many photos, the engineers were able to watch every single movement of the other engineers feet and shoelaces as she ran.

Mindy (17:56)

Sounds riveting. So what happened?

Guy Raz (17:58)

Well, over time, they started to see in these photos that the knots on her laces were slowly getting looser.

Mindy (18:06)

But why?

Guy Raz (18:07)

Well, because every time the runner's foot hit the ground, it created such a powerful force. A force greater than seven times the force of gravity.

Mindy (18:18)

Ooh, time out, Guy. Raz let's imagine this in slow motion. Okay, that's enough. Nobody's got time to wait for that other shoe to drop. Sepi Raz, you were saying something about force of gravity seven times?

Guy Raz (18:36)

Yeah, it's a concept called G force.

Mindy (18:39)

That's my grandma's wrestling name.

Grandma G. Force (18:42)

Go ahead, give me your best shot.

Mindy (18:45)

I eat dentures for breakfast. Yeah, different G force. So can you explain?

Guy Raz (18:54)

Well, would you be willing to come with me for a ride on a roller coaster?

Mindy (18:58)

Would I? Where did this roller coaster come from?

Guy Raz (19:03)

Okay, are you ready?

Mindy (19:05)

I have to wear this seatbelt.

Dennis (19:08)

Welcome to the G4 Super Extreme accelerator Extreme. Please keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times, and thank you for choosing G4.

Guy Raz (19:16)

Okay, you buckled in?

Mindy (19:17)

It's a little late to ask me that question.

Guy Raz (19:19)

Okay, so right now, Mindy, as this roller coaster starts going up, it's not that fast, right? But do you feel this ride getting a little faster and faster? And we're gonna go down this gian. And here comes the loop, Mindy. This is where you're gonna feel the G force.

Reggie (19:48)

I feel good.

Dennis (19:49)

Back to my seat.

Mindy (19:50)

I can't move my head.

Guy Raz (19:53)

This is G force, Mindy. It's the feeling that there's a weight pressing against our bodies, and it's caused by the acceleration of the ride. This is. The faster it goes into these.

Reggie (20:08)

Into.

Guy Raz (20:09)

Loops, the more we have the perception or the feeling like we're being held back.

Mindy (20:18)

I think I'm understanding G4 Skyros, and it's about to come out of my.

Dennis (20:25)

Thank you for riding the G Force Super Extreme. Please take your personal belongings and all bodily fluids with you, as you'll even have a great rest of your day.

Guy Raz (20:35)

Uh, are you okay, Mindy?

Mindy (20:37)

Yeah, I'm good now, Guy Raz, you can have your tissue back. Anywho, that was a wild ride. And I don't know about you, Guy Raz, but somehow I felt heavier while we were on it.

Guy Raz (20:47)

Well, that's the power of G forces, Mindy. Did you notice the force was so powerful that you couldn't even move your head?

Mindy (20:55)

Yeah, and that's just because all of a sudden, we started to speed up when we were going around the curve.

Guy Raz (21:01)

Yeah, that's the basic principle. And so what we just experienced on that roller coaster, well, that's kind of like what our shoelaces go through every time we walk or run.

Mindy (21:12)

Man, those poor little shoelaces.

Guy Raz (21:15)

And, Mindy, what we just felt was actually less intense than what our shoelaces go through.

Mindy (21:21)

So you're saying our shoes are taken on a wild roller coaster ride every time we we walk?

Guy Raz (21:27)

Yep. And that force starts to loosen the knots in our shoes.

Mindy (21:32)

And what does that have to do with gravity?

Guy Raz (21:34)

While G force and gravity aren't actually the same thing to you, me, and pretty much everything else, they feel the same. So using what we know about gravity can actually help us understand what our shoelaces go through.

Mindy (21:50)

How so?

Guy Raz (21:51)

Well, Mindy, gravity is in an invisible force all around us here on planet Earth. And it's why we don't just float up into space. And it's why when you throw a ball up into the air, it falls back down.

Mindy (22:04)

But do all of the other planets also have gravity?

Guy Raz (22:07)

Yes. In fact, gravity exists everywhere in our universe because without it, everything would just fly apart.

Mindy (22:14)

Well, how does gravity work here on Earth?

Guy Raz (22:17)

Well, the basic way to measure it is in meters. So, for example, if you throw something up in the air, eventually it will fall back to Earth at a rate of about 9.8 meters per second per second.

Mindy (22:30)

9.8 meters. So let's see. That's. That's just like a little bit shorter than a school bus, right?

Guy Raz (22:37)

Yeah, exactly. So the gravitational force on Earth is so powerful that when you throw something up into the air, it races back down to the ground at a length of almost one entire school bus per second per second.

Mindy (22:53)

Uh, Guy? Raz, why do you keep saying per second twice? I got it the first time.

Guy Raz (22:58)

Oh, well, what I mean by that, Mindy, is that let's say you jumped out of an airplane flying high up in the sky.

Mindy (23:04)

Been there, done that.

Guy Raz (23:06)

Well, as you fell, you would speed up, and each second that passed, you'd speed up by 9.8 more meters per second until you reached what's called terminal velocity. And that's basically the fastest speed a falling human would reach.

Mindy (23:23)

And how fast is that?

Guy Raz (23:25)

Well, eventually, a human jumping out of an airplane without a parachute will reach a terminal velocity speed of about 53 meters per second.

Mindy (23:36)

So that's really fast.

Guy Raz (23:37)

I know, right? It's about as fast as the fastest roller coaster in America. Mindy.

Mindy (23:42)

So what is the fastest roller coaster in America?

Guy Raz (23:46)

Well, I looked it up, and it's called Kingda Ka, and that's a roller coaster in New Jersey.

Mindy (23:51)

Are we riding it right now?

Guy Raz (23:54)

We just got off a roller coaster, and you kind of, you know, listen, talk about it.

Mindy (23:58)

So what's gravity like on other planets?

Guy Raz (24:00)

Well, on large planets like Jupiter, gravity is much stronger than it is here on Earth. And on smaller planets like Mercury, it's much weaker. And while we humans haven't, of course, been to another planet in person to test gravity out, we have been able to test gravity on the Moon. And on the moon, things fall at a much slower rate than they do here on Earth.

Mindy (24:26)

Is that why things look like they float on the moon?

Guy Raz (24:29)

Yes, exactly. Because on the moon, it takes a lot longer for things to come back down to the ground. And you can actually see videos of. Of this on the Internet, Mindy. Videos of astronauts bouncing up and down on the moon. Almost. Almost like a.

Mindy (24:44)

Like in a moon bounce or a bouncy castle.

Guy Raz (24:48)

Exactly.

Mindy (24:48)

Okay, so you're saying that every time we run, it's like the force of gravity on Earth, but seven times that force?

Guy Raz (24:56)

Yeah, basically, it's kind of like walking with six Mindys stacked on top of you. So seven Mindys stacked up.

Mindy (25:04)

Whoa.

Guy Raz (25:05)

But just one pair of shoes.

Mindy (25:07)

Hmm. My shoes. My shoes. My shoes. My shoes. That's some powerful G forces hitting those shoelaces.

Guy Raz (25:17)

And Mindy, that is why our shoelaces become undone, because they are constantly being rattled and loosened, and eventually, in what. What seems like a flash, the knot just opens up and the laces get untied. And we now know that thanks to the incredible research by those mechanical engineers at UC Berkeley.

Mindy (25:38)

Well, I guess I'm just gonna have to super glue my laces down if I want to defy gravity. Here we go. Ready?

Guy Raz (25:45)

It doesn't actually work that way. There is no defying gravity. And besides, you're gonna mess up your.

Mindy (25:51)

These are your foot finger shoes, Guy Raz. I'm off to the races here.

Dennis (26:02)

Yay. I want to go ride the G4 Super Extreme Accelerator Extreme. Let's go right now. Get your shoes on. I'll wrap this up. Thanks, everyone, for listening to this episode of We Wow on the weekend. Be sure to give our phone lines a call to ask me, Dennis, a question. The number is 1-888-7-WOW. WOW. That's 1-888-7-NWOW. WOW. I just might answer your question on Wee Wow on the weekend. Okay, are you ready? Great. Let's go, Reggie. Ew. No. I'm sure they already cleaned up Mindy's vomit from the roller coaster, because it was years and years ago that Mindy and Guy went on that roller coaster.

Mindy (26:50)

Grown Ups. If you like wow in the world, you can listen early and ad free right now on Wondry.

Guy Raz (26:55)

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Mindy (27:06)

Us about yourself by filling out a short survey@wondery.com survey. Thanks for joining us for this edition of Wewow on the weekend. Our show is written by Ruth Morrison and Jed Anderson. Original sound design and production is done by Henry Moskal and Marion Lozano with help from Jed Anderson and Tyler Thol. Original music for WEWOW on the Weekend is composed and performed by Tyler Thol.

Guy Raz (27:36)

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Mindy (27:43)

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Guy Raz (27:57)

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Mindy (28:16)

Thanks again for thinking, tinkering and experimenting and exploring with us this week. Meet us back here on Monday for Wow in the World. And remember who wows We Wow.

Dennis (28:29)

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Mindy (28:37)

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Reggie (28:42)

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Guy Raz (29:19)

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