WeWow on the Weekend

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Hello and welcome to Wee Wow on the Weekend! I'm your host, Dennis. And that's my co-host, Reggie the Giant Pigeon. This is the show where we chit-chat and From our fans and listen to Tinkercats podcasts. Hey, Reggie, look what I Out of brickle blocks! Yeah, it's amazing. Whole neighborhood, there's Mindy's gingerbread mansion, and there's Guy Rose's tiny house, and there's Grandma G Force's diaper house. It's my house. Well I ran out of the house pieces and had to use the

Brave knight in shining armor castle pieces. Well no. Have an alligator moat or trebuchets or buttresses, but I believe it's called taking artistic liberty. Buttress. Okay, let's move on to reading reviews. Z's. This is the part where people write us comments on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or whatever, and I print a punch out and I read them aloud. This first review Z comes to us from username SNR Sparkle Emoji.

The subject says, Dennis, read this. And the message says, I love Wee Wow. It's the best. Do you like takis? The spicy snack? Well, SR Sparkle Emoji, I've never had takis, but last week, Turkey Tacos on Turkey Taco Tuesday. Well I don't know Reggie. Is Turkey Taco Tuesdays the same thing as Takis? No? Okay then I've never had Takis. Next reviewsy! This next review-z comes to us from username Snoop Scoop. The subject says Means super. Star! And the number Aww! Thank you, Snoop Scoop!

And the message says, why are Mindy and God? That's a good qu Snoop Scoop, they should be on Wee Wow on the weekend. I'm gonna call them right now. on the show. Okay. Dialing, dialing. Hello, this is Mindy from Wow in the World. Darn. With the voicemail. If you're calling about a delivery of pocket shrimp, please press one. Uh if you're calling to order a hat made out of pocket shrimp,

Please press two. Yikes. If you're calling to have me on Wee Wow on the weekend, I'm sorry, Dennis, but I am currently on one of Jupiter's moons. Ah sh if you'd like me to repeat these options. Never mind. Sorry, Snoop Scoop. Mindy and Guy are in a different part of the solar system, I guess. Uh, but we'll get them one of these days. Next reviews! This last revusey comes to us from username Science Dragon!

Magnifying glass emoji. The subject says, one of my favorites. And the message says, I love it. I think it's awesome! Yay! Reggie! Science Dragon thinks our show is awesome! Right, Desmond. I think it's awesome. How do you ride giant pigeons? It seems impossible. It's not impossible, science dragon. I'll show you. Reggie. Care to do a demonstration? Excellent. Let's go over here. So, science dragon.

The first thing you want to do is swing your leg over the pigeon, like this. Reggie, quit wiggling. Well, could you bend down a little, please? Thank you. Okay. Now I'll swing my leg over like this. And I scooped him! Reggie, calm down, boy! Oh! Reggie, calm down! No, no, no, no! Reggie, look out for the bug case! No, no! Stop! Look out for the table with my like a blood neighborhood!

Sorry, Reggie. Did I pull your feathers again and spook you? Oh, and I got on backwards. No, it is spooky. I understand. Well, there you have it, Science Dragon. That's how you spook a giant pigeon and ride him around. Basement like a bucking bronco and destroy your brickle block diorama of the neighborhood. That's okay, Reggie. We'll rebuild. Thanks for all your reviews, these listeners. Keep on coming.

Spotify, I just migrated on Wei Wow on the weekend. Five stars or more, please. Okay, next up is a little segment I like to call Inside Tanker Castodios. Uh-em. This is the part where we revisit an episode of one of my favorite Tinker Cash shows. And today we're listening to Wow in the World Season 4, episode 17 called Are You Smarter Than a Toilet? Or as I like to call it. Dennis's amazing adventure. Yeah, I'm in this one big time. It's all about how I, Dennis,

Learned everything there is to know about every toilet that ever existed! Oh, and I think Guy and Mindy talk about some stuff too. I don't really remember. Okay, here we go. Wee Wow will be right back. Grown-ups, this message is for you. It's me, Carly Q, from Who When Wow Mystery Edition. Big news to share. I've learned a lot on my time traveling adventures. Like what to pack when you're traveling to Victorian England, or the money.

Try foods when you're visiting the Viking Age. Spoiler alert the food is pretty good, but they don't have pie yet. Which is a bummer. I can't wait to share my time travel tips and tricks with you all. You can listen to my new bite-sized episodes in the Who When Wow podcast feed starting next week. Looks like lunch break is over. Now let's get on with the show. Hey grown-ups, it's Mindy and Guy Ross, and we have an important message to share with you.

For nine years, WoW in the world has been free for every family, teacher, curious kid, and grown-up who listens. And we've kept it going through partnership. Sponsors, distributors, and honestly, a whole lot of scrappy ingenuity. But the truth is, the media industry has changed a lot since we launched this show in 2017. And it's becoming a lot harder to financially sustain a show like WoW in the World without additional help. And that's because every episode you hear is handcrafted by an entire

Real humans. So for the first time ever, we are asking our listeners, you, to support the show. If your family values what we create, if you've laughed or learned something new. Or if the show has inspired curiosity in your home, we're asking you to consider making a contribution. Your support goes directly to paying our team and keeps WoW in the world free for everyone who listens to it. grown ups, if you can, just visit TinkerCat. Once again you can visit Tinkercast.com slash

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Whoa. Ready to take the plunge in final Bathroom of your dreams? A bathroom that doubles as a water park? You know it! Then Experts are standing by to help you find. Toilet seat. Good morning, Mindy. Guy Roz, remember how you were planning to spend the day cooped up in your playhouse? Uh for the sake of This is not a playhouse, it's a fifty square foot.

Dwelling that Yeah yeah yeah and it's got a toilet in the kitchen sink. Well well technically the sink is in the toilet but Guy Raz. Either way you're pooping in the sink. No, I'm washing my dishes in the What are you getting at? What I'm getting at is that you need a new toilet, one without a garbage disposal.

And I need a new bathroom with a water slide and a toilet that doubles as a tiny wave pool for my ducks. What ducks? And for one day only, we can make all of our bathroom dreams come true. I don't have bathroom dreams. All we have to do is head on down to the convention center for the one day only. Room showcase experts are standing by to help. Come on! Wait, actually, I was just reading about that showcase myself, Mindy. I was planning on heading down there to check.

Revolutionary new piece of bathroom technology And they're also giving out free samples. I hope they're not stool samples. Okay, well let me grab my shoes and I'll meet you outside in uh five minutes. Yes! Run, run, run. Hi, Mindy! Whatcha doin'? Oh hey Dennis! I'm waiting for Guy Roz to emerge from his dollhouse.

We are going to the bathroom showcase down at the convention center today. We are? Oh no, what I mean is Guy Roz and I Ah, we'll be like the three amigos or the three st- Or the three mousketeers! Okay, Mindy, I'm ready to go. Uh how are we getting there? Hi guy! Dennis, you scared me. Guy Roz, did you hear? We're getting the gang back together. We're like Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Obviously, I'm Harry.

Sorry Dennis, you know we'd really love for you to come, but we're taking Guy Raza's yellow banana scooter, and you know, it's only got seating for two people. And a giant pigeon! Awww. Plus, we need you here to spy on the neighborhood and watch out for danger. I guess. Oh yeah, and we promised Bring you back a souvenir. Oh, a souvenir. Uh Mindy? Yaga? Uh I I think we have a little problem. Why?

Well, uh, I can't get the banana scooter to start. Uh seems like the battery might be dead. Maybe the banana is just overripe. You know, according to Transportation. Wait, I know. Uh Hey Dennis. What? You don't happen to have your rollerblades handy, do ya? Shall I? Oh no. Almost there. Almost there. Mandy, this is not what I have in mind. Nos tênis! Ah, vem! Made it.

I don't know why Reggie got to ride. He can fly! Wow, Dennis, thank you so much for pulling us and the banana scooter all the way down here to the convention center. No problem, Mindy. What are rollerblades for? Come on, you two! Handy Reggie! The entrance is right over there! Wah wah wah wah wah. Hi there! Welcome to the bathroom showcase. Are you considering a bathroom remodel? Uh yes, I am looking to build a Baratuba Lazy River in my bathtub.

And my buddy Guy Roz over here is uh tired of pooping in the kitchen sink. Mindy I see, tiny house. Well, actually it's a solar powered energy efficient modular It's an oversized Debbie doll dream hunt. Well I think that is just And I believe we've got some lovely compact laboratory options that you are going to adore. Come with me right this way. Wak, waq, waq, waq, waq, wah, wah, wa, wah, wah, waq, wah, wah. Look at the size of this place, Mindy. I can see

Now over here to the left you'll see we're featuring the latest in porta-potty technology. Oh, I think you mean porta potty, right? Yeah, porta as in portable potties? Not porta. Portau. You see, traditional porta potties need to be transported to a location, but But let me guess the portal potties transport Us? Bingo. Oh, it's like the rollerblades of toilets. Now that's something I can get my behind behind.

Once properly tested, these portal potties will be able to transport poopers through time and space, past or future. A time traveling poop? Toilet? Sign me up. I wanna see inside. Oh uh sir, please don't go in there. Look, this porta body's bigger than your new house, Guy Raz. Please, sir, the portals are highly unstable. They have access to urine and feces from all of human history. So do I just flush my

To another dimension or what? Dennis! No, uh, sir, please. It's just a prototype. It's it's still in beta butt testing. Mindy, what is Up up and away. or something like that? Oh, I remember. I fly! Dennis! Oh dear. Uh security? We've got a flusher. He was my best friend! Hey, I thought I was your best friend. Oh yeah. Um, he was my second best friend! Ha ha ha!

Okay, come on number one. We gotta go check out the rest of these exhibits. But what about Dennis? Ah, Dennis clogs toilets all the time. He's not gonna get that far. Just be patient, Kyraz. Dennis will come bubbling up. And the whole convention center's gonna know about it. You'll see. Okay. Whoa, check out that sign guy, Roz. Huh. Are you smarter than? A toilet.

Yes, I am smarter than a toilet! At least I'm pretty sure I am. Does a toilet know the square root of 50? Ugh. Cause I sure do. It's 7.07106781185. Middleby! Thank you very much. Come on, let's go check it out. कर दो कर दो कर दो Okay. Oh, you're still here. I mean, oh good, you're still here. Let's continue on to what I wanted to show you earlier. Over here we have the I'm here to prove that I am smarter than a toilet. I'm sorry, what? That sign up there, it says, Are you smarter than a toilet?

Oh yeah! That sign is referring to the new smart toilet by Stanford. Stanford? As in the university? That's right. Wait, wait a minute, Mindy, this is it! This is the I was telling you about earlier. about this smart toilet in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering. Oh yeah, I read about it too, Guy Roz, in Toilet Talk magazine. So let's unveil this smart toilet. I can't wait to see what it looks like! Oh well, you're looking at it. It's right here. Huh? It's right in front of you.

Hm. Uh this just looks like a regular toilet. Shouldn't a smart toilet be wearing, I don't know, glasses or a graduation cap or something? Just like people, Mindy, you can't judge a toilet based on its appearance. Okay, smart toilet, let's see what you're made of. How do you spell the word dolphinitely? Uh oh, I don't think it can spell made up words. Or any words. Mindy, this smart toilet created by scientists and engineers at Stanford University is not that kind of smart. Huh.

So you're saying it can't do your homework and solve all your math problems? Not exactly. Man, well can it at least blush itself? Because blushing is one of my least favorite things to do in life. I believe this smart toilet uses precision. Health focused technology. Which means that it can detect if a person is sick. How in the w how is it able to do that? Well, it examines your uh It examines your what?

You know, your Your what, Gyroz? It examines your what? Uh yeah, why your uh Gyroz, just say it! What does it examine? It examines your stool and urine! It examines your poop and pee? Keep it down. What we're literally surrounded by toilets right now. Yes, have no fear. In here it's safe to talk about Tinkle and discuss Doopy all the live-long biday. Now, this smart toilet uses a suite of different tools from a variety of technologies to detect disease.

Oh, I see what's going on here. Oh yeah? Yeah, so it turns out your poop and pee can actually tell you a thing or two about your overall health. Even though they don't have mouths and they definitely do not talk. Go on. So let's talk about poop for instance. First of all, what is it? If you were to find a recipe for poop, the list of ingredients would include undigested food, proteins, bacteria, Salt, water, and a bunch of other stuff.

And then all of this stuff turns into Travels through your intestines. And then get it. Pushed out. Uh I don't know if I'd necessarily use the words recipe or ingredients, uh but but sure, I mean I I think I see where you're going with this. And even though all poops are different from person to person There are a few red flags that can tell you if your poop is unhealthy. Oh yeah? Yeah. For example, if your poop pops out like hard little marbles instead of nice juicy sausages.

It might mean that you're constipated or that there's a traffic backup in your room. Oh. Or if your poop is green and squeezing out like soft serve ice cream, it might mean you got a case of the old diarrhea. By the way, do you think the smart toilet can spell diarrhea? Again, Mindy, it's not that kind of smart toilet. And if your poop plops out in cubes, well. It might just mean you're a wombat.

Uh-huh. Mindy's absolutely right. The smell, size, color, and shape of your stool all contain clues to the state of your health. And this smart toilet is able to read those. So it's like having a bunch of teeny tiny scientists and researchers inside your toilet bowl just waiting for your next Oh wait, I read about this and I read about how it works. First, a scanner takes a picture of your uh

Of your butt? Uh yeah, yes. Uh first the scanner takes a picture of your butt and uses that picture to help the toilet identify you, or or rather, your butt. Exactly. It's like facial recognition. Just instead of faces.

It's butts! Mmm Okay, so fecal recognition. Alright, well, sounds a little personal, but who hasn't made photocopies of their own butt? Guilty as judged. And then of course. A pressure sensor records how long you sit and how long it takes for you to uh to do your business? Uh yes. And while you're doing your business, uh say number one. You mean pee? Yes, I mean pee or urine. Oh, urine what? Mindy! Sorry.

So while you're peeing, another sensor monitors the force of your flow. Flow as in a little tinkle or a full-on Niagara Fall. Uh sure, and uh during that Tinkle or Niagara Falls, a color detector checks the color to see if your pea is looking happy. Aw yeah, I am always aiming for that good lemonade piece. What?

You know, the healthiest pea is the color of a tall glass of lemonade, whereas dark orange juice pea might be a signal that you're dehydrated and need to drink a bunch of water in electrolyte. Exactly. And finally, the last sensor checks the shape and firmness or density of any uh uh P solid. Solid deposits? You know you can just say poop, Kyraz. I I know it's just that. Say it. Say poop.

Ah, good job, little buddy! So once this toilet is finished getting all up in the business of your business, then what does it do with all the information that it collects? I can answer that one. This smart toilet sends all of the information to a cloud-based portal for safekeeping. An internet cloud made of poop and pee?

Ugh, wouldn't want to be standing under that cloud when it rains. Actually, Mindy, from what I read, in the future, doctors and nurses will be able to get the information from that cloud to help treat people when they're sick. A toilet that's in cahoots with your doctor to help keep you healthy? I don't know about you, but I'm ready to take this baby for a test drive. Well, what you're looking at here is only a prototype. Sort of a rough drag.

Oh, I get it. The scientists and engineers at Stanford need a little more time for tinkering before we can get to tinkling. Precisely. So in the meantime, why don't we go see if we can find Dennis?

Oh, good thinking. Um, hey, excuse me, you don't happen to have a human-sized plunger lying around, do you? I thought you'd never ask. Right this way. Oh, okay. Walk walk walk wax. Oh, you do that too? Wok. Oh, Mindy, that's quite a crowd gathered around the portal potty where Dennis flushed himself. Now I need everyone to stop. This plunger now. Guy, Roz, what if this guy can't bring Dennis back to-

Down there forever. Who'll be able to fill Dennis's rollerblades as our neighborhood snoop? I mean, I could probably do an awesome job of getting up in everyone's beeswax, but Wanna count or three? One? Two, three Excuse me. Dennis. Tell us what you saw. Tell us where you've been. Tell us where. Gather round. Children and Poops long past, of ancient poops, where butts were wiped with black. And seashells and animal furs and water. Stinging nettle on accident.

Tell us about the toilets and yea, there were no toilets, but merely whole. Yeah. Elegant but smelly Where toilet bowls were actually Bowls large bowls Chamber The first portable potty, the chamber pot. Hey Dennis, did you ever make it to the future in that? Very well. Did you hear that? The smart toilets are coming. The future is tomorrow. And even further into the world. Wiping shall not be done with cream.

Wow, that was so cool! And grouch! Yeah, there was a lot of pee and poo discussion while I was surfing the toilet time wave. Reggie, we should build a brickle block model toilet of the future. Yeah, we're gonna need lots more brickle blocks. Let's go get the big bin out of the attic. All 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 1-888-7WOW. That's we

I just might answer your question on Wee Wow on the weekend! Okay, let's go. So Reggie, what kind of cool features should our ultra-futuristic toilet have? Besides lasers, obviously. Ooh, a built-in waffle maker. Good idea. I think it should also have wheels. For the modern pooper on the go, Reggie. Think about it. You're going to the bathroom when all of a sudden the doorbell rings. This way you can Thanks for joining us for this edition of We Wow, our show And Chad Anderson.

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