WeWow on the Weekend: New Nicknames, Toast and Space Junk! (Encore)

Wow in the World

The episode begins with hosts Dennis and Reggie engaging in lighthearted banter about nicknames and a failed attempt at making toast. It the

Key takeaways

• NASA has identified more than 500,000 pieces of space debris orbiting the Earth.
• The Kessler Syndrome describes a catastrophic chain reaction where space junk collisions create even more debris.

Main topics

• Space junk and orbital debris
• Biomimicry in engineering

Notable quotes

Clean up your outer space right this minute or no ice cream for dessert.

Conclusion

The episode provides an educational and entertaining look at how natur

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:00) Hey, Wowzer fans, Mindy here. And before we start the show, are you a kid who wows? Of course you are. Well, listen up because I am searching for the perfect wow kid to join me as a guest on an upcoming episode of two What's in a Wow People Who Wow edition. Together, we'll play three rounds of my getting to know you game show. And along the way, we'll get to know all about you, your hidden talents, your hobbies, your funniest stories. Plus, the winner will also receive a prize pack of Wow in the World toys and books. Want a chance to be on the show? Ask your grown-ups to enter our Kids Who Wow contest. Grown-ups record a short video of your wowzer sharing three true wow facts about their life. Then ask them to tell you the story behind one of those facts. Enter for a chance to win when you send us your video at Tinkercast.com slash contest. Grownups, you can learn more about the rules for this contest and upload your submission before October 1st at Tinkercast.com slash contest. That's Tinkercast.com slash contest. And now for a quick ad break and then back to the show. Speaker 3 (1:08) We wow on the weekend. We wow on the weekend. We wow on the weekend. Because this is what we do on the weekend. Talking, laughing, me and Red. Speaker 3 (1:29) Oh wait, no, I said laughing twice. Speaker 2 (1:31) Uh, whatever. We wow on the Speaker 3 (1:34) weekend. We wow on the... Cause this is what we do on... Speaker 3 (1:45) Hello and welcome to WeeWOW on the Weekend! I'm your host, Dennis! And that's my co-host, Reggie the Giant Pigeon! Or Reggie for short! Or Reg for even shorter! Or just R for even shorter than that! Hey Reggie, do you have a nickname for me? I think you should call me the D-Man! No? Okay, how about the Denonator? Speaker 3 (2:13) Fine. How about Dentster? Dashing Dennis? Denny Cakes Jr.? Mr. Wham Jam? Mother's Little Gentle Boy? Dennis the Darling? Denny and the Jets? Well, then what do you want to call me? Ooh, just Dennis. Classic. Okay, let's get into the show. First up, we're going to do some cooking with a little segment I like to call Dishing It Up With Mr. Wham Jam. Okay, fine. Dishing It Up With Dennis. Ahem. Dish it up on a dish. Anything that you wish. Take a bite. That's delish. Dishing It Speaker 2 (2:50) Up With Dennis and Speaker 3 (2:53) Reggie. So, on previous Dishing It Up With Dennis's, we may... have run into some issues with not having all the ingredients. Right, or any of the ingredients. So this time we're making something super easy. Toast. Exactly. Speaker 2 (3:12) Not even I could mess Speaker 3 (3:13) this up. Okay, so I've got Mother's Old Toaster from 1975 here. And I've got some bread. Just gonna put the bread into the toaster like this. And press down on the lever like this. And now we wait. Oh, sorry. I'll stop. Speaker 3 (3:47) Now, ladies and gentlemen, we have... Wait, why didn't it toast? This bread is just still bread. What gives? Reggie, what do you mean it wasn't plugged in? Well, why didn't you say something? Okay, well, I'm plugging it in now. There we go. And Speaker 2 (4:08) we'll just push this back Speaker 3 (4:10) down and... Let's move on to the next segment while that cooks. All right. Next up is a little segment I like to call Inside Tinkercast Studios. 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 1, Episode 19 called... Astronauts, clean up your space! In this episode, Mindy and Guy fly into low-Earth orbit to look at all the space junk floating around up there. Okay, fine. Reggie flies Mindy and Guy into low-Earth orbit to look at all the space junk floating around up there. Speaker 2 (4:56) Right, and then Speaker 3 (4:57) they talk about some of the biomimicry solutions scientists are working on to clean it up. Speaker 2 (5:02) Yeah, let's listen. Speaker 3 (5:05) Okay, here we go. Speaker 1 (5:07) And play. WeWow will be right back. This message is for you. Hey, Wowzer fans. Mindy here. I've got a quick announcement for Virginia. The state, not just your grandma Virginia. Speaker 3 (5:24) Hey, Speaker 1 (5:24) Virginia! And also the entire Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia area. Are Speaker 2 (5:31) you ready Speaker 1 (5:32) to make it Wow? Join me and Carly Q for an afternoon of tinkering, laughing, and making it wow live in Fairfax, Virginia this November. Watch teams of kids turn their wildest and weirdest ideas into... jaw-dropping inventions live on stage. Plus, you'll get to see some of your favorite Tinkercast characters in person, like Dennis, Grandma G-Force, and Thomas Fingerling. And did I mention that the pop-ups will be there too, making it wow through music as our live house band hit. is going to be bonker balls. Grown-ups, you can get your tickets to Make It Wow right now. Just visit Tinkercast.com slash events. And tickets are going fast, especially for our meet and greets at the end of the show. So what are you waiting for? Grown-ups, visit Tinkercast.com slash events to get your tickets now. Speaker 2 (6:26) Now Speaker 1 (6:31) back to the show. Speaker 3 (6:36) I don't Speaker 1 (6:41) think it's on. It's on. Oh, it is on. Can everyone hear me? Can everyone hear me? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Now, astronaut, please take your seats. Sit down. Please Speaker 2 (6:56) take your seats. Sit down. Sit Speaker 1 (6:58)