Wow in the World

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What's Wow in the World about?

Hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz guide curious kids and their grown-ups on a journey into the wonders of the world around them. We'll go inside our brains, out into space and deep into the coolest new stories in science and technology.

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Listen To Your Mummy! (encore)

01.25.2021

A voice is calling from beyond the grave! Scientists from England have used computer modeling, a couple of CAT scans and a 3D printer to recreate the voice of a 3000 year old mummified priest! Join Mindy and Guy Raz ...

Wow in the World episodes:

01.25.2021 Listen To Your Mummy! (encore) A voice is calling from beyond the grave! Scientists from England have used computer modeling, a couple of CAT scans and a 3D printer to recreate the voice of a 3000 year old mummified priest! Join Mindy and Guy Raz ...
01.18.2021 The Buzz on Bee Barf! (encore) Once upon a time, scientists believed that bees chose plants with the sweetest nectar. But new research shows that there's actually more to the story. Join Mindy and Guy Raz for an epic tale of one Gramma BEE-Force, and a ...
01.11.2021 Underwater Nit-Pickin': Cleaner Shrimp And Why Big Fish Won't Eat Them (Encore) Mindy is feeling the entrepreneurial spirit as she opens up a "Nit-Pickin'" stand to pluck the lice from her neighbors' heads. When Guy Raz asks her about her business model for this new enterprise, she replies by taking him on ...
01.04.2021 A Scientific Songtacular (Encore) From pop to hip-hop and from disco to techno, humans love music! Monkey's on the other hand ... well that's a completely different question! Join Mindy and Guy Raz as they experiment with their new invention that turns speech into ...
01.01.2021 Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 5): Reflect & Share (encore) It's day 5 of TINKERCLASS--the reflect and share phase. Today we share your reflections from this week's project inspired from the episode, Rat Race!
12.31.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 4): Improve & Retest (encore) It's day 4 of TINKERCLASS--the improve and retest phase. See what you need to improve your speed! Then, test it again, and again and again and share your results with us! This week's project features the Wow in the World ...
12.30.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 3): Create & Test (encore) It's day 3 of TINKERCLASS--the create and test phase. Using your plan from yesterday, it's time to bring your idea to life! This week's project features the Wow in the World episode, Rat Race!
12.29.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 2): Explore & Plan (encore) It's day 2 of TINKERCLASS--Explore & Plan. You won't need to collect your own mischief of rats to explore and plan your project. Just your favorite stuffed animal or action figure and stuff you have around your house to build ...
12.28.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 1): Rat Race! (encore) Lab rats, start your engines! What in the world happened when scientists created tiny rodent-sized cars and taught rats how to drive? And why in the world are these four-legged creatures using their newfound freedom to pick up Froot Loops? ...
12.25.2020 Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Holiday Wrap Battle Why does Guy Raz think Mindy wants to throw a rap battle? And what does this have to do with the HOLIDAYS?! We've got questions AND answers on this special, jolly round of Two Whats?! & A Wow! We're challenging ...
12.21.2020 Chugga Chugga CHEW CHEW! The Science of Misophonia It's game night at Mindy's gingerbread mansion, and a rip roaring round of "What's that Sound" is on the menu. All goes well until Guy Raz begs to end the game as the "sounds" are more than his ears can ...
12.18.2020 Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Oldie But a Goodie Why is Gramma G-Force donating some of her old items to the Unnatural History Museum? And what does this have to do with ANCIENT INNOVATIONS? We've got questions AND answers on another ol' episode of Two Whats?! & A Wow! ...
12.14.2020 Masking For A Friend: The Science of How Wearing A Mask Helps Us And Our Neighbors It's 2020's hottest fashion statement! But it's not just a great looking addition to your face, it's also a vitally important tool for keeping you and your loved ones safe during this weird and wacky time. Join Guy and Mindy ...
12.11.2020 Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Sleep On It Guy Raz is making a schedule for the perfect slumber, and while Mindy might find his color-coded snoozing chart unusual, it's not half as unusual as the sleeping habits of some animals. On this round of Two Whats?! & A ...
12.07.2020 This Or That? How Babies' Picks Become Preferences Things are getting out of control as Mindy offers free babysitting in the Laboratory of Bad Ideas! Little does Guy Raz know that she's babysitting... for science!! What could possibly go wrong?! Join Mindy, Guy Raz, and a group of ...
12.04.2020 Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Bugging Out Mindy's new game show, Are You Smarter Than a Dung Beetle, will help us find out if Guy Raz is the strongest animal on this planet or if the dung beetle will reign supreme! And on our real game show, ...
11.30.2020 The Trouble With Pterosaurs After taking Reggie to the mall for a sleek new feather-cut, Guy and Mindy start to reminisce about other ancient creatures that also had feathers and those that didn't! A trip to the cinemas reveals a heated debate amongst the ...
11.27.2020 Two Whats!? And a Wow! - The Cat's Meow! Why is Mindy's new album up for a Grammy G-Force Award? And what does that have to do with CATS?! We've got questions AND answers on this purrfect round of Two Whats!? & A Wow! We're challenging you to find ...
11.23.2020 Eyes On The Behind: The Science of Optical Illusions and Ambush Predators Just when you thought the world of wow couldn't get any weirder, Mindy and Dennis are painting eyes on cows' butts...for science! But WHY? Join Guy Raz, Mindy, and the gang as they uncover the Who, What, When, Where, Why, ...
11.20.2020 Two Whats?! And a Wow! - Some Body To Love Why are Mindy and Guy so excited to stare at their fingers and toes?! And isn't it what's on the inside that counts?! We've got questions AND answers on today's SKINcredible round of Two Whats?! & A Wow! We're challenging ...
11.16.2020 Is There Life on Venus? Sci-Fi Drive-in movie night has Guy Raz and Mindy dreaming about life on other planets. And it just so happens that a team of researchers may (or may not) have discovered evidence of life on...VENUS? Join Mindy, Guy Raz, and ...
11.13.2020 Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Animal Talent Show Why is Mindy hosting an animal talent show? And which animal has a talent for sweating? We've got questions AND answers on today's wild round of Two Whats?! & A Wow! We're challenging YOU to find the fact from the ...
11.09.2020 Need to Settle A Dispute? Try Venom! A new toy craze has taken over the neighborhood, with friends turning into foes over rare "Boo Boo Beanie Boppers." Mindy is reminded of a new study that explores the interesting dispute settling tactic of slow lorises. Join Mindy and ...
11.06.2020 Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Species Feces! What is Guy Raz's Elephant book made from? And what does it have to do with animal poop?! We've got questions AND answers on this smelly round of Two Whats!? & A Wow! We're challenging you to find facts from ...
11.02.2020 Slingshot Spider The carnivals in town! But this is a carnival with a special twist; each ride is based on a special animal ability! There's Bombardier Beetle Blasters, The Mantis Shrimp Punching Bag and, the scariest ride of them all, the Slingshot ...
10.30.2020 Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Lighten Up! Why is Mindy tip-toeing around? And can we please turn on a light?! We've got questions AND answers on today's illuminating round of Two Whats?! & A Wow! We're challenging you to find facts from fiction about LIGHT!
10.26.2020 So, You've Been Swallowed By A Frog... When Mindy awakes the whole neighborhood for some morning mindfulness, Guy Raz and the gang find themselves stuck in a stomach-churning guided meditation that offers only one way out...of a FROG. It's the Who, What, When, Where, Why, How and ...
10.23.2020 Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Facts For Foodies! What's Mindy doing with all this food in her house and what does it have to do with the bee charging after Guy Raz?! The answer to those two questions and more in this foodie episode of Two Whats?! & ...
10.19.2020 Megalodon't Mess with this Monster! When you think of the most ferocious and terrifying predators to roam the seven seas, you might think of the fearsome, 10ft, 2 ton, Great White Shark! But that big fish ain't nothing compared to the sharks that used to ...
10.16.2020 Two Whats!? And a Wow! - FINGERPRINTS! Why is Guy Raz locked out of Mindy's Gingerbread Mansion? And what does this have to do with fingerprints? We've got questions AND answers on the Season 2 premiere of Two Whats!? & A Wow! We're challenging you to find ...
10.12.2020 Growling Ghost-Crabs (encore) Are you spooked by things that go bump, eeek and growl in the middle of the night? Have no fear! Mindy and the 'Ghost-Catchers' are here! What starts out as a paranormal phenomenon slowly turns into a scientific sensation as ...
10.05.2020 The Rise And Fall of Static Man (encore) A 2,500 year old mystery solved! Scientists have finally answered the age-old question of how friction leads to static electricity. But it's not all hip hips and hoorays ... this new information leads to the rise of an all new ...
10.02.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 4 Day 5): Reflect & Share It's day 5 of TINKERCLASS--the reflect and share phase. Today we share your reflections from this week's project inspired from the episode, Getting Nosey About the Science of Smell!
10.01.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 4 Day 4): Improve & Retest It's day 4 of TINKERCLASS--Time to improve and retest your creation. Using the data you collected on your whiffs, improve the sniffs in your "Jar of Smells" design. This week's project features the Wow in the World episode, Getting Nosey ...
09.30.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 4 Day 3): Create & Test It's day 3 of TINKERCLASS--Time to create and test. Use your good smells from yesterday's Tinkerclass to create your "Jar of Smells". This week's project features the Wow in the World episode, Getting Nosey About the Science of Smell!
09.29.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 4 Day 2): Explore & Plan It's day 2 of TINKERCLASS--Explore & Plan. It's time to get nosey about SMELLS! This week's project features the Wow in the World episode, Getting Nosey About the Science of Smell!
09.28.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 4 Day 1): Getting Nosey About the Science of Smell Scientists have long known that different people experience different smells, well...differently! But Why? And How? Join Mindy and Guy Raz in their new backyard Ol'Factory of bottled up odors, as they explore the Who, What, When, Where, Why, How, and ...
09.25.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 3 Day 5): Reflect & Share It's day 5 of TINKERCLASS--the reflect and share phase. Today we share your reflections from this week's project inspired from the episode, Good Habitat Keeping!
09.24.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 3 Day 4): Improve & Retest It's day 4 of TINKERCLASS--the improve and retest phase. Using your creature's habitat design from yesterday, build a model of it. Once you've built your model, evaluate and share your results with us! This week's project features the Wow in ...
09.23.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 3 Day 3): Create & Test It's day 3 of TINKERCLASS--the create and test phase. Using your imaginary creature from yesterday, it's time to design a habitat for it! This week's project features the Wow in the World episode, Good Habitat Keeping!
09.22.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 3 Day 2): Explore & Plan It's day 2 of TINKERCLASS--Explore & Plan. This week we're building habitats, but not for spittlebugs. Explore your imagination for a creature of your own design. What does it look like? How big or small? What does it eat? This ...
09.21.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 3 Day 1): Good Habitat Keeping Guy and Mindy go on a home tour of some of the scientifically strangest homes and habitats in the animal kingdom. But the one that stops them in their tracks, was built with pee bubbles and butt breathing?! What creature ...
09.18.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 5): Reflect & Share It's day 5 of TINKERCLASS--the reflect and share phase. Today we share your reflections from this week's project inspired from the episode, Rat Race!
09.17.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 4): Improve & Retest It's day 4 of TINKERCLASS--the improve and retest phase. See if you can improve your invention from yesterday, test it again, and then share your results with us! This week's project features the Wow in the World episode, Rat Race!
09.16.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 3): Create & Test It's day 3 of TINKERCLASS--the create and test phase. Look around your home to build out your plan from yesterday. This week's project features the Wow in the World episode, Rat Race!
09.15.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 2): Explore & Plan It's day 2 of TINKERCLASS--Explore & Plan. Look around your home for a problem you'd like to solve. This week's project features the Wow in the World episode, Rat Race!
09.14.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 1): Rat Race! Lab rats, start your engines! What in the world happened when scientists created tiny rodent-sized cars and taught rats how to drive? And why in the world are these four-legged creatures using their newfound freedom to pick up Froot Loops? ...
09.11.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 1 Day 5): Reflect & Share It's day 5 of TINKERCLASS--the reflect and share phase. Today we share your reflections from this week's project inspired from the episode, Hugomatic 3000!
09.10.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 1 Day 4): Improve & Retest It's day 4 of TINKERCLASS--the improve and retest phase. See if you can improve your invention from yesterday, test it again, and then share your results with us! This week's project features the Wow in the World episode, Hugomatic 3000!
09.09.2020 Tinkerclass (Week 1 Day 3): Create & Test It's day 3 of TINKERCLASS--the create and test phase. Look around your home for to build out your plan from yesterday. This week's project features the Wow in the World episode, Hugomatic 3000!

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Wow in the World

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Wow in the World episodes:

Listen To Your Mummy! (encore)

The Buzz on Bee Barf! (encore)

Underwater Nit-Pickin': Cleaner Shrimp And Why Big Fish Won't Eat Them (Encore)

A Scientific Songtacular (Encore)

Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 5): Reflect & Share (encore)

Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 4): Improve & Retest (encore)

Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 3): Create & Test (encore)

Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 2): Explore & Plan (encore)

Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 1): Rat Race! (encore)

Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Holiday Wrap Battle

Chugga Chugga CHEW CHEW! The Science of Misophonia

Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Oldie But a Goodie

Masking For A Friend: The Science of How Wearing A Mask Helps Us And Our Neighbors

Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Sleep On It

This Or That? How Babies' Picks Become Preferences

Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Bugging Out

The Trouble With Pterosaurs

Two Whats!? And a Wow! - The Cat's Meow!

Eyes On The Behind: The Science of Optical Illusions and Ambush Predators

Two Whats?! And a Wow! - Some Body To Love

Is There Life on Venus?

Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Animal Talent Show

Need to Settle A Dispute? Try Venom!

Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Species Feces!

Slingshot Spider

Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Lighten Up!

So, You've Been Swallowed By A Frog...

Two Whats!? And a Wow! - Facts For Foodies!

Megalodon't Mess with this Monster!

Two Whats!? And a Wow! - FINGERPRINTS!

Growling Ghost-Crabs (encore)

The Rise And Fall of Static Man (encore)

Tinkerclass (Week 4 Day 5): Reflect & Share

Tinkerclass (Week 4 Day 4): Improve & Retest

Tinkerclass (Week 4 Day 3): Create & Test

Tinkerclass (Week 4 Day 2): Explore & Plan

Tinkerclass (Week 4 Day 1): Getting Nosey About the Science of Smell

Tinkerclass (Week 3 Day 5): Reflect & Share

Tinkerclass (Week 3 Day 4): Improve & Retest

Tinkerclass (Week 3 Day 3): Create & Test

Tinkerclass (Week 3 Day 2): Explore & Plan

Tinkerclass (Week 3 Day 1): Good Habitat Keeping

Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 5): Reflect & Share

Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 4): Improve & Retest

Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 3): Create & Test

Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 2): Explore & Plan

Tinkerclass (Week 2 Day 1): Rat Race!

Tinkerclass (Week 1 Day 5): Reflect & Share

Tinkerclass (Week 1 Day 4): Improve & Retest

Tinkerclass (Week 1 Day 3): Create & Test

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