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Gladness?

Reggie, now, not basketball tournament stuff. March Gladness tournaments stuff.

“Yeah, exactly. March Gladness is where I think of all the things that made me the Gladness”

this month, and then I put him head to head and a tournament style bracket. Oh, so you do know what I'm talking about. Well, then as you know, the winner of my much Gladness tournament was my new haircut. Do you love it? What do you mean? Don't worry, it'll grow back. Whatever, Wowsers fans, you too can fill out your very own March Gladness

“bracket by going to ticacast.com/march. There, you can print your very own free March Gladness”

bracket, then fill it out to see what made you the Gladness this month. Put your favorite things head to head in a tournament of Gladness. One more time, that's tinkercast.com/march. Hit now, let's get on with the show. We are on the weekend, we are on the weekend, because this is what we do, what the weekend, talking laughing, me and Reggie, who's singing, laughing, and then we awake. No, I said laughing twice. Whatever, we are on the weekend, we are on the weekend, because this is what we do, what the weekend. Hello, and welcome to we are on the weekend. I'm your host

Dennis. And that's Mike. Oh, host. Reggie, the giant pigeon. This is the show where we hang out, chitchat, answer questions from our fans, and listen to tinkercast podcasts. And today we're gonna, uh, we're gonna, uh, Reggie. What are you doing over there? You're getting a wall. We're kind of thing are you knitting? Ooh, socks. Oh, yeah, you're right. I guess I haven't ever seen giant pigeon socks at the putt of sock in it, sock in porium. Well, good for you for taking initiative and making your own. I like the orange yarn you're using. Oh, I get it. It's orange, so it'll just look like your normal pigeon feet only fuzzy. Now I want to knit something too. As a matter of fact, Reggie, I don't have knitting needles.

“Well, Mother does, uh, let me see if I can find them. I think they're in this basket up here on the shelf.”

Okay, got my knitting needles and yarn. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait. Let me sing the song first.

Crafty! Crafty knit! Today for Crafty Known, we're knitting socks to keep our toesies nice and warm. As a matter of fact, Reggie, I don't know how to knit Mother taught me once. Okay, fine. I was only half paying attention because we were watching an episode of the Great Brutish Breaking Show. No, Reggie, the Great Brutish Breaking Show. You know, that show where the big, healthy guys smash things with mallets to see who can break things the best. Yeah, but everyone's also really nice to each other, so it's cute. I love that show.

Your socks are really common along Reggie. I like the stripes. Oh, my first sock is, uh, huh.

Well, the good news it looks like a sock, but the bad news is I accidentally knitted it to the sweater I'm wearing. Yeah, whoops. I guess it's more of a pocket now. Yay, sock pockets! Crafty knit! Okay, next up is a little segment I like to call inside Tinkercast Studios. Uh, um, inside Tinkercast Studios. This is the part where we revisit an episode of one of my favorite Tinkercash shows.

And today we're listening to why in the world season three episode eight called here, 40, 40, 40,

But in kind of a snobby way. Like a gourmet. So fancy. Let's listen. Okay, here we go.

And, like, we will be right back. Grownups, this message is for you. Oh yeah, the part of the show, and you, big tune, hit us with your 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 scientificly most danceable song in the whole wide world." Wow, that's a big title.

Yeah, let me spin you up a clip. Wow, that was totally rockin'.

Where can we listen to the rest of the song? Anywhere you get your tunes, bongo.

They're out on Spotify, Apple Music, or wherever you like to spin your tracks. Well, thanks for tuning in to Big Two's Big Favorite here on "Boggling the Big Two." In the morning on K-W-O-W. Bye-bye now, waiters. That's it, now back to the show. Girls.

Here we go. Hold on. Man, this food truck sure is tight.

“Now the sloppy G's come in a long, not sloppy enough, huh?”

Okay, well, why don't we just add a cup of that posture?

Two scoops of horrendous table manners. Can we catch a doer? And a little pinch of clumsy. Okay, let's have a taste now. Just how grandma G forces to make it. Okay, let's see if the old PA system on this truck still works.

I'm sorry, sorry, here we go. Foodie, foodie, foodie, foodie. Are you hungry? Well then, why don't you come on down? Grandma G forces, good old fashioned southern style.

BBBQ. Remember, the extra P is for barbecue. There, that should do it. Now we'll just sit back, put our talents up and wait for the customers to roll in. Woo!

“See, what I say, Reg. Howdy there, partner, what can I?”

Hey, Mindy, get ready! Hey, look at you, all dressed up, top hat on. Elbow patches buff, locally sourced avocado dripping down your face. Well, it's not every day that you get to visit the NPR Food truck festival. You've got to make the most of it.

Wow, you are really pumped up about this. So, what food trucks have you tried so far? Small bites, guys. Oh, we're in a begin, Mindy, I've been going for hours. I just got some kale chips from, please don't kale my vibe.

I got some organic legumes from being there eight baths. I feel like my stomach's about to burst.

“Oh, but by the way, what are you guys doing out here?”

Well, I'm so glad you asked, Guy Roz. You, the dinner bell, Reg. Ramon G4 says, "Oh, fashion, southern style, BBBQ." See, says the right there on the truck. "Hip the extra B is for barbecue."

Mindy, Mindy, why don't you idea you had a food truck? Oh, yeah, I've had this bad boy since before it was even cool

“to have your own food truck. Isn't that right, Reg?”

Oh, excuse me, they'll just be at second! Okay, all right, everything's fine. Wait a minute, Mindy, isn't this just your ice cream truck with a new paint shop? No? Yes.

Uh-huh, so, uh, it hasn't been going. Ugh, not great. How many burgers have you sold today? Well, let's see here, including this morning, um, zero. Zero?

Zilch. Nada? Nothing.

I don't know what the problem is, Guy Roz.

Well, have you been following the food truck checklist? The food truck checklist? Yeah, let me see here. I think they set it out in last week's newsletter, uh, let me just check. New newsletter?

Yeah, the daily hip. It's all about what's hip and happening at the moment. Last week's email was all about food trucks, and if I'm not mistaken, I guess, here we are.

“The four things you need to start your own food truck company.”

Ooh, number one, cool name. Uh, check. Outrageous prices? $400 of burger? Check.

Long wait times?

Well, I've been waiting all day for my first customers, so check.

Yeah, Mindy, it looks like you have everything checked off. Oh, oh, except for one. Uh, which is... Well, it says you've got to have some sort of novelty health ingredient. Like a gimmicky health ingredient?

You know, kale, goji berries, quinoa. Oh, wait, I have that. You do? Sure do. Well, what is it, Mindy?

Crickets. Crickets? Yeah, crickets. You see, guys, the cricket is an insect closely related to the grasshopper. Uh, kale crickets produce a characteristic rhythmic chirping sound.

I know what a cricket is, Mindy. I just thought you were making burgers, isn't it? Sloppy cheese, not sloppy crickets. Ooh, what do you think the B-B-B-B-Q stands for? I thought you said the extra B-U was for barbecue.

Yeah, barbecue bug burgers quickly. Uh, B-B-B-Q. Uh, uh, good, right? So you're making your burgers out of crickets? No, I'm not making my sloppy G-burgrers out of crickets, guys.

Uh-huh. I'm making them out of cricket powder.

“Hey, cricket powder, Mindy, what in the wow is cricket powder?”

Guaraz.

Cricket powder is basically just dried out crickets with all of the juice suck out of

them that have been crushed into a fine powder, and then sprinkle it all over your food. Uh, I think I just lost my appetite forever. Wait, I think we got a spare bag lying around here somewhere. Uh-huh. Okay, let's see it says here on the bag, a carbon-friendly alternative to flour or protein

powder. Lala. A carbon-friendly alternative, huh? Uh-huh. Did you mind if I have a look at that package, Mindy?

Yeah, of course, here, catch. Mindy, I'm covered in cricket powder, ah, and it's in my mouth. What is it tastes like? Well, ah, if I had to put it into words, I'd say it's got a slightly nutty, earthy quality to it.

Hmm. Yeah, just a hint of rock cocoa. Interesting. I mean, you know what, Guy-Raz, you're not freaking out nearly as much as I thought you would be.

Well, Mindy, not that I think about it, eating bugs isn't nearly as weird as it sounds. I mean, many people around the world have been eating insects for thousands of years. For fun? Well, maybe in some cases for fun, but also for nutritional and cultural and even environmental reasons.

Environmental reasons. Huh. Well, I guess that would make sense. Yeah, yeah, and look, it says right here on this packaging that cricket powder is more sustainable or better for the planet than most other forms of protein, like beef, for example.

I know. Did you know that it takes something like 450 gallons of water just to make one quarter-pound hamburger? Huh.

That's crazy. I didn't realize cows were so thirsty. Wait, what? No, it's not because the cows are thirsty, guys. It's because of the water, it takes to grow the food that we feed them.

Huh. And that food that we feed them takes more water to grow than, say, a bag of cricket powder. Garals.

“Did you know that one third of all the food grown on earth isn't even actually for us?”

What? It's for all of the cows and the chickens and the pigs that we eat. Wow. And it says here, Mindy, that this cricket powder is rich in vitamins and minerals like iron, calcium, even vitamin B12.

Exactly. Doritos. Huh. Well, Mindy, it looks like you've got all these boxes ticked. Yep.

Name. Check. Price. Check. Wait, time.

Check. And a healthy food novelty. To a study by Tiffany Weir from Colorado State University, these sloppy G's could also improve your gut health. Improve my gut health?

You know, the millions of little bacteria that live in your gut and help to keep you healthy? How? Well, guys, I could tell you. Yes. But I'd rather show you.

Why do I always get a bad feeling when you say that?

I don't know, maybe something new, eh? Uh-huh.

“Anywho, I think there's another bug food truck down the road that used the same scientific”

study as I did for their bug recipes, maybe we should go check them out. Okay. I'm just hanging up my apron here. Hey, Red. Can you go have the truck for a few minutes while we're gone?

Thanks, buddy. One second, Guy Ross. I'll be right down. Hey! And you've got to stop kicking these doors down.

What's the matter, Guy Ross? Can't you handle it? Oh, Mindy. You're the one that can't handle it. I don't think I've seen you use a door handle the whole time I've known you.

Huh. I guess using a door handle would help me to cut down on these steel-toed sneakers. Excuse me. Is this organic? How many GMOs are in this?

So you've heard of pink, Himalayan Rockssel, right? But this is pink, Himalayan's you're kidding. Wow. This food truck, best of all, has really taken off since the last time I was here. Yeah.

I remember when it was just irreglass selling those curries out of the back of his pickup truck. According to this American rise, things again for joining us. Dish one. The pen egg is my dear.

You know, when I first came across this curry in 1999, it sure has, Mindy.

Oh, look. All the heavy hitters are here. There's Terry Gros. Ooh. I wonder what she's growing this week.

Oh, and look over there. It's Sarah Cainic's cereal bar. Ooh. It's so good. Yeah.

Everyone keeps telling me about it. It's on my list. Ooh. Is this it, Mindy? It's a bug's life.

Yep. This looks like the one I was. Okay. Let's see what they've got on the menu here. Hmm.

Ooh. Pumpkin spice muffins and milk shakes. I thought they were kind of milk shakes.

“Do we each get one or two or three or four or all of a, um, excuse me, Sarah?”

Yeah. What'll it be? Um, I was just hoping to get a bug juice, bug bread, bug chocolate. Uh, no. That's fine.

Thanks. I'm sorry. What's your name? Name's dog. People call me bug dog.

Bug dog digs his own bugs. I've been cooking bug grub for close to 30 years. When I started, bugs was just slugs and snails. Wow. That's actually kind of gross.

Oh, no. Terry Gros is just over there behind you. No.

I was just, oh, never mind.

Could I just get one of those pumpkin spice muffins in a milk shake, please? Yeah. Do I go get your grub? Well, technically it's crickets, but this product was produced in a facility that also has grubs.

Um, I'm so excited they're coming right up. So is the floppy G.I.A. for breakfast this morning? So Mindy, you were saying that this guy used the same scientific study to craft his food truck menu? Yeah.

I'm pretty sure we just ordered the exact same food items that were used in the scientific study. The muffin and the milkshake? Exactly. Doritos.

So what was the study about anyway, Mindy? Okay. So this study was conducted by Colorado State University with the goal to find out whether insect protein and in particular cricket powder made a difference in the eaters gut health.

Okay. These researchers took a group of people and put them on a diet that included mom can spice muffin on a malt milkshake for Guy Ross, order off pumpkin spice muffins and

There you go. Enjoy. Oh, thanks very much.

Did you want to take these to go, Mindy?

Yeah. Let's walk and talk, Guy Ross. Reggie's probably going to need me back at the truck soon. Did you want the milkshake or the muffin? Um, the milkshake?

Do you even know who I am, Guy Ross? Uh, here. Just stick it in my drinking cat. That way I can drink it while I talk to you. I just need to attach one end to my milkshake and the other to my mouth hole.

Oh yeah. That seems to be working. Now, let me just stick it on my head here. Sorry. I got a big knock.

Oh, you got it. Here we go. Now we can talk and slurp on the go. Great.

“Oh, so by the way, what happened to the people who ate a bug-balanced diet?”

Right.

So the researchers had them stay on this food plan where they picked out specifically what

they would eat for six weeks. That's good. And at the end of the six weeks, they gave them a full medical checkup, Dr. Style. And what did they find, Mindy? They found that the people who were chowing down and slurp on up those bugs, they had

more bifidobacteria than they had before. Ah, bifidobacteria, bifidobacteria, bifidobacteria, well, where have I heard that before? Oh, I know. I'll check my bacteria app. Wait, you have a bacteria app?

Oh, yeah. It's called BCTR. You get it? Like bacteria of it with none of the vows. Isn't that cool?

I know. It's so cool, Mindy. For just $40 a month. $40? A month?

For just $40 a month?

“I have access to an entire encyclopedic knowledge of gut bacteria.”

Yeah. It's like 67 different kinds of bacteria in my belly button, care to identify those. Uh, I think I'll pass. Okay, let's see here. Ah, here it is.

Bifidobacteria, a type of bacteria that lives in our guts and helps break down our food and suck out the nutrients from them. That's right, but not only that, Guy Ross. The researchers also found that this bug food plan had also helped to reduce the inflammation in their bodies.

Right. Right. And inflammation is when part of your body gets swollen. Ah, so it turns out that the bug protein is an all around litter when it comes to a healthy meal.

Yeah, which makes it even more confusing as to why I haven't sold a single floppy G. Oh, wait. I have an idea for you, Mindy. What?

Why don't you get Reggie to fry one up for me when we get back to the truck and I can give you some feedback. Why don't you do that for me? Anything for science, Mindy. Anything for best friendship, Guy Rossie?

Oh, back at the food truck. Hey, Red! Can I get a sloppy G for this guy? Ross? Okay.

Here come Guy Ross, you ready? Yes, I'll ever be. All right, here's your fun. I'm just making sure to keep it wide open and facing Reggie at all times. Wait.

What? And remember to drag the sloppy G with your eyes. Mindy, what are you doing? I'm the way, Red. Cheew.

What? Whoa. There you go, Guy Ross, you're very own cricket powder infused sloppy G. Mindy, half of that sloppy G went all over my please don't kale my vibe sweatshirt. Oh, that's everywhere.

Oh, good. So you can have it as a snap for later. I'm a mess.

“Okay, I think I'm going to give you a hug.”

And guys, see what the problem is here.

What? Well, Mindy, do you notice anything different about your food truck and all the other food trucks here? Uh, well, as far as I can tell, mind, the only one we're a pigeon cooks the food. Mindy, your food is the only one that's airborne.

I know. Look at all these foodies here, Mindy. Are you serious? These eggs are sourced from the hood hills of the Andes? Yes.

The chickens are actually massaged for like three weeks before being asked to lay their eggs. Ugh. They want kale chips and organically grown brussel sprouts. Yeah, I'm picking up what you're putting down, Guy Ross, what you're saying is that I need a rebrand.

Exactly, Mindy, you want to tinker with the way that you're presenting your food to the public. Yeah. I get it. Perfect.

I mean, this is how you build it. Yeah.

What? No, no, Mindy. I'm saying that you need to... Fear not, Guy Ross. I have just the thing we need in my adventure toolkit.

Let me see here. No. Not there. Not there. That's not it.

Oh, here it is. Mindy, is that a spray paint can? Yep. It's a four color spray paint can. Kind of like those four color pens.

I invented it myself. Uh-huh. Hey, red. I need a wing.

Reggie isn't amazing graffiti artist.

You know that mural of the pigeon and cargo shorts that appeared on the side of my gingerbread mansion last week?

“You mean the one that made Dennis afraid to come out of his house?”

Yeah. All Reggie's handy work. Wow. All right, red. Let's put that liberal arts degree to work.

I'm gonna rebrand this truck. I want you to think, help tonight. Yeah. Kind of like I Ross. Hey, I'm not a health nut, but I am nuts about it.

You got this red. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh.

Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh.

Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh.

Ooh. Ooh. Nice work, red. Ooh. Ooh.

Wow.

Ethically sourced, carbon neutral, wicked burgers.

Yep. Just like grandma Jeep horse used to make a mhm, mhm, mhm.

“In the are you sure this is gonna be, how much for one?”

That'll be $400. What? That's a bargain. Everyone. There's a bargain over here.

bargain. Uh, hello. I have a question about the calorie content of these crickets. Ooh, boy. It looks like we got a little bit of a rush out of here, red.

Hey, get lost. What are you doing for the rest of the day? Uh, helping you cook cricket powder, sloppy jeez. I was hoping you would say that. Martin.

Who's angry? You were the one who spray painted that scary mural? No. I didn't like it. It was too realistic.

For months, I thought there was an actual pigeon and cargo shorts guarding Mindy's gingerbread mansion for some reason. What do you mean? That graffiti pigeon could have had anything in his cargo shorts. None chucks?

A trebuchet? Anything.

“But now, I'm the one with an extra pocket.”

Yeah, sock pocket. Remember? And I'm in a gold side and show that mural pigeon. What's one? All right, we got to wrap up the show.

Thanks to all you listeners out there for tuning into WeWa on the weekend. If you have a question for me, call and leave me a message. At 1, 8, 8, 8, 7, wow, wow. That's 1, 8, 8, 8, 7, wow, wow. I just might answer your question on WeWa on the weekend.

Okay, let's go. You better watch out, mural pigeon. I got a pocket sock full of lasers and battle axes. No, I don't actually have those things. Reggie, shush.

The mural doesn't know that. Just have my back, okay, Reggie? I'm facing my gear. Thanks for joining us for this edition of WeWaow. Our show is written by Ruth Morrison and Jad Anderson.

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