WeWow on the Weekend

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.”

Now, let's get on with the show. We were on the weekend, we were on the weekend, because this is what we do on the weekend. Talking laughing, me and Reggie comes in laughing, and then I'll wait, no, I said laughing twice. Whatever, we were on the weekend, because this is what we do on the weekend. Hello and welcome to We Were On the weekend. I'm your host, Dennis. And that's my co-host, Reggie, the giant pigeon. This is the show where we hang out

and chit chat and listen to episodes of tinkercast podcasts. And today, we're going to wait,

“hey Reggie, what you got over there? A box? Well, what's in it? Yes, I can see it's the exact”

size and shape and smell of a donut box, and that it says Donna's donuts on it. Well, it's a box, Reggie. And if we have a box, we need to sing the song. Veggie brought a box down here to the basement, and now we're going to find out what's in the box. Okay, Reggie, what's in this box? Okay, Jonah, it's what it's surprised. Hang on, where are the sprinkles? Reggie, did you pack all the sprinkles off? Well, then I'm going to lick all the icing

off. Yeah, damn, yeah. Reggie, we're packing holes in the donuts. They're only supposed to have one. Oh yeah, well then I'm going to suck all the jelly out of the jelly donuts with a straw. Yeah, uh, give me that. Okay, let's go and do our face on that. Reggie, let's build days. I'm--I'm--I'm--I'm--I'm not--I'm not. Thanks for bringing in Jonah's magic. Okay, let's go and do our face on that. Reggie, let's

do our face. I--I'm--I'm--I'm making a busy for me. Reggie, we got from build for the life. Reggie, let's do our--this is--this is the part where people write us comments on Apple podcasts or Spotify or whatever, and I print out a bunch and I read them aloud. This first review comes to us from username Crazy Horse 34. The title says, "Reap my review, Dennis.

Okay, okay, I'm doing it, geez." And the message says, "5 million stars." It's so

good. But Dennis, Reggie is way better than you and you talk way too much. What? I'm not talking way too much. I--I'm a set of talk way too much. Okay, yes mother does call me a chatterbox. And yes, Guy Ross said I need to practice active listening. Right, and GrammyGforce keeps telling me to cat my app whatever that means. Okay, Crazy Horse 34 may have a point. Reggie might be better than me. And maybe I talk way too much. This is a talk show. And talking way too

much is the only way it gets made. So, let's get to making. Next review is--this next

says, "Hi, Dennis. My name is Salam. I am 12 years old. I would like to hear your opinion

“on Squishmallows. You too Reggie. Do you like them? I'm about 48 Squishmallows. Do you have”

any? And if so, what are their names? Oh boy, thanks Salam. I love Squishmallows. And I didn't know anyone else named their Squishmallows. I thought I was the only one who did that. Oh, well, I don't know how many I have. Lots, I suppose. How many Squishmallows come in a bag of Squishmallows? Well, whatever. What I do is take a little Squishmallow out of

the bag and say, "Hi, that's Squishmallow. I'm going to name you Goi Loey." And I put

a little Goi Loey on a stick and hold it over a campfire until it's nice and toasty. No, Squishmallows don't march. They squish. Anyway, when Goi Loey is all toasty, I squish it between two pieces of graham cracker with some chocolate. Yeah, if it's called the Squishmallows Sammy. Smars. Some making up random words, Reggie. Whatever. Thanks for using this last

“previews he comes to us from username, F-H-J-G-F-G-C. I think someone's typing fingers got away”

from them. Or maybe they were doing a little finger break dance on the keyboard. Let's just

shorten this username to F-H-J-G-M. The title reads Baby Dennis. And the message says, "I love Baby Dennis." Also, can Baby Dennis write a horse? Well, F-H, I don't think Baby Dennis can write a horse. Because Reggie, Baby Dennis lives in this little box here under the desk. Where would he even keep a horse? I think Dennis, I think Reggie. Oh, I think Baby Dennis. Guess what, Baby Dennis does know how to write a horse. What? How? You don't even have a horse.

Baby Dennis has a pony party right in Calwood plus she toy stickers. See? I have a buttercup under. Buttercup, thunder. Oh, nice thing, Dennis. Quick writing your cute little toy horsey around the basement. You're making a mess. You're hot. Get along. You're so hot. I will knock it along. Take buttercup, thunder, outside, please. Hey! No, you're coming! Up the stairs!

“Right, now there's little horse droppings all over the basement floor. What are these?”

Chocolate chips? Thanks for all your reviews, these listeners. Hey, bum, come in. Remember, if you write us a reviewsian apple podcast, I might just read it on Wewawa on the weekend. And rate us five stars or more, please. You still can't write more than five stars. You know, they really need to make that a feature for extra good shows like this one. Yeah, and hearts and smiley faces and little tiny Dennis emojis.

And Reggie emojis. Reg emojis. Okay, next up is a segment I like to call inside Tinkercast studios. Inside Tinkercast studios. This is the part where we listen to an episode of one of my favorite Tinkercast podcasts. And today we're listening to season two episode 18 of Wow in the world called Operation Earth. How to be cool to a planet. That's hot. What's it? See, we know how to be cool, right Reggie? Exactly. You wear the biggest sunglasses you can find.

Right, and a wide brim hat. Well, let's see if Mindy and Guy Ross share our impeccable fashion sense. Okay, there we go. And wait. Wewawa will be right back. Grownups. This message is for you. That's it. Now back to the show. That thing like a juicy red tomato right off the vine. Oh, hey Guy Ross, thought I'd find you in your greenhouse today.

You almost crushed my entire greenhouse with that giant hunk of junk or what gives.

Oh, well, I thought I smelled some fresh tomatoes over here. They are prize winning tomatoes.

“Would you like to try one? Fresh off the vine is the best way to taste it tomato.”

Oh, no, thanks, Guy Ross. I am so super full. I just got back from the year 1910 and 1910. Oh, yeah. I was having lunch with my old friend Marie Curie. And we were just having the best little chick chat about radio active elements. You'd be the Marie Curie. The only person in history to have won the Nobel Prize for physics and for chemistry.

Yep, good all Marie. You should see the way she lights up when she talks about radiation. Wow,

that must have been a fascinating conversation. Yeah, but oh, man, it is so hot in here. Is it just me or is it the pepper axe pie I ate for dessert? Well, I guess my greenhouse might be a little warm for us, but it's perfect for my tomatoes, Mindy. I don't know, they look pretty red to me. Maybe they've got sunburn. Well, this time of year, the sunlight isn't strong enough to make the air outside warm. But when the sun comes through the glass in my greenhouse, it heats up the plants

and the soil, which is why it's warm in here. The soil, wait a minute. The dirt is warm too.

“Let me just see. Ooh, nice. Yeah, who knew warm dirt could feel so good, right?”

Yeah, do you mind if I just, uh, Mindy, what are you just going to plant myself right here in? Mindy, are you bearing yourself in my dirt? It's fine, guys. I'm absorbing my nitrogen, my potassium, my magnesium, my iron, and the urine dirt. I mean, why take vitamins when you could just suck 'em up through the dirt? Well, I suppose you want me to water you too, or maybe give you some plant food. I even have some great a cow manure if you want that too. What? No,

wait, Guy Ros, that would be ridiculous. I'm already full grown. All right. But it is warm and toasty in here. If only there was a way we could trap all of this heat in. Well, the glass sides of the greenhouse keeps the heat from getting out as well. Um, hang on, let me just get out of the dirt here, walk over to the window. Are these glass? Yes, and please don't knock so hard, you're gonna break. You're gonna break it. Anyway, like I was saying, Indy, these glass windows

double as the walls of the greenhouse, and they keep the plants warm without having to use any extra energy. Oh, so you mean like all the extra energy you would have to use if you had, say, electric heat lamps or a furnace or something to keep things warm. Exactly. And so the way this greenhouse works is actually pretty good for the environment. Right, because even though I have a greenhouse, I'm not creating any greenhouse gases. Oh, I could fill your greenhouse with gases, Guy Ros.

Excuse me, Indy, that's not what I meant by greenhouse gases. I don't worry about a Guy Ros. The plants will clear the air. Okay, we'll get back to greenhouse gases in just a minute. But first,

I have to tell you about this incredible scientific study I was just reading about. Oh, you know,

I love a good scientific study, Guy Ros. But first, can we get out of here? So crazy hot, even my sweat is starting to sweat. Well, if you think it's warm in here right now, Indy, just you wait until the end of the century. Wait until the end of the century, that's the year 2100. I don't have that kind of time to wait. Well, I know you've got a

“busy schedule, Indy, but when I think you need to hear me out of this is important. Okay, well,”

this is going to take a while. You mind if I get back in the dirt? Well, uh, Dick, Dick, Dick, Kappa, Kappa, Kappa, Kappa, Kappa, Kappa, Kappa, huh? Indy, can you please stop planting yourself in my flower beds? Well, if you don't want me to lay down in them and cover myself up with the dirt, then stop calling them flower beds. What? Well, okay, okay, fine. It's a fair point. So back to this scientific study you were about to tell me about. All right, well,

these researchers from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom have just discovered that by the year 2100, the average temperature on planet Earth might be. What, Drew, rumble, please? Uh, uh,

Indy, Indy, did you just hear what I said? Yeah, I heard you guys

you said that by the year 2100, the Earth might be as hot as it was 50 million years ago.

Yes, that's exactly what I said. Isn't that wild? I don't know. I mean, I guess that depends on how hot it was 50 million years ago. All right, that is a good point. Well, 50 million years ago, the Earth was about 86 degrees Fahrenheit on average. On average, so meaning that it was hotter on some days in colder on others. That's right, and for comparison, in July of 2017, the Earth's average temperature was 62 degrees Fahrenheit. Whoa, and July is one of the hottest

months of the year in some places. That's right. And while 86 degrees Fahrenheit might not sound

too scorching hot, well, 50 million years ago, it was hot enough that crocodiles were swimming in the

Arctic, and there were palm trees in Alaska. What? That's hotter than a Carolina Reaper mix with the Ghost Pepper mix with the Pepper X mix with the Pepper Mint? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it, I get it. But you said that the year 2100 might be as hot, so why isn't it for sure? Well, it all comes back to those greenhouse gases we were talking about before you filled my greenhouse with your other kind of gases. I said, excuse me! Well, that's true, you did, but there's no excuse for the amount

of greenhouse gases being put into Earth's atmosphere. Yeah, I know all about greenhouse gases, they're created when we drive our cars and heat our houses and every time a count toots.

“Cal, thanks, excuse me! That's good enough. Sorry, Guy Roz. Where were we?”

gases like carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere, and over time they heat up the Earth. Oh, and these gases do that by forming a see-through wall around the Earth, kind of like the glass walls in your greenhouse here. Yes, and just like with my greenhouse, the sun shines through those gases onto the Earth and heats us up. And just like your greenhouse here, the heat gets locked in. That's right, all those greenhouse gases act like those glass

panels in my greenhouse keeping all of the heat close to the Earth. Wow, we really gave that metaphor a workout. And in fact, many of the greenhouse gases are turning our Earth into a real greenhouse, and if we don't take care of this, things could really start to warm up over the next 80 years. So we need to do something about it before it's too late. That's right. I'm honest. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Why butterflies aren't made with real butter? That's not what I was thinking.

Me neither. I was thinking that it's time to get myself out of this dirt bed and back into the

time machine. Gai Roz, it's time for us to go back 50 million years ago. That's a great idea,

Mindy, because if the temperature of the Earth 50 million years ago is similar to what it will

“be like in the future, well, then we kind of need to experience it. The key to the future is in the”

past, Gai Roz. That's a very wise thing to say, Mindy. No, literally, the key that makes the time machine go to the future is lost in the past. See, I accidentally left it in the Eocene epic, the last time we were there. Remember when we went to visit those tiny little horse ancestors of ours? Of course, I remember, but you can't go leaving the time machine keys 50 million years in the past. Don't worry, Gai Roz. I didn't lose the key to the past. So we can still go back and time and

find the key to the future. Phew. Okay, well, I guess, let's go. Sounds good. Time machines park right outside. Come on, we're going to be late. Wait, considering we're already 50 million years later,

“I think it's going to be okay. Get on in here. It's good over. Come on, it's good over.”

Okay, so, present day, minus 50 million years. 50 million years. Looks like that'll pick us back to the late Eocene epic. Yeah, no pit stops, no bathroom breaks. No bathroom breaks. There was. You're going to be sorry. I'm going to just open the hatch here.

yeah, it's really hot here. It's as hot as the hottest days back in our neighborhood 50 million

years in the future and judging by our coordinates here, we're probably somewhere around Iowa in North America. Iowa. Man, feels pretty hot for Iowa this time of year. Yeah, but don't worry, Gai Roz. I brought along some brand new ice helmets that I invented just for an occasion like this. Let me just open my adventure to a box. Wow, whatever, make them here. Get out of here, make sure they are still icy cold here. Try this baby on for size.

I hope I don't get a brain freeze. Gai Roz, we've been through this. Brain freeze comes from eating

or drinking cold stuff too fast. You can't get it from wearing an ice helmet. I know I was just

trying to make a joke. Oh, forget it. Anyway, let me see your mirror. I want to make sure I've got this thing on straight. Oh, yeah, here you go. Looks good, right? Not bad, but it is a little wet and heavy, but it's definitely cooling me off under these hot temperatures. Okay, before we do anything else, we need to find the time machine key to the future, okay? Uh, I cannot believe you lost it. Now, I'm pretty sure we were in this field when we saw the mini horse and sister.

This has gotta be the same area where I lost it. This field goes on from miles, Mindy. I mean, we could be walking all day, but by the way, what does the key look like? Well, the key just looks like a key, but the key chain is one of those three-foot-long candy canes.

“How did you not notice a three-foot-long candy cane drop out of your pocket?”

I don't know. I think I must have lost it when I was looking for my magnifying goggles. Oh, oh, hey, look over there, Mindy. I think I see a group of ancient horse ancestors from the genus Hirocytherium. Genus, genus, genus, genus. I got it. Genus, genus is the group of species that they're part of. You sound like a genus, genus, Mindy? I had a nickel for every time I heard that one, Mindy. I'd be in debt. What? Hey, do these look like the same ones we saw the last time we were here?

I think that's them, yes. Oh, they're so cute. These little doggy size pocket horses. Hey, Ros, can we keep on? Wait, it looks like they're snacking on something. Yeah, this is a great chance to find out just what these animals are eating. And look, come on, let's walk over. Oh, turtle and taco shell are they eating that key? Yeah, they're all looking like candy cane keychain, Mindy. They're there about to eat our keys to the future. Stay calm, guys. I'll handle this.

Whoa, how did they are little critters? I'm sorry to say this, but uh,

“where did I need this hair key your fiction eat? Uh, why are you talking like a cowboy, Mindy?”

Well, because I'm talking to some horses here, partner Pawn. Yes, that's it, been it out, put her out there. Hmm, all right, you have little horse doggy, now run away. Wow, that work that they even left your key. Well, like you kindly partner. Okay, Mindy, you can speak normally now. Oh, yeah, that was exhausting. Well, this heat is exhausting me, even with the ice helmet on. Oh, yeah, so about that, I had a thought. Yes, how did ancient earth get so hot? I mean,

I'm looking around and there aren't any humans yet. I don't see any of these animals driving cars or heating houses or building things. That is an excellent question, Mindy, because I know that there was naturally more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere millions of years ago, but I'm not really sure why, so maybe maybe we should consult an expert? An expert? Oh, Reggie! Reggie! Yeah, he's taking a college class and environmental science. Wow, between Taekwondo and selling shoes at footlocker,

Reggie never ceases to amaze me. I guess no one should call him a bird brain. Why not,

birds have amazing brains. Okay, I'm going to give him a call. Hey, Reggie. Yeah, it's Mindy.

“Guyroza's here, too. What? Yeah, I think we should be back in time for dinner. Yeah,”

except for the fact that we are 50 million years in the past and it's really hot here. The reason we're calling is because we need your environmental expertise. Okay, so what we want to know

stuff that junks it up, putting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Oh! Well, thanks, Reggie!

The end 50 million years! So what do you say? Okay, so Reggie says the reason they're used to

be so much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is because of natural causes, natural events like volcanoes. Yeah, that makes sense because I know that there used to be a lot more volcanoes when the earth was first formed and I bet those volcanoes release carbon dioxide when they erupt. You got it. Must be a real bird brain, too, Guyroza. Thanks. And Reggie also said that our earth cooled down from natural causes as well. Natural causes, huh? Well, what were they? So apparently

over millions and millions of years, giant rocks on earth naturally started to break down into

“tiny pieces. Go on. And those tiny pieces of rock became dirt. Like the dirt in my garden?”

Yep. And so this dirt started to suck up for absorb a lot of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Okay. And that process started to remove the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and as a result, the earth cooled down. Of course. Now it's starting to make sense. So more dirt means more plants could grow and plants breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out to oxygen. You got it, Guyroza. So all of these different natural things happening are why the earth has heated up and cooled down so many times over millions and millions of years. And I read that our sun in the present day

is hotter than it was millions of years ago. Well, here we are millions of years ago and it feels pretty hot to me. The air is hot because of the extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but the sun itself is kind of like a light bulb. How so? Well, you know how a light bulb is cool

when you first turn it on? Yes. But if you try to hug it after it's been on for a couple of hours

it'll burn you. Yeah, I take it you learn that the hard way. The sun gets hotter and hotter over time too. Even if we can't really feel it heating up. And so that's another thing, speeding up the earth's rising temperatures. Yep. But what I want to know is if the dirt in the plants absorbed the carbon dioxide and cooled down the earth a long time ago, then why can't the earth just do that again? Well, because right now, Mindy, it's just getting too hot too fast. And the earth's

cool down process and warm up process are like two turtles in a race. Oh, I love a good turtle race. So how does it work? Well, when nature is in charge, the cooling turtle and the warming turtles sometimes pass each other. But eventually they end up evening out the score at the finish line. But now with greenhouse gases, it's like we put the global warming turtle on a rock and power. We poured or something. Exactly. So we're going to have to speed up that cooling turtle

or slow down the warming turtle. So they can even out again. And we can help do this by doing things like walking or riding a bike instead of driving a car or maybe just stop wasting so much stuff and creating a bunch of garbage and trash. That's right. And by switching out our

“light bulbs for energy-efficient LED light bulbs. Take that warming turtle. So what else can we do?”

Well, you might be surprised, but one of the best things we can do is to compost our food waste. Oh, yeah, composting. That beautiful process of worms eating our old food and pooping it out into worm heavily dirt. Indeed. But how does it help the earth? Well, the average American family produces 20 pounds of food waste every month. Wow, must be a lot of work to deal with all that. It is. And garbage trucks have to burn fossil fuels to take that garbage to land

fills. And in some cities, it's a 500 mile drive. That must make so many greenhouse gases. It sure does. And even worse, when that food sits in the landfill and decomposes or breaks down, it produces methane, which is another very super strong greenhouse gas. Not to mention a very

“stinky gas. And that's why it's our responsibility as humans to help slow down the warming turtle.”

Or find a way to speed up the cooling turtle. And make sure the earth is a good place for all living things. Oh, just think of Reggie's great, great, great, great, great, great grand pigeons. We could help make the future of this planet better for them, too. Hey, I just got an idea.

time machine. Let me just... All right, now. Time to handle an order. Mindy, I thought you weren't

going to talk like a cowboy anymore. I'm not. Talking like a cowgirl. No, I'm here. Man, that was a tough landing. You okay, Mindy? Yeah, thanks so. All right, well, let's get back inside

“the greenhouse. Um, actually, Guy Ros, I think I'm gonna meet up with you later. Now that I've”

got my time machine key to the future, I've got a quick errand to run. Okay, but please be careful in

the future and then bring your ice helmet just in case. These in. Well, I guess I better go back to the greenhouse and start harvesting my kale. What, what? It's back already! Greetings, Guy Ros. I'm back from the year 2100. The year 2100 was it like. I met an old man

and an old woman who were really famous. Okay. And they were famous because they had worked together

to invent a new way to create energy to use for almost everything. From our lights to our cars

“to our waffle makers to our electric skateboards for cat. The future has cat skateboards?”

Whoops, I didn't mean to give that one away. Cats skateboards. Anywho, this little team in their friends created a new way for us to make energy. A kind of energy that didn't add any more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Wow, our climate change heroes are really out there, Mindy. Yep, they sure are, Guy Ros. And they may not even know it yet. Wow, that was so cute.

“Oh, wow. But now I'm so curious about the climate heroes Mindy met in the future. I know,”

who were they? She said they were an old man and an old woman, right? Or did she say an old pigeon? Reggie, what if we're the climate heroes she met? Well, if we create a new energy source, we could be. You're right. We have no time to waste Reggie. Let's wrap up the show so we can get really good at inventing right now. Thanks to all you listeners out there for tuning into Wewawa 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 Wewawa on the weekend. Okay, should we do the goodbye song? All right, let's do it. That's the end of the show. I need to go and create a renewable energy source to save the earth from greenhouse gases and power all the little kitty cats gateboards. But I'll do another show tomorrow. My friend now, it's the end of the show. Bye!