Podcast Episodes

Growling Ghost-Crabs

Episode 148

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 …

Published on 6 years ago

Drop That Beat and Cut The Cheese...For Science! (Encore - 11/25/19)

Episode 147

Would you care for a little brie marinated in hip hop? How about some cheddar dipped in rock and roll? Swiss serenaded by an up-beat pop classic! Turns out that cheese have preferences when it comes …

Published on 6 years ago

Horsefly Don't Bother Me! - The Dazzling Mystery Of Zebra Stripes (Encore - 11/18/19)

Episode 146

Guy Raz and his horse Bucky just got back from a frustrating riding lesson. Mindy is on the roof of her gingerbread mansion dressed as a horsefly. And Dennis is, well....just being Dennis. And before…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

So Cute You Can't Even! - The Science Of Cute Aggression (Encore - 11/11/19)

Episode 145

Do you have a face so cute that people want to pinch your cheeks? Does the sight of a baby piglet snuggling up to a newborn baby make you want to kick down a door and run away screaming? Have you eve…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

The Cubic Scoop on Wombat Poop! (Encore - 11/4/19)

Episode 144

Poop to the power of 3? Rubik's Poop? Poop cubed?! We're talking wombats and the unusually shaped blocks of scat they leave behind! But HOW? And WHY? Join Mindy and Guy Raz as they travel to an Austr…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

Wow in the World Presents: 'Circle Round: The Chattering Clams'

Join Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz as they come out of their shells on WBUR's Circle Round, a podcast hosted by Rebecca Sheir that adapts carefully-selected folktales from around the world into sound- and…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

Extreme Makeover: Spider Edition (Encore - 10/28/19)

Episode 143

Lights, Camera and Action! Join Mindy and Guy Raz as they go behind the scenes on the hottest new matchmaking show in the animal kingdom; "Date or Bait!" Follow along as they learn all about the carn…

Published on 6 years, 1 month ago

Two-Headed Space Worms (Encore - 10/21/19)

Episode 142

What in the world are Planarian Flatworms? Why in the world did scientists send them on a mission to outer space? And where in the world are their mouths if not on their heads?! Join Guy Raz and Mind…

Published on 6 years, 2 months ago

Hey Onion! You're Makin' Me Cry! (Encore - 10/14/19)

Episode 141

Why in the world do onions make us cry? How in the world does it even work? And what in the world would happen if onions were to lose this special power? Join Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas as they pull ba…

Published on 6 years, 2 months ago

An Elevator to the Stars! (Encore - 10/7/19)

Episode 140

Welcome to another toe tapping episode of Wow in the World! Guy Raz is off to listen to the latest and greatest in world of elevator music and Mindy tags along for the ride! But this music isn't just…

Published on 6 years, 2 months ago