Wow in the World WeWow on the Weekend
Mar 8, 2026
Playful clock chaos kicks things off as one host arrives late and the other improvises. Listeners' reviews spark silly debates and a toilet-invention joke. A deep dive into onions explains why chopping makes eyes sting and explores tearless varieties and flavor tradeoffs. Imaginative shrunken-into-food scenes and fun listener prompts round out the show.
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Dennis Reads Funny Listener Reviewsies
- Dennis reads listener Reviewsies and reacts to questions like "Who invented the toilet?" while joking about clocks and Reggie's lateness.
- The segment includes playful bits: naming a goldfish, guest-segment song, and asking for five-star reviews to be read on WeWow.
Wear Goggles To Stop Onion Tears
- Mindy suggests wearing goggles to stop onion fumes from reaching your eyes when chopping onions.
- She names swim goggles or a scuba mask as practical options to reduce tearing while cutting onions.
How Onion Chemistry Makes You Cry
- Guy explains that cutting onion cells mixes sulfenic acid precursors with alliinase, producing the lacrimatory factor (LF) gas that makes eyes water.
- Mindy 'shrinks' into a cell to visualize cytoplasm, bubbles of precursors, and LF forming when the cell is cut.