The Purrr-fect Match: Cats, Chaos, Science, and Smelly Surprises!
Wow in the World
Tinkercast
4.6 • 31.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Get your whiskers ready! In this episode of Wow in the World, Mindy and Guy Raz step onto the wildest game show ever: The Purrr-fect Match–where cats sniff out their humans based on smell! Inspired by a real scientific cat study from Tokyo University of Agriculture, this episode dives into the science of how cats recognize (or ignore!) their humans, all while navigating a backstage full of chaos, celebrity cats, flying pennies, and one Gramma G-Force. Laugh, learn, and discover why sometimes the “wrong” answer is actually the purr-fect one!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Wowsers. It's me, Dennis. And before we start the show, did you hear about March gladness? |
| 0:12.1 | Reggie, no, not basketball tournament stuff. March gladness tournament stuff. |
| 0:19.1 | Yeah, exactly. March gladness is where I think of all the things that made me the gladness this month, |
| 0:24.6 | and then I put them head to head in a tournament-style bracket. |
| 0:28.6 | Oh, so you do know what I'm talking about. |
| 0:30.6 | Well, then as you know, the winner of my March Gladness tournament was my new haircut. |
| 0:38.2 | Do you love it? |
| 0:39.3 | What do you mean? |
| 0:40.6 | Don't worry it'll grow back. |
| 0:43.5 | Whatever. |
| 0:45.0 | Wowser fans, |
| 0:45.9 | you too can fill out your very own March Gladness bracket |
| 0:49.5 | by going to tickercast.com slash March. |
| 0:54.7 | There, you can print your very own free March gladness bracket, then fill it out to see what |
| 1:00.8 | made you the gladness this month. Put your favorite things head to head in a tournament of gladness. |
| 1:09.2 | One more time, that's tinkercast.com slash march. |
| 1:13.8 | Now, let's get on with the show. |
| 1:20.5 | Proceeded three, two, one. |
| 1:23.7 | The addition. |
| 1:27.1 | The money's on a picture of that magnificent proportion. |
| 1:32.0 | I don't know what you've been told, but we're in a golden age. |
| 1:36.1 | So many discoveries that are jumping off the page. |
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