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Wow in the World

WAIT...WAIT...ARE THOSE MARSHMALLOWS? Why Kids Are Better At Waiting Than Adults

Wow in the World

Tinkercast | Wondery

Education, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.629.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

New scientific research suggests that kids these days are better than grownups when it comes to waiting. WHAT?! Join Mindy and Guy Raz in the waiting room of the dentist's office, as they explore how scientists used MARSHMALLOWS in the scientific experiment that lead to this discovery! It's the Who, What, When, Where, Why, How, and Wow in the World of Waiting! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

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0:06.7

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0:36.7

Welcome to Wow Dental, where we put the owl in Wow.

0:51.2

Okay, you were supposed to say who's there, but any who, I'm here to see the dentist.

0:56.8

Do you have an appointment? Yeah, no, I'm sorry. In that case, the dentist won't be able to see you today.

1:05.9

All patients must call first to make an appointment. Yeah, well, I tried to call and make an appointment,

1:11.7

but the whole time was like a million hours, so I gave up.

1:15.8

I'll see what I can do, and what brings you in today. Oh, um, my teeth are marshmallows.

1:25.4

Sorry. See, the last time I was here, Dr. Russo warned me that if I kept eating so many marshmallows

1:32.2

that eventually I would turn into one, and it happened. Basically, all of my teeth are now many marshmallows.

1:39.6

See? Well, it does appear that you have several small marshmallows stuck to your back molars.

1:51.4

Yep, I call it marshmallow mouth. Why don't you take a seat? Fill out these forms.

1:58.2

I'll bring them back up to the desk when you're done. I'll see if Dr. Russo can fit you in this morning.

2:07.2

Yeah, about that. There are like 90 billion forms here. I just don't really like filling them out,

2:13.3

and my patients tank is running on empty. I'm sorry, your patients tank. Yeah, I ordered it from

2:20.8

Wamazon, but it took like two days to get here, which would have been fine had I had any patients

2:25.9

to begin with. And what exactly is a patient's tank? Oh, right. Yeah, let me just turn around and

2:33.5

I'll show you. Oh, yeah, what do you think? Oh, the fire bolt. There's a fire. Ah! See, it's this tank.

2:42.4

I wear on my back and it comes preloaded with patients, but judging by how low it is at this time

2:48.5

of the morning, I think I probably should have ordered a bigger tank. Right, patients. Place

2:54.8

tank a seat and fill out the forms. Thank you. Bye-bye. Okay, I've got my forms and walking

3:02.9

through the waiting room. Hello, everyone. Good morning. March, mellum out. Coming through. Excuse me.

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