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On the first Wednesday of every month, Dennis also holds a Meeting of Members for the World Organization of Wowzers. During these meetings,Dennis shares the latest news in the world of WOW and surprises listeners with special guests from all of the Tinkercast podcasts! Want to hear your name? Sign up to become a WOW member! See more below. Wowzers, you can send Dennis a question or leave a podcast review for a chance to be featured on the show. You can also leave a message for Dennis at 1-888-7WOW-WOW! 🎉 Grownups, want to keep the Wow going and support our mission to connect laughter to learning, curiosity to innovation and kids to the WOWs in their world? 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