Trailblazing podcast studio Wondery, and audio-first kids’s media firm, Tinkercast, prolonged their deal to proceed establishing prime youngsters & household podcast Wow within the World, a the primary 360° franchise originating from a podcast.
Underneath the prolonged deal, Wondery has unique distribution, merchandise, advert gross sales, and YouTube distribution rights for Wow within the World and all Wow within the World-branded podcasts, together with WeWow and Two Whats?! And a Wow! Along with distributing new episodes of Wow within the World and it podcast extension, Wondery+ will proceed to launch new episodes ad-free and one week early.
Created by Tinkercast and hosted by famend podcast pioneers and New York Occasions-bestselling kids’s guide authors Man Ray and Mindy Thomas, Wow within the World is a beloved a part of household routines all over the place.
In 2025, Wow within the World celebrates its tenth season with particular visitor appearances, mash-ups with different well-known characters and celebrities, and model new WOW episodes for its most “bonkerball” season but! This Fall will even see the discharge of Wow within the World’s landmark 250th episode, which might be a particular musical episode.
Wow within the World is hitting the highway this yr with the return of Make It Wow! dwell tour . Hosted by Mindy Thomas and Carly Q. Ciarrocchi (Who, When, Wow: Thriller Version), Make It Wow! Is a fact-paced science-packed, laughter-inducing, interactive dwell recreation present the place actual youngsters are the celebrities. The tour kicks off in Bethesda, MD on March 29 earlier than heading to Denver, CO in April 6. Extra cities and dates might be introduced within the coming months.
Wow within the World followers may stay up for the newest launch from the franchise’s #1 New York Occasions-bestselling guide collection. Releasing this October from HarperCollins, the brand new guide, Dinosaurs Are Wow: A Roaring Thunder of Prehistoric Marvel, will transport readers again to a prehistoric world full of colossal creatures, dense jungle, and explosive volcanoes. Filled with eye-popping illustrations, quizzes, jokes, astounding details, and extra, this guide is reader’s ticket to a roaring journey by means of time!
Constructing off final yr’s momentum throughout toys, books, and dwell occasions, Wondery will additional broaden the Wow within the World line of STEM toys and collectible figurines — the primary each toy line primarily based on a podcast — to ship extra moments of that WOW!
The Wow within the World toy line made its retail debut in Fall 2024 with a spread of STEM toys, collectible figurines , and extra that join laughter to studying and kids to the world round them. These timeless toys and play patterns had been reimagined for at the moment’s youngsters by leveling up their play through distinctive options and companion audio recorded by Wow within the World hosts Man Raz & Mindy Thomas — an trade first for a toy line.
“The Introduction of the first-of-its-kind Wow within the World toy line final yr strengthened how nicely the podcasts complement households’ day by day routines, together with playtime,” stated Nicole Blake, Chief Model Officer at Wondery. “As we proceed to work with the crew at Tinkercast to raise and evolve the Wow within the World franchise, we want to collaborate with companions who create modern merchandise that spark youngsters’ curiosity and supply new methods for them to have interaction with the IP past the podcast.”
