Episodes
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šWhy do some people hate the sound of whispering?
š” How much does an electron cost?
š And thereās some Any Other Bozoness
On THIS episode of A Problem Squared - which comes with our special No Whisper Guarantee - weāre joined by a special guest! The clinical psychologist Dr Jane Gregory tells us all about Misophonia. You can find out about her fantastic (and very helpful) book Sounds Like Misophonia, and you can sign up to her research mailing list here: https://soundslikemisophonia.com/
And here is Avaās EPIC Spreadsheet - A Problem Squared Episode Catalogue: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nXmEH9BrCr6hEBBhHkfuciPEKimDgZjrwhi2oeyErog/edit?usp=sharing
If youād like to see Becās Work In Progress shows, her upcoming gigs can be found here: https://www.bechillcomedian.com/tour-gigs
Matt is bringing An Evening of Unnecessary Detail to New York! The Bell House, Brooklyn on Sunday 12th July. Tickets can be found here:
https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300064B84CCCF567
And Matt has extended his tour - and heās filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard!
If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
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#ļøā£ Whatās the best way to explain the number e to an 8-year-old?
š How early in a relationship should you reveal that youāre a bit weird?
š¤§ And thereās some any other blow-your-nose-ness
Head to our socials to see The Beautiful Old Calculator and The Worldās Tallest Comedian.
Matt is bringing An Evening of Unnecessary Detail to New York! The Bell House, Brooklyn on Sunday 12th July. Tickets can be found here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300064B84CCCF567
Matt has extended his tour - and heās filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard!
If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
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Missing episodes?
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š Why do we put salt in pasta water?
š¾ Can you put bespoke characters in to a QR Code?
š¼And Spring Has Sprung (in the UK) so thereās some Any Other Bloomsness
Head to our socials to see some frankly-very-silly-but-fully-operational QR Codes.
Boiling and Freezing Points of Pure and Salty Water https://van.physics.illinois.edu/ask/listing/1457
Matt has extended his tour - and filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard!
If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
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š¤To mark the May Birthday of Dwayne 'The' 'Tooth Fairy' 'Rock' Johnson, Episode 134 is a Tooth and Rock Special!
šŖØ Matt answers your rock-based queries and shares a Salt of the Perth update
š¦· Bec and Dentist Sophie answer your tooth-based queries and shares an Adult Tooth Fairy update
Head to our socials to look at some incredibly detailed Salt of the Perth imagery.
And relatedlyā¦
Lead Explained:
https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/-/media/ScottishWater/Document-Hub/Factsheets-and-Leaflets/Factsheets/100620SWFactSheet72020v5web.pdf
Thallium in Salt Substitutes: A Possible Health Hazard:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0013935177900433
And hereās Mattās Moving Mountains sources:
https://ourworldindata.org/energy-production-consumption
https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/courses/eosc350/content/foundations/properties/density.htm
Matt has extended his tour - and filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here:
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard!
If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord. -
š„£ What percentage of a box of Weet-Bix is wheat again?
š„ What shape is an egg?
š¬ Whatās the most efficient way to write your name on a Pop-it Fidget Toy?
š And would you like some AOB? We wonāt take no for an answer
Head to our socials to see all the Weet-Bix Pix, lots of names efficiently spelt out on a Pop-It Fidget Toy, lots of Girl Scout cookies, and a sheep being sheared by a robotā¦
The Sheepās Back Museum, Naracoorte
https://thesheepsbackmuseum.org.au/
Creation: Between Art and Mathematics Exhibition in Paris: https://www.ihp.fr/en/news-science-and-society/creation-between-art-and-mathematics
Laura Taalmanās Granny Life Crochet:
https://www.grannylifecrochet.com/
Get your own Egg-Shaped Spinning Top:
https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/phitop
Eveās beautiful cross-stitch:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DWY-_qzivz6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Matt has extended his tour - and filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here:
http://standupmaths.com/shows
And there is a Kickstarter to fund production of the filmed show, which you can get involved with here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/standupmaths/getting-triggy-with-it
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard!
If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord. -
š Are there any English words containing four letters in alphabetical order?
š„£ What percentage of a box of weet-bix is wheat?
šŖ And there is some any other bah-bah-bahbahbahbah-buh-buh-business
Head to our socials to see Becās post-show photos and videos from her Adelaide run including Morgan and Morgan's mumās tooth, Scott and the 6-7 shirt and Karn and his incredible APS Flipchart. Youāll also find Mattās list of all the 4-letters-alphabetised words and one of the many bridges.
Matt has extended his tour - and filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here:
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard!
If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
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š When microwaving food, should you place it in the centre, or off to the side?
š Does the longest diagonal in a 1m sided cube in 4D square equal root 4?
šØ And thereās some Bonus Other Business.
Head to our socials to see Becās Photographic Exhibition of Australian Wildlife, Cubie the Moon Rover, Becās Poppadom Experiment, Mattās Pythagorean Whiteboard Action, and the first glimpse of the most confusing game of Connect 4 ever to be played. A surprisingly visual audio podcastā¦ so itās all happening over on BlueSky / Twitter / Instagram
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard!
If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord. -
š Is it true that "No Two Packs Of Skittles Are The Same?ā
š¤§ Why a cold called cold?
š¤« And thereās some ASMROB
Head to our socials to see Mattās Mission Patches, Mattās Calculator, and the Skittles Combinatorics!
The Liberation Laser Software by Seb Lee-Delisle
https://liberationlaser.com/
The Skittle Maths by Clare Wallace
https://www.clarewallace.co.uk/skittles
And some Norfolk Punch, if youāre so inclined
https://www.norfolkpunch.com/
If youād like to see Matt on tour, all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here:
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard!
If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
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š« How many people are flying in the air at any given moment?
āļø What weighs a pound and costs a pound?
š And thereās some Any Other (Foot)Ballness
Head to our socials to see Becās glasses š¤Pat Patriot šŗš²and our Pound for Pound items!
Here is a link to the book Flying With Confidence (which helped Producer Laura with her fear of flying and also helped her answer the problem correctly!)
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/415543/flying-with-confidence-by-patricia-furness-smith-and-captain-steve-allright/9780091947859
They Did The Math, They Did The Monster Math on Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/
https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemonstermath/
Flight Radar 24: https://www.flightradar24.com/
If youād like to see Bec at the Adelaide Fringe, you can get tickets here: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/bec-hill-creates-the-perfect-show-work-in-progress-af2026
And if youād like to see Matt on tour, all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard! If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
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ā Have you sent in a question for our AMA episode?
ā Have Matt and Bec answered it in this AMA episode?
āļø Here are your AMA questions, answered!
Weāll be back solving your problems as normal in Episode 129!
If youād like to see Bec at the Adelaide Fringe in March, you can get tickets here: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/bec-hill-creates-the-perfect-show-work-in-progress-af2026
And if youād like to see Matt on tour, all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard!
If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
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š« Can we come up with some fun names for common pantry items?
š¢ What's the smallest number that has never been written down in human history?
š§ And thereās a sprinkling of Any Other Business.
Numberphileās take on a number NOBODY has thought of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdZrxkix9Mk
Every Time "67" Has Been Said on Numberphile, if you dare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlJMJfPPnVA
Googolplex Written Out: http://www.googolplexwrittenout.com/
If youād like to see Bec at the Adelaide Fringe in March, you can get tickets here: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/bec-hill-creates-the-perfect-show-work-in-progress-af2026
And if youād like to see Matt on tour, all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard! If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord. -
š§ Why doesnāt the coldest day fall on the shortest day?
š„ If you donāt drink, what can you use fancy drinking glasses for?
š And we take the plunge into some Any Other Brrrrrrrness.
If youād like to read about defibrillator testing using a turkey, hereās the paper sent in by Hans: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12879378/
If youād like to see Matt and Bec - alongside Steve Mould and Helen Arney and more - at An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail in London on Monday 26th January, you can get tickets here:
https://www.universe.com/events/an-evening-of-unnecessary-detail-tickets-TFK426?ref=ticketmaster
If youād like to see Bec at the Adelaide Fringe in March, you can get tickets here: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/bec-hill-creates-the-perfect-show-work-in-progress-af2026
And if youād like to see Matt on tour, all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
If youād like to ask Matt and Bec anything for our special 2^7 episode in February go to the Problem Posing Page at aproblemsquared.com - select āProblemā and start your message with AMA! Please get your AMA questions in by Friday 23rd January 2026!
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard!
If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
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šØ How many people are needed to guarantee that there is always someone farting somewhere?
š If you match each letter with the corresponding number in the alphabet and add them together, which words add up to 100.
š And there is some unfinished business.
Head to our socials for pictures of Mattās Homemade Sea Salt and Becās Brilliant Branding, an assortment of Massive Hourglasses, the beautiful sketch of Bec, and a smiley jerk on the beach in the sunshine š
Here is the full list of words that add up to 100 (and do be warned that it contains some words that may not be suitable for young eyes)
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r0u9hnx0c63ma3ovky3gp/100_letter_sum_shuffled.txt?rlkey=n62ik3j22tnwujod53wqrf4cc&e=1&dl=0
If you have a suggestion of dates for us to do a Rock Special and a Tooth Special,, go to the Problem Posing Page at aproblemsquared.com and select āSolutionā and do mention āInternational Teeth Dayā
See Matt on tour in 2026!
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Hereās how to get involved with Mattās Moon Pi Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And hereās how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard!
If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
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š¼ What is the Angle of Death?
š¼ What is the best filing system for sheet music?
šAnd thereāll be some A-ho-ho-ho-B
If you have any maths-studio-based-names for the Newdio, go to the Problem Posing Page at aproblemsquared.com and select āSolutionā and be as funny and punny as possible!
If youād like to ask Matt and Bec anything for our special 2^7 episode in February go to the Problem Posing Page at aproblemsquared.com - select āProblemā and start your message with AMA!
See Matt on tour in 2026! http://standupmaths.com/shows
Hereās how to get involved with Mattās Moon Pi Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And hereās how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard - and a special APS Christmas Card!
If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
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š Why does the nutritional value of frozen chips change depending on whether they are cooked in an air fryer or in an oven?
ā°ļø How large a mountain could we make from 2.2 meters of dredged sea bed (combatting sea level rise in the process)?
šAnd thereāll be some AOB, as easy as 123.
Head to our socials for pics of LIVE MATHS, chip nutritional values, post-Totoro Bec, ESA Souvenirs.
If youād like to ask Matt and Bec anything for our special 2^7 episode in February go to the Problem Posing Page at aproblemsquared.com - select āProblemā and start your message with AMA!
See Matt on tour in 2026! http://standupmaths.com/shows
Hereās how to get involved with Mattās Moon Pi Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And hereās how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard. If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
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š„ How many quickfire problems is it possible to solve in a single episode of A Problem Squared?
š§āš¼ Why is Matt dressed like a maths teacher?
šAnd we will deal out some Any Other Business
If youād like to ask Matt and Bec anything for our special 2^7 episode go to the Problem Posing Page at aproblemsquared.com - select āProblemā and start your message with AMA!
A chicken slapping machine - click to view at your own risk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68L6JA_CnmU
Hereās where youāll find the video of Matt in 374 different outfits (and the 375th outfit is on our socials)
https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths/videos
From AOB hereās Chrisā workingā¦
https://chrisboettner.github.io/blog/posts/2025-10-28-card_game_blog.html
ā¦and hereās Dedeās workingā¦
https://github.com/dedebenui/cardgame
See Matt on tour!
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Specifically, see Matt in London on Monday 1st December!
https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/matt-parker/
Or if you would like to see Bec in Brighton on Monday 1st December, tickets are here:
https://www.komedia.co.uk/shows/john-luke-roberts-geoffrey-chaucers-mediaeval-christmas-festivitye/
Hereās how to get involved with Mattās Moon Pi Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And hereās how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard. If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
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šļø Does bi-weekly mean every two weeks or twice a week?
š§ What is the name of the line between two opposing corners of a cube?
š And daylight will be saved with some Any Other Brightness.
For more on Rupert and Nopert Shapes:
Euler Brick: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EulerBrick.html
Tom7 - Rupert's Snub Cube and other Math Holes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH4MviUE0_s
Tom7ās Print files for Platonic, Archimedean and Catalan Solids: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1617011-platonic-archimedean-and-catalan-solids#profileId-1706419
Follow Dr Ben Whittle, The Excellent Etymologist, on Instagram! @schnebwhittle
Joey Parrish and his Sega Slides https://github.com/joeyparrish/sega-slides
See Matt on tour! http://standupmaths.com/shows
Specifically, see Matt in London on Monday 1st December! https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/matt-parker/
Or if you would like to see Bec in Brighton on Monday 1st December, tickets are here: https://www.komedia.co.uk/shows/john-luke-roberts-geoffrey-chaucers-mediaeval-christmas-festivitye/
Hereās how to get involved with Mattās Moon Pi Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And hereās how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast Iām A Wizard. If youāre already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
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š What are the odds of actually winning Morganās very specific, very fun card game?
š¤Æ Are people more gullible now? And what are the best ways to persuade someone they are wrong?
š» And, appropriate to the season, there will be some Any Other Boooooooooooooosness
If you have some ingenious suggestions of what Matt can do in lunar gravity, head to www.aproblemsquared.com and submit your idea as a āSolutionā
Head to our socials to see Mattās graph plot and stats on the odds of winning the card game, as well as Becās beautifully laid out existence proof of the 52 Card Game!
Some further reading on The Gullibility Problem:
Why are people so gullible? https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20160323-why-are-people-so-incredibly-gullible
Research paper on political extremism: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797612464058
Nobel Disease: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Nobel_disease
And some tetrahedron-shaped packaging - or TetraPaks, if you will:
TetraPak: https://www.tetrapak.com/solutions/packaging/packages
SunnyBoys: https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/2016-goodbye-sunnyboy/
See Matt on tour! http://standupmaths.com/shows
And if you want to see Matt in London on Monday 1st December, tickets are here: https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/matt-parker/
Or if you want to see Bec in Brighton on Monday 1st December, tickets are here: https://www.komedia.co.uk/shows/john-luke-roberts-geoffrey-chaucers-mediaeval-christmas-festivitye/
Hereās how to get involved with Mattās Moon Pi Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And hereās how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
If youāre on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord. -
š Is there a more consistent system of measuring things (and is it āBanana For Scaleā)?
š Why and how do hexagons occur in nature?
š And there will be a whole Bec of Any Other Becness
Head to our socials to see Matt and Bec playing The Metre Game, lots of bananas for scale, and Matt sporting some very fetching headwear.
Some further reading on the origins of āBanana For Scaleā:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/banana-for-scale
Some further reading on hexagons in basalt:
European Geoscience Union article:
https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ts/2023/05/26/features-from-the-field-columnar-basalts-and-why-hexagons-are-natures-favourite-shape/
Physical Review Letters:
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.154301
See Matt on tour!
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Hereās how to get involved with Mattās Moon Pi Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And hereās how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt:
https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
If youāre on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (weāre not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
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š² What are the odds of rolling snake eyes? (And does it make for good TV?)
š¤¹How long does it take to learn to juggle with seven balls?
š And thereās some Any Other BedānāBoardness
Head to our socials to see Matt and Bec in action, rolling dice and juggling balls!
To find out more about our juggling expert Darryl J Carrington, head to his insta: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPTqhTwDEeb/?igsh=MXdyMDJvNGhma2ZtNg==
And hereās Colin Wrightās video about Sideswap: āJuggling by Numbers - Numberphileā https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dwgusHjA0Y
Here are Jasperās links (in Dutch and in English) about the Belgian family and their childrenās themed names
https://vrtnws.be/p.NvjDVZw5w (Dutch)
https://www.reddit.com/r/tragedeigh/comments/17h7ka6/gwenny_32_is_pregnant_of_a_twelfth_child_a/ (English)
And here are the visualised shuffles of the card question in Episode 113
Tom - https://tehtommeh.github.io/riffle-me-this/
Bernhard - https://www.bernhard-werner.de/assets/cindy/applets/card_weave.html
Shaun - https://svermaak.github.io/VisualiseCardShuffle/
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