A Problem Squared

Matt Parker, Bec Hill
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Matt Parker and Bec Hill present: A Problem Squared. A podcast dedicated to solving problems of all kinds, such as, "What should I listen to right now?". A Podcast Squared. First one's free. You're welcome.

  1. 1. 9.

    117 = Visualising Hacks and Unusual Icy Snacks

    👁️ How do you remember things if you can’t visualisethem in your mind’s eye? 🍭 What’s the best shape for a freeze pop? 🪣 And there’s some Any Other Beachness    Head to our socials to see freeze pop pics, Matt(not that one)’s tooth and the AOB gifts!    Here’s a link to the University of Exeter’s The Eye’s Mind project: https://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/eyesmind/     And here’s a selection of freeze pops and anti-prisms… https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/del-monte-quality-pineapple-freeze-pop-8-x-62ml https://www.vimto.co.uk/vimto-range/product/vimto-pyramids/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_antiprism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disphenoid    See Matt on tour! http://standupmaths.com/shows/    Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths   And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6   If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!   If you want to (we’re 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.

    54 min

  2. 18. 8.

    116 = Guess The Right Price and Why Teeth Might Splice

    ￡ What’s the optimum strategy to win The Price Is Right? 🦷 Why have Tim’s baby teeth fallen apart? 🛠️ And there’s some Any Other Billy Bookcase Business Head to our socials to play along with The Price Is Right and to see a video of Ikea Wars! Here are the GIANT LETTERS sent in by Phillip: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yZaofcfNPaF5HyX17 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillside_letters If you’re in Edinburgh for the Fringe, get tickets to see Bec here: https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/ And get tickets see to Matt here: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths  And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6 If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!   If you want to (we’re 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.

    51 min

  3. 4. 8.

    115 = Jolly Good Euphemising and Hollywood Sign Sizing

    🍆 What’s the “female equivalent” of phallic? What’s the font size of the Hollywood sign? 🦈 And we’re always open for AOBusiness Thanks to our excellent experts appearing in voicenote form - Dr Ben Whittle, Chella Quint OBE, and Linus Boman. Daan’s paper in the American Journal of Archaeology which cites this very podcast: doi.org/10.1086/735650  The world’s largest enlarged letter: https://www.pleasedonotbend.co.uk/categories/world-record If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Bec here: https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/ And you can get tickets see to Matt here: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths  And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6 If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!   If you want to (we’re 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.

    55 min

  4. 21. 7.

    114 = Delectable Dips and Dealable Decks

    🃏 What’s the deal with cards? 🫕 What is the perfect ratio of chips to dips? 🍔 And there’s some Any Other B-B-Q-B-ness Head to our socials to see the card shuffle and patterns, Bec’s starstruck selfie, and our chips ‘n’ dips experiment! For all your homemade snacking needs: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/tortillas https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/homemade-tortilla-chips-guacamole-charred-tomato-salsa It’s 5 o’chop Somewhere! (Really excellent work from Eve) https://www.instagram.com/p/DKZSlCGIdCZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==  And some info about Aphantasia as mentioned by Keith… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia And synaesthesia… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Bec here: https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/ And you can get tickets see to Matt here: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths  If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!   If you want to (we’re 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.

    56 min

  5. 7. 7.

    113 = Marg Ana Names and Mid Career Change

    🚂 If you want a career change, how do you decide what to retrain as? 👶 What would be a good set of names for twins or triplets? 🦷 And there’s some Any Other Busi Here’s some baby naming code from Colin Beveridge: https://github.com/icecolbeveridge/zoe_names If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Bec here: https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/ And you can get tickets see to Matt here: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths If you are in Edinburgh and fancy seeing Matt and Bec battle it out in Ikea Wars on Sunday 10th August, tickets are here: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/ikea-wars Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths  If you are on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!   If you want to (we’re 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.

    55 min

  6. 23. 6.

    112 = Staring Safely At The Sun and Celebrations Off By One

    🌞 How far away from the Sun do we have to travel before we can look at it without damaging our eyes? 📆 Is there an off by one error with anniversaries? 🍝 And AOB has been slow cooked and packed up in tupperware for safe storage The starting point for Matt’s theory: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-maximum-light-intensity-that-a-human-eye-can-withstand-without-being-damaged  Astroid Mattparker:  https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=mattparker  Distance to Voyager 1: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/where-are-voyager-1-and-voyager-2-now/  Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths  If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Bec here: https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/ And you can get tickets to see Matt here: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!   If you want to (we’re 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.

    47 min

  7. 10. 6.

    111 = Mnemonic Serenading and Mechanism Naming

    🎶 Why are songs easier to remember than sentences? ⚙️ Can we come up with new names (that meet strict criteria) for leader/follower motors? 🌟 And it’s a glitzy, toothy, clackety AOB   As discussed in the intro, here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter: https://youtu.be/nGtVej1Qx5Y And here's the link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/standupmaths/moon-pi-were-going-to-calculate-on-the-moon And head to our socials to see the Corris Railway Traverser!   For tickets to Bec Hill’s Pick ‘n’ Mix at the Museum of Comedy, London on 19/06/2025, go here: https://museumofcomedy.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873654374    For some glittery further reading, here’s that NYT article https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/style/glitter-factory.html   If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Bec here: https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/   And you can get tickets to see Matt here: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths   If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!     If you want to (we’re 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.

    57 min

  8. 26. 5.

    110 = Inventive Dice and Paperwork Advice

    🎲What’s the best design for non-traditional dice? 📄 What should you call paperwork that doesn’t involve paper? 🙋And it’s more a comment than a question in AOB Head to our socials to see Matt’s excellent Angry Man In Local Newspaper photos. If you’d like to peruse and purchase more dice variations, head here: https://mathsgear.co.uk/collections/dice  If you have any paperlesspaperwork suggestions, join in here! https://www.reddit.com/r/AProblemSquared/ If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Matt here: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths And you can get tickets see Bec here: https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/ If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!   If you want to (we’re 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.

    55 min
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Matt Parker and Bec Hill present: A Problem Squared. A podcast dedicated to solving problems of all kinds, such as, "What should I listen to right now?". A Podcast Squared. First one's free. You're welcome.

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  • Autor
    Matt Parker, Bec Hill
  • Aktivní
    2019 - 2025
  • Díly
    119
  • Hodnocení
    Explicitní
  • Copyright
    © Matt Parker, Bec Hill
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