Sum of All Parts

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Sum of All Parts Podcast

Sum of All Parts tells extraordinary stories about the unseen influence that numbers have on the way we think, feel and behave.

20/02/2020

16.2 How we evacuate

How would you react if you received this SMS? BUSHFIRE WARNING. LEAVE NOW. When we evacuate from a bushfire, we fall into one of seven types of evacuee; from Threat Deniers, to Worried Waverers, to Experienced Independents. This is the story of a bad evacuee turned good.

27 min
14/02/2020

16.1 Fact checking the fire season

During the recent Australian bushfire crisis, numbers gave us a sense of the unprecedented scale of the disaster; 12.6 million hectares burnt, 431 megatons of carbon dioxide emitted, one billion animals killed. But where do these numbers come from?

25 min
26/09/2019

15.0 An unusual pattern

Is Benjamin Geen a killer, or the unluckiest guy in England?

30 min
19/09/2019

14.0 The labradoodle of regret

Wally Conron invented the labradoodle, one of the world's most popular dogs. He now considers the breed his "life's regret".

25 min
15/08/2019

13.1 Electronic music’s origin story [BONUS]

Where and when did a digital computer play music for the first time?

23 min
08/08/2019

13.0 Chiptune

How do you turn a Nintendo Game Boy into a musical instrument?

27 min
04/07/2019

12.0 The Tattoowierer

Who was the tattooist of Auschwitz?

27 min
25/06/2019

11.1 The hidden extinction [BONUS]

Who knew there was a hidden dinosaur extinction?

4 min

Joel Werner

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Sum of All Parts tells extraordinary stories about the unseen influence that numbers have on the way we think, feel and behave.

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Years Active

2017 - 2020
Episodes

49
Rating

Clean
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