A Problem Squared Matt Parker & Bec Hill

🌒 What’s the best place to see the next solar eclipse? 

💤 Do animals dream? 

💼 The Any Other Business briefcase is…half open. 



Send your problems and solutions to our website: www.aproblemsquared.com.



For a detailed look at the path of the 2026 eclipse, here’s the website referenced by Matt: https://eclipsophile.com/future-eclipses-2024-2028/



If you want to hear the full interview with David Pena Guzman about animal consciousness referenced by Bec, you can do that here: https://news.uchicago.edu/do-animals-dream-david-m-pena-guzman.



Videos of Sky potentially dreaming will be on social media. Tell us what you think? Do dogs dream? 

And, if you want more from A Problem Squared, you can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, Discord and on Patreon.

🔔🚨This is an emergency broadcast🚨🔔



Unfortunately a bout of sudden food poisoning has got in the way of our latest recording session. Everyone's safe (now) but as you may have noticed, we're missing an episode.



We've now got a new date in the diary but the podcast won't be back for two weeks - sorry about that everyone!



SO in this episode, A Problem Squared presents...



🧙‍♀️ The first EVER episode of bonus podcast I'm A Wizard.

🪄A latter and very silly episode of I'm A Wizard.



We HOPE this is a good solution to our emergency problem, but only you, the listener, can give us that ding.



And if you'd like to hear more from the Wizards, you can join up on Patreon and give as little or as much as you like.



Thanks everyone!

In this episode...

🧺 What is lint? 

👌 When does zero count? 

💼 And, as always, some business from the business briefcase. 

Please do send us your problems and solutions to the website: www.aproblemsquared.com.

Bec’s got loads of gigs coming up! If you wanna go see her check out dates on her website: https://www.bechillcomedian.com/tour-gigs.

Matt’s also got an Evening of Unnecessary Detail every two weeks at the Cockpit Theatre in Marylebone, London.

There’s going to be a mathssive (get it) Evening of Unnecessary Detail Extravaganza show at the Bristol Beacon on the 12th March.Find details for those here: https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/tickets/.

If you want more from A Problem Squared, you can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, Discord and on Patreon.

In this episode…

🥧 Can Pi ever repeat itself? 

🪜 Is it impossible for cube-based stairs to be identical?

📈 And some Business of an Any Other Nature. 

If you want to see the biggest hand calculation in HISTORY, you can! Just head over to Matt’s YouTube channel on the 14th of March: https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths

An Evening of Unnecessary Detail is BACK IN NEW YORK! On the 14th of April, at The Bell House in Brooklyn from 7:30pm! 


You can get tickets for that here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/matt-parker-an-evening-of-unnecessary-detail-tickets-847453715877?aff=oddtdtcreator



Ever wanted to know the answer to whether ALL Japanese snacks scale with the packaging imagery? Well now you can, on Bec’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-roi6FdISY&ab_channel=BecHill

GO SEE BEC! She’s playing in Reading and Louth in April. You can find the dates for that, here: https://www.bechillcomedian.com/tour-gigs

YOU CAN PRE-ORDER MATT’S NEW BOOK ‘Love Triangle’ NOW! 


For a signed, but full priced copy with a special dust jacket follow this link: https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/love-triangle-by-matt-parker-signed




Or for 21% off your pre-order, follow this link to Waterstones: https://tinyurl.com/2fdjnwwz



As always, please send your problems and solutions to the Problem Solving Page, here: www.aproblemsquared.com.

If you want more from A Problem Squared, you can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, Discord and on Patreon.

In this episode…

🍼 What’s the best method for naming a human child?

🎊 How do you turn 45^2=2025 into a birthday celebration?

📜 AYE-YOOO-BEEEE.

Please do send us your problems and solutions to the website: www.aproblemsquared.com

Bec’s got loads of gigs coming up! If you wanna go see her check out dates on her website: https://www.bechillcomedian.com/tour-gigs

Matt’s also got an Evening of Unnecessary Detail every two weeks at the Cockpit Theatre in Marylebone, London.

There’s going to be a mathssive (get it) Evening of Unnecessary Detail Extravaganza show at the Bristol Beacon on the 12th March.

Find details for those here: https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/tickets/

If you want more from A Problem Squared, you can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, Discord and on Patreon.

In this episode…

⤵ Is it faster to drive around Australia in an anticlockwise direction on the inside lane? 

🐉 What were dragonflies called before there were dragons?

💼 Business of an ‘Any Other’ nature.

New segment: Things Matt Needs Help With. If you can help with ANY of Matt’s ideas, get in touch! 

If you’d like to see Matt’s diagrams and GP MOTO plot, head on over to Twitter or Patreon!

The podcast has officially HIT 2 MILLION! Tell us how you think we should celebrate. 

As always you can send your problems and your solutions into the Problem Posing Page: www.aproblemsquared.com.

If you want more from A Problem Squared, you can also find us on Twitter, Instagram, Discord and of course, on Patreon.