041 = Table Surface Braced and Toothbrush Versus Paste
In this episode... * How do you stop a wobbly table from wobbling? * Which is more effective for your dental hygiene: a toothbrush without toothpaste or toothpaste without a toothbrush? * A-to-the-O-to-the-B. * Plus! Some exciting merch news. If you want to see more of Matt's wobbly tables on ridiculous maths surfaces, you can do that here: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0511490. For the best system for teeth brushing and more tips on dental hygiene have a listen to ‘APS 03 - Teeth Tips and Defining Decades’ https://aproblemsquared.libsyn.com/aps-003. And, you can now buy APS merch! If you want a t-shirt of your own, head on over to: https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com. As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
29 Aug 202250min
040 = Anniversary Crazes and Any Cursory Praises
In THIS episode... * What's the most appropriate gift for a couple’s -1 year anniversary? * How do you write a podcast review without Apple podcasts? * And Bec and Matt return to rather a lot of AOB. We would like to thank shittyflute on YouTube for letting us use their rendition of the A-Team theme tune. You can find more tunes you love, badly played here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHMmLi8z1HbyhTEvfBgXpyg As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
15 Aug 202255min
039 = Many Ways to Replace Lights and Trebuchets Shooting Space Flights (live at Bluedot Festival)
In this very special episode, live from Blue Dot Festival... * How many astronauts does it take to change a light bulb? * What is the most environmentally friendly way to launch an object into space? * And APS are live for the first time at Blue Dot Festival! A huge thank you all the contributors that helped make this episode happen; To Professor Steven Lockley from Harvard. You can find more about his contributions to sleep in space here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576512001336 If you want to find out about Circadian Rhythms on Earth, have a listen to Episode 026: ‘Sliding on Snow and Skipping on Sleep’. To Trent Burton from Cosmic Shambles who helped us get in touch with Tim Peak. You can listen to their incredible selection of podcasts here: https://cosmicshambles.com/podcasts/ And of course, to Sarah Bennetto for booking us! You can find her on Twitter here, she's very funny: https://twitter.com/sarahbennetto?s=20&t=mf8AoKcmvUXVbHw2YQAoQA As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared (and who doesn't) find us on Twitter and Instagram.
1 Aug 202241min
038 = Fldxt in Wordle and Improv Tact Hurdle
In this episode... * Can you guess 5 unique words with unique letters in Wordle? * How do you get out of your head and into the scene in improv? * And any other Cheesness. Here's the dictionary text file Matt started with for his problem. It contains 370,000 words: https://github.com/dwyl/english-words A huge thank you to everyone who helped with Bec's dinglett. Alex Holland at the Free Association - this is where Bec did her improv course, and you can find details about that here: https://thefreeassociation.co.uk. David Reed, his play Guy Fawkes will be showing at the York Theatre from October:https://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/guy-fawkes/. Also to Rachel Pariss, you can find her on 'The Latenight Mash' with Nish Kumar or here on Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/33emshys And the brilliant Josie Lawrence. You can find more about her on twitter too: https://tinyurl.com/JosieLawrence As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared (and who doesn't) find us on Twitter and Instagram.
18 Juli 202255min
037 = Digital Displays and Digits All Splayed
In this episode... * When does a high five become a low five? * What is the most efficient digital display? * And, some any other beesness Just 18 more sleeps until APS is LIVE at Bluedot - that's between 19:45 - 20:45 on Friday the 22nd July. Please send in your Bluedot specific questions to the Problem Solving Page including the phrase 'Bluedot'. You can do this on Twitter too, but it might get lost! A big shout out to Mr Thing, just because they are fantastic. You can find them on Twitter: @wearemrthing or on their website here: https://www.wearething.co.uk/. You can also see them at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Fest, and buy tickets for that here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/mr-thing-show. As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
4 Juli 202247min
036 = Score Menu Sets and Door Etiquette
In this episode: Can you create an order from a numbered menu that is always comprehensible to the server? When someone is behind you as you open a door, what is the polite distance to wait for them? And, the cards are on the table. As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. Please send in your Blue Dot problems, and we may just solve it live on stage. Just post your problem with the tag 'Blue Dot' to aproblemsquared.com - Do it now! If you want to come and see us at Blue Dot, you can catch us on Friday, and can buy tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/BlueDotTickets You can find more about Emma Haruka Iwao's record breaking Pi calculation here: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/calculating-100-trillion-digits-of-pi-on-google-cloud And, of course, if you want want more from A Problem Squared, come find us on Twitter and Instagram.
20 Juni 202256min
035 = Lunar Cheese Pops and Physics Bullet Drops
In THIS episode... * How long would it take us to eat the moon if it was made of cheese? * If you shot and dropped a bullet at exactly the same time, they would hit the ground simultaneously? * And Bec and Matt give thanks. As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
6 Juni 202241min
034 = Novel Seal of Approval and Family Seal of Removal
In this episode... * How related are you to a Harbour seal? * Bec gives some novel advice. * Matt mends a mistake. * And there's all sorts of AOB. If you want to bid on the £5,000 t-shirt referenced in 006 of A Problem Squared, join us on the 26th of May, 2022! All proceeds go to Water Aid - links to come. Bec's new book 'Now LiveScreaming' is out now! Go buy it! You can find Yale's incredible evolutionary and ecological chat here: https://vertlife.org/ And just a little recap, seals are in the Mammalian order Carnivora. Humans are in the Mammalian order Primates - 82.1 millions years ago the 'magnorder' of Boreoeutheria split into Euarchontoglires (which later gave us Primates) and Laurasiatheria (which gave us Carnivora). Bec also references ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King in her dinglett.
23 Maj 202244min
