083 = Sunbeams and Dog Dreams
🌒 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.
22 Apr 202445min
An Emergency Broadcast to Solve an Emergency Problem.
🔔🚨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!
8 Apr 202424min
082 = What Is Lint and Zero Hints
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.
25 Mars 202456min
081 = Pi Prize and Square Stairs
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.
11 Mars 202454min
080 = Naming Clichés and Squaring Birthdays
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.
26 Feb 202446min
079 = Driving Clockwise and Evolving Dragonflies
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.
12 Feb 202443min
078 = Spinal Taps and Star Maps
In this episode… 🇺🇸 A LAT of LA chat. ⭐️ If you visited each star on the Hollywood Walk of fame in alphabetical order, how far would you have to travel? 📜 And some sort of Any Other Businesses. Send us your problems and your solutions to 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.
29 Jan 202449min
077 = Earth That Quakes and Quick Fire Takes
In this episode… 🌏 How often do earthquakes take place in the same location, on the same date, in different years? 🔔 Dingletts, dingletts and more dingletts! 💨 A fundamental buoyancy error. If you want to look into the data Matt used for his earthquake problem, you can find that here: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-data. If you want to see the plots Matt mentions, please head on over to Twitter or Patreon. Here are Bec's podcast recommendations: - Science Vs: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs - A Podcast of Unnecessary Detail: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-podcast-of-unnecessary-detail/id1441973787 - Swindled: https://swindledpodcast.com/ - Decoder Ring: https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring - And of course, her own brand new podcast 'Enemy In Paris': https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/enemy-in-paris/id1720149980 As always, send us your general problems and solutions to the website: www.aproblemsquared.com. If you want more from A Problem Squared, you can also find us on Instagram and Discord.
15 Jan 202446min
