A Problem Squared

087 = Climbing Cliffses and Cloning Eclipses


Listen Later

🧗 Is it possible to climb every mountain? 

🌞 Can you simulate an eclipse if you miss the real thing? 

📜 And some loose ends (and change), in AOB! 

If you’d like to enter the very same gravel race as Matt Parker, you can find out more details here: https://sevengravelrace.com/the-race/

You can listen to ‘Climb Any Mountain’ from the Sound of Music soundtrack here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKuqySkqhHw&ab_channel=COSMOTOPPER777

And to watch the 1991 The Shamen hit ‘Move Any Mountain’ referenced by Matt (which we later discovered was made by our very own Producer Lauren’s dad!) Follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpjnzxtZ6Qg&ab_channel=Vesanorabonah

You can find details for Matt’s Peak data here: https://peakvisor.com/

https://peakvisor.com/en/news/how_many_mountains_on_earth.html

https://peakvisor.com/en/news/unnamed-mountains.html

In our Dinglett this week Matt referenced JHelioviewer, where you can access real time solar image data. Do that here: https://www.jhelioviewer.org/

And Bec’s very sensible suggestion for Problem Poser Aaron, to watch the Oculus’ broadcast of the 2024 total eclipse: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/event/1074832456934803/

SFX for Bec’s victory can be found at Fresound.org, ‘VICTORY CRY Reverb 1’ was made by chripei and ‘Music: Orchestral Victory Fanfare’ was made by Sheyvan. 

As always, send your problems and solutions to our website: www.aproblemsquared.com.

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

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

A Problem SquaredBy Matt Parker, Bec Hill

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

227 ratings


More shows like A Problem Squared

View all
The Bugle by The Bugle

The Bugle

3,721 Listeners

The Infinite Monkey Cage by BBC Radio 4

The Infinite Monkey Cage

1,986 Listeners

Dear Hank & John by Complexly

Dear Hank & John

7,806 Listeners

No Such Thing As A Fish by No Such Thing As A Fish

No Such Thing As A Fish

4,891 Listeners

Curious Cases by BBC Radio 4

Curious Cases

795 Listeners

Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne

Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics

654 Listeners

Shut Up & Sit Down by Shut Up & Sit Down

Shut Up & Sit Down

1,609 Listeners

A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail by Festival of the Spoken Nerd

A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail

266 Listeners

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford by Pushkin Industries

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

5,143 Listeners

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating by Alex Schmidt

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating

740 Listeners

Let's Learn Everything! by Maximum Fun

Let's Learn Everything!

421 Listeners

Lateral with Tom Scott by Tom Scott and David Bodycombe

Lateral with Tom Scott

485 Listeners

We Can Be Weirdos by Global

We Can Be Weirdos

196 Listeners

Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris by Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris

126 Listeners

Lunchbox Envy by Lunchbox Envy

Lunchbox Envy

53 Listeners