A Problem Squared

A Problem Squared

By Matt Parker, Bec HillComedy
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  • 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.


    44 min
  • 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.

    50 min
  • 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.

    47 min
  • 076 = Human Pasta and Strada Romana

    In this first episode of 2024…

    🍝 How long would human spaghetti be?

    🏛 Do all roads actually lead to Rome?

    📜 We have new old business for a new new year.

    P.S episode not intentionally Italy themed.

    If you want to go see Matt and Bec in LA get to the Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank on Sunday January 7th at 5pm!

    Bec and Matt will put on An Evening of Unnecessary Detail along with a few of their friends as guest acts.

    Come and say hi! Matt will sign your calculator. Bec will also sign your calculator - right across the top of Matt's signature.

    If you want to go to that, you can get your tickets here now: https://www.flapperscomedy.com/shows/an-evening-of-unnecessary-detail/72865/

    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 find us on Twitter, Instagram, Discord and of course, on Patreon.

    39 min
  • 075 = Roman Recursion and Role-Play Immersion

    In this episode…

    🏺 What is the biggest roman numeral word?

    🎲 How do I get my friends to play D&D? 

    🪵 A Christmas Stumpdate!

    💼 And the business briefcase is OPEN.

    If you'd like some extra listening over the next few weeks, have a listen to Bec on Dan Schreiber’s podcast ‘We Can Be Weirdos’ you can find the link here: https://tinyurl.com/mrymvb29

    And if you'd like to see the Aunty Donna sketch showing how not to explain a table top game to a new player, look no further: http://tinyurl.com/574m6m98

    To watch campaigns played by Questing Time follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/c/questingtime

    For the Dragon Friends Podcast: https://thedragonfriends.com

    And for the Harmontown Podcast: https://www.harmontown.com/category/podcasts/

    IF you’ve got any LA based problems, please do send them in to the Problem Solving Page: https://tinyurl.com/2s2x7az4

    We'll be announcing the venue for a Podcast of Unnecessary Detailonce a venue has been found.

    And if you’d like to receive a belated, but signed Christmas card you can still sign up to Wizard Support on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/aproblemsquared/membership

    (You’ll get a digital version too!)

    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 find us on Twitter, Instagram, and of course, on Patreon.


    43 min
  • 074 = Chocolate Powder Fails and Consonant/Vowel Details

    On this episode…

    🍫 Can you prevent hot chocolate from clumping?

    🖊 When is a vowel a vowel? 

    👾 We have some Discord news! 

    💼 And a small amount of Business, of Any Other nature. 

    The holidays have arrived early because, and APS DISCORD IS FINALLY HERE! Head on over using this link: https://discord.gg/pt4WsfhMCY

    You too can make your computer talk! Here's a link to the Praat vowel software Matt was using at the start of today’s Dinglet: https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/

    If you’d like to see the Vowel Space video referenced by Matt follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdldD0-kEcc

    And for more from linguist and phonetics expert Dr Geoff Lindsay (and with that voice, who wouldn't!) you can do that here: https://www.youtube.com/@DrGeoffLindsey

    If you know anything about the Apollo 11 flight diagram depicted here: https://tinyurl.com/4wjwcu6c let us know! 

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


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

    49 min
  • 076 = Human Pasta and Strada Romana

    In this first episode of 2024…

    🍝 How long would human spaghetti be? 

    🏛Do all roads actually lead to Rome? 

    📜We have new old business for a new new year. 

    P.S episode not intentionally Italy themed. 

    If you want to go see Matt and Bec in LA get to the Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank on Sunday January 7th at 5pm!

    Bec and Matt will put on An Evening of Unnecessary Detail along with a few of their friends as guest acts! 

    Come and say hi! Matt will sign your calculato. Bec will also sign your calculator - right across the top of Matt's signature. 

    If you want to go to that, you can get your tickets here now: https://www.flapperscomedy.com/shows/an-evening-of-unnecessary-detail/72865/

    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 find us on Twitter, Instagram, Discord and of course, on Patreon.

    1 min
  • 076 = Human Pasta and Strada Romana

    In this first episode of 2024…

    🍝 How long would human spaghetti be? 

    🏛Do all roads actually lead to Rome? 

    📜We have new old business for a new new year. 

    P.S episode not intentionally Italy themed. 

    If you want to go see Matt and Bec in LA get to the Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank on Sunday January 7th at 5pm!

    Bec and Matt will put on An Evening of Unnecessary Detail along with a few of their friends as guest acts! 

    Come and say hi! Matt will sign your calculato. Bec will also sign your calculator - right across the top of Matt's signature. 

    If you want to go to that, you can get your tickets here now: https://www.flapperscomedy.com/shows/an-evening-of-unnecessary-detail/72865/

    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 find us on Twitter, Instagram, Discord and of course, on Patreon.

    39 min
  • 076 = Human Pasta and Strada Romana

    In this first episode of 2024…

    🍝 How long would human spaghetti be? 

    🏛Do all roads actually lead to Rome? 

    📜We have new old business for a new new year. 

    P.S episode not intentionally Italy themed. 

    If you want to go see Matt and Bec in LA get to the Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank on Sunday January 7th at 5pm!

    Bec and Matt will put on An Evening of Unnecessary Detail along with a few of their friends as guest acts! 

    Come and say hi! Matt will sign your calculato. Bec will also sign your calculator - right across the top of Matt's signature. 


    If you want to go to that, you can get your tickets here now: https://www.flapperscomedy.com/shows/an-evening-of-unnecessary-detail/72865/

    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 find us on Twitter, Instagram, Discord and of course, on Patreon.

    1 min
  • 073 = Farting Thrust and Pocket Mistrust

    In THIS episode…

    💨 How low would gravity need to be for farts to lift you off the ground?

    👖 Is there a solution to suboptimal trouser pockets?🔔 Ding ding ding!

    📜 Business, fresh from the Any Other briefcase.

    If you want to participate in a MathsJam near you, you can find your local event right here: https://www.mathsjam.com/

    And if you are a child, or an adult who has children who are fans of the show, tell THEM to send in their problems for our kids only episode - coming soon!

    Don’t forget to tag the problem with the word ‘Kidition’, it’ll help us find it!

    If you want to commission a cool bum-bag to support a good cause, Bec mentions Second Stitch Melbourne in her dinglett.

    You can find a link for them here: https://www.secondstitch.org.au/

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

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

    49 min

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