Pythagoras of Samos.

 You might remember him when reminiscing about high school geometry, and recall, in between yawns, that thing he discovered about triangles, then yawn again, and then stop thinking about him entirely. 

But there is SO MUCH MORE to this guy's story than just a^2+b^2=c^2. 

As it turns out, he was also a social outcast, numbers-and-religion cult leader, (maybe) a bionic demigod, and definitely a super interesting subject for today's show.

 Join us as Graham and Emily explore the man, his followers, their beliefs, their discoveries, and a whole lot of wild legends about Ol' Py the Triangle guy in this massively influential ancient Greek cave-dwelling math wizard episode of the Local Universe Podcast. 

Often times the most cutting edge and groundbreaking ideas look to most exactly like unfettered mental illness in their time, only to still be remembered and taught 2500 years later in all corners of Civilization. 

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