Maths Appeal

In the final episode of series 1, Bobby and Susan discuss measure and Bobby sets a puzzle related to it - with a Harry Potter twist! The guest is Zoe Griffiths from Think Maths, and Bobby's Maths Fact has a French connection. Thank you for your support over our first series - please keep an eye on @mathsappeal on Twitter for news of series 2!

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Bobby and Susan tackle 2D and 3D shapes, and Puzzle King Bobby sets a puzzle related to a Rubik's cube with a casual West Ham reference thrown in for good measure. Our guest is machine learning scientist Catherine Breslin who gets us excited (and slightly terrified) about voice recognition devices.

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Bobby and Susan talk about angles and lines, explaining how they teach the subject to their students and the common challenges faced by people getting to grips with it. Bobby's puzzle features pizza - not for the first time - and Susan speaks to the brilliant Anne-Marie Imafidon, co-founder of Stemettes. Anne-Marie explains how the idea for Stemettes came about and why it's more about creativity than curriculum.

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The podcast could be described as above average this week as Bobby and Susan get to grips with statistics. Puzzle King Bobby puts on his dancing shoes for a Strictly-themed puzzle, and our guest is the brilliant Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, co-founder of Stemettes. In the first of a two-part interview, Anne-Marie tells us about her early love of maths, passing 2 GCSEs at the age of 10, and why she loves Galois theory just as much as she loves Beyonce.

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Probability is everywhere, and Bobby and Susan are here to prove it. From the weather, to the national lottery, with dice-throwing in between, the two discuss teaching probability and common pitfalls students face. This week's guest is Simon Singh, maths champion and science author. He chats to Susan about maths education and his favourite maths apps and online resources. Oh, and Bobby's puzzle is a thing of joy. This time it's about breakfast.

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Welcome, fellow Mathsketeers! This week, Bobby and Susan discuss the language of algebra and why it's so important. Bobby sets a puzzle related to the topic, and it just so happens to feature one of Susan's heroes. Our guest is the comedian Ken Cheng who tells us about his maths story which involves learning long division when he was young, studying Maths at Cambridge, dropping out to be a full-time online poker player and then discovering comedy. We finish off with a maths fact and we'd love to hear yours - tweet us @mathsappeal!

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Get your maths on with Bobby Seagull and Susan Okereke! This week they tackle percentages and Bobby's corresponding puzzle has a musical flavour to it. Our guest is science and maths champion Gareth Jones, who you may know as Gaz Top from TV show How 2 or more recently from his podcast Gareth Jones on Speed. He took the time to chat about his love of technology and he even offers up a Maths Fact of his own!

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This week, Bobby Seagull and Susan Okereke discuss multiplicative reasoning. It's a bit of a mouthful, but there's a lot to say about it! The guest is Mike Ellicock, Chief Executive of National Numeracy, who chats about the organisation's aims to help people of all ages gain confidence in maths.

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Bobby and Susan discuss how they approach additive reasoning in the classroom, and Bobby sets one of his soon-to-be-legendary puzzles based on that topic. This week's guest is Danielle Newnham, co-founder of F Equals, who chats to Susan about her maths journey, working in tech and the need for visible women role models in the world of STEM.

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Bobby and Susan get to grips with fractions and decimals, and Bobby's puzzle this week features his fashion icon, the Waistcoat Wearer Gareth Southgate. Our guest is maths writer and broadcaster Alex Bellos - the self-styled 'foreign correspondent of maths' - who chats to Susan about the power of storytelling and why maths is not as geeky as it used to be.

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