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Matt Parker & Bec Hill
Matt Parker and Bec Hill present: A Problem Squared. A podcast dedicated to solving problems of all kinds, such as, "What should I listen to right now?". A Podcast Squared. First one's free. You're welcome.
⚽ What’s the fairest way to pick teams?
🤖 How do you discourage colleagues from using AI to write everything?
🚗 And this road trip is jeopardised by playing ‘Accelerator or Break?’
Thanks to all of you who sent in answers to “what are you doing while you’re listening to A Problem Squared?” - we go through as many as we possibly can in this episode!
Here is kram1032’s post on Maths Stack Exchange that helped Matt with his problem solving:
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2078609/whats-the-fairest-turn-sequence-for-n-players
Here’s more info on Open Sauce: https://www.opensauce.com/
And here’s a kind stranger’s Insta reel of the Ratatouille robot: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DbGwSh4vHQq/
And here’s more info on UKIE: https://ukie.org.uk/
And the stream of Bec hosting the event: https://www.youtube.com/live/4lw_ypXroa4
Head to our BlueSky/Twitter/Instagram to see the U-Haul-Truck-Camera photo of Matt.
If you’re at the Edinburgh Fringe and would like to see Bec’s Work In Progress show, tickets are available here: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/bec-hill-s-work-in-progress
Matt has extended his tour - and he’s filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
Want to pose a problem for Bec and Matt to solve? Head over to https://www.aproblemsquared.com/
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
There's no new episode of A Problem Squared this week - sorry everyone - but we will be back with your scheduled Episode 140 on MONDAY 10TH AUGUST 2026, and our normal twokly service will be resumed from MONDAY 17TH AUGUST 2026.
We're delaying one episode by one week due to general busyness and time-zone clashes but rest assured you will be getting your full quota of August episodes of A Problem Squared.
Thank you for your patience!
🎺 What would standard instruments sound like if they were played under water?
🎯 What would be the average score of one randomly thrown dart?
📂 And there’s some Any Other Business.AOB.zip
On THIS episode of A Problem Squared we’re joined by a special guest! The musical (and regularly quite wet) musical maestro Steve Pretty tells us all about playing music underwater - illustrated with some very bubbly examples. You can hear more from Steve on his podcast Origin Of The Pieces: https://www.originofthepieces.com/ and hear more from Steve playing shells here: https://www.shellectronica.com/
This is the episode of Steve Pretty’s Origin of the Pieces with Richard Sabin, whale expert and lead curator of mammals at the Natural History Museum, who shares sonic insights from the deep. https://www.originofthepieces.com/episodes/episode-31-earwax-echoes-and-entropy
To find out more about Aquasonic, the ethereal underwater quintet, head here: https://www.betweenmusic.dk/aquasonic
Here is the full Hermeto Pascoal video in all its glory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZbfNtDCHdM
And here’s the video of a hydraulophone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgU0OZkGhGI
World Darts Federation Playing and Tournament Rules for all the specifications used in Matt’s working out: https://dartswdf.com/storage/uploads/fb05b306-c92c-4f08-b512-affb092a1b3d/2018-02-28_WDF_Playing_and_Tournament_Rules_rev20.pdf
The fabulously detailed Data Genetics blog post on where to aim on a dart board to maximise point-scoring - A Geek Plays Darts: http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/january12012/index.html
Here’s more about the (excellent) book that Bec shouted out: Gemma Correll - Anxietyland https://www.gemmacorrell.com/
If you’d like to see Bec’s Work In Progress shows, her upcoming gigs can be found here: https://www.bechillcomedian.com/tour-gigs
Matt has extended his tour - and he’s filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here:
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
📝 What is the perfect arrangement of black squares in a crossword?
🚣 Does weight on an aqueduct increase as a boat goes over it?
🛟 And there’s some Any Other Boardness (not ‘boredness’)
Head to our BlueSky/Twitter/Instagram to see some crossword arrangements and some cross-bridge arrangements.
Michael Keith’s Crossword research paper: http://www.gathering4gardner.org/g4g16gift/KeithMichael-GiftExchange-CrosswordGrids-G4G16.pdf
Michael Keith’s Pilish book, Not A Wake: https://www.cadaeic.net/notawake.htm
If you’d like to see Bec’s Work In Progress shows, her upcoming gigs can be found here: https://www.bechillcomedian.com/tour-gigs
Matt is bringing An Evening of Unnecessary Detail to New York! The Bell House, Brooklyn on Sunday 12th July. Tickets can be found here:
https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300064B84CCCF567
And Matt has extended his tour - and he’s filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here:
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
👂Why do some people hate the sound of whispering?
💡 How much does an electron cost?
😎 And there’s some Any Other Bozoness
On THIS episode of A Problem Squared - which comes with our special No Whisper Guarantee - we’re joined by a special guest! The clinical psychologist Dr Jane Gregory tells us all about Misophonia. You can find out about her fantastic (and very helpful) book Sounds Like Misophonia, and you can sign up to her research mailing list here: https://soundslikemisophonia.com/
And here is Ava’s EPIC Spreadsheet - A Problem Squared Episode Catalogue: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nXmEH9BrCr6hEBBhHkfuciPEKimDgZjrwhi2oeyErog/edit?usp=sharing
If you’d like to see Bec’s Work In Progress shows, her upcoming gigs can be found here: https://www.bechillcomedian.com/tour-gigs
Matt is bringing An Evening of Unnecessary Detail to New York! The Bell House, Brooklyn on Sunday 12th July. Tickets can be found here:
https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300064B84CCCF567
And Matt has extended his tour - and he’s filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
️⃣ What’s the best way to explain the number e to an 8-year-old?
💗 How early in a relationship should you reveal that you’re a bit weird?
🤧 And there’s some any other blow-your-nose-ness
Head to our socials to see The Beautiful Old Calculator and The World’s Tallest Comedian.
Matt is bringing An Evening of Unnecessary Detail to New York! The Bell House, Brooklyn on Sunday 12th July. Tickets can be found here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/300064B84CCCF567
Matt has extended his tour - and he’s filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🍝 Why do we put salt in pasta water?
👾 Can you put bespoke characters in to a QR Code?
🌼And Spring Has Sprung (in the UK) so there’s some Any Other Bloomsness
Head to our socials to see some frankly-very-silly-but-fully-operational QR Codes.
Boiling and Freezing Points of Pure and Salty Water https://van.physics.illinois.edu/ask/listing/1457
Matt has extended his tour - and filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🤘To mark the May Birthday of Dwayne 'The' 'Tooth Fairy' 'Rock' Johnson, Episode 134 is a Tooth and Rock Special!
🪨 Matt answers your rock-based queries and shares a Salt of the Perth update
🦷 Bec and Dentist Sophie answer your tooth-based queries and shares an Adult Tooth Fairy update
Head to our socials to look at some incredibly detailed Salt of the Perth imagery.
And relatedly…
Lead Explained:
https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/-/media/ScottishWater/Document-Hub/Factsheets-and-Leaflets/Factsheets/100620SWFactSheet72020v5web.pdf
Thallium in Salt Substitutes: A Possible Health Hazard:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0013935177900433
And here’s Matt’s Moving Mountains sources:
https://ourworldindata.org/energy-production-consumption
https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/courses/eosc350/content/foundations/properties/density.htm
Matt has extended his tour - and filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here:
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🥣 What percentage of a box of Weet-Bix is wheat again?
🥚 What shape is an egg?
💬 What’s the most efficient way to write your name on a Pop-it Fidget Toy?
👎 And would you like some AOB? We won’t take no for an answer
Head to our socials to see all the Weet-Bix Pix, lots of names efficiently spelt out on a Pop-It Fidget Toy, lots of Girl Scout cookies, and a sheep being sheared by a robot…
The Sheep’s Back Museum, Naracoorte
https://thesheepsbackmuseum.org.au/
Creation: Between Art and Mathematics Exhibition in Paris: https://www.ihp.fr/en/news-science-and-society/creation-between-art-and-mathematics
Laura Taalman’s Granny Life Crochet:
https://www.grannylifecrochet.com/
Get your own Egg-Shaped Spinning Top:
https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/phitop
Eve’s beautiful cross-stitch:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DWY-_qzivz6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Matt has extended his tour - and filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here:
http://standupmaths.com/shows
And there is a Kickstarter to fund production of the filmed show, which you can get involved with here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/standupmaths/getting-triggy-with-it
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🔠 Are there any English words containing four letters in alphabetical order?
🥣 What percentage of a box of weet-bix is wheat?
🎪 And there is some any other bah-bah-bahbahbahbah-buh-buh-business
Head to our socials to see Bec’s post-show photos and videos from her Adelaide run including Morgan and Morgan's mum’s tooth, Scott and the 6-7 shirt and Karn and his incredible APS Flipchart. You’ll also find Matt’s list of all the 4-letters-alphabetised words and one of the many bridges.
Matt has extended his tour - and filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here:
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
👋 When microwaving food, should you place it in the centre, or off to the side?
📐 Does the longest diagonal in a 1m sided cube in 4D square equal root 4?
🐨 And there’s some Bonus Other Business.
Head to our socials to see Bec’s Photographic Exhibition of Australian Wildlife, Cubie the Moon Rover, Bec’s Poppadom Experiment, Matt’s Pythagorean Whiteboard Action, and the first glimpse of the most confusing game of Connect 4 ever to be played. A surprisingly visual audio podcast… so it’s all happening over on BlueSky / Twitter / Instagram
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🌈 Is it true that "No Two Packs Of Skittles Are The Same?”
🤧 Why a cold called cold?
🤫 And there’s some ASMROB
Head to our socials to see Matt’s Mission Patches, Matt’s Calculator, and the Skittles Combinatorics!
The Liberation Laser Software by Seb Lee-Delisle
https://liberationlaser.com/
The Skittle Maths by Clare Wallace
https://www.clarewallace.co.uk/skittles
And some Norfolk Punch, if you’re so inclined
https://www.norfolkpunch.com/
If you’d like to see Matt on tour, all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here:
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🛫 How many people are flying in the air at any given moment?
⚖️ What weighs a pound and costs a pound?
🏈 And there’s some Any Other (Foot)Ballness
Head to our socials to see Bec’s glasses 🤓Pat Patriot 🇺🇲and our Pound for Pound items!
Here is a link to the book Flying With Confidence (which helped Producer Laura with her fear of flying and also helped her answer the problem correctly!)
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/415543/flying-with-confidence-by-patricia-furness-smith-and-captain-steve-allright/9780091947859
They Did The Math, They Did The Monster Math on Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/
https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemonstermath/
Flight Radar 24: https://www.flightradar24.com/
If you’d like to see Bec at the Adelaide Fringe, you can get tickets here: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/bec-hill-creates-the-perfect-show-work-in-progress-af2026
And if you’d like to see Matt on tour, all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard! If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
❓ Have you sent in a question for our AMA episode?
❔ Have Matt and Bec answered it in this AMA episode?
⁉️ Here are your AMA questions, answered!
We’ll be back solving your problems as normal in Episode 129!
If you’d like to see Bec at the Adelaide Fringe in March, you can get tickets here: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/bec-hill-creates-the-perfect-show-work-in-progress-af2026
And if you’d like to see Matt on tour, all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🫘 Can we come up with some fun names for common pantry items?
🔢 What's the smallest number that has never been written down in human history?
🧂 And there’s a sprinkling of Any Other Business.
Numberphile’s take on a number NOBODY has thought of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdZrxkix9Mk
Every Time "67" Has Been Said on Numberphile, if you dare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlJMJfPPnVA
Googolplex Written Out: http://www.googolplexwrittenout.com/
If you’d like to see Bec at the Adelaide Fringe in March, you can get tickets here: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/bec-hill-creates-the-perfect-show-work-in-progress-af2026
And if you’d like to see Matt on tour, all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard! If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🧊 Why doesn’t the coldest day fall on the shortest day?
🥂 If you don’t drink, what can you use fancy drinking glasses for?
🏊 And we take the plunge into some Any Other Brrrrrrrness.
If you’d like to read about defibrillator testing using a turkey, here’s the paper sent in by Hans: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12879378/
If you’d like to see Matt and Bec - alongside Steve Mould and Helen Arney and more - at An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail in London on Monday 26th January, you can get tickets here:
https://www.universe.com/events/an-evening-of-unnecessary-detail-tickets-TFK426?ref=ticketmaster
If you’d like to see Bec at the Adelaide Fringe in March, you can get tickets here: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/bec-hill-creates-the-perfect-show-work-in-progress-af2026
And if you’d like to see Matt on tour, all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows
If you’d like to ask Matt and Bec anything for our special 2^7 episode in February go to the Problem Posing Page at aproblemsquared.com - select ‘Problem’ and start your message with AMA! Please get your AMA questions in by Friday 23rd January 2026!
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
💨 How many people are needed to guarantee that there is always someone farting somewhere?
🔠 If you match each letter with the corresponding number in the alphabet and add them together, which words add up to 100.
🏁 And there is some unfinished business.
Head to our socials for pictures of Matt’s Homemade Sea Salt and Bec’s Brilliant Branding, an assortment of Massive Hourglasses, the beautiful sketch of Bec, and a smiley jerk on the beach in the sunshine 🌅
Here is the full list of words that add up to 100 (and do be warned that it contains some words that may not be suitable for young eyes)
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r0u9hnx0c63ma3ovky3gp/100_letter_sum_shuffled.txt?rlkey=n62ik3j22tnwujod53wqrf4cc&e=1&dl=0
If you have a suggestion of dates for us to do a Rock Special and a Tooth Special,, go to the Problem Posing Page at aproblemsquared.com and select ‘Solution’ and do mention ‘International Teeth Day’
See Matt on tour in 2026!
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
👼 What is the Angle of Death?
🎼 What is the best filing system for sheet music?
🎄And there’ll be some A-ho-ho-ho-B
If you have any maths-studio-based-names for the Newdio, go to the Problem Posing Page at aproblemsquared.com and select ‘Solution’ and be as funny and punny as possible!
If you’d like to ask Matt and Bec anything for our special 2^7 episode in February go to the Problem Posing Page at aproblemsquared.com - select ‘Problem’ and start your message with AMA!
See Matt on tour in 2026! http://standupmaths.com/shows
Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard - and a special APS Christmas Card!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🍟 Why does the nutritional value of frozen chips change depending on whether they are cooked in an air fryer or in an oven?
⛰️ How large a mountain could we make from 2.2 meters of dredged sea bed (combatting sea level rise in the process)?
🃏And there’ll be some AOB, as easy as 123.
Head to our socials for pics of LIVE MATHS, chip nutritional values, post-Totoro Bec, ESA Souvenirs.
If you’d like to ask Matt and Bec anything for our special 2^7 episode in February go to the Problem Posing Page at aproblemsquared.com - select ‘Problem’ and start your message with AMA!
See Matt on tour in 2026! http://standupmaths.com/shows
Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard. If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🔥 How many quickfire problems is it possible to solve in a single episode of A Problem Squared?
🧑💼 Why is Matt dressed like a maths teacher?
🃏And we will deal out some Any Other Business
If you’d like to ask Matt and Bec anything for our special 2^7 episode go to the Problem Posing Page at aproblemsquared.com - select ‘Problem’ and start your message with AMA!
A chicken slapping machine - click to view at your own risk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68L6JA_CnmU
Here’s where you’ll find the video of Matt in 374 different outfits (and the 375th outfit is on our socials)
https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths/videos
From AOB here’s Chris’ working…
https://chrisboettner.github.io/blog/posts/2025-10-28-card_game_blog.html
…and here’s Dede’s working…
https://github.com/dedebenui/cardgame
See Matt on tour!
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Specifically, see Matt in London on Monday 1st December!
https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/matt-parker/
Or if you would like to see Bec in Brighton on Monday 1st December, tickets are here:
https://www.komedia.co.uk/shows/john-luke-roberts-geoffrey-chaucers-mediaeval-christmas-festivitye/
Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard. If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🗓️ Does bi-weekly mean every two weeks or twice a week?
🧊 What is the name of the line between two opposing corners of a cube?
🕑 And daylight will be saved with some Any Other Brightness.
For more on Rupert and Nopert Shapes:
Euler Brick: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EulerBrick.html
Tom7 - Rupert's Snub Cube and other Math Holes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH4MviUE0_s
Tom7’s Print files for Platonic, Archimedean and Catalan Solids: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1617011-platonic-archimedean-and-catalan-solids#profileId-1706419
Follow Dr Ben Whittle, The Excellent Etymologist, on Instagram! @schnebwhittle
Joey Parrish and his Sega Slides https://github.com/joeyparrish/sega-slides
See Matt on tour! http://standupmaths.com/shows
Specifically, see Matt in London on Monday 1st December! https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/matt-parker/
Or if you would like to see Bec in Brighton on Monday 1st December, tickets are here: https://www.komedia.co.uk/shows/john-luke-roberts-geoffrey-chaucers-mediaeval-christmas-festivitye/
Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard. If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🃏 What are the odds of actually winning Morgan’s very specific, very fun card game?
🤯 Are people more gullible now? And what are the best ways to persuade someone they are wrong?
👻 And, appropriate to the season, there will be some Any Other Boooooooooooooosness
If you have some ingenious suggestions of what Matt can do in lunar gravity, head to www.aproblemsquared.com and submit your idea as a ‘Solution’
Head to our socials to see Matt’s graph plot and stats on the odds of winning the card game, as well as Bec’s beautifully laid out existence proof of the 52 Card Game!
Some further reading on The Gullibility Problem:
Why are people so gullible? https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20160323-why-are-people-so-incredibly-gullible
Research paper on political extremism: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797612464058
Nobel Disease: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Nobel_disease
And some tetrahedron-shaped packaging - or TetraPaks, if you will:
TetraPak: https://www.tetrapak.com/solutions/packaging/packages
SunnyBoys: https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/2016-goodbye-sunnyboy/
See Matt on tour! http://standupmaths.com/shows
And if you want to see Matt in London on Monday 1st December, tickets are here: https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/matt-parker/
Or if you want to see Bec in Brighton on Monday 1st December, tickets are here: https://www.komedia.co.uk/shows/john-luke-roberts-geoffrey-chaucers-mediaeval-christmas-festivitye/
Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🍌 Is there a more consistent system of measuring things (and is it ‘Banana For Scale’)?
🌋 Why and how do hexagons occur in nature?
🔔 And there will be a whole Bec of Any Other Becness
Head to our socials to see Matt and Bec playing The Metre Game, lots of bananas for scale, and Matt sporting some very fetching headwear.
Some further reading on the origins of ‘Banana For Scale’:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/banana-for-scale
Some further reading on hexagons in basalt:
European Geoscience Union article:
https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ts/2023/05/26/features-from-the-field-columnar-basalts-and-why-hexagons-are-natures-favourite-shape/
Physical Review Letters:
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.154301
See Matt on tour!
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt:
https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🎲 What are the odds of rolling snake eyes? (And does it make for good TV?)
🤹How long does it take to learn to juggle with seven balls?
🛌 And there’s some Any Other Bed’n’Boardness
Head to our socials to see Matt and Bec in action, rolling dice and juggling balls!
To find out more about our juggling expert Darryl J Carrington, head to his insta: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPTqhTwDEeb/?igsh=MXdyMDJvNGhma2ZtNg==
And here’s Colin Wright’s video about Sideswap: “Juggling by Numbers - Numberphile” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dwgusHjA0Y
Here are Jasper’s links (in Dutch and in English) about the Belgian family and their children’s themed names
https://vrtnws.be/p.NvjDVZw5w (Dutch)
https://www.reddit.com/r/tragedeigh/comments/17h7ka6/gwenny_32_is_pregnant_of_a_twelfth_child_a/ (English)
And here are the visualised shuffles of the card question in Episode 113
Tom - https://tehtommeh.github.io/riffle-me-this/
Bernhard - https://www.bernhard-werner.de/assets/cindy/applets/card_weave.html
Shaun - https://svermaak.github.io/VisualiseCardShuffle/
See Matt on tour!
http://standupmaths.com/shows
Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
Unfortunately, Matt has been ill and lost his voice so we were unable to record the episode that should be coming out this week.
To make up for it, we are releasing an episode of the usually-Patreon-only I Am A Wizard for you to listen to. It's the one from April this year and features a magical offer from our listener who is, apparently, a wizard - USBinPRL. But we begin with a message from Bec, who can still speak.
If you want more wizarding silliness then join our Patreon at patreon.com/aproblemsquared - you'll get access to all the past episodes of I Am A Wizard, a new wizard episode every month, and early access to all episodes of A Problem Squared!
Normal Service will be resumed in Two Weeks!
👁️ How do you remember things if you can’t visualisethem in your mind’s eye?
🍭 What’s the best shape for a freeze pop?
🪣 And there’s some Any Other Beachness
Head to our socials to see freeze pop pics, Matt(not that one)’s tooth and the AOB gifts!
Here’s a link to the University of Exeter’s The Eye’s Mind project: https://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/eyesmind/
And here’s a selection of freeze pops and anti-prisms…
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/del-monte-quality-pineapple-freeze-pop-8-x-62ml
https://www.vimto.co.uk/vimto-range/product/vimto-pyramids/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_antiprism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disphenoid
See Matt on tour! http://standupmaths.com/shows/
Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
￡ What’s the optimum strategy to win The Price Is Right?
🦷 Why have Tim’s baby teeth fallen apart?
🛠️ And there’s some Any Other Billy Bookcase Business
Head to our socials to play along with The Price Is Right and to see a video of Ikea Wars!
Here are the GIANT LETTERS sent in by Phillip:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/yZaofcfNPaF5HyX17
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillside_letters
If you’re in Edinburgh for the Fringe, get tickets to see Bec here:
https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/
And get tickets see to Matt here:
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths
Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt:
https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🍆 What’s the “female equivalent” of phallic?
What’s the font size of the Hollywood sign?
🦈 And we’re always open for AOBusiness
Thanks to our excellent experts appearing in voicenote form - Dr Ben Whittle, Chella Quint OBE, and Linus Boman.
Daan’s paper in the American Journal of Archaeology which cites this very podcast: doi.org/10.1086/735650
The world’s largest enlarged letter: https://www.pleasedonotbend.co.uk/categories/world-record
If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Bec here: https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/
And you can get tickets see to Matt here: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths
Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
And here’s how to volunteer for Calculate Pi By Hand with Matt: https://forms.gle/w44THpNJ3jWUPqHy6
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky,Twitter,Instagram, and on Discord.
🃏 What’s the deal with cards?
🫕 What is the perfect ratio of chips to dips?
🍔 And there’s some Any Other B-B-Q-B-ness
Head to our socials to see the card shuffle and patterns, Bec’s starstruck selfie, and our chips ‘n’ dips experiment!
For all your homemade snacking needs:
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/tortillas
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/homemade-tortilla-chips-guacamole-charred-tomato-salsa
It’s 5 o’chop Somewhere! (Really excellent work from Eve)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DKZSlCGIdCZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
And some info about Aphantasia as mentioned by Keith…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia
And synaesthesia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Bec here:
https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/
And you can get tickets see to Matt here:
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths
Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🚂 If you want a career change, how do you decide what to retrain as?
👶 What would be a good set of names for twins or triplets?
🦷 And there’s some Any Other Busi
Here’s some baby naming code from Colin Beveridge: https://github.com/icecolbeveridge/zoe_names
If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Bec here: https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/
And you can get tickets see to Matt here: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths
If you are in Edinburgh and fancy seeing Matt and Bec battle it out in Ikea Wars on Sunday 10th August, tickets are here: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/ikea-wars
Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
If you are on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky,Twitter,Instagram, and on Discord.
🌞 How far away from the Sun do we have to travel before we can look at it without damaging our eyes?
📆 Is there an off by one error with anniversaries?
🍝 And AOB has been slow cooked and packed up in tupperware for safe storage
The starting point for Matt’s theory:
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-maximum-light-intensity-that-a-human-eye-can-withstand-without-being-damaged
Astroid Mattparker:
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=mattparker
Distance to Voyager 1: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/where-are-voyager-1-and-voyager-2-now/
Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths
If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Bec here:
https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/
And you can get tickets to see Matt here:
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🎶 Why are songs easier to remember than sentences?
⚙️ Can we come up with new names (that meet strict criteria) for leader/follower motors?
🌟 And it’s a glitzy, toothy, clackety AOB
As discussed in the intro, here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter:
https://youtu.be/nGtVej1Qx5Y
And here's the link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/standupmaths/moon-pi-were-going-to-calculate-on-the-moon
And head to our socials to see the Corris Railway Traverser!
For tickets to Bec Hill’s Pick ‘n’ Mix at the Museum of Comedy, London on 19/06/2025, go here: https://museumofcomedy.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873654374
For some glittery further reading, here’s that NYT article https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/style/glitter-factory.html
If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Bec here: https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/
And you can get tickets to see Matt here:
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🎲What’s the best design for non-traditional dice?
📄 What should you call paperwork that doesn’t involve paper?
🙋And it’s more a comment than a question in AOB
Head to our socials to see Matt’s excellent Angry Man In Local Newspaper photos.
If you’d like to peruse and purchase more dice variations, head here:
https://mathsgear.co.uk/collections/dice
If you have any paperlesspaperwork suggestions, join in here!
https://www.reddit.com/r/AProblemSquared/
If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Matt here:
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths
And you can get tickets see Bec here:
https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
4️⃣ What would it look like to be trapped in a 4D world?
🥰 What is the meaning of marriage?
✨Izzy Wizzy Let’s Get AOBusy
Head to our socials to see some fantastic representations of 2D meets 3D meets 4D in fiction, some magical magic, and an alphabetically perfect travel route (for 40 days in 1990).
If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Matt here:
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths
And you can get tickets see Bec here:
https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🍻What’s the best way to politely tell a friend that they’ve had too much to drink?
🗞️ Is there a way to prove that something existed before a certain date?
❌And AOB brings us some friendly corrections…
A useful menu of alcoholic choices…
https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/
A hash of a DING!
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If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can see Matt here:
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths
And Bec’s show will be onsale soon!
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared - including the pictures mentioned herein! - you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🧱How many megabytes are actually in a gigabyte?
🌕There have been some Moon Developments…
😎And AOB will bring a little sunshine into your life
Here is NASA’s Press Release about navigation on the moon:
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/space-communications-navigation-program/nasa-successfully-acquires-gps-signals-on-moon/
And some further reading from Matt:
https://www.gpsworld.com/lugre-receiver-captures-gnss-signals-in-lunar-orbit/
https://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/icg/2024/WG-B_Lunar_PNT_Jun24/LunarPNT_Jun24_01_03.pdf
The Biggest Bike!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG4Gbrys3NL/?igsh=dTBqeG0wZGVpcXhs
Prawn News!
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/cyclone-alfred-live-updates-brisbane-south-east-queensland-braces-for-first-direct-impact-from-storm-in-50-years-northern-nsw-prepares-for-flooding-20250305-p5lh6c.html?post=p58aa2
If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can see Matt here:
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths
And Bec’s show will be onsale soon!
Make sure you look after your teeth, kids...
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, show the podcast to a friend or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
🗺️ Is there an alphabetically perfect travel route?
🪵 What can be done with karate chopped wood?
🤙 And we ride the crest of the Any Other Business wave
You can find the data-basis for the alphabetically perfect travel route here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_by_number_of_land_borders
Here are some of Bec’s aesthetically pleasing solutions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=JubeLHRYl80
https://www.myveryeducatedmother.com/2015/12/turn-broken-karate-boards-into-coat-rack.html
https://www.ellemariehome.com/upcycle-karate-break-boards-into-wood-signs/#google_vignette
And you can find Brendan’s magical web app here:
https://bren.app/podcasteveryday/
If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can see Matt here:
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths
And Bec’s show will be onsale soon!
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, show the podcast to a friend or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
📆 When is the next Prime Number Day?
🤣 What is the oldest joke?
🪨 And we get to the rock bottom of Any Other Business
You can find Matt’s Divisibility Rules video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pLz8wEQYkA
You can read more about the world’s oldest joke here:
https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2022/08/05/sumerian-joke-one
And you can get your Philogelols right here:
https://archive.org/details/philogelos-the-laugh-addict-the-worlds-oldest-joke-book/page/n21/mode/2up
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, show the podcast to a friend or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.
📃 Is a sheet of A-45 paper big enough to wrap the earth?
✏️ Why do we still call pencil graphite lead?
👔 There’s business to attend to.
You can find Matt and Hannah’s protractor up the shard video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcdqlo3pYc&ab_channel=Stand-upMaths
Here’s Matt’s Truncatable Prime Pencil: https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/truncatable-prime-pencil?srsltid=AfmBOorhZ6qk_IAhKnCjtjoVM3wM-GXMTaFporL13aTjdOokjGG_hkxY
And the oldest known pencil in the world: https://www.penciltalk.org/2021/02/worlds-oldest-pencil
If you want to know more about that 1889 World Fair and that luxury yellow pencil you can do that here: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-little-known-reason-pencils-yellow
Here is the link to David’s MIT Maze turned Sudoku, Go check it out, it’s very cool: https://sudokupad.app/arbp91du01
If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on the ‘Sup ‘Zards’ pinned post!
If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, show the podcast to a friend or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.
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🤫 Which synonyms are Caesar ciphers of each other?
🎨 Bec and Matt attempt to help a listener decorate their home.
💼 The tax business briefcase is wide open.
⚔️ And battleships heats up.
It’s time to go see ‘Bec Hill: Guess Who's Bec, Bec Again?’ at The Adelaide Fringe! https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/bec-hill-guess-who-s-bec-bec-again-bec-hill-s-bec-tell-a-friend-af2025
You can see Matt Live! https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/tickets/
Here are just some of the sources that inspired Bec’s answer to Paul’s problem:
- https://www.geekwire.com/2018/tiny-seattle-apartment-bed-ceiling-thats-part-makes-smart-home/
- https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/saving-space-4-5e43ab2209c96-jpeg__700.jpg
- https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1552627931/laptop-desk-designed-for-lying-down?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_au_en_au_a-electronics_and_accessories&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAiA2JG9BhAuEiwAH_zf3h029YOcWlhpb2hPKJIRRlzC875u1Xd05jQ5wcB1pKVfiPHBIgyWSBoCSsAQAvD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_22104612603_176942312567_728668009637_pla-315906365651_c__1552627931enau_102845289&utm_custom2=22104612603&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA2JG9BhAuEiwAH_zf3h029YOcWlhpb2hPKJIRRlzC875u1Xd05jQ5wcB1pKVfiPHBIgyWSBoCSsAQAvD_BwE
- https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/N4OkvQNSSYkvAIQvyEpZjg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjAw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/architectural_digest_422/b0e714e92e546a10087be8044b839f94
And The World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things: http://www.worldslargestthings.com/mobilemuseum.htm
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✅ What’s the best way to leave your mark?
🗓️ Can Saturday Night Live be on Every Day?
📍 And there are some big locations in AOB
Top Marks: https://neatnik.net/steganographr/#results
SNL Spreadsheet: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i9leqlafx0orjfp6l8a6t/weekend_whatdate.xlsx?rlkey=vetpi2qg9etbb35jq0zculjt1&e=1&st=q5vl7052&dl=0
Big Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8kf2XcYPXWnqGqn88
See Matt Live! https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/tickets/
See Bec Live! https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/bec-hill-guess-who-s-bec-bec-again-bec-hill-s-bec-tell-a-friend-af2025
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🔺 What are the most “interesting” years?
🍌 Bec goes big on Big Things
🎉 When Party Tricks Go Wrong
🔢 And there's some numerical AOB
Here’s Max-matics’ video that Matt mentioned - Turning a 2024 Ball Pyramid in to a 2025 Ball Square for NYE 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXUlKCIgV8U
Some further reading on the 2025 maths https://aperiodical.com/2025/01/numerical-coincidences-for-2025/
It’s a banger - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJS3xnD7Mus
Some further reading on BIG THINGS -
https://www.spottobooks.com.au/shop/p/bigthings
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/figure/10.1080/14443058.2022.2144928
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Hello you wonderful listener,
Welcome to a new year. 2025 - has a nice ring to it doesn't it?
This is a short announcement to say that there will be a very short feed break - just an episode or two, don't worry - to allow us all rest for the first two weeks of January.
Matt will tell you everything you need to know in his very organised PSA. Have a listen.
Thank you for your continuted support and understanding. We love you very much.
Bec and Matt.
To celebrate A Problem Squared’s 100th episode…
🎼 What is the least popular instrument in an orchestra?
🍎 Matt is appalled.
🔮 Another unplanned, unexpected mystery segment!
💼 And the business briefcase is (briefly) open.
A big thank you to Katie Steckles for her brilliant contributions to this episode. You can find more from her on her website: https://www.katiesteckles.co.uk/index.html, on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stecks?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor, or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/katiesteckles.
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099 = Most Watched Films and Homonyms
✍️ What single word in the English Language has the most different meanings?
📺 Is the most consumed media of all time a holiday movie or song?
🗞 There’s some Any Other Business!
⚔️ Battleships continues.
If you want to find out more about the Royal Flying Doctor Service, do that here: https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/nswact/visit/broken-hill-visitor-centre/
You can see the full contents of Bec’s new outback first aid kit here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPuwoOtTFV8
If you want to learn more about WordNet (as mentioned in Matt’s problem) follow this link here: https://wordnet.princeton.edu/
If you’d like to see the trailer for what is apparently the most watched film of all time, you can do that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXqjcDchr14
And if you’d like to hear the most streamed song of all time, you can do that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHI8X4OXluQ&ab_channel=TheWeekndVEVO
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098 = Something Blue and Diamond Birthdays Too
💙What are the most extreme examples of something old, something blue, something borrowed, something new?
💎What’s up with diamond birthdays?
🔥A new special one-time bonus section from Matt.
💼And a look into the business briefcase.
For the Diana Spencer Tiara, look no further:https://www.sothebys.com/en/digital-catalogues/power-image-royal-aristocratic-tiaras/the-spencer-tiara-r-s-garrard-1930s
Here’s an image of Ezra Jack Keats’ children’s story TheSnowy Day:
https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/galleries/childhood/item/11304.Selected from the millions of books that have been checked out of the library since 1895, Ezra Jack Keats’ children’s story The Snowy Day, described as a “charming, beautifully illustrated tale of a child enjoying the simple magic that snow brings to his city,” tops the list.
And, perhaps the best suggestion from Bec, the Blue‘Pantheon’ aka Meteor 3200:https://www.space.com/42236-weird-blue-asteroid-phaethon.html#:~:text=Asteroid%203200%20Phaethon%20is%20a,typical%20for%20comets%20than%20asteroids.
Finally, this is the Diamond Birthday Tik Tok trendmentioned in Matt’s dinglett: https://www.tiktok.com/@misshaleymichelle/video/7196331969838566702?lang=en
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097 = Number of Maps & Numbered Pads
🗺 Are there enough OS maps to cover Great Britain?
0️⃣ Why does zero come after nine on a mobile phone?
📰 And, of course, some AOB!
If you want to see Bec’s friend Amy’s summary of accessibility in Thorpe Park and theme parks more generally, head on over to her instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/longcovidrockstar/
Here is a picture of The Big Tractor: https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/08/giant-red-tractor-carnamah-wa-australias-big-things
You can watch a brilliant Phone Phreaking Documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FufYSx2_6Bg&ab_channel=RCW39RJ
Here’s that Numberphile vid about Phone Buttons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCSzjExvbTQ&ab_channel=Numberphile
And the 17 Designs That Bell Almost Used for the Layout of Telephone Buttons: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/the-17-designs-that-bell-almost-used-for-the-layout-of-telephone-buttons/279237/
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🎞 Why would competing studios release movies in the same year that have the same concept or plot?
🔭 Why are we seeing the Aurora Borealis in the UK?
📈 Business of an any other nature.
If you want to have a listen to Bec on Tom Scott’s podcast ‘Lateral’ you can do that here, at some point soon: https://open.spotify.com/show/1TthQOE4Fx6gBPW8l48cfN
Their book can also be brought here! It’s really good: https://lateralcast.com/book/
To see a history of solar flare data going back to 1700, follow this link here: https://www.sidc.be/SILSO/ssngraphics
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🍀 Does the 13th really fall more frequently on Friday?
💿 How do you make a giant disco ball wearable?
🍩 And we have some any other doughness.
If you want to find out more about the cardboard related event (called Number City!) Matt attended on Orkney Island, have a look at this link: https://oisf.org/fest-event/number-city/.
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💿 What did the first ever podcast sound like?
🗳 How do you REALLY lose an election in the US?
📰 Business will be closed, and opened.
Thank you to Emily for the Maths mittens! To see pictures of those, head over to APS socials.
You can see the incredible Agree to Disagree podcast pages from 1999 here:
- https://web.archive.org/web/19990914040650/http://www.thealph.com/agree/
- https://web.archive.org/web/19991004035401/http://thealph.com/agree/about.shtml
There is also a file, but we don’t think it contains any data. Can someone help find an original review?
- https://web.archive.org/web/19991103231714/http://thealph.com/agree/episodes/6x02.shtml
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⭕ Circle Can Tic-Tac-Toe ever be fun?
🤏What is the smallest Neil called?
🗞There’s some Any Other Business!
⚔️Battleships continues.
If you want to read the works referenced by Matt in his tic-tac-toe / naughts and crosses problem, take a look below:
- Solo Noughts and Crosses, James Grime: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10724117.2023.2168434
- Tic-tac-tome, Willy Yoners: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tic-Tac-Autonomous-Playing-Book/dp/1594746877
- A Knowledge-based Approach of Connect-Four The Game is Solved: White Wins, Victor Alis: https://disi.unitn.it/~montreso/asd/docs/connect4.pdf
- Is ultimate tic-tac-toe solved? https://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/604-Ultimate_Tic_Tac_Toe_is_always_won_by_X
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🌈 How many colours are really in a rainbow?
🕰 How often is a broken clock is right?
💼 The Any Other Business briefcase is open. Briefly.
🏴 And we have a NEW POST CREDITS easter egg.
To hear more about the brilliant and terrible Emily In Paris premier, listen to this episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/point-break-pt-1-season-04-episode-01/id1720149980?i=1000666164553
If you want to see where the Mattparker asteroid / minor planet is in the universe, you can locate it on this NASA database: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=314159&view=VOP
A full circle rainbow was captured by aerial photographer Colin Leonhardt while flying through a rain shower just above Cottesloe Beach in Western Australia: https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/cn_round_rainbow_australia_jc_141010_16x9_992.jpg?w=1600
And if you want to be even more wowed, you can see a reflective rainbow (or six!) in Norway: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0709/sixrainbows_nordvik_big.jpg
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🎯 What is the optimal layout for a dart board?
🦈 How soon after a cut does a shark smell your blood?
📜 And there’s some AYE-YOOO-BEEEE.
To see the Percy Arrangement mentioned by Matt follow this link: https://www.globaldarts.de/globalDartsEN/sport/Percysboard.html
And for the “Optimal Dartboard Design” reveal, see here! https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/api/file/viewByFileId/1980058
If you want to learn more about shark senses, check out Sensory Biologist Dr. Lauren Eve Simonitis‘s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oceanexplauren/?hl=en
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🧺 Why is the cycle time on my washing machines always wrong?
🪙 How long will it take to sell 400 Lincoln memorial pennies for $20,000?
🔔 We have DINGS!
🧳 And the business briefcase is open!
Disclaimer: You may hear a slight change in tone on Matt's audio at points throughout, that's back up audio which sounds different.
If you want to find out more about the IMO, or International Mathematics Olympics, you can do that here: https://www.imo-official.org/
And if you’re in London and you want to experience the janky eclipse, why not visit Novelty Automation! You can find details about this gem of a place here: https://www.novelty-automation.com/10_current-machines.htm"
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On this episode...
🐍If you pooled up all the snake venom in the world would it be enough to kill all the non-immune mammals?
👢Do dogs have 2 arms? Or do we have 4 legs?
📜And we open the business briefcase.
If you want to know more about lizard sampling, do that here: ‘Hierarchical distance sampling to estimate population sizes of common lizards across a desert ecoregion’:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.4780
There’s a great video by Technology Connections to turn signals and specifically syncing them up, you can find that here: https://youtu.be/2z5A-COlDPk?si=SWSE_FX3fuyLH1X0
You can find the rude praying hands here: https://www.reddit.com/r/teams/comments/xvpefh/can_we_please_talk_about_the_praying_emoji_on/
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/hand-gestures-in-microsoft-teams-free-ff2354cd-17fa-44fc-80c9-3d88c577a1ad
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🚘 What happens when tires get tired?
🧊 What is the equation for the curve on a spinning Ruibik’s cube?
📜 And there’s some pin related AOB!
Find out more about the counting crows here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl0984
You can hear Bec on Ali Plumb’s podcast ‘Screen Time’ here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02r4zfx/episodes/downloads
If you want to learn more about the EMF Festival, follow this link: https://www.emfcamp.org/
To read ‘Where the tire meets the road: Emerging environmental impacts of tire wear particles and their chemical cocktails’, go here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171153
For more information on the cones, ruled surfaces, hyperbolic paraboloids and more, have a look at the links below!
- https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Hyperboloid.html
- https://mathworld.wolfram.com/RuledSurface.html
- https://mathworld.wolfram.com/HyperbolicParaboloid.html
You can see some nice hyperboloid structures here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperboloid#Hyperboloid_structures
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🧗 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.
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🙏 Is this emoji praying hands or a high five?
🍚 What's the best present for celebrating a billion seconds?
💼 For the first time we have Any Other Business WITH SPECIAL GUESTS!
If you want a collectable (and mistake-ridden) copy of ‘Love Triangle’, with a special, limited edition book cover designed by print-artist Paul Catherall. You'll get one free while stocks last. Head over to MathsGear! https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/love-triangle-by-matt-parker-signed
Here’s some background on the ‘Folded Hands’ emoji mentioned in Bec’s problem: https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojiology-folded-hands/
This is the pixelated 2001 Softbank version of the Folded Hands emoji: https://emojipedia.org/softbank/2001/folded-hands
Here’s the KDDI emoji from 2003, where someone is literally praying: https://emojipedia.org/au-kddi/type-d-1/folded-hands
You can find the ‘glowing’ folded hands emoji put out by Apple in 2008 here: https://emojipedia.org/apple/iphone-os-2.2/folded-hands
You can find some more variations of the folded hand emoji (including with faces) here: https://b1681952.smushcdn.com/1681952/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Early-Versions-Folded-Hands-Emojipedia-1.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1
There were some fascinating early issues with Unicode (which made emojis universal), where ‘yellow hearts’ sent by iOS users would show up as ‘hairy hearts’ on Android phones. You can read about that here: https://web.archive.org/web/20140502051433/http://www.tuaw.com/2014/04/30/you-may-be-accidentally-sending-friends-a-hairy-heart-emoji/
You can find the Unicode emoji design guidelines here: https://unicode.org/reports/tr51/#Design_Guidelines
And if you want to find out whether you’ve already passed your 1 Billionth Second, you can do that here: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=10%5E9+seconds+in+years+and+days
If you want to find out whether you’ve already passed your 1 Billionth Second, you can do that here: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=10%5E9+seconds+in+years+and+days
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🪙 How many coins would you need to sort through to collect all commemorative €2 coins in circulation?
📍How do you display enamel pins?!
💼 The Any Other Business briefcase is…mostly open.
Here’s the Coupon Collector’s problem video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BstloCx8KDk
You can see more on the “Number of banknotes/coins returned from circulation in Euro Area, Euro area (changing composition), Monthly” here: https://data.ecb.europa.eu/data/datasets/BKN/BKN.M.U2.RE10.C.20P0.AS.F.E
And, Wiki Sources: “2 euro commemorative coins” on good old Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_euro_commemorative_coins
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In this episode...
🎂 Where did birthday cake come from?
🚗 How come my indicator is never in sync with other cars waiting to turn?
💼 And, as always, some business from the business briefcase.
Nina, here’s that recipe for Greek Honey Cake: https://www.food.com/recipe/greek-honey-cake-428671
And for more cake from around the world, look no further than this infographic: https://i.imgur.com/lhhotIE.png
Here’s the Ben Eater video referenced by Matt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlSFm519Bo
And the fascinating paper about time perception and its illusions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866156/
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🌒 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.
🔔🚨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!
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.
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.
🇺🇸 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.
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:
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Science Vs: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs
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A Podcast of Unnecessary Detail: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-podcast-of-unnecessary-detail/id1441973787
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Swindled: https://swindledpodcast.com/
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Decoder Ring: https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring
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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.
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.
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.
P.S episode not intentionally Italy themed.
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 need 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
If you’ve got any LA based problems, 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.
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/mYEZR3Hp
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.
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.
In this episode... 🎨 What's the best hypothetical paint set? 🧊 Can a single turning pattern return a Rubik's cube to where it started? 🛰 And some Any Orbital Business! If you want to weigh in on the Reasonable / Unreasonable debate, and watch Bec in her element painting a wardrobe, follow this link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyJwjphMesl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== If you want to see more from the colour theorist, Peter Donahue, who consulted on Bec's problem, find him on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/art.pete.repeat/?hl=en For Martin Bellander's incredible colour graph, follow this link: https://blog.martinbellander.com/post/115411125748/the-colors-of-paintings-blue-is-the-new-orange Please do send us your problems and solutions to the website: aproblemsquared.com. If you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
In this episode... 🃏 Is the probability in a game of snap changed if two packs of cards are used? 🧟 Can zombies ride bikes? 🥣 A commemorative plate-bowl update. 👻 And some Any Other BOoOoOosiness! If YOU want this year's APS Christmas card be sure to sign up to the Wizard Level on Patreon by the END OF NOVEMBER. You can do that here: https://www.patreon.com/aproblemsquared/membership We'll be sharing a link to our new Discord soon. In the meantime, go talk on the APS Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AProblemSquared/ As always, pease send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com. And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
In this episode...
📣 Which words sound rude in other languages?
✏️ Which letters go where most often?
🛩 And some any aeroplane-autobahn business!
Tony has give us some fantastic Maths Decor. Platonic Solid doorknobs and how to make them: https://ko-fi.com/s/642d70ef7f
A couple of brilliant listeners gave us some great more information on emergency landings on the Autobahn. You can find links to that here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_strip and here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notlandeplatz_auf_Stra%C3%9Fe#Autobahn-Behelfslandepl%C3%A4tze.
You can find a selection of highway and Autobahn landings captured on camera here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj1diDwW8WWUj8vYdlo3kIBUPzxfedn_n
You can now subscript to I'm A Wizard on Spotify! If you want to do that, here are instructions on how to integrate Patreon on Spotify on the app: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-gb/articles/17201706786573-Listen-to-Patreon-exclusive-audios-on-Spotify
More news about the Discord is COMING SOON!
In this episode... - What is the optimal maths based pattern to decorate a rented home? - Is it possible to fly a plane on the autobahn? - And some bloody brilliant Any Other Business You can find more information about the Art Installation, or Zeitpyramide, Matt references in the catch up here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitpyramide For more amazing tile patterns, check out Ayliean's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ayliean/video/7276938427071876385 And if you'd like to read the Hat Tile original paper, you can do that here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10798 Here's the APS Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AProblemSquared/ We'll share our new Discord, which we don't really know how to use yet, once we've got some mods in place so watch this space... As always, pease send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com. And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
Coming to you AS-LIVE from a tent at The Big Feastival!
In this wet and festivally episode...
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How green is cycling really?
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An update on Stawberry-gate.
Again, if anyone has any information about the Time Fun jumper, please do send it to the Problem Posing Page! Check out our social media to see it if you haven't already.
And finally, please send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.
IF you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
In this episode…
🙏 How often do the hands of time align?
📜What is the longest one syllable word?
💼And a very large serving of AAAOOOBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
After such glowing recommendations, you’ve got to go listen to Confidence Man: https://www.confidenceman.com.au/
Here’s Bec’s contribution to the Samaritvans exhibit: https://shop.sarahgraham.info/products/samarivan-bec-hill.
If you find yourself in Hitchen between the 22nd - 29th September 2023, go see the exhibit for real, at Arkley Fine Art on Hermitage Rd.
More about Arkley here: https://arkleyfineart.co.uk/. If you want to check out more of Sarah Graham’s work you can do that here: https://sarahgraham.info/.
If anyone has any information about the Time Fun jumper, please do send it to the Problem Posing Page!
And finally, please send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.
IF you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
In this slightly sports adjacent episode...
🍓 Are there more strawberries or old men on earth?
⚽️ Is Melbourne Rectangular Stadium more or less rectangular than the average football stadium?
🏆 Did Austrailia beat Denmark at the Women's World Cup? Find out here!
🖇 And a healthy dose of Any Other Business.
You can watch Bec's striker skills in action on CBBC's Saturday Mash Up, here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001pnkl/saturday-mashup-live-series-6-episode-6
Here is a link to WayBackMachine used by Bec to research her problem: https://archive.org/
If you'd like some fresh insights into the Global Fresh Strawberry Industry, you can find that here (2022 - 2023): https://www.skyquestt.com/report/fresh-strawberry-market
If you too want exclusive access to the latest Magic Square breakthroughs follow this link: https://numbers-magic.com/?p=9988
Here are Ian's joke specifications for fire hoses, adapted from an old set of joke pipe specs dating back to at least the 80s: https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/87/14917.23.html
As always, send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.
And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
This is a single problem, AOB-less and DIY episode...what could be more New York?
🏟 Baseball fun in New York City!
📍 How central is Central Park really?
📜 Vibe for this episode: "It's real man"
A NOTE TO ALL LISTENERS: Please be aware that audio quality may not be what you're used to. This episode deviates from the usual format. The structure heard here is what we like to call: Freeform.
We've put a map of Manhattan on Twitter if you want to have a look at that as you listen!
As always, send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.
And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
In this episode...
👾 What is the best way to win at Tetris?
🍫 Revisited: Have all the candy bars been invented?
📜 And some AOOOOOOOOOB.
You can find the Bonham's Nintendo Gameboy Sale: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/19144/lot/250/nintendo-game-boy-flown-in-space/
Check out the rest of the sale too...it's pretty cool: https://www.bonhams.com/auction/19144/the-space-history-sale/
Evidence of the Beng-Beng Chocolate Caramel Hazelnut Crispy Wafer bar: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203119821326
As always, send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.
And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
In THIS episode...
🔲 Is it possible to make a magic square of magic squares where each cell is the magic constant of another magic square?
📜 Bec becomes a document detective!
🚨 It's a New York Alert
💼 What's in the briefcase today?
❓AND a big muppet reveal.
You can find the Magic Square of Magic Squares here (It's the second one on the page): https://inderjtaneja.com/2022/02/10/100-magic-squares-of-order-42-with-numbers-00-99/
Here's the original Numperphile video 'Magic Squares of Squares (are PROBABLY impossible)': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdsj84UdeYg&ab_channel=Numberphile
The Firehose Specifications Document can be viewed here (It can't be real, right?): https://ifunny.co/picture/australian-government-fire-hose-spfcifications-all-hose-is-to-be-PDLNwbBZA?s=cl
Now you know, which muppets Bec and Matt are - tell us, which Muppet are YOU?
And send in your CONEY ISLAND related problems to the Problem Posing Page: www.aproblemsquared.com, or on social media @aproblemsquared.
If you want to sponsor the podcast, head on over to our Patreon page. You can can find that here: https://www.patreon.com/aproblemsquared
In THIS episode:
🍦 Can you lose weight with a diet of ice cream and beer?
🍔 What's up with Burger Rings?
🛎 DING! DING! DING! DING!
💼 And some A-OHHHHH-B.
Here's the Burger Rings 1992 ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo5sKqwUQBs
Here's the ACTUAL packet, as remembered by Matt and Bec: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fordsbasement/7183508658#
As always, send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.
If you'd like to find out which Muppet you are (who doesn't, right?) you can skip ahead of Matt and Bec to do the quiz here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/which-muppet-are-you.
And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
On THIS episode...
🌍 Where should Earth be?
🛗 What's the best way to spend one minute in a lift?
♾ Why are there different sizes of infinity?
💼 And, business. Any other.
Send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.
If you'd like to find out which Muppet you are (who doesn't, right?) you can skip ahead of Matt and Bec to do the quiz here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/which-muppet-are-you.
And if you want more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram. and Patreon.
In this episode... 🎧 How do you stop the wires on headphones from twisting? 🏊🏽♀️ If the Earth was a smooth sphere, how much water would sit on it's surface? 🛎 Get ready for some dings! 💼 And the business briefcase is open. If you'd like to find out exactly why our pockets twist up our wires, follow this link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/why-do-your-earphones-get-tangled-in-your-pocket-science-has-the-answer-9548540.html For more on the spontaneous knotting of an agitated string, look no further: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0611320104#sec-2 To really comprehend the over under technique you have to see it, and even then it's tricky. You can attempt to find out how to do that, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwMJHMSmjVY The Merch Competition is ongoing, so send in your sizes for those T-Shirts! And phone it in if you want THE HAT! Put your down preferences HERE: bit.ly/APSgiveaway If you'd like to find out which Muppet you are, you can speed ahead of Matt and Bec and find that out here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/which-muppet-are-you. As always send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com. And, finally, if you want EVEN MORE from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram or Patreon.
In THIS episode... 🌝 Is the diameter of the sun and the moon the spookiest of coincidences? 🍫 Where on earth are the new candy bars?! 📈 What's in the Business Briefcase today? Here's the incredible bath related research conducted and compiled by David, go take a look it's fantastic: https://www.dropbox.com/s/89sp8ekvx2d13m7/Bath_Gustavsson.pdf?dl=0 And Tin's code with Matt's favourite plot, you can find that here: https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/tinnuadan/PipingHotBath/blob/main/becbath.html
If you'd like to see Matt and Bec in New York for an Evening of Unnecessary Detail you can still buy STANDING tickets here for $20: https://www.caveat.nyc/events/aeoud-7-13-2023 Merch Competition: Send in your sizes for those T-Shirts! And phone it in if you want THE HAT! Put your down preferences HERE: bit.ly/APSgiveaway If you'd like to find out which Muppet YOU are, just speed ahead of Matt and Bec and find that out here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/which-muppet-are-you. Send your problems, solutions and t-shirt specifications to our website: aproblemsquared.com. And, finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In THIS episode... 🎶 What's the time signature of the Bluey theme tune? 🔐 How can you get the security tag off an item of clothing at home? 🐹 The first answer to the first A Peanut Squared. 🗂 And some Any Other Business. If you'd like to visit or participate in the Polyplane exhibition at Rutgers University, find out more on their website here: http://polyplane.org. You can watch Adam Neely expand on Bec's answer for irregular time signatures here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KCpJx_2K_g. For the Merch Competition, send in your sizes for those T-Shirts! And phone it in if you want THE HAT! You can give us your specifications on the problem posing page at A Problem Squared. And finally if you'd like to find out which Muppet YOU are, just speed ahead of Matt and Bec and find that out here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/which-muppet-are-you. Send your problems, solutions and t-shirt specifications to our website: aproblemsquared.com. And, finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In THIS episode...
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Matt has found the last number.
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How do you determine which day of the week a given date falls on if you know the day of another date?
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And some other international business.
If you'd like to see Bec and Matt at An Evening of Unnecessary Detail IN NEW YORK, get tickets here: https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/show/an-evening-of-unnecessary-detail/
This is your 10 day call, this link closes on the 20th of April! -- Roll up! roll up! The limited edition Millionth Download Commemorative Plates and / or Bowls are here. You can ORDER them here:
- Plate: https://achievefulfilment.onwarehouse.app/preorders/new?campaign_id=y696c5w
- Bowl: https://achievefulfilment.onwarehouse.app/preorders/new?campaign_id=wzv5cew
If you want to find out more about the Solar Eclipse Matt's going to see in Aus, do that here: https://www.australiascoralcoast.com/products/ningaloo-eclipse#:~:text=On%20April%2020%2C%202023%20visitors,a%20total%20solar%20eclipse%20occurs.
Matt explains this tweet to Bec in our first problem: https://twitter.com/standupmaths/status/1354919418300657669
And here is the offending, and very funny, website they reference - Visual Fractions: https://visualfractions.com/calculator/factorial/what-is-the-factorial-of-170/
If you'd like to find out which Muppet YOU are, just speed ahead of Matt and Bec and find that out here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/which-muppet-are-you.
Send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.
And, finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In THIS episode...
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Matt has found the last number.
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How do you determine which day of the week a given date falls on if you know the day of another date?
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And some other international business.
If you'd like to see Bec and Matt at An Evening of Unnecessary Detail IN NEW YORK, get tickets here: https://festivalofthespokennerd.com/show/an-evening-of-unnecessary-detail/
This is your 10 day call, this link closes on the 20th of April! -- Roll up! roll up! The limited edition Millionth Download Commemorative Plates and / or Bowls are here. You can ORDER them here:
- Plate: https://achievefulfilment.onwarehouse.app/preorders/new?campaign_id=y696c5w
- Bowl: https://achievefulfilment.onwarehouse.app/preorders/new?campaign_id=wzv5cew
If you want to find out more about the Solar Eclipse Matt's going to see in Aus, do that here: https://www.australiascoralcoast.com/products/ningaloo-eclipse#:~:text=On%20April%2020%2C%202023%20visitors,a%20total%20solar%20eclipse%20occurs.
Matt explains this tweet to Bec in our first problem: https://twitter.com/standupmaths/status/1354919418300657669
And here is the offending, and very funny, website they reference - Visual Fractions: https://visualfractions.com/calculator/factorial/what-is-the-factorial-of-170/
If you'd like to find out which Muppet YOU are, just speed ahead of Matt and Bec and find that out here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/which-muppet-are-you.
Send your problems and solutions to our website: aproblemsquared.com.
And, finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In THIS episode...
🐹 A Peanut Squared!
📇 How many words neatly shorten to letter-name versions?
🔥 Was Michael Jackson's hair catching fire in a Pepsi ad the exact mid-point of his life?
💼 And some Other Business.
Roll up! roll up! The limited edition Millionth Episode Commemorative Plates and / or Bowls have arrived. You can PRE-ORDER them here:
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If you want to see the full Two Ronnies 'Swedish Made Simple' sketch, you can find that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc3M1nppd3c
So you're 18+ and want to see Micheal Jackson's hair on fire in diorama form. Good news! You can do that on Bobby Fingers Youtube, right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHi479xN_po
Matt's video 'Was Michael Jackson's hair catching fire in a Pepsi ad the exact mid-point of his life?' can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUuGy5agBfg
And we welcome PEANUT to the APS family. The very first A Peanut Squared problem is - If peanut needs to eat 5 g of pellets every day, and hamsters live for two years, how many grams of pellets is Bec going to need over Peanut’s lifetime?
You can also get your DING' t-shirts here https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com.
If you'd like to find out which Muppet YOU are, just speed ahead of Matt and Bec and find that out here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/which-muppet-are-you.
If YOU'VE got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.
And, finally, if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode...
🚍 What’s the probability that you get on a bus and see a colleague who's travelling to the same house as you?
🧽 Can I use a single cheap soap to clean absolutely everything?
✨ And, coincidences. Lots of them.
If you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.
You can get your DING' t-shirts here https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com.
If you'd like to find out which Muppet YOU are, just speed ahead of Matt and Bec and find that out here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/which-muppet-are-you.
And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode...
Can a spoon keep open champagne fizzy?
Are two minimalist rulers more effective than one 30cm ruler?
There's some Any Other Bubbness.
And, you're cordially invited to the Royal Society!
If you'd like to watch Matt on a very fast motorbike, have a look at this! You can find 'Rapid Motion Through Space: An Incomplete History of Speed' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYDdHSXRQro&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fcosmicshambles.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title&themeRefresh=1 We want YOU for the 2022 Zeeman presentation! Come cheer on Matt getting his award at Royal Academy in London on the 22nd of March: 'Can we get a DING!?' You can find details on how to attend that here: https://ima.org.uk/21241/ima-lms-christopher-zeeman-lecture-and-medal-presentation/ If you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. You can get your DING' t-shirts here https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com. If you'd like to find out which Muppet YOU are, just speed ahead of Matt and Bec and find that out here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/which-muppet-are-you And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode... 🪨 Which human names are the least elemental? 🕰️ Why do clocks run clockwise? 🧳 Some news from the business briefcase! 🪵 And an even NEWER stumpdate. If you'd like to know how to bring plants and more specifically, your stumps, into the UK without an infestation of termites, have a look how, here: https://www.gov.uk/bringing-plants-and-wood-into-great-britain/from-outside-the-eu Here are the free IMBD data sets used by Matt in his problem: https://www.imdb.com/interfaces/ And if you'd like to find out which Muppet you definitely are you can speed ahead of Matt and Bec, and find that out here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/which-muppet-are-you If you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. You can buy A Problem Squared 'DING' t-shirts here https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode...
🛀 How do you keep a bath warmer for longer?
💼 Matt solves a problem about business.
🗞️ We have some AOB.
🪵 And a brand new stumpdate!
If you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.
You can buy A Problem Squared 'DING' t-shirts here https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com.
And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In THIS very meta episode...
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Did Matt forecast a million downloads correctly?
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When should your toothpaste be wet?
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And there's some Any Other Sizeness.
You can find 'Fibonacci New Year' from @ayliean on Tiktok right here: https://www.tiktok.com/@ayliean/video/7183451455569923355.
You can also find her on Twitter!
And if you want to listen to Bec officially beef with Ryan Baldi on The Deam Factory, you can do that here: https://shows.acast.com/dreamfactory/episodes/who-brings-a-ball-to-war-ft-bec-hill
If you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.
You can buy A Problem Squared 'DING' t-shirts here https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com. And of course, if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this BRAND NEW and Perth based episode... * Which Perth is the best Perth? * If you scale human DNA to match the DNA tower in Kings Park could you reach the ISS? * And, Bec and Matt present: Any Other Beersness! If you want to see more from this week's episode, check out Twitter for social links and images! As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. You can buy A Problem Squared 'DING' t-shirts here https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com. And if you want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Instagram or Patreon!
In THIS episode:
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How do you get a billion dollars on GTA 5 as fast as possible?
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What are some sneaky but effective ways to measure a ring finger?
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And some ANY OTHER BUSINESSSS!
The three norths are aligned! Here's a map of the North by North North tour: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/newsroom/blog/magnetic-true-grid-north-align-over-great-britain
You can find 'band merch' by Matt for that here: https://standupmaths.teemill.com/collection/north-north-north/
If you want to see more from DarkViperAU you can do that here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV6mNrW8CrmWtcxWfQXy11g
And the actual live-stream can be found here here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIvCHyy62ro&ab_channel=DarkViperAU
As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.
You can buy A Problem Squared 'DING' t-shirts here https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com.
And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode...
- How do we repurpose a satellite dish?
- How does Matt do his calculations so quickly?
- And some any other bugness!
IF you want an A Problem Squared Christmas card, do become a Patreon! If you're ALREADY a Patreon, make sure you've given us your postal address.
As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. AND if you've got a Perth related problem for our 050th episode send them in!
You can buy A Problem Squared merch here https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com.
And, if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
047 = If Bees Flew Your Weight and Honey Use-By Date
In this episode...
- How many bees would it take to lift a person?
- Does honey really have an infinite shelf life?
- Anddd some any other beesness!
As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. You can buy A Problem Squared merch here https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In THIS episode... * What is the most interesting way to store books? * How many years would you need to play the lottery to reach a net positive? * A-to-the-O-to-the-B If you want to listen to Bec’s BBC podcast, 'Elon Musk vs Twitter' you can do that here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0d7q0h8 Check out the cool people Bec and Matt played pool with: ‘Average Pool Player’ Rollie Williams: https://www.youtube.com/user/RollieWilliams Jennifer Baretta. Here’s Rollie + Jennifer together! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C40fkp0ReDc&ab_channel=KAMUIBRAND Grant Sanderson, of Three Blue One Brown fame: https://www.3blue1brown.com/https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown And if you want to watch Matt destroying one of his own books, you can do that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S26_O2B8h8k Don't forget, you can get your merch here: https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com. As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In THIS episode...
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Can we increase the chance of catching the subway by walking to the nearest stop in the direction of travel?
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How long is a New York Minute, really?
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And some serious jet lag.
Thank you to everyone who sent in New York related questions! If you want to read more about Todd W. Schneider, you can find them on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/todd_schneider
Here is the code and wait times graph referenced in Matt's problem: https://toddwschneider.com/posts/nyc-subway-data-analysis/
And the Github link is here if you'd like to rerun Todd’s code for yourself: https://github.com/toddwschneider/nyc-subway-data
For recreated images of New York Minute, head on over to the APS Twitter or Instagram.
And, as always, if you've got a problem or a solution hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.
In THIS episode...
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Which utility would be most useful on a utility belt?
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How fast is the speed of smell?
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Matt comes one step closer to finding his stairs.
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And, when does a plate become a bowl...decided?
IF you want to look as cool as Bec and Matt (and who doesn't) head on over to: https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com for merch.
The book Bec mentions in her problem is called 'End State: 9 Ways Society Is Broken & How We Fix It' by James Plunkett.
If you have a suggestion for what goes on the hope utility belt, or just have a better DJ name for Bec and Matt, head over to the APS Twitter page or comment on Patreon or Instagram. Find us on Twitter and Instagram.
And, as always, if you've got a problem or a solution hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.
In this episode...
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We run the numbers on the 2002 hit song 'Year 3000'
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Why do all humans have nipples?
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And, A Problem Squared goes to New York City!
If you happen to be in New York City at 4pm on Saturday the 8th of October, Matt will be performing with A Podcast of Unnecessary Detail. That's at Caveat Comedy Club in Manhattan!
You can find tickets for that, here: https://caveat.nyc/events/aeoud-10-8-2022
Please send your New York related problems to the Problem Solving Page, and tag it 'New York'.
Juat a reminder that you can now buy APS merch! Head on over to: https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com.
As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.
And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode...
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We run the numbers on the 2002 hit song 'Year 3000'
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Why do all humans have nipples?
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And, A Problem Squared goes to New York City!
If you happen to be in New York City at 4pm on Saturday the 8th of October, Matt will be performing with A Podcast of Unnecessary Detail. That's at Caveat Comedy Club in Manhattan!
You can find tickets for that, here: https://caveat.nyc/events/aeoud-10-8-2022
Please send your New York related problems to the Problem Solving Page, and tag it 'New York'.
Juat a reminder that you can now buy APS merch! Head on over to: https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com.
As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.
And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode...
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When does a plate become a bowl?
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And, five five-letter words with twenty-five unique letters: Some mind-blowing solutions.
Juat a reminder that you can now buy APS merch! Head on over to: https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com.
As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.
And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode...
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When does a plate become a bowl?
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And, five five-letter words with twenty-five unique letters: Some mind-blowing solutions.
Juat a reminder that you can now buy APS merch! Head on over to: https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com.
As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.
And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode...
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How do you stop a wobbly table from wobbling?
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Which is more effective for your dental hygiene: a toothbrush without toothpaste or toothpaste without a toothbrush?
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A-to-the-O-to-the-B.
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Plus! Some exciting merch news.
If you want to see more of Matt's wobbly tables on ridiculous maths surfaces, you can do that here: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0511490.
For the best system for teeth brushing and more tips on dental hygiene have a listen to ‘APS 03 - Teeth Tips and Defining Decades’ https://aproblemsquared.libsyn.com/aps-003.
And, you can now buy APS merch! If you want a t-shirt of your own, head on over to: https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com.
As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.
And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In THIS episode...
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What's the most appropriate gift for a couple’s -1 year anniversary?
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How do you write a podcast review without Apple podcasts?
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And Bec and Matt return to rather a lot of AOB.
We would like to thank shittyflute on YouTube for letting us use their rendition of the A-Team theme tune. You can find more tunes you love, badly played here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHMmLi8z1HbyhTEvfBgXpyg
As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.
And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this very special episode, live from Blue Dot Festival... * How many astronauts does it take to change a light bulb? * What is the most environmentally friendly way to launch an object into space? * And APS are live for the first time at Blue Dot Festival! A huge thank you all the contributors that helped make this episode happen; To Professor Steven Lockley from Harvard. You can find more about his contributions to sleep in space here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576512001336 If you want to find out about Circadian Rhythms on Earth, have a listen to Episode 026: ‘Sliding on Snow and Skipping on Sleep’. To Trent Burton from Cosmic Shambles who helped us get in touch with Tim Peak. You can listen to their incredible selection of podcasts here: https://cosmicshambles.com/podcasts/ And of course, to Sarah Bennetto for booking us! You can find her on Twitter here, she's very funny: https://twitter.com/sarahbennetto?s=20&t=mf8AoKcmvUXVbHw2YQAoQA As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared (and who doesn't) find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode... * Can you guess 5 unique words with unique letters in Wordle? * How do you get out of your head and into the scene in improv? * And any other Cheesness. Here's the dictionary text file Matt started with for his problem. It contains 370,000 words: https://github.com/dwyl/english-words A huge thank you to everyone who helped with Bec's dinglett. Alex Holland at the Free Association - this is where Bec did her improv course, and you can find details about that here: https://thefreeassociation.co.uk. David Reed, his play Guy Fawkes will be showing at the York Theatre from October:https://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/guy-fawkes/. Also to Rachel Pariss, you can find her on 'The Latenight Mash' with Nish Kumar or here on Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/33emshys And the brilliant Josie Lawrence. You can find more about her on twitter too: https://tinyurl.com/JosieLawrence As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared (and who doesn't) find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode... * When does a high five become a low five? * What is the most efficient digital display? * And, some any other beesness Just 18 more sleeps until APS is LIVE at Bluedot - that's between 19:45 - 20:45 on Friday the 22nd July. Please send in your Bluedot specific questions to the Problem Solving Page including the phrase 'Bluedot'. You can do this on Twitter too, but it might get lost! A big shout out to Mr Thing, just because they are fantastic. You can find them on Twitter: @wearemrthing or on their website here: https://www.wearething.co.uk/. You can also see them at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Fest, and buy tickets for that here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/mr-thing-show. As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode: * Can you create an order from a numbered menu that is always comprehensible to the server? * When someone is behind you as you open a door, what is the polite distance to wait for them? * And, the cards are on the table.
As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. Please send in your Blue Dot problems, and we may just solve it live on stage. Just post your problem with the tag 'Blue Dot' to aproblemsquared.com - Do it now! If you want to come and see us at Blue Dot, you can catch us on Friday, and can buy tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/BlueDotTickets You can find more about Emma Haruka Iwao's record breaking Pi calculation here: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/calculating-100-trillion-digits-of-pi-on-google-cloud
And, of course, if you want want more from A Problem Squared, come find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In THIS episode... * How long would it take us to eat the moon if it was made of cheese? * If you shot and dropped a bullet at exactly the same time, they would hit the ground simultaneously? * And Bec and Matt give thanks. As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode... * How related are you to a Harbour seal? * Bec gives some novel advice. * Matt mends a mistake. * And there's all sorts of AOB. If you want to bid on the £5,000 t-shirt referenced in 006 of A Problem Squared, join us on the 26th of May, 2022! All proceeds go to Water Aid - links to come. Bec's new book 'Now LiveScreaming' is out now! Go buy it! You can find Yale's incredible evolutionary and ecological chat here: https://vertlife.org/ And just a little recap, seals are in the Mammalian order Carnivora. Humans are in the Mammalian order Primates - 82.1 millions years ago the 'magnorder' of Boreoeutheria split into Euarchontoglires (which later gave us Primates) and Laurasiatheria (which gave us Carnivora). Bec also references ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King in her dinglett.
In this episode: * Can you alter the smell of your farts based on what you eat? * When does a computer become a supercomputer? * And, Any AOB! A huge thank you to Dr Jess Biesiekierski, you can find them at @jessbersa and @monashnutrition on Twitter, Dr Dr CK Yao, find them at @yao_ck on Twitter and of course, Gareth Turkington , @G_Turkington on Twitter, @gareth.turkington on Insta, who created, sung and recorded the fantastic “Fart Life”. If you want to find out more about pop-off related research referenced by Dr Jess, Dr CK and Bec, please have a look at the papers below: - Gas profiling study: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19490976.2018.1451280 - Protein fermentation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26527169/ - Co-supplementation in IBS: https://bit.ly/3M1FnPo - Charcoal cushion study: https://gut.bmj.com/content/43/1/100.full - Pilule Pet (fart pill): https://www.pilulepet.com/en/ And Bec's NEW book 'Horror Heights: Now LiveScreaming' IS OUT NOW. To find Matt's character and one line (on page 64), you can purchase from any good book store!
On this episode... * How many molehills would you need to make a mountain out of them? * How do you find friends? * Matt revisits some mistaken maths. Don't forget to send in your Blue Dot Festival problems to us on the website below - we might just do it live! And, as always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared (who doesn't) find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode... * Why are aspect ratios so whack? * How many phone numbers actually exist? * Wheels or Doors: Revisited. * And, closure on A Pudding Squared. A big thank you to Tom Salinsky for helping with this week's problem. You can find more from him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomsalinsky?lang=en and his podcast, Best Pick Pod, here: https://twitter.com/bestpickpod?lang=en If you want to see Matt, Bec AND Lucie at the belated and brilliant Nine Carols variety show on the 16th and 17th of April, you can book tickets here: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/nine-lessons-and-carols-for-curious-people-3/ You can check on tickets for Matt's shows here: https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/matt-parker-2 (Disclaimer: The 21st of April may, definitely be sold out.) Bec's NEW BOOK Horror Heights: Now LiveScreaming is available for pre-order here: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/bec-hill-2/horror-heights-now-livescreaming/9781444962338/ This is Dexter and Ivy's incredible A Pudding Squared answer, here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/In1cdfg_J4A Don't forget too send in your Blue Dot Festival problems to us on the site below - we might just do it live! As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared (and who doesn't) you can find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode... * What are the odds of having the same child twice? * Wheels or Doors? * And Bec recommends some new nerdy podcasts! Don't forget too send in your Blue Dot Festival problems to us on the website below - we might just do it live! And, as always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared (and who doesn't) find us on Twitter and Instagram
Happy Pi Day 2022! In this episode...
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Which edible products have protected names?
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How much tax paid by a civil servant would pass into their own salary?
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And of course. We have AOB-B-B-b-b-b....
To watch a crack team of 30 calculate 11 digits of Pi by hand, head over to Stand-up Maths on YouTube.
If you want a qualification of your own, why not take the Food Standards Agency Food Labelling e-course here, or if you'd rather do something else instead, just ask Bec for the source elements.
Get your Blue Dot Festival problems to us on the website below - we might just do it live! And, as always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on aproblemsquared.com.
If you want want even more from A Problem Squared (and who doesn't) find us on Twitter and Instagram
In this episode...
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Could a GPS sat nav work on the moon?
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A Pudding Squared returns.
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An APS announcement.
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AND format news!
If you have any memory of how 'Is This Your Card' started please (please) let us know.
As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.
And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.
In this episode... * How do you reuse an old radiotherapy mask? * What is the optimal way to utilise postcodes in Scrabble? * And, the results of our 2021 listener survey are in. For more on radiotherapy masks, head on over to Macmillan. And do check out the Bravery Unmasked project for some truly incredible mask transformations. If you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram. And as always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website www.aproblemsquared.com.
APS 026 is here, and it's the last of the year! In this episode...
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How fast could a team of penguins complete a 4 x 100 relay race?
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How can you fix your sleeping schedule?
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And, AOB - lot's of it!
As ever, we value your thoughts on A Problem Squared so head on over to: www.thatsurvey.ilikeit.aproblemsquared.com and give us some feedback! You can learn more about circadian rhythms here: https://www.nigms.nih.gov/education/fact-sheets/Pages/circadian-rhythms.aspx How to change them, here: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/circadian-rhythm/can-you-change-your-circadian-rhythm Some tried and tested sleep hacks (that really work): https://www.sleepcycle.com/how-to-fall-asleep/serious-sleep-hacks-that-really-work/ More about the B-Society, who help employers and educators to facilitate chronotypes that don’t suit early hours is here: https://www.b-society.org/about/ And, to find out which country you sleep like, follow this link here: https://time.com/4318156/sleep-countries-style/ We would also like to give a special mention to the alternative episode name that we were all very proud of: 'Antarctic Circles and Anarchic Cycles'. And an extra special mention to Bec for coming up with it.
In this month's episode Bec finds out how many Beck's beers would fit in Bec Hill. And Matt investigates how much he'd have in Euros, if every person gave him 1 in their local currency.
Plus! A ding is given, and Matt goes to Antarctica.
A big thank you to Adam Kay, Doctor Xand and sword swallowers Snookie Mono and Snake Fervor for their help with this episode.
As always, send your problems to www.aproblemsquared.com, EXCEPT if it's related to Antarctica, in which case, ask on Twitter: @AProblemSquared.
APS 024 is out now!
And it's a spooky October edition! In this episode...
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What's the largest hole that can be carved in a pumpkin without the pumpkin collapsing?
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How do you stop noisy ghosts rattling doors when you're trying to sleep?
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And, Cupboard of Nupboard: The people have spoken!
Yes, that's right. The Weight of Words and Graphene for Turds.
In this month's episode...
If graphene was rolled to the size of a loo roll, how long would that roll be?
What is the weight of the ink in Bec's book?
Plus! The REAL answer to Earth's longest line of sight.
And, Bec and Matt are reunited after two years apart.
If you want want EVEN MORE from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter, Instagram or Patreon.
And as always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website www.aproblemsquared.com.
What's the best way to stay inspired when writing?
Where on earth can you look the furthest away at something else, that is also on the earth?
When eating cereal, what is the milk? Sauce, broth, jus or something else?
Plus! Repurposing crushed bike helmets: Can you, should you?
This is Inharmonics and Skin-harm-tonics!
In this month's episode...
How well can the human voice mimic a dinging bell? Bec teams up with a multi-vocalist Beardyman to tackle this one!
What is the optimal use of sunscreen to create a tan and protect your skin?
Plus: The results from Matt's sunny survey are IN and we have updates from episode 020.
As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website www.aproblemsquared.com, or on social media @AProblemSquared.
If you want to master the mysterious art of harmonic singing, you can learn more from Anna Maria on YouTube. And a massive thank you once again to Beardyman. He is on the internet so go check him out!
Score! It's episode 020 of A Problem Squared, Filling Up and Falling Down!
In this episode...
- Can we solve global warming by diluting the atmosphere?
- What's the funniest way to fall down without hurting yourself?
- Plus: The answer to last month's A Pudding Squared, and a final word on Arctic Krill.
As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website www.aproblemsquared.com, or on social media.
You can find Matt's favourite mascot fail here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-Zph323Dos
For full (en)closure, the solution to the most recent A Pudding Squared, is right here: https://twitter.com/Hellcat_Mama/status/1400053063012995073?s=08
How did a hamster end up in a listener's apartment on the other side of the world?
How many leaves would humans need to photosynthesise all our energy?
Plus, an update on Dish Splatters: Why don't plastic things dry in the dishwasher?
If you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website www.aproblemsquared.com, or on social media.
It's Pudding, on the 'gram
For Bec's hamster habitat, look no further.
And, welcome to the world of Hamster-tube.
Here are some of Bec's favourite hamster moms, Malica and Victoria.
In the Catch Up segment Matt talks about solving a mathematical quandary: whether all nets of the 4D Hypercube can tile 3D space.
The answer is yes! Here is the link to that video
This month, Matt and Bec explore voting systems in elections. Bec wonders what effect it might have to vote for a novelty candidate. And we speak to a special guest who might just know a thing or two about this.
Plus a whole heap of quick-fire problem solving!
Here's the video Matt mentioned that simulates alternate voting systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhO6jfHPFQU&ab_channel=Primer
How many Bec Hills could fit in Bexhill?
What species would make the longest queue if you put every individual in a single line?
Plus an update on Bec's coat conundrum!
If you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website www.aproblemsquared.com, or on social media.
Thanks to www.higherdose.com for providing the sauna blanket for the fluffy jacket problem.
To find out more about Mileva Marić and the campaign to have her contributions recognised, visit www.inspiring-girls.com/ig-blog/marijamilevablog
In this month's episode, Matt investigates what is the optimal way to share biscuits amongst a group, and Bec explores how you can elongate your holiday time using all manner of creative methods.
Plus updates on short shorts and how much Coronavirus is there in the world.
Send your problems at www.aproblemsquared.com
And here's the study Matt referenced about perceptions of Time: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0001295
This month Matt and Bec are problem-solving thusly:
Can you cast shadow puppets on the Moon?
Why do champion cyclists wear such short shorts?
Is there such a thing as a lucky person?
Here's a useful graphic of how the Moon orbits Earth https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/from-a-million-miles-away-nasa-camera-shows-moon-crossing-face-of-earth
And this is the article referenced by Bec in the show about body hair: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/02/the-casualties-of-womens-war-on-body-hair/514983/
Send your problems to our new improved website! www.aproblemsquared.com
It's the end of year special!
We have an update on the Cheese Cover Up, the results of the listener survey, and a selection of quick-fire new problems to round off 2020. Plus, what on Earth has Matt been doing to his Christmas tree?
Head to @aproblemsquared on Twitter and Instagram to see images of listeners' cheese packaging recommendations, Matt's pie charts, and Bec's framed Christmas card.
What's the most cunning way to move furniture on your own?
Thoughtful ideas for Christmas presents
Answers to the riddle of Pudding's Wheel, including a brilliant piece of maths by a listener.
Recipe for microwave fudge:
3 cups of milk or dark chocolate bits (roughly 500g)
1 tin condensed milk
1/4 cup of butter
Step 1. Microwave all ingredients for 3-5mins, stopping to stir occasionally.
Step 2. Grease or line a deep tray/dish with baking paper and pour in the mix.
Step 3. Refrigerate.
Step 4. Once firm, cut into squares.
(Note from Bec: in Step 2, I like to dust the baking paper with cacao powder and then dust the squares again once cut in Step 4. It helps stop them from immediately melting back into each other. You can also add nuts and dried fruit or spices if you want to get experimental. Make sure you store this in the fridge whenever possible, as it has a low melting point!)
Pudding's instagram: instagram.com/hamsterpud
To celebrate 12 episodes we're collecting some data! If you can, fill in the listener survey: http://thatsurvey.ilikeit.aproblemsquared.com
Does this cheese look like it has 41% less packaging? https://www.dropbox.com/s/kuj16lmkgrx8w7i/41cheese.jpeg?dl=0 Here's the wikipedia page we used to make sense of shark teeth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_tooth#/media/File:How_to_count_shark_teeth.png
The Weaire-Phelan structure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaire%E2%80%93Phelan_structure
What a truncated octahedron looks like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truncated_octahedron
And a spinning one!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Truncatedoctahedron.gif
MATT'S CALCULATIONS
A 140mm × 60mm × 46mm block of cheese has a volume of 386.4 cm^3 and a surface area of 352 cm^2. To give a 41% reduction the original needs to have the same volume of cheese but an area of 596.6 cm^2.
Matt assumed there are 4,200,000 current infections and each person has 400,000 virus particles per mL across 2L of fluid. If the SARS-CoV-2 particle has a diameter of 150nm and stacks like spheres with 74% efficiency: those 3,360,000,000,000,000 current virus particles would fill only 8mL, aka "about a teaspoon".
How long is a year of A Problem Squared podcasts?
What's the qualification for a room being a room?
Is the famous Ferrero Rocher advert mathematically possible?
You can visit the Crafts Council campaign here: https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/support-us/appeals-and-projects/lets-craft-packs-children
Delve into luxury with the original Ferrero Rocher ad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P-nZZkQqTc
The best-known packings of equal circles in a circle http://hydra.nat.uni-magdeburg.de/packing/cci/d1.html
Correction: Bec's episode of Jonathan Ross's Comedy Club aired on 19th September (Series 1 Episode 2)
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How can you keep cool when there's no air conditioning?
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What's the best thing to do with a spare room? (If you're lucky enough to have one, that is.)
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How much would the Big Macadamia Nut be worth if it was an actual nut?
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Why are typewriters mysterious?
Matt's long-awaited topography video, inspired by a problem in the show, is here at last! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtKhbbcc1Rc
You can see the typewriter patent here: https://patents.google.com/patent/US207559A/en
And for Bec's 5KTS t-shirt, head here: www.bechillcomedian.com/5kts/square
- Could pennies make a girlfriend for the Statue of Liberty?
- What's the optimum burger size for your mouth?
- Where is Matt's topography video?
Here's Bec's burger video analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAc2ukZVtdk
And for Bec's 5KTS t-shirt, head here: www.bechillcomedian.com/5kts/square
در سالهای اخیر شاهد حضور مواد و تکنیکهای سنتی در شکلگیری آثار هنری معاصر بودهایم. هنرمندان از فرهنگها و سرزمینهای گوناگون به خلق آثاری با مادههای اولیه سنتی رو آوردهاند که میتوان نحوه استفاده آنها را در چند دسته کلی تقسیمبندی کرد. در چهل و پنجمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر احسان روحالامین هنرمند و پژوهشگر هنر درباره چرایی و چگونگی استفاده هنرمندان از ماده سنتی در خلق آثار هنری صحبت میکند و به بررسی کاربست نمد در احجام مرتضا بصراوی در نمایشگاه «درون، بیرون و دوباره دورن» در گالری ایرانشهر میپردازد.
مرتضا بصراوی مجسمهساز، ویدئوآرتیست و هنرمند اجراگر متولد سال ۱۳۵۶ است. علاقهمندی او به هنر که به دوران هنرستان و فراگیری نقاشی و گرافیک بازمیگردد، پس از آشنایی با مبانی و اصول مجسمهسازی شکلی تازه یافت و او خودآموخته به کسب مهارت و فعالیت در این رشته پرداخت. در مجسمههای مرتضا بصراوی اشکال تجریدی بازنمایی عناصری از طبیعت یا سازههای ابتدایی ساخته شده به دست انسانند که' در این آثار نقشی اساسی ایفا میکند و دغدغههای هنرمند در مادهی موردنظر جستجو و بیان میشود. در چهل و چهارمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر افسانه جوادپور و مرتضا بصراوی درباره نقش ماده سنتی در آثار او، شیوه طراحی احجام و چگونگی همکاری با گالری ایرانشهر به گفتگو پرداختهاند.
- Why are kitchen counters one-size-fits-all?
- Are the recorded surface areas of countries 3D?
- Why don't plastic things dry in the dishwasher?
Special thanks to:
Gareth and Kiruna (@garethandkiruna on TikTok and PIrate & Parrot TV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHX3-ZTmi60fYtcnO4VOPSQ)
Ed Warner from Motionspot (https://www.motionspot.co.uk/, www.fineandable.co.uk and @themotionspot on social media)
Check out www.podcastsincolor.com for an exhaustive and excellent list of podcast recommendations.
And for Bec's 5KTS t-shirt, head here: www.bechillcomedian.com/5kts/square
علی رضوی هنرمند نقاش، گرافیست و دودل آرتیست متولد سال ١٣۵۶ و فارغالتحصیل رشته نقاشی از دانشگاه هنر و معماری تهران است. اولین نمایش طراحی محیطی او با عنوان «در خلوت شهر، 29 روز قرنطینه در گالری» در روزهای پایانی قرنطینه سراسری ناشی از همهگیری ویروس کرونا در گالری ایرانشهر اجرا شد و به نمایش درآمد. در این نمایش او با چسباندن پارچه بوم بر سطح دیوارهای گالری بیست و نه روز را به طراحی در سبک دودل آرت گذراند. در این سبک از طراحی، تمرکز اصلی هنرمند بر تصویر کردن افکار و احساسات آنی است که اغلب صفحاتی شلوغ و مملو از جزئیات را نمایش میدهد. در چهل و سومین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر علی رضوی و کیانوش معتقدی، پژوهشگر هنر ایران به گفتگو پیرامون موضوع دودل آرت، تفاوت آن با گرافیتی و جزئیاتی درباره نمایش اثر او در گالری ایرانشهر میپردازند.
ویژن پلتفرمی برای نمایش و فروش آنلاین آثار هنری با هدف حمایت از هنرمندان و فراهمآوردن فرصتهای بیسابقه برای نمایش آثار هنری است. بهینهسازی موتورهای جستجوگر در حوزه هنرهای تجسمی، حفظ پویایی فضای هنری و ایجاد تعاملات میان افراد و گروههای گوناگون هنری از دیگر برنامههای پلتفرم ویژن است. در چهل و دومین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر افسانه جوادپور و امیربهمن امیریان، مدیر گالری ایرانشهر درباره چرایی شکلگیری پلتفرم ویژن، امکانات موجود برای ارائه آثار و برگزاری نمایشگاهها و چگونگی پیوستن به آن گفتگو میکنند.
- What is the biggest big thing?
- Is the lottery a good retirement plan?
- Update on the £5,000 t-shirt.
- The taster data has popped.
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This is the bear with very long legs. Very long. Legs.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/bradesposito/people-are-losing-it-over-this-giant-teddy-bear-that-just
Tallest Filing Cabinet on Earth
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/world-s-tallest-filing-cabinet
The difference between Financial Advice and Financial Guidance.
https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/understanding-advice-guidance-investments
Get your own free financial guidance from here:
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/getting-financial-advice/
Bec's £5000 T-SHIRT
http://www.bechillcomedian.com/shop
Here's Mr Squiggle, he's lots of fun for everyone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdmsE-Bff7k
Check out our instagram for photos.
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مفهوم اتمسفر در معماری به خصوصیات حسی ساطع شده از فضا گفته میشود و شکل فیزیکی درک محیط پیرامون از طریق حواس کاربر است. تعامل تنانه مخاطب با معماری تجربههایی شخصی و گوناگون از حضور فرد در اتمسفری خاص ایجاد میکند و مشخصههایی چون نور، هوا، صدا، مصالح و... در خلق تجربه مخاطب موثرند. چهل و یکمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر، در ادامه شماره پیشین به موضوع موزه و نقش اتمسفر در طراحی فضا میپردازد. در این گفتگو افسانه جوادپور و مقداد شریف، معمار و پژوهشگر حوزه معماری درباره اهمیت اتمسفر و مخاطب در روند طراحی فضا و به خصوص موزههای معاصر صحبت میکنند.
از دیرباز تاکنون موزهها مکانهایی برای حفاظت و نگهداری جنبههای گوناگون فرهنگ و تاریخ یک سرزمین بودهاند. به تدریج با تغییر تعریف موزه متاثر از جریانهای مختلف شکلگرفته در جوامع و نتایج حاصل از آنها، فرم، ماهیت و شیوه طراحی ساختمان موزه مورد بازنگری قرار گرفته است. در چهلمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر افسانه جوادپور و مقداد شریف، معمار و پژوهشگر حوزه معماری به گفتگو درباره عوامل موثر بر طراحی موزه، تغییر تعریف موزه پس از مدرنیسم و حضور و تجربه مخاطب در فضا پرداختهاند.
موزهها مکانهایی برای حفاظت و نگهداری جنبههای گوناگون فرهنگ یک سرزمین هستند که از اشکال اولیه به عنوان مکانهایی برای تبادل مباحث فلسفی در دوران رومیها به فضاهای امروزی رسیدهاند. نخستین ایده شکلگیری آنها به تمایل انسان در اندوختن و تحقیق و پژوهش در عرصههای مختلف بازمیگردد و از آن رو در تقسیمبندیهای گوناگون هنری، تاریخی، اجتماعی و فرهنگی قرار میگیرند. به مناسبت هجده می، روز جهانی موزه، افسانه جوادپور و دکتر احمد محیط طباطبایی، رئیس کمیته ملی ایکوم در ایران درباره شکلگیری ایکوم (شورای بینالمللی موزهها) در حدود هفتاد سال پیش و تاسیس ایکوم ایران و فعالیتهای آن تا امروز به گفتگو پرداختهاند.
(عکس کاور بخشی از پوستر ایکوم به مناسبت روز جهانی موزه در سال ۲۰۲۰ است.)
خاستگاه مجسمههای شهری به تمدنهای باستان بازمیگردد و میتوان رد آنها را از اهرام مصر تا خیابانها و میادین ایتالیای کنونی پی گرفت. همواره مجسمهها در فضاهای عمومی نقشی بنیادی در ارتقای آگاهی بصری و کیفیت سلیقه هنری جامعه بر عهده دارند و امروز بیش از گذشته مورد توجه قرار میگیرند. آثار نصب شده در خیابانها، میدانها و سایر فضاهای شهری میتواند کالبد خیابان یا حتی شهر را تحتتاثیر قرار دهد و معنایی تازه خلق کند. در دو شماره سی و هفت و سی و هشت پادکست ایرانشهر افسانه جوادپور و کامبیز صبری، مجسمهساز و مدرس دانشگاه درباره ویژگیهای مجسمههای شهری، نحوه مکانیابی مناسب برای آنها، ارتباط با معماری و بررسی اجمالی نقش سایر نهادها و عوامل در پیشبرد پروژههای شهری گفتگو میکنند.
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Mike Hill wrote up his calculations as an official report.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m0njel6x5xcg0z5/T-Shirt%20Quest.docx?dl=0
Energy Scavengers: Static Electricity Could Power the World
https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/energy-scavengers-static-electricity-could-power-the-world
International Electrotechnical Commission standards 60065
https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/494
Limmy's channel.
https://www.youtube.com/user/LimmyDotComBlog/
Limmys Show: Whats heavier a kilogram of steel or a kilogram of feathers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fC2oke5MFg
خاستگاه مجسمههای شهری به تمدنهای باستان بازمیگردد و میتوان رد آنها را از اهرام مصر تا خیابانها و میادین ایتالیای کنونی پی گرفت. همواره مجسمهها در فضاهای عمومی نقشی بنیادی در ارتقای آگاهی بصری و کیفیت سلیقه هنری جامعه بر عهده دارند و امروز بیش از گذشته مورد توجه قرار میگیرند. آثار نصب شده در خیابانها، میدانها و سایر فضاهای شهری میتواند کالبد خیابان یا حتی شهر را تحتتاثیر قرار دهد و معنایی تازه خلق کند. در دو شماره سی و هفت و سی و هشت پادکست ایرانشهر افسانه جوادپور و کامبیز صبری، مجسمهساز و مدرس دانشگاه درباره ویژگیهای مجسمههای شهری، نحوه مکانیابی مناسب برای آنها، ارتباط با معماری و بررسی اجمالی نقش سایر نهادها و عوامل در پیشبرد پروژههای شهری گفتگو میکنند.
سابقه مصورسازی کتاب در ایران قطعا به دوران پیش از اسلام بازمیگردد اما قدیمیترین کتب مصور ایرانی موجود مربوط به عهد سلجوقیان است که با مطالعه تصاویر آنها میتوان به تداوم شیوههای تصویری قبل از اسلام و پیوند ناگسستنی نگارگری و ادبیات در تاریخ هنر ایران پی برد. در مجموعه اپیزودهای《همگامی نقاشی و ادبیات》 در پادکست ایرانشهر قصد داریم به بررسی نگارگری کتب تعدادی از شاعران ایران و به طور کلی ارتباط نقاشی و ادبیات بپردازیم. به مناسبت یکم اردیبهشت، روز بزرگداشت سعدی، سی و ششمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر با حضور کیانوش معتقدی، پژوهشگر هنر ایران به بررسی نگارگری نسخ مختلف کلیات سعدی، ویژگیهای آنها و تفاوت نگارهها با کتب سایر شعرای ایرانی اختصاص داده شده است.
با اعلام شیوع گسترده بیماری کووید ۱۹ و انتقال سریع ویروس در فضاهای عمومی، عمده مشاغل و فضاها از جمله نهادهای هنری و مراکز فرهنگی در سرتاسر جهان ناگزیر از فعالیت بازماندند و تاکنون تعطیل هستند. برنامههای متعدد هنری، نمایشگاهها و رویدادهای گوناگونی چون بینالها، حراجیها و جشنوارهها به حالت تعلیق درآمده و تاریخ بازگشت به فعالیت آنها مشخص نیست. در این شرایط بسیاری از نهادها برای برقراری مجدد تعاملات خود به طرح راهکار و ایجاد سازوکارهای جدید و درخور شرایط و امکانات خود پرداختهاند. فعالیتهای مجازی مختلف به طور مستقل یا با همکاری و در حمایت سایر نهادها برای مخاطبان هنر و عموم مردم اجرا شده و پیش برده میشود.
در سی و پنجمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر آناهیتا رضااله معمار و کیوریتور دانشآموخته دکترای معماری از دانشگاه پلیتکنیک میلان به بررسی برخی فعالیتهای موزهها و گالریهای مختلف در جهانی درگیر قرنطینه سراسری پرداخته است.
با شیوع ویروس کرونا در سراسر جهان و تلاش برای پیشگیری از گسترش آن کشورها تصمیم تعطیلی بسیاری اصناف را اتخاذ کردهاند. آنچه در پی چنین شرایطی پیشروی همه قرار دارد خسارات متعدد اقتصادی به گروهها و بخشهای مختلف از جمله نهادهای هنری و هنرمندان است. گالری ایرانشهر در واکنش به وضعیت حاضر تمهیدی در قالب پروژهای با عنوان 《آتلیه ۹۹》در نظر گرفته است که با هدف حمایت از هنرمندان شکل گرفته است. در سی و چهارمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر افسانه جوادپور و ساسان نصیری، مدیر افتخاری روابط عمومی این پروژه درباره علت شکلگیری این پروژه، چگونگی حمایت و اجرای آن توسط گالری ایرانشهر و سایر جزئیات به گفتگو پرداختهاند.
هنر شهری هنری شکل گرفته همپای شهر و ادغام شده با آن است که به واسطه قابلیتهای مختلف شهر حوزهها و رسانههای مختلف را دخیل میکند؛ از این رو هنر شهری را میتوان در عناصر مختلف معماری، نورپردازیها، دیوارنگارهها، مجسمه یا چیدمانها یا حتی اجراهای خیابانی مشاهده کرد. با ظهور اولین نشانههای ساخت شهرها در تمدنهای باستان ریشههای هنر شهری در معماری، ورودیها، یادمانها و... شکل میگیرد. در اپیزود گذشته هنرهای شکل گرفته در شهرهای برخی تمدنهای باستان با حضور کامبیز صبری مجسمهساز و مدرس دانشگاه بررسی شد. در سی و سومین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر افسانه جوادپور و کامبیز صبری موضوع هنرهای شکل گرفته در شهر را در دو بخش جداگانه دنبال خواهند کرد؛ تمدنهای باستانی آسیای شرقی و ایرانِ ادوار مختلف.
هنر شهری هنری شکل گرفته همپای شهر و ادغام شده با آن است که به واسطه قابلیتهای مختلف شهر حوزهها و رسانههای مختلف را دخیل میکند؛ از این رو هنر شهری را میتوان در عناصر مختلف معماری، نورپردازیها، دیوارنگارهها، مجسمه یا چیدمانها یا حتی اجراهای خیابانی مشاهده کرد. با ظهور اولین نشانههای ساخت شهرها در تمدنهای باستان ریشههای هنر شهری در معماری، ورودیها، یادمانها و... شکل میگیرد. در سی و دومین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر افسانه جوادپور و کامبیز صبری، مجسمهساز و مدرس دانشگاه به بررسی موضوعاتی پیرامون اهمیت بررسی هنر شهری در دوران باستان، چرایی وجود آن و تفاوت موجود میان هنرهای شهری در تمدنهای مختلف پرداختهاند. ادامه این بحث در پادکست بعدی با بررسی هنر شهری در تمدنهای باستانی آسیای شرقی و هنر شهری ایران در ادوار مختلف منتشر خواهد شد.
- What went wrong with the audio of episode 003?
- The best place to put a backpack on a crowded train.
- How many Boeing 737s will fit?
- Making a perfect guest bedroom.
- Bonus: Bec has feedback on Matt's rice calculation
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Listen to the BROKEN version of episode 003 and see how you hear Bec!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kvdbytyu1jazr15/A%20Problem%20Squared%20Episode%20003%20BROKEN.mp3?dl=0
Wikipedia page on surround sound Matrix Decoding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_decoder
Watch Bec's flip-chart of "Non Je Ne Regrette Rien" by Edith Piaf.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTH9MKiYvM0
This is the audio file of Non Je Ne Regrette Rien that Bec sometimes has problems with.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zfh910uve85vdvk/Edith%20Piaf%20-%20Non%2C%20Je%20ne%20regrette%20rien.mp3?dl=0
There are only 10,575 Boeing 737s which have been made and delivered.
http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/displaystandardreport.cfm?cboCurrentModel=737&optReportType=AllModels&cboAllModel=737&ViewReportF=View+Report
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فضاهای جایگزین هنر از اوایل دهه هفتاد میلادی در نیویورک در واکنش به فشارهای نهادهای هنری مانند موزهها و محدودیتهای موجود در بازار هنر توسط گروهی از هنرمندان آوانگارد یا پیشرو شکل گرفتند. ساختمانهای عمومی متروک یا فضاهای شهری فرسوده اولین مکانهایی بودند که برای کار و نمایش آثار خلق شده مورد استفاده قرار گرفتند؛ به تدریج به تعداد این فضاها افزوده شد و به سبب ماهیت هر ساختمان قابلیتهای تازهای برای اجرا، نمایش و چیدمان در اختیار هنرمندان قرار گرفت. پس از گذشت چند سال برخی موزهها و مدیران شهری به حمایت از هنرمندان و فعالیتهای آنها در فضاهای جایگزین هنر پرداختند و امروزه شاهد برگزاری نمایشگاههای عمومی هنر، فستیوالها و جشنوارههای مختلف در چنین مکانهایی هستیم. در سی و یکمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر آناهیتا رضااله، معمار و کیوریتور دانشآموخته دکترای معماری از دانشگاه پلیتکنیک میلان به چرایی، چگونگی شکلگیری و انتخاب فضاهای جایگزین هنر در دهه هفتاد میلادی در نیویورک، نحوه دستهبندی آنها، واکنش نهادهای هنری، فعالیت هنرمندان و نمایشگاههای برگزارشده در این فضاها و چگونگی مدیریت آنها در هنر معاصر میپردازد.
- Why is this episode so late?
- What to take when in hospital quarantine?
- Tips for working at home from two pros.
- Does the exponential maths of viral memes check out?
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همه ساله کشورهای مختلف در آستانه سال نو برنامههای فرهنگی-هنری گوناگونی در تعامل با شهر و مردم برگزار میکنند. «بهارستان» عنوان فراخوان سالانه هنرهای شهری تهران است که از سال 1394 در آستانه بهار و عید نوروز توسط سازمان زیباسازی شهر تهران مدیریت و اجرا میشود. آثار در سطح شهر تهران و در بخشهای هنرهای محیطی، نقاشی دیواری و تخممرغهای نوروزی در معرض نمایش عموم قرار میگیرند. در این فراخوان دیوارهای شهر، میادین، خیابانها، برخی فضاهای سبز و حتی سطلهای زباله، کافوهای مخابراتی، پستهای برق و کف گذرگاهها محل نصب و اجرای آثار هنری محسوب میشوند. در سیامین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر افسانه جوادپور و کیانوش غریبپور، طراح گرافیک، مدیر هنری و از اعضای شورای سیاستگذاری و داوری بهارستان به گفتگو درباره مسائلی پیرامون این سالانه پرداختهاند و مواردی چون دغدغه شکلگیری، قابلیتها، کاستیها، نواقص و دستاوردهای آن را بررسی میکنند.
مرتضی خسروی متولد سال ۱۳۶۶ و فارغالتحصیل رشته نقاشی است. ویژگیهای رسانه نقاشی را میتوان دغدغه اصلی او دانست و اغلب چگونه نقاشی کردن پیش از موضوع، نقشی اساسی در خلق مجموعههای او دارد. طبیعت بیجان، نماهای شهری، پرتره و محیطهای داخلی سوژههایی تکرارشونده در آثار او هستند که بیپروا آزمودن تکنیکهای گوناگون و تجربههای نقاش را نمایان میکنند. علاقه او به نقاشی محدود به ویژگیهای رسانه نمیشود و بررسی متمرکز زندگی نقاشان و تجربیات آنها و مطالعه مستمر آثار مختلف را دربرمیگیرد. بنابراین در آثار مرتضی ارجاعات متفاوت تاریخ هنری را در پالتهای رنگی، ترکیببندیها و حتی حالت فیگورها شاهدیم.
در بیست و نهمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر افسانه جوادپور و مرتضی خسروی در گفتگویی به علاقهمندی او به نقاشی، شکلگیری مسیر فعالیتهای هنری او در ایران و خارج از کشور و آغاز و نحوه همکاری او با گالری ایرانشهر پرداختهاند.
داوود زندیان در سال ۱۳۳۲ در تهران متولد شد و فراگیری نقاشی را از سالهای کودکی آغاز کرد؛ در میانه سالهای ۱۳۴۰ تا ۱۳۵۰ نقاشی به حرفه اصلی و محل درآمد او بدل شد و همزمان با برگزاری چندین نمایشگاه گروهی و انفرادی شیوههای گوناگون نقاشی را آزمود. داوود زندیان در سال ۱۳۶۵ از ایران مهاجرت کرد و تاکنون ساکن نروژ است. در اپیزود گذشته به بخشهایی از زندگی او در سالهای پیش از مهاجرت پرداخته شد. در بیست و هشتمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر افسانه جوادپور و داوود زندیان در ادامه گفتگوی قبلی درباره فعالیتهای زندیان پس از مهاجرت از ایران و تجربههایش در فصل تازهای از زندگی صحبت خواهند کرد. تاثیرات مهاجرت بر شیوه نقاشی او، آشنایی او با اُد نردروم و دغدغه شکلگیری مجموعههای او در سبکهای مختلف نقاشی از موضوعات مورد بررسی در این شماره هستند؛ همچنین با توجه به برگزاری دومین نمایشگاه انفرادی او در گالری ایرانشهر به چگونگی آشنایی با گالری ایرانشهر، انگیزه نمایش دوباره آثارش در تهران و ویژگی مجموعه اخیر پرداخته شده است.
داوود زندیان متولد سال 1332 در تهران و ساکن شهر اسلو در نروژ است. نقاشی را از سالهای کودکی با چنان پشتکاری آغاز کرده است که در نوجوانی بدل به شغل و حرفه اصلی او شده است. در طول سالهای فعالیت هنریاش سبکها، شیوهها و تکنیکهای گوناگون نقاشی را به صورت حرفهای دنبال کرده است که نشان تجربیات تمام این دوران در آثار مجموعههای مختلف او آشکارا مشهود است. او سال گذشته پس از حدود چهل سال برای نخستین بار در تهران و در گالری ایرانشهر آثار خود را به نمایش درآورد و نمایش تازهترین آثار او در بهمن ماه 1398 در گالری ایرانشهر برپاست. در بیست و هفتمین اپیزود پادکست «ایرانشهر» افسانه جوادپور و داوود زندیان درباره نخستین تجربههایش در نقاشی، شکلگیری مسیر فعالیتهای هنری او و دورههای مختلف کاریاش تا پیش از مهاجرت از ایران به گفتگو پرداختهاند. ادامه این گفتگو که به تجربیات و آثار هنری داوود زندیان در سالهای پس از مهاجرت از ایران، بازگشت به ایران و برپایی دو نمایشگاه انفرادی در گالری ایرانشهر میپردازد در پادکست بعدی منتشر خواهد شد.
دومین نمایشگاه انفرادی داوود زندیان در بهمن ماه 1398 در گالری ایرانشهر افتتاح شد. در آثار متاخر او، همچون آثار پیشین، دغدغه گذشته و زمان از دست رفته در فضاهای خلق شده، حضور اشیاء قدیمی، تکنیک و نحوه رنگگذاری و حتی عناوین تابلوها آشکار است. در بیست و ششمین اپیزود پادکست «ایرانشهر» دکتر امیر نصری، در توصیف و تفسیر آثار این نمایشگاه به حضور بارز خاطره، نوستالژی و فراموشی در ذهن نقاش و نحوه بازنمایی آنها میپردازد و چگونگی ارتباط عناصر مختلف و جزئیات تصویر شده در آثار را شرح میدهد.
- When does the new decade start?
- The best system for brushing teeth.
- How many orders are there for Bec's show?
- Top travel tips.
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كم نيستند هنرمنداني كه سوژه آثار هنريیشان خاطرات است. خاطره در مقام سوژه با ما چه میكند؟ و ما با آنها به چه شيوههايی مداخله میكنيم؟ پيشفرض پاسخ به چنين سوالهايی (كه مستقيما بر روی خروجی كار هنری ما تاثير بسزايی دارد)، درك مفهوم خاطره است. محمد پرویزی در بیست و پنجمین اپیزود پادکست 《ایرانشهر》 به این موضوع میپردازد. اين پادكست با تكيه به صورتبندی دو فيلسوف نامدار شرحی به غايت مختصر از ساز و كار مفهوم خاطره دارد، برای ياری رساندن به ما وقتی كه خاطرهای در ما سوژه میشود...
خاطره و نوستالژی درونمایه بسیاری از آثارهنری معاصر است و بررسی ارتباط بین هنر و حافظه فردی، حافظه جمعی، تاریخ و خاطره، در دستهبندی رویکردهای مختلف خلق اثر با این مضمون، تاثیرگذار است. در بیست و چهارمین اپیزود پادکست 《ایرانشهر》دکتر بهنام کامرانی حضور خاطره در هنر معاصر ایران را در یک صورتبندی به سه دسته تقسیم میکنند و تغییر و تحولات و تاریخچه برخوردهای مختلف با آن را مورد بررسی قرار میدهند.
اولین و دومین نمایشگاه فیگوراتیو انجمن هنرمندان مجسمهساز ایران در سالهای ۱۳۹۱ و ۱۳۹۲ برگزار شد. اکنون پس از وقفهای شش ساله سومین دوره آن با درونمایه 《بیماری》در گالری ایرانشهر در حال برگزاری است. در بیست و سومین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر افسانه جوادپور به همراه مهمانان، نگار نادریپور (رئیس هیئتمدیره دوره دهم انجمن و عضو شورای سیاستگذاری و انتخاب نمایشگاه)، بهداد لاهوتی (مسئول کمیته نمایشگاهی انجمن ۱۳۸۶-۱۳۹۱) و امیرحسین ردایی (دبیر اجرایی نمایشگاه) به گفتوگو درباره مجموعه نمایشگاههای فیگوراتیو انجمن هنرمندان مجسمهساز ایران از اولین دوره تاکنون پرداختهاند، و همچنین اهمیت انتخاب موضوع در برگزاری نمایشگاههای فیگوراتیو را به بحث گذاشتهاند.
نوستالژی ترکیبی از دو کلمه یونانی به معنای «بازگشت» و «رنج» است که میتوان آن را احساسی توام با لذت و اندوه در هنگام یادآوری دوره، اتفاق یا مکانی در گذشته دانست و تعریف آن به عناصری چون زمان، آرزو، آرمان و فقدان وابسته است. این مفهوم درونمایه یا موضوع آثار هنری بسیاری بوده است که اغلب یادآور گذشته و خاطرات به همراه حسی از اندوه هستند. به مناسبت برگزاری دومین نمایشگاه انفرادی نقاشیهای داوود زندیان در بهمن ماه، بیست و دومین اپیزود پادکست «ایرانشهر»، به موضوع نوستالژی اختصاص داده شده است و مهمان این شماره، بهرنگ صمدزادگان به تعاریف و مفاهیم نوستالژی میپردازد.
هنر فيگوراتيو يا پيكرهنما به معنای هنری است كه اشيا يا جانداران مخصوصاً انسان به طريقي در آن بازنمايي شده است. مجسمهسازی از بدو پيدايش با فيگور و بدن انسان پيوندی ديرينه دارد.
در بیست و یکمین اپیزود پادکست 《ایرانشهر》 به مناسبت برگزاري سومين نمايشگاه فيگوراتيو انجمن هنرمندان مجسمهساز ايران در گالري ايرانشهر، نگار نادريپور به موضوعاتی در خصوص بدن و هنر فيگوراتيو میپردازد و از مفهوم بدن در تاريخ، اهميت كاركرد آن به عنوان امر اجتماعي و همچنين تاريخچه برگزاري نمايشگاه فيگوراتيو توسط انجمن هنرمندان مجسمه ساز صحبت میکند.
- How much pizza is too much pizza?
- What is the optimal way to store shirts?
- How should Matt deal with jetlag?
Update from episode 001: someone embroidered their shoes!
http://twitter.com/AlexRob2001/status/1200926733807095809
SHOW 002 LINKS:
Watch Bec on the Jonathan Ross show:
https://youtu.be/1x9dGTSA1-I
The Ri Lectures are on iPlayer now and the Ri channel a month later:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pmbqq
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalInstitution
All the images we mention are on our instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/aproblemsquared/
بنفشه همتی متولد سال ۱۳۵۳ و فارغالتحصیل رشته طراحی صنعتی و دانشجوی دکترای فلسفه هنر است. فعالیتهای هنری او در رشتههای مجسمهسازی، طراحی، طراحی جواهر و طراحی داخلی دستهبندی میشود که در آثار خلق شده در این رشتهها هندسه نقشی اساسی ایفا میکند. در مجسمههای او موتیفهای معماری اسلامی و ایرانی با نحوه نگاه او به مسئلهی حقیقت در سایه آموزههای فلسفی ساختار تازهای مییابند در بیستمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر افسانه جوادپور و بنفشه همتی درباره ریشههای فکری شکلگیری نمایشگاه اخیر او و نقش فلسفه و هندسه در شکلگیری آثار به نمایش درآمده در نمایشگاه «رد غیاب» به گفتگو پرداختهاند.
حضور سنت و هویت، به عنوان بخشی از اصالت و فرهنگ یک سرزمین، از چالشهای مهم هنری جهان امروز محسوب میشود و استفاده از روشها و تکنیکهای سنتی یا ملی در خلق آثار هنری معاصر بیش از پیش مورد توجه قرار گرفته است.
در نوزدهمین اپیزود پادکست «ایرانشهر» دکتر احمد محیط طباطبایی، مدرس و پژوهشگر در حوزههای باستانشناسی، منابع طبیعی، تاریخ و تاریخ هنر، به موضوعاتی چون شکلگیری هویت و فرهنگ تاریخی ایران، استمرار و نو گشتن آن در هنرِ ادوار مختلف و تاثیر آن بر شیوه نگریستن هنرمند میپردازد؛ همچنین نقش چشمگیر هنر در انتقال فرهنگ در مواجهه و تعامل با سایر جوامع جهان را بررسی میکند.
نصرتالله مسلمیان یکی از چهرههای شاخص نقاشان معاصر ایران و هنرمندی تاثیرگذار در روند تحولات تصویری چهار دهه اخیر نقاشان نوگراست. اما در کنار جایگاه او در تاریخ هنر ایران، تلاشهای او در زمینه آموزش نقاشی و تربیت شاگردان متعدد اهمیت فراوانی دارد. در هجدهمین اپیزود پادکست《ایرانشهر》، کیانوش معتقدی از چشماندازی متفاوت درباره تجربیات هنری و دغدغههای سالهای اخیر مسلمیان با او به گفتوگو نشسته است.
سعید خاورنژاد نقاش و آهنگساز ایرانی مقیم فرانسه است که آشناییاش با نقاشی و موسیقی از دوران کودکی همپای یکدیگر شکل گرفت. او در رشتههای گرافیک، گرافیک با گرایش طراحی مفهومی، گرافیک با گرایش طراحی صدا و آهنگسازی برای آثار شنیداری-دیداری و آثار صحنهای در کشورهای ایران، ایتالیا و فرانسه به فراگیری موسیقی و هنرهای تجسمی در فضایی بیارشتهای پرداخته است. آثار سعید خاورنژاد اغلب مرز میان رسانههای مختلف هنری را میپیمایند و انسان را با ویژگیها یا کاستیهای بیولوژیکیش درگیر فضای اثر میسازند.
در شانزدهمین اپیزود پادکست «ایرانشهر»، افسانه جوادپور و سعید خاورنژاد درباره آغاز فعالیتهای هنری او، چرایی دغدغه خلق اثر هنری در فضاهای بینارشتهای و ایده و نحوه اجرای آثار نمایشگاه «امر گشوده» که در سال ۱۳۹۵ در گالری ایرانشهر برگزار شد، به گفتگو پرداختهاند.
Problems featured in this episode:
- What's the deal with shoe sizes?
- Buy my body!
- Re-refridgeration.
- Nice knick-knacks for nieces.
Bec Hill: http://bechillcomedian.com/
Matt Parker: http://standupmaths.com/
CORRECTIONS:
01:04 Matt says "early adapter" when he means "early adopter". But it could be both. It’s a podcast that changes you.
18:08 Bec says "4" instead of "6". Don't worry: the maths was all ok. Phew.
26:22 Bec says "implicit permission" when she means "explicit permission". She will definitely double check before she repurposes any one else's teeth.
نصرتاله مسلمیان یکی از مهمترین نقاشان نوگرای ایران و فارغالتحصیل رشته نقاشی از دانشکده هنرهای زیبا دانشگاه تهران است. نقاشیهای او در دورههای مختلف فعالیت هنریاش بیانگر دغدغههای اجتماعی با بینشی فردی هستند. تصویر برای او از موضع مفهوم و رفتارِ انتزاعی شکل میگیرد و از طریق حضور و تخریب هر لکه، نشانه یا نماد هویت مییابد تا در پایان تبدیل به فرمی مستقل شود. از دهه شصت فضاهای چند ساحتی در آثار او ملهم از نگارنگری ایرانی با مفهوم هویت فرهنگی، اجتماعی و فردی همچنین به مثابه میراث تصویری مشاهده میشود.
افسانه جوادپور بر مسیری منطبق بر دستهبندی کتاب «گپ و گفت با نصرتاله مسلمیان»، بخشی از مصاحبه حسن موریزینژاد و نصرتاله مسلمیان را بازنویسی کرده است و در شانزدهمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر روایتی از سالهای کودکی نقاش، دوران دانشگاه، دیدگاه او به هنر و شیوه خلق آثارش بازگو میکند.
از زمان طرح رویکرد بومی در هنر معاصر ایران شاهد استفاده گسترده از نقوش سنتی در آثار هنری بودهایم اما شیوه مواجهه با این نقوش در آثار معاصر متنوع بوده است. در پانزدهمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر، دکتر امیر مازیار به پنج شیوه متفاوت این مواجهه اشاره میکند.
با مرور تاریخ هنر ایران در یکصد سال اخیر، بیشک محمد غفاری ملقب به کمالالملک یکی از مهمترین چهرههای این عرصه و اسطورهای بی رقیب به شمار میآید. تاثیر سبک کار او بر تحولات نقاشی ایران در عهد قاجار و تأسیس مدرسه صنایع مستظرفه توسط او که نظام آموزش هنر را وارد مرحله نوینی کرد، از منظر تاریخی هنر اهمیت فراوانی دارد. در چهاردهمین اپیزود پادکست 《ایرانشهر》 کیانوش معتقدی به نقد کارنامه هنری او و جایگاهش در گستره تاریخ هنر ایران پرداخته است.
مهدی شیراحمدی متولد سال ۱۳۶۲ در اصفهان و فارغالتحصیل رشته مجسمهسازی از دانشگاه هنر تهران است. مجسمههای او در فرمهایی انتزاعی و با استفاده از متریال خاتمکاری خلق میشوند؛ باریکههای چوبی و برنزی متعدد با مقاطع هندسی اغلب مثلثی در کنار یکدیگر قرار میگیرند و در سایش و تراش گاه به فرمهایی هندسی و گاه در فرمهایی طبیعی رنگها و خطوط اجزا تشکیلدهندهشان را نمایش میدهند. این آثار بدیع با اشاره به تکنیکی سنتی، رویکردی مدرن در خلق مجسمه را ارائه میدهند و مرزهای تعریفشده میان هنر و صنایعدستی را درمینوردند.
به مناسبت دومین نمایش انفرادی آثار او در گالری ایرانشهر، در سیزدهمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر، افسانه جوادپور و مهدی شیراحمدی در گفتگویی به ریشههای فکری شکلگیری دغدغه خلق اثر با استفاده از تکنیکهای سنتی ایرانی، مسیر هدایت آن به فضای هنری معاصر و آغاز و نحوه همکاری او با گالری ایرانشهر پرداختهاند.
صنایع دستی یا هنرهای سنتی به واسطه تلفیق هنر، صنعت، دانش و مواد بومی دارای ارزش است. دوسالانه فاین کرافت فرانسه با عنوان رولیشن (Fine craft- Revelation) با تاکید به مقوله صنایع دستی کشورهای مختلف به بازتعریف مرزهایی از هنر و صنایع دستی میپردازد. ایران امسال برای اولینبار با حضور هنرمندانی شرکت یافت که از فنهای صنایعدستی برای بیان ایده خود بهره جستند و به آنچه در گذشته بیشتر صناعت اطلاق میشد شأن هنر دادهاند و در فضای معلق هنر و صنایع دستی گامهایی موفق برداشتهاند.
در دوازدهمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر افسانه جوادپور با رجحانه حسینی، کیوریتور بخش ایران در چهارمین دوره دوسالانه فاین کرفت، به گفتگو پرداخته است.
ژاله طالبپور متولد سال ١٣۵٩ و فارغالتحصیل رشته نقاشی از دانشگاه هنر تهران است. او از هنرمندان پرکاری است که در دورههای مختلف کاریاش آثاری با تکنیکهای گوناگون نقاشی خلق کرده است. پس از نمایشگاه انفرادی «حذر» در گالری ایرانشهر، در سال ۲۰۱۸ به دعوت فرانسوا دیو (François Diot) در بزرگداشت روز جهانی ارتباط فرهنگی میان کشورها در رزیدنسی سه ماهه به پواتیه (Poitiers) به فرانسه سفر کرد و آثار خلق شده در دوران این سفر را در کلیسای جامع این شهر به نمایش درآورد؛ همچنین در سال ۲۰۱۹ در رزیدنسی شهرک هنرمندان پاریس (سیته) شرکت کرد. او در آثارش با قدرت بیانگری در نمایش حسها و حالات انسانی، به مضامین و آثار تاریخ هنر اشارههای متعددی دارد. آخرین نمایشگاه انفرادی او با الهام از درونمایه «کشتار بیگناهان» سال گذشته در گالری ایرانشهر برگزار شد.
در یازدهمین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر، افسانه جوادپور و ژاله طالبپور درباره تجربه او در رزیدنسیهای سیته و شهر پوآتیه، مجموعههایی که در سفرهایش خلق کرده است و همچنین دو نمایشگاه انفرادی اخیرش در گالری ایرانشهر گفتگو میکنند.
رضا بانگیز از نخستین فارغ التحصیلان دانشکده هنرهای زیبا دانشگاه تهران است و از نقاشان و چاپگران باسابقهای است که روایت، اسطوره و گذشته همواره در آثارش حضور دارد. مجموعه مجسمههای سرامیکی رضا بانگیز نخستینبار در حدود چهل سال پیش ساخته و به نمایش درآمده بودند. با رخداد انقلاب، شماری از مجسمهها از بین رفتند و برخی دیگر دچار سرنوشت نامعلومی شدند. امیربهمن امیریان طی بررسیهایی اثری از این مجموعه را پیدا و با دعوت از هنرمند، وی را به ساخت مجموعهای دیگر از مجسمهها تشویق کرد. گالری ایرانشهر در تیرماه ١٣٩۵ مجسمههایی سرامیکی از رضا بانگیز را به نمایش درآورد.
در دهمین اپیزود پادکست «ایرانشهر» افسانه جوادپور و رضا بانگیز به خاطرات خلق مجموعه نخست بازمیگردند و درباره نحوه و روند ساخت مجموعه دوم گفتگو میکنند.
چیدمان (installation) مداخله در فضا یا ایجاد آن است. این هنر محدود به مکان نیست، اما ارائه آن با تاثیر و تاثرات فضا معنا پیدا میکند؛ میتواند مکان-ویژه یا مکان محور باشد، و توامان ممکن است مکان را تسخیر کند.
در نهمین اپیزود پادکست《ایرانشهر》از زروان روحبخشان دعوت کردهایم تا به بررسی اجمالی ویژگیها و انواع چیدمان بپردازد.
آثار هنری خلق شده در قالب اینستالیشن یا چیدمان، غالبا در تعامل با کل فضای اطراف، دریافت حس یکپارچگی اثر با محیط را برای مخاطب فراهم میکنند. امکان ایجاد شناخت تازهای از مکان و بدن در ارتباط با اثر هنری، چیدمان را از سایر رسانههای هنر متمایز میکند؛ چراکه تمرکز بر یک اثر مشخص و مجزا، جای خود را به تجربه فرد از درگیری و ارتباط با فضا میدهد.
در هشتمین اپیزود پادکست «ایرانشهر»، افسانه جوادپور و مهسا کریمیزاده درباره تجربه مهسا از چیدمان، شکلگیری ایده و اجرای چیدمان آخر او با عنوان «شکوه رنج» و آغاز آشنایی و تجربه همکاری او با گالری ایرانشهر گفتگو میکنند.
اصطلاح «هنر مکانویژه»
(Site-Specific Art)
به معنای شکلی از هنر است که ماهیت و مفهوم آن در فرم و معنا با مکانی که در آن قرار گرفته گره خورده، و با جابهجاییاش، اثر معنا و کارکرد خود را تا حد زیادی از دست میدهد. هفتمین پادکست《ایرانشهر》 از پیوند اثر هنری با مکان در گذشته تاریخی، تغییر این ویژگی در دوران مدرن، و نسبت هنر معاصر با مکان سخن میگوید و نمونههایی را از هنر ایران و جهان معرفی میکند.
ژانر منظره در تاریخ هنر عمر نسبتا کوتاه پانصد ساله دارد. با وجود آنکه پرداختن به منظره در حکم فضاسازی برای موضوعات دیگر مسبوق به سابقه است، اما منظرهپردازی به طور مستقل از دوران رنسانس آغاز شده است. با توجه به برگزاری دو نمایشگاه منظرهپردازی در سال جاری از فرید جهانگیر و ساسان نصیری، در ششمین پادکست «ایرانشهر» از دکتر امیر نصری، مدرس فلسفه هنر دعوت کرده ایم تا به بررسی اجمالی تاریخچه، مبانی و فلسفه منظره بپردازد.
خیابان کاخ، شماره ١٠٩
هر تابلوی نقاشی قصهای در پس خود دارد و برای نقاشان، هر ضربهقلم یا هر قطره از رنگ میتواند کلمهای بر بوم باشد. دانستن الهامات خلق یک اثر و آنچه یک تابلو از لحظه تولد تاکنون از سر گذرانده ما را به دنیایی فراتر از تصویر نقاشی میبرد؛ به جستجویی میان خاطرات، تاریخ و گاه مکانهای فراموش شده.
در پنجمین اپیزود پادکست «ایرانشهر»، افسانه جوادپور قصه زندگی یکی از قدیمیترین و مهمترین نقاشیهای ساسان نصیری، که برای اولین بار در گالری ایرانشهر به نمایش درآمده را بازگو میکند.
ساسان نصیری از اولین نسل هنرمندان بعد از انقلاب و از نقاشان با سابقهایست که در تمام سالهای فعالیتش ژانرهای مختلف نقاشی را آزموده و ژانر منظره همواره حضوری بارز و ثابت در کارهای او داشته است. گالری ایرانشهر در یکم شهریورماه آخرین مجموعه مناظر او را نمایش خواهد داد.
در چهارمین اپیزود پادکست «ایرانشهر»، افسانه جوادپور در گفت وگویی با ساسان نصیری به ریشههای علاقهمندیاش به طبیعت و نقاشی در فضای باز و همچنین ویژگیهای آثارش، ترکیببندی و پالت رنگی اش پرداخته است؛ علاوه بر آن ساسان نصیری در میان این گفتگو با بازگشتهایی به گذشته به فعالیتهای گروهی خود در زمینه هنر مفهومی در ایران و بستر شکلگیری آن اشاره میکند.
گالری ایرانشهر در همکاری با استودیو دیزاین عباسی، به زودی از هویت بصری جدید گالری به طراحی مجید عباسی و استراتژی ارتباطی هویت بصری به طراحی و تدوین امرالله فرهادی و علیرضا مصطفیزاده رونمایی خواهد کرد. سومین اپیزود پادکست ایرانشهر در گفتگویی با مجید عباسی و امرالله فرهادی به ایده طراحی لوگوی جدید گالری ایرانشهر، معرفی استودیو عباسی و مجید عباسی میپردازد.
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روند آشنایی و آغاز همکاری هنرمندان و گالریها از موضوعات جالبی است که اغلب گفتگویی درباره آن صورت نمیگیرد. در بسیاری مواقع این روند در شکلگیری مجموعه هنرمند یا تغییر مسیر حرفهای او نقشی اساسی ایفا میکند.
در دومین اپیزود پادکست «ایرانشهر»، افسانه جوادپور و شهروز صدر درباره نحوه آشنایی و آغاز همکاری شهروز با گالری ایرانشهر، چگونگی شکلگیری مجموعه «گل گاوزبان» و شیوه خلق نقاشیهای او با یکدیگر به گفتگو پرداختهاند.
گالری ایرانشهر از این پس با پادکستهایی با موضوعات مختلف عالم هنر، یا هنرمندان و اتفاقهای گالری، فضای ارتباطی تازهای با مخاطبانش برقرار خواهد کرد. «افسانه جوادپور» به کارگاه هنرمند پرکار و خلاقی سر زده که در افتتاحیه این جمعه ما را با آثار هیجانانگیز خود غافلگیر خواهد کرد: «شهروز صدر» در برخوردی متفاوت، تصاویر آشنای خود را در قالب نقاشیهایی بزرگ و مسلط بر فضا به نمایش درمیآورد که رویارویی با آنها تجربۀ دنیایی خیالی و جذاب را برای بینندگان به ارمغان میآورد.