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.
Episodes released twokly on Mondays.
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127 = Labelling Consumables and Conceivable Numerals (00:55:55)
🫘 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.Numberph...
126 = Temperature Levels and Special Vessels (00:59:09)
🧊 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 r...
125 = Toots from Bums and Attitude Sums (01:00:30)
💨 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 a...
124 = Dangerous Angling and Harmonious Wrangling (00:55:02)
👼 What is the Angle of Death?🎼 What is the best filing system for sheet music?🎄And there’ll be some A-ho-ho-ho-BIf you have any maths-studio-based-names for the Newdio, go to the Problem Posing Pag...
123 = The Science of Fries and Mounting Sea Level Rise (00:56:02)
🍟 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 (co...
122 = Shocking Theories with Quickfire Queries (00:51:20)
🔥 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 BusinessIf you’d l...
121 = Bi-annuals and Diagonals (00:51:42)
🗓️ 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 ...
120 = Dealing Probability and Healing Gullibility (01:08:04)
🃏 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 t...
119 = Proportions by Bananas and Polygons from Lava (00:54:04)
🍌 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 BecnessHead to our soci...
118 = Rolling Eyes and Juggling Highs (00:56:49)
🎲 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’BoardnessHead to our socials ...
A Problem Squared - Emergency Episode! (00:19:31)
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-on...
117 = Visualising Hacks and Unusual Icy Snacks (00:53:37)
👁️ 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 pi...
116 = Guess The Right Price and Why Teeth Might Splice (00:51:13)
￡ 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 BusinessHead to our socials to play along with The Price...
115 = Jolly Good Euphemising and Hollywood Sign Sizing (00:55:24)
🍆 What’s the “female equivalent” of phallic? What’s the font size of the Hollywood sign?🦈 And we’re always open for AOBusinessThanks to our excellent experts appearing in voicenote form - Dr Ben Whi...
114 = Delectable Dips and Dealable Decks (00:55:44)
🃏 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-nessHead to our socials to see the card shuffle and patterns, Bec’s starstruck selfie,...
113 = Marg Ana Names and Mid Career Change (00:55:28)
🚂 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 BusiHere’s some baby naming code from Coli...
112 = Staring Safely At The Sun and Celebrations Off By One (00:46:36)
🌞 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...
111 = Mnemonic Serenading and Mechanism Naming (00:57:21)
🎶 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 th...
110 = Inventive Dice and Paperwork Advice (00:54:50)
🎲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 AOBHead to our socials to see Matt’s excelle...
109 = Fourth Dimensions and Love Conventions (01:01:06)
4️⃣ What would it look like to be trapped in a 4D world?🥰 What is the meaning of marriage?✨Izzy Wizzy Let’s Get AOBusyHead to our socials to see some fantastic representations of 2D meets 3D meets 4D...
108 = Proofed Mates and Proved Dates (01:03:46)
🍻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...
107 = Megabytes and Satellites (00:56:13)
🧱How many megabytes are actually in a gigabyte?🌕There have been some Moon Developments…😎And AOB will bring a little sunshine into your lifeHere is NASA’s Press Release about navigation on the moon:...
106 = Travel ABC and Art of Karate (00:55:48)
🗺️ 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 waveYou can find the data-basis for the alphabetical...
105 = Next Prime Dates and Ancient Gag Rates (01:03:41)
📆 When is the next Prime Number Day?🤣 What is the oldest joke?🪨 And we get to the rock bottom of Any Other BusinessYou can find Matt’s Divisibility Rules video here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
104 = Paper Spread and Pencil Lead (00:49:09)
📃 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 he...
