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Rerun of 40: Save the Date (Calendrical Math)
This is a rerun of an episode we did in 2019. It's about calendrical
A calendar is a system of dividing up time into manageable chunks so that we c…
4 years, 3 months ago
66: Hayhoe, Let's Go! (An Interview With Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe)
Katharine Hayhoe was the lead author on the 2018 US Climate Assessment report, and has spent her time since then spreading the word about climate cha…
4 years, 3 months ago
P10: Chivalry is Dead (Knights and Knaves #1)
One tells a lie, the other the truth! Have fun with Sofía and Meryl as they investigate knight, knave, and spy problems!
Intro is "Breaking Math Theme…
4 years, 3 months ago
65: An Interview with Author Ian Stewart (Book About Everyday Math)
Welcome to another engaging episode of the Breaking Math Podcast! Today's episode, titled "What is the Use?," features a fascinating conversation wit…
4 years, 4 months ago
64: What Projection Is This? (Map Projections)
The world is a big place with a lot of wonderful things in it. The world also happens to be spherical, which can make getting to those things a chall…
4 years, 5 months ago
RR36: The Most Boring Episode Ever (Rerun: Math Games)
This is a rerun of one of our favorite episodes! We hope that you enjoy it if you haven't listened to it yet. We'll be back next week with new conten…
4 years, 5 months ago
63: Broken Voting Systems (Voting Systems and Paradoxes)
Voting systems are, in modern times, essential to the way that large-scale decisions are made. The concept of voicing an opinion to be, hopefully, co…
4 years, 5 months ago
62: The Atom Bomb of Information Operations (An Interview with John Fuisz of Veriphix)
Forecasting is a constantly evolving science, and has been applied to complex systems; everything from the weather, to determining what customers mig…
4 years, 6 months ago
RR38: The Great Stratagem Heist (Game Theory: Iterated Elimination of Dominated Strategies)
This is a rerun of one of our favorite episodes while we change our studio around.
Game theory is all about decision-making and how it is impacted by …
4 years, 9 months ago
61: Look at this Graph! (Graph Theory)
In mathematics, nature is a constant driving inspiration; mathematicians are part of nature, so this is natural. A huge part of nature is the idea of…
4 years, 10 months ago