A Problem Squared

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Matt Parker | Standup Mathematician - Shows Matt does super-nerdy shows all around the world. His calendar of performances is below but you should also check out Festival of the Spoken Nerd and An Evening of Unnecessary Detail.

If you’d like to see Matt on tour, all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here:
standupmaths.com/shows

If you’d like to see Bec at the Adelaide Fringe in March, you can get tickets here: adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/be...

Googolplex Written Out In 1940, the mathematician Edward Kasner published the book "Mathematics and the Imagination", in which he popularized the words googol and googolplex which his nephew suggested as names for big…

Googolplex Written Out:
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This is the dumbest idea I've had in a while. Inspiration: https://youtu.be/Lw-D8ThqWaE https://youtu.be/lXeNZeLSsgY This was made by using Data Time's script to download the transcripts from every… Every Time "67" Has Been Said on Numberphile

Every Time "67" Has Been Said on Numberphile, if you dare:
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Featuring Tony Padilla. Check https://brilliant.org/numberphile for Brilliant and get 20% off their premium service (episode sponsor) More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Tony at the… A number NOBODY has thought of - Numberphile

Numberphile’s take on a number NOBODY has thought of: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdZr...

In THIS Episode:
🫘 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.

Hello, this is A Problem Squared
Presented by Matt Parker and Bec Hill

A new episode is available now
Episode 127: Labelling Consumables and Conceivable Numerals

Get more from A Problem Squared on Patreon creating podcasts that solve problems

Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!
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Hey buddy! What's your problem? You have problems, we have a podcast to make. Let's work together here. Problems submitted will going into the Big Database of Problems for the podcast "A Problem Squared" made by Bec Hill and Matt…

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!

And if you’d like to see Matt on tour, all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here:
standupmaths.com/shows

Bec Hill Creates the Perfect Show (WORK IN PROGRESS) A special peek-behind-the-curtain as Bec creates the PERFECT SHOW* - because seeing how the sausage gets made is much more interesting than seeing a sausage**. ★★★★★ "Just put her on Taskmaster…

If you’d like to see Bec at the Adelaide Fringe in March, you can get tickets here: adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/be...

If you’d like to see Matt and Bec at An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail in London on Monday 26th January, you can get tickets here:
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The safe use of automated external defibrillators in a wet environment - PubMed Thirty volts may result in some minor sensation by the operator or bystander, but is considered unlikely to be hazardous under these circumstances. The maximum currents were lower than allowed by…

If you’d like to read about defibrillator testing using a turkey, here’s the paper sent in by Hans
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12879378/

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In THIS episode:
🧊 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.

Dive in to a bracing new episode of A Problem Squared!

Be Chill!
And Matt Parker.
Provide the solutions to keep you warm and dry in Episode 126 = Temperature Levels and Special Vessels

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Matt Parker | Standup Mathematician - Shows Matt does super-nerdy shows all around the world. His calendar of performances is below but you should also check out Festival of the Spoken Nerd and An Evening of Unnecessary Detail.

See Matt on tour in 2026!
standupmaths.com/shows

Hey buddy! What's your problem? You have problems, we have a podcast to make. Let's work together here. Problems submitted will going into the Big Database of Problems for the podcast "A Problem Squared" made by Bec Hill and Matt…

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 Tooth Day’

1982 Hourglass at Questacon in Canberra

Year-long Hourglass at the Nima Sand Museum in Japan

The words that add up to 100.
The full list is here: (and do be warned that it contains some words that may not be suitable for sensitive or young eyes) www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/r0u9h...

The beautiful sketch of Bec by Andrew Taylor

SALTY PHOTOS!
Pic 1 - Matt being a smiley jerk on the beach in the sunshine
Pic 2 - Matt’s Homemade Sea Salt
Pic 3 - Bec’s Brilliant Branding

In THIS episode:
💨 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.

A Problem Squared Podcast · 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…

Toot-Toot-Toot!

We’re kicking off 2026 with a sprinkling of APS magic and a sprinkling of salty goodness.

It’s the first episode of A Problem Squared of the year!

125 = Toots from Bums and Attitude Sums
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See you in 2026!