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Latest Episodes
#23 - Ants, Arcs and Awkward Patterns
Topics Discussed: - Factorial Terminating Digits - Making Polyhedra with your Limbs - Spiders and an Ant Pursuit Puzzle
#22 - Pandemics, Padovan’s and Pumpkins
Topics Discussed: - Zombies and Vampires - The Maths of Conversations - Brunnian Pumpkin Carving
#21 - Torque, Truth and Time Signatures
Topics Discussed: - Bike Pedals - Time Signatures - Taking an Offer Puzzles
#20 - Tangles, Twists and Trots
Topics Discussed: - Untangling Planar Graphs - The Length of Spirals - Juggling and Horse Gaits
#19 - Probability, Pubs and Power
Topics Discussed: - Dominion Probabilities - The Cheapest Beer in Prague - The Angel Problem
#18 - Pads, Plato and Pirates
Topics Discussed: - Keypad Code Guessing - Platonism vs Formalism - Pirate Plunder Puzzle
#17 - Caps, Cracks and Kaprekar's Constants
Topics Discussed: - Prisoners in Hats - Kaprekar's Constant - Generalised Egg Dropping
#16 - Algorithms, Adding and Adders
Topics Discussed: - FRACTRAN - Negative Bases - Polycube Snakes
#15 - Sofas, Secrets and Sizzling String
Topics Discussed: - Moving Sofa Problem - Zero Knowledge Grab Bag - The Fuse Problem
#1 - Tetrahedra, Truels and Triangular Children
Topics discussed: 3 Person Humbug, Newcomb's Paradox, Pennies in a Jar, Triangular Children