A Problem Squared

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

Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24 The world’s most popular flight tracker. Track planes in real-time on our flight tracker map and get up-to-date flight status & airport information.

Flight Radar 24
www.flightradar24.com

They Did The Math, They Did The Monster Math on Reddit
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Flying with Confidence Does the thought of flying fill you with dread? ­Do panic attacks leave you feeling scared and vulnerable? If so, this book could change your life. Written by top flying experts from British Airways’…

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!)
www.penguin.co.uk/books/415543...

Pound for Pound items – the weigh-in

Pound for Pound items in the shop

Meet Pat Patriot (Pat Riot coming soon)

The Super Bowl Approximation of Pi

Bec’s winning new glasses – in amber and pink

Bec trying out new glasses (really)

Bec’s new glasses (not really)

In THIS episode…
🛫 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

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…

Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for take-off of Episode 129 of A Problem Squared.
If you need currency, we can exchange pounds for pounds.
Please help yourselves to snacks from the (super)bowl.

Let’s play ball!

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

Join us on Patreon.com/aproblemsquared 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!

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.

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...

❓ 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!

This is the AMA 2^7 Special. We’ll be back solving your problems as normal in Episode 129!

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

And if you join us on Patreon you’ll get early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard! You’d be very welcome.
patreon.com/aproblemsquared

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:
www.googolplexwrittenout.com

Every Time "67" Has Been Said on Numberphile 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, if you dare:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlJM...

A number NOBODY has thought of - Numberphile 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…

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!
If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post! patreon.com/aproblemsquared

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