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**A Problem Squared**

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.

Latest Episodes:

047 = If Bees Flew Your Weight and Honey Use-By Date Nov 21, 2022

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047 = If Bees Flew Your Weight and Honey Use-By Date

In this episode...

How many bees would it take to lift a person?
Does honey really have an infinite shelf life?
Anddd some any other beesness!

As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. You can buy A Problem Squared merch here https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com . And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.

046 = Novel Novel Hovels and A Lot o' Lotto Pottos Nov 07, 2022

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In THIS episode... * What is the most interesting way to store books? * How many years would you need to play the lottery to reach a net positive? * A-to-the-O-to-the-B If you want to listen to Bec’s BBC podcast, 'Elon Musk vs Twitter' you can do that here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0d7q0h8 Check out the cool people Bec and Matt played pool with: ‘Average Pool Player’ Rollie Williams: https://www.youtube.com/user/RollieWilliams Jennifer Baretta. Here’s Rollie + Jennifer together! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C40fkp0ReDc&ab_channel=KAMUIBRAND Grant Sanderson, of Three Blue One Brown fame: https://www.3blue1brown.com/https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown And if you want to watch Matt destroying one of his own books, you can do that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S26_O2B8h8k Don't forget, you can get your merch here: https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com. As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.

045 = A minute of New Yorkin' and "Hey, I'm walkin'!" Oct 24, 2022

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In THIS episode...

* Can we increase the chance of catching the subway by walking to the nearest stop in the direction of travel?

* How long is a New York Minute, really?

* And some serious jet lag.

Thank you to everyone who sent in New York related questions! If you want to read more about Todd W. Schneider, you can find them on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/todd_schneider

Here is the code and wait times graph referenced in Matt's problem: https://toddwschneider.com/posts/nyc-subway-data-analysis/

And the Github link is here if you'd like to rerun Todd’s code for yourself: https://github.com/toddwschneider/nyc-subway-data

For recreated images of New York Minute, head on over to the APS Twitter or Instagram.

And, as always, if you've got a problem or a solution hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.

044 = Belts for Crime and Smells in Time Oct 10, 2022

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In THIS episode...

* Which utility would be most useful on a utility belt?

* How fast is the speed of smell?

* Matt comes one step closer to finding his stairs.

* And, when does a plate become a bowl...decided?

IF you want to look as cool as Bec and Matt (and who doesn't) head on over to: https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com for merch.

The book Bec mentions in her problem is called 'End State: 9 Ways Society Is Broken & How We Fix It' by James Plunkett.

If you have a suggestion for what goes on the hope utility belt, or just have a better DJ name for Bec and Matt, head over to the APS Twitter page or comment on Patreon or Instagram. Find us on Twitter and Instagram.

And, as always, if you've got a problem or a solution hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.

043 = Millennia Tripled and Why Are Males Nippled? Sep 26, 2022

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In this episode...

* We run the numbers on the 2002 hit song 'Year 3000'

* Why do all humans have nipples?

* And, A Problem Squared goes to New York City!

If you happen to be in New York City at 4pm on Saturday the 8th of October, Matt will be performing with A Podcast of Unnecessary Detail. That's at Caveat Comedy Club in Manhattan!

You can find tickets for that, here: https://caveat.nyc/events/aeoud-10-8-2022

Please send your New York related problems to the Problem Solving Page, and tag it 'New York'.

Juat a reminder that you can now buy APS merch! Head on over to: https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com.

As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.

And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.

042 = Plate or Bowl Guesses and Faster Processes Sep 12, 2022

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In this episode...

* When does a plate become a bowl?

* And, five five-letter words with twenty-five unique letters: Some mind-blowing solutions.

Juat a reminder that you can now buy APS merch! Head on over to: https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com.

As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.

And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.

041 = Table Surface Braced and Toothbrush Versus Paste Aug 29, 2022

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In this episode...

* How do you stop a wobbly table from wobbling?

* Which is more effective for your dental hygiene: a toothbrush without toothpaste or toothpaste without a toothbrush?

* A-to-the-O-to-the-B.

* Plus! Some exciting merch news.

If you want to see more of Matt's wobbly tables on ridiculous maths surfaces, you can do that here: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0511490.

For the best system for teeth brushing and more tips on dental hygiene have a listen to ‘APS 03 - Teeth Tips and Defining Decades’ https://aproblemsquared.libsyn.com/aps-003.

And, you can now buy APS merch! If you want a t-shirt of your own, head on over to: https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com.

As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.

And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.

040 = Anniversary Crazes and Any Cursory Praises Aug 15, 2022

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In THIS episode...

* What's the most appropriate gift for a couple’s -1 year anniversary?

* How do you write a podcast review without Apple podcasts?

* And Bec and Matt return to rather a lot of AOB.

We would like to thank shittyflute on YouTube for letting us use their rendition of the A-Team theme tune. You can find more tunes you love, badly played here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHMmLi8z1HbyhTEvfBgXpyg

As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our website aproblemsquared.com.

And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us on Twitter and Instagram.

039 = Many Ways to Replace Lights and Trebuchets Shooting Space Flights (live at Bluedot Festival) Aug 01, 2022

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In this very special episode, live from Blue Dot Festival... * How many astronauts does it take to change a light bulb? * What is the most environmentally friendly way to launch an object into space? * And APS are live for the first time at Blue Dot Festival! A huge thank you all the contributors that helped make this episode happen; To Professor Steven Lockley from Harvard. You can find more about his contributions to sleep in space here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576512001336 If you want to find out about Circadian Rhythms on Earth, have a listen to Episode 026: ‘Sliding on Snow and Skipping on Sleep’. To Trent Burton from Cosmic Shambles who helped us get in touch with Tim Peak. You can listen to their incredible selection of podcasts here: https://cosmicshambles.com/podcasts/ And of course, to Sarah Bennetto for booking us! You can find her on Twitter here, she's very funny: https://twitter.com/sarahbennetto?s=20&t=mf8AoKcmvUXVbHw2YQAoQA As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared (and who doesn't) find us on Twitter and Instagram.

038 = Fldxt in Wordle and Improv Tact Hurdle Jul 18, 2022

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In this episode... * Can you guess 5 unique words with unique letters in Wordle? * How do you get out of your head and into the scene in improv? * And any other Cheesness. Here's the dictionary text file Matt started with for his problem. It contains 370,000 words: https://github.com/dwyl/english-words A huge thank you to everyone who helped with Bec's dinglett. Alex Holland at the Free Association - this is where Bec did her improv course, and you can find details about that here: https://thefreeassociation.co.uk. David Reed, his play Guy Fawkes will be showing at the York Theatre from October:https://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/guy-fawkes/. Also to Rachel Pariss, you can find her on 'The Latenight Mash' with Nish Kumar or here on Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/33emshys And the brilliant Josie Lawrence. You can find more about her on twitter too: https://tinyurl.com/JosieLawrence As always, if you've got a problem or a solution, hit us up on aproblemsquared.com. And if you want want even more from A Problem Squared (and who doesn't) find us on Twitter and Instagram.

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