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Join hosts Peter Littig and Noah King as they discuss and explain mathematical topics with their own unique style. Full of information that will interest and entertain math lovers as well as those who maybe don't love it quite that much… yet. Mathematical concepts, history, paradoxes, and puzzles await you, along with a generous helping of witty banter and fun. Calling all members…. The Math Club is open!
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- Welcome to our Ted Talk: An Interview with Ted Dintersmith · 53 min · Episode 69All you have to do is look around to see that the world is changing very rapidly. But the course sequence of math education in American schools has changed little since the…
- Black Hole Fun - Exploring Kaprekar's Constant · 32 min · Episode 68A close call on the Math Club holodeck sends Pete and Noah down a wormhole investigating Kaprekar's Constant. Beam aboard as we explore strange new algorithms and boldly discover…
- Introducing A Novel Approach · 34 minHey there, Math Club. We have some exciting news to share. Noah has teamed up with yet another Pete to bring you yet another show! A Novel Approach is dedicated to creating novel…
- What are the Odds? - The Mathematics of Poker · 42 min · Episode 67A friend's story leads Pete and Noah to dive into the high-stakes world of poker to settle a debate: does a flush really beat a straight? Using the tools of combinatorics and…
- Life on Math: Living Your Best Mathematical Life · 42 min · Episode 66A chat with Alexa leads Pete to contemplate what it looks like to lead his best mathematical life. But what does that mean? In this episode, Pete and Noah discuss ways to view…
- Around the World in 20 Problems: World Math Day 2026 · 44 min · Episode 65In this episode, veteran educator Sheila Robitaille joins Pete and Noah to discuss World Math Day, a global competition for students ages 5 to 18 that promotes mathematical…
- One More Time: The Oddities of Benford's Law · 45 min · Episode 64If we asked all of our listeners to look up the current population of their hometown and email us just the first digit of that number, what do you expect we'd find? Would the…
- Partial Credit: Exploring Luhn's Algorithm · 30 min · Episode 63Ever wonder how a website knows your credit card number is "invalid" before you even hit the submit button? In this commando-style holiday episode, Pete and Noah dive into the…
- My Favorite Number - Listeners Share Their Favorite Numbers · 41 min · Episode 62It's a simple question: What's your favorite number? But as Pete and Noah discover in this special episode, the answers are anything but simple—they're deeply personal…
- Bonus Material - Math Club Junior: It's a Zoo Out There! · 1 minHey there Math Club. Our most recent episode, Math Club Junior: It's a Zoo Out There, was our second special episode made specifically for kids. When Noah was planning how he…
- Math Club Junior: It's a Zoo Out There · 28 min · Episode 61In this long-awaited followup to our popular Math Club Junior episode, Pete and Noah are back with Mrs. Morrison's class, as chaperones on a field trip to the local zoo. Listen…
- Means of Transportation: The Mean Value Theorem and Average Speed Zones · 34 min · Episode 60A family visit to the Netherlands introduces Pete to the idea of average speed zones, which illustrate a particularly interesting mathematical theorem. Join our hosts as they…
- Q.E.D.: The Proving of Fermat's Last Theorem · 51 min · Episode 59It's finally here! Part Three of the Fermat Trilogy! In this exciting conclusion, Pete and Noah talk about the mathematicians who ultimately proved (or thought they'd proven)…
- Sophie's Chase: More History of Fermat's Last Theorem · 42 min · Episode 58Join us for part two of our deep dive into the history of Fermat's Last Theorem. In this episode, Pete and Noah focus on the fascinating story of Sophie Germain, a 19th century…
- Non-trivial Pursuit: The History of Fermat's Last Theorem · 36 min · Episode 57A few episodes back, our hosts talked about the great unsolved mathematical problems of our time, and Pete teased an interesting story about one such problem that was finally…
- The Rules They Are A-Changin': A Conversation with Fluxx Creator Andrew Looney · 45 min · Episode 56In this episode, Pete and Noah are joined by Andy Looney, the creator of the card game Fluxx, to talk about Math Fluxx and his history designing games. Whether you're a math…
- A Wrinkle in Spacetime: A Mathematical Discussion about Spacetime · 39 min · Episode 55If you've ever seen a science fiction movie or TV show, then you've heard of the spacetime continuum. But what is it, and is there math that describes it? In this episode, Pete…
- I Have a Little Bias: The Mathematics of Dreidel · 50 min · Episode 54It's the holiday season, and Pete and Noah are getting into the festive spirit by looking at the math behind a favorite Hannukah game. Join our hosts as they delve into the…
- Video Bonus: Finding Primo · 7 min · Episode 53In our last episode, finding Primo, Pete explained a couple of tests that mathematicians use when trying to decide if very large numbers are prime. We thought it might be helpful…
- Finding Primo: The Search for Very Large Primes · 47 min · Episode 53Have you heard the big news? There's a new largest known prime number, and Noah wants to know how it was discovered. In this episode, Pete explains the various tests used to…
