Podcasts by Odds and Evenings
Playing around with maths and puzzles was something that the two hosts spent their time at university doing together. Now in their late twenties with proper grown up jobs, Alaric and Alex carve out the occasional evening to sit back and smell the numbers. Not all of the mathematics is entry level, but they envisioned this podcast for those people whose science degrees may be long behind them, but who still get a kick out of recreational numbering.
If this is your first time listening, episode 4 (http://www.oddsandevenings.com/4) is a good representation of the show as a whole and can be used as a jumping on point.
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#32 - Quiz Shows, Queues and Quavers from 2020-06-15T22:30
The boys return to think about the structure of a quiz show round, they learn how to queue effectively and they investigate the best tunings for guitars. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter....
Listen#31 - Cards, Competitions and Celebrations (w/ Matthew Scroggs) from 2019-11-09T18:00
The boys are in the same room, and they have a guest! They talk about an awful tennis tournament mixup, a teeny tiny card game and the primest day of the year. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://tw...
Listen#30 - Delta-Y, Diversity and Dynamics from 2019-07-14T11:00
The boys sit down with an infinite box of resistors, worry just how diverse their business is and think through the peculiar physics of balloons. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/Odds...
ListenMini Episode: Bidding Game from 2019-07-05T09:00
Here's something a little different. Over at Aperiodical they are running the Big Internet Math Off 2019 (https://aperiodical.com/2019/06/announcing-the-big-internet-math-off-2019/), where 16 mathe...
Listen#29 - Pyramids, Pitches and Pumps from 2019-06-10T01:00
The boys are back for season two! They try ramping Pascal's Triangle up a couple of dimensions, consider the physics of how we control volume and attempt to help out someone with a fishy problem. O...
Listen#28 - Rugby, Rolling and Robots from 2019-03-16T02:00
The boys help organise a rugby training scheme, set robots upon an infinite hotel and discover some lovely patterns in the probability of Snakes and Ladders. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twit...
Listen#27 - Strangers, Scaling and Scores from 2019-02-14T00:00
The boys partake unto an unwavering curiousity as to who is friends with whom. Infinite-dimensional animals are discussed, and they ponder the potentially undue rewards of chess pros. Odds and Even...
Listen#26 - Geometry, Goblins and Getting to Pubs from 2019-01-28T00:15
The boys find themselves on the wrong side of the mathematical orthodoxy, rejecting the concepts of distance and angles, before immediately forgetting about that and using distances and angles to s...
Listen#25 - Codes, Coins and Criss-Crosses from 2018-12-24T03:00
Here's a copy of the puzzle that Alaric wrote for the conference: Chyptic Chossword (https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/b/b3fcc274-493e-4d2e-87a4-3d1ae3127c05/t4Kb6p0j.png) The boys play games, joi...
Listen#24 - Shamir's, Sums and Seatings from 2018-12-15T00:45
The boys celebrate a year of the podcast, try to get a hold on some of the weirder polygonal numbers and debrief after big maths jam. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenin...
Listen#23 - Ants, Arcs and Awkward Patterns from 2018-11-26T01:15
The boys get to the bottom of a neat pattern that suddenly breaks, contort their limbs into strange shapes in the name of Plato and attempt a very satisfying problem involving some spiders and an a...
Listen#22 - Pandemics, Padovan’s and Pumpkins from 2018-10-31T02:00
The boys get as spooky as they can with cellular automata, have a maths conversation about maths conversations and can't get past the fact that Brunnian and Borromean sound too similar. Odds and Ev...
Listen#21 - Torque, Truth and Time Signatures from 2018-10-19T03:00
The boys settle a dicussion about a bike that Alaric has been aching to talk about for a fortnight, Alex finally brings up music and then they both dive down the Gödel rabbit hole with some puzzles...
Listen#20 - Tangles, Twists and Trots from 2018-09-26T02:00
The boys design algorithms to generate puzzles on graphs, spiral out into some polar coordinate calculus and gallop their way through some juggling notation. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twit...
Listen#19 - Probability, Pubs and Power from 2018-09-10T00:15
The boys delve into some stats and game theory problems, ending with a classic from Conway. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.comTo...
Listen#18 - Pads, Plato and Pirates from 2018-08-15T23:45
The boys move seemlessly between high philosophy and pirate jokes in this eclectic episode. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.comTo...
Listen#17 - Caps, Cracks and Kaprekar's Constants from 2018-07-23T02:30
The boys try their hands at problems provided by the listeners in today's special episode. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.comTop...
Listen#16 - Algorithms, Adding and Adders from 2018-07-09T02:00
The boys both have problems which involve complicating the process of adding. Also snakes. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.comTop...
Listen#15 - Sofas, Secrets and Sizzling String from 2018-06-25T01:00
The boys both choose to take a medley of problems on the same theme, then solve a puzzle ridiculously quickly. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.od...
Listen#14 - Guesses, Geometry and Grover's Algorithm from 2018-06-21T02:00
The boys go on serious diversions. Alex fails to use a computer properly. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.comTopics discussed Dig...
Listen#13 - Byzantines, Blockchain and Boats from 2018-06-04T03:00
The boys pretend to be from the holy roman empire and tell a story about a snake Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.comTopics discus...
Listen#12 - Ducks, Deals and Doku from 2018-05-06T23:00
The boys shout about Texans and prove they've solved something but they won't tell you how. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.comTo...
Listen#11 - Dwarves, Drinking and Deserts from 2018-04-24T00:15
The boys record another face-to-face special with a puzzle heavy focus. They also work through several problems of the carrying resources genre. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsA...
Listen#10 - Stacks, Splitting and Seating from 2018-04-09T01:45
The boys have been playing computer games and have each found maths in the machine. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.comTopics dis...
Listen#9 - Cows, Counting and Chin Ups from 2018-03-27T00:30
In a special face to face edition of the podcast the boys stumble over a sequence involving cows, look at number systems in other languages and try to optimise Alaric's regime for loading and unloa...
Listen#8 - Snakey, Scrabble and Sieve from 2018-03-15T00:15
The boys make two new friends called Snakey and Alex Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.comTopics discussed Harary Tic-Tac-ToePrime ...
Listen#7 - Water, Winter and Watson from 2018-02-26T02:00
The boys get experimental with tea and get as close as they ever will to covering sport. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevenings.comTopic...
Listen#6 - Princesses, Ponds and Poker Puzzles from 2018-02-13T01:00
The boys get scared thinking about getting lost in space but feel better by the time they re-imagine ducks as triangles. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - htt...
Listen#5 - Factors, Figures and Words With Friends from 2018-01-28T23:45
The boys think about designing better Scrabble then don't. Also they geek out over this one book for like half the episode. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - ...
Listen#4 - Farthings, Fizz and Food Boards from 2018-01-16T00:00
The boys solve money, stare at bubbles and get a bit confused on a problem involving a Lazy Susan. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsandevening...
Listen#3 - Rationality, Reddit and Recurrence from 2017-12-31T20:00
The boys follow up on the Christmas episode. Also, four more things, some of which actually get answered. Odds and EveningsTwitter - https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings Website - http://www.oddsand...
Listen#2 - Advent Calendars, Combinatorics and Christmas from 2017-12-24T17:00
The boys attempt to Christmas. Will they solve anything? Maybe! Odds and EveningsShow Notes hexagons r baeCredits Hosted ByAlaric - http://alaricstephen.com Alex - http://twitter.com/speakmouthword...
Listen#1 - Tetrahedra, Truels and Triangular Children from 2017-12-10T17:00
Odds and Evenings iTunes link (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/odds-and-evenings/id1323783266)Show Notes Tetrahedra Being Disappointing (https://spacesymmetrystructure.files.wordpress.com/2007...
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