The Math Club cover art

All Episodes

The Math Club — 81 episodes

#
Title
1

Black Hole Fun - Exploring Kaprekar's Constant

2

Introducing A Novel Approach

3

What are the Odds? - The Mathematics of Poker

4

Life on Math: Living Your Best Mathematical Life

5

Around the World in 20 Problems: World Math Day 2026

6

One More Time: The Oddities of Benford's Law

7

Partial Credit: Exploring Luhn's Algorithm

8

My Favorite Number - Listeners Share Their Favorite Numbers

9

Bonus Material - Math Club Junior: It's a Zoo Out There!

10

Math Club Junior: It's a Zoo Out There

11

Means of Transportation: The Mean Value Theorem and Average Speed Zones

12

Q.E.D.: The Proving of Fermat's Last Theorem

13

Sophie's Chase: More History of Fermat's Last Theorem

14

Non-trivial Pursuit: The History of Fermat's Last Theorem

15

The Rules They Are A-Changin': A Conversation with Fluxx Creator Andrew Looney

16

A Wrinkle in Spacetime: A Mathematical Discussion about Spacetime

17

I Have a Little Bias: The Mathematics of Dreidel

18

Video Bonus: Finding Primo

19

Finding Primo: The Search for Very Large Primes

20

Talkin' 'bout My Generation: A Deep Dive into The Math Club

21

Elective Procedures: The Mathematics of Voting Systems

22

Two Heads are Better Than One: A Counterintuitive Coin Flipping Problem

23

Mini Series

24

Houston, We Have Some Problems: Currently Unsolved Math Questions

25

Making it Count: An Interview with MATHCOUNTS

26

Hire Order Thinking: Exploring Optimal Stopping Theory

27

Double Dealing: The Mathematics of Deal or No Deal, Part 2

28

What's the Deal?: The Mathematics of Deal or No Deal

29

A Mathematician Walks Into a Bar: A Celebration of Math Jokes

30

Leaving Flatland: A Discussion About Higher Spatial Dimensions

31

Rooty Tooty: Calculating Square Roots by Hand

32

Math Club Encore: So Many Birds

33

Math Club Encore: Tales from Decrypt

34

Video Bonus: Hip to be Square

35

Hip to be Square: Investigating Magic Squares

36

Video Bonus: Linear Thinking

37

Linear Thinking: A Puzzle Involving a Linear System of Equations

38

MathGPT: Can AI Do Math?

39

A Tactical Advantage: An interview about Fact Tactics with Dr. Juli Dixon

40

Dome Sweet Dome: Exploring Geodesic Structures

41

The Elevator and the Fencepost: Zero-Based Counting

42

A Math Workout: An Interview with the Mathnasium

43

We Love the Subs: Using Substitution in Math

44

Those Who Can, Teach: A Conversation about Mathematics Instruction

45

I, Conic: What are Conic Sections?

46

Made to Order: PEMDAS and the Order of Operations

47

Video Bonus: Cool Beans

48

Cool Beans: An Experiment with Newton's Law of Cooling

49

Model Behavior: What is the Petrie Multiplier?

50

Math Problems: An Interview with Anneke Schreuder about Dyscalculia

51

One, Singular Sensation: The Role of 1 in Ring Theory

52

Paradox City

53

Your Mileage May Vary: Miles per Gallon vs. Gallons per Mile

54

Divergent Thinking: Working with Divergent Series

55

Proof of Concept: A Discussion about Mathematical Proofs

56

The Unprofessional Math Development Club

57

Math Like an Egyptian: Exploring Egyptian Fractions

58

Game Changer: Our History with the Monty Hall Problem

59

Math Club Junior: An Interactive Math Story for Elementary Students

60

You Say You Want a Revolution: What is Gabriel's Horn

61

So Many Birds: Counting The Twelve Days of Christmas with Karl Gauss

62

Imagining Numbers: The Quaternions and Other Number Systems

63

Math Complex: What are Imaginary Numbers?

64

Getting Into Shape: Topological Deformations

65

Oh, For the Love of Math: An Interview with Dan Finkel of Math for Love

66

Tales from Decrypt: Substitution Ciphers and Frequency Analysis

67

Pi-lot: Approximating Pi

68

Video Bonus: Key Ideas

69

Key Ideas: Cryptography and the Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

70

Breaking News: Noah and Alexa Analyze Pete's Fall

71

Discovery vs. Invention: Where Does Math Come From?

72

Ad Infinitum: Exploring Infinity

73

Video Bonus: Positive Thinking

74

Positive Thinking: Conditional Probability, Bayes' Theorem, and the Base-Rate Fallacy

75

Video Bonus: Gleaming the Cube

76

Gleaming the Cube: The Mathematics of the Rubik's Cube

77

Prime Time: Prime Numbers and The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic

78

Thinking Outside the Box: Newcomb's Paradox

79

Triple Play: Investigating Pythagorean Triples

80

Video Bonus: Much Ado About Nothing

81

Much Ado About Nothing: The Role of Zero in Math