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The Math Club — 78 episodes

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Life on Math: Living Your Best Mathematical Life

2

Around the World in 20 Problems: World Math Day 2026

3

One More Time: The Oddities of Benford's Law

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Partial Credit: Exploring Luhn's Algorithm

5

My Favorite Number - Listeners Share Their Favorite Numbers

6

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

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Math Club Junior: It's a Zoo Out There

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

A Wrinkle in Spacetime: A Mathematical Discussion about Spacetime

14

I Have a Little Bias: The Mathematics of Dreidel

15

Video Bonus: Finding Primo

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Finding Primo: The Search for Very Large Primes

17

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

18

Elective Procedures: The Mathematics of Voting Systems

19

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

20

Mini Series

21

Houston, We Have Some Problems: Currently Unsolved Math Questions

22

Making it Count: An Interview with MATHCOUNTS

23

Hire Order Thinking: Exploring Optimal Stopping Theory

24

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

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

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

27

Leaving Flatland: A Discussion About Higher Spatial Dimensions

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Rooty Tooty: Calculating Square Roots by Hand

29

Math Club Encore: So Many Birds

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Math Club Encore: Tales from Decrypt

31

Video Bonus: Hip to be Square

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Hip to be Square: Investigating Magic Squares

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Video Bonus: Linear Thinking

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Linear Thinking: A Puzzle Involving a Linear System of Equations

35

MathGPT: Can AI Do Math?

36

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

37

Dome Sweet Dome: Exploring Geodesic Structures

38

The Elevator and the Fencepost: Zero-Based Counting

39

A Math Workout: An Interview with the Mathnasium

40

We Love the Subs: Using Substitution in Math

41

Those Who Can, Teach: A Conversation about Mathematics Instruction

42

I, Conic: What are Conic Sections?

43

Made to Order: PEMDAS and the Order of Operations

44

Video Bonus: Cool Beans

45

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

46

Model Behavior: What is the Petrie Multiplier?

47

Math Problems: An Interview with Anneke Schreuder about Dyscalculia

48

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

49

Paradox City

50

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

51

Divergent Thinking: Working with Divergent Series

52

Proof of Concept: A Discussion about Mathematical Proofs

53

The Unprofessional Math Development Club

54

Math Like an Egyptian: Exploring Egyptian Fractions

55

Game Changer: Our History with the Monty Hall Problem

56

Math Club Junior: An Interactive Math Story for Elementary Students

57

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

58

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

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Imagining Numbers: The Quaternions and Other Number Systems

60

Math Complex: What are Imaginary Numbers?

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Getting Into Shape: Topological Deformations

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

63

Tales from Decrypt: Substitution Ciphers and Frequency Analysis

64

Pi-lot: Approximating Pi

65

Video Bonus: Key Ideas

66

Key Ideas: Cryptography and the Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

67

Breaking News: Noah and Alexa Analyze Pete's Fall

68

Discovery vs. Invention: Where Does Math Come From?

69

Ad Infinitum: Exploring Infinity

70

Video Bonus: Positive Thinking

71

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

72

Video Bonus: Gleaming the Cube

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

74

Prime Time: Prime Numbers and The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic

75

Thinking Outside the Box: Newcomb's Paradox

76

Triple Play: Investigating Pythagorean Triples

77

Video Bonus: Much Ado About Nothing

78

Much Ado About Nothing: The Role of Zero in Math