functionroom @functionroompod
The Function Room @colmoregan A podcast about the maths and numbers of life and the news. https://t.co/GT0FWpwB9w open.spotify.com/show/1srZOD5V3… Dublin, Ireland Joined July 2020-
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A new ep of the Function Room airs next week but in the meantime here's a taste of Ep36 Murderous Maths with @KjartanPoskitt @GoLoudApp here goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f……… or wherever at podnews.net/podcast/i4kbx
Oh looks like this is out: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… It was fun to chat with @colmoregan on his @functionroompod podcast! There should be a lot more interaction/collaboration between comedians and mathematicians...
My 2023 academic appreciation Christmas star includes • a few papers w @CERI_TUDublin @CNL_Rochester @CNL_Einstein & @neuromatch • A couple of blog posts @RTEBrainstorm •A podcast chat @functionroompod • a @pintofscienceIE event Thanks to everyone especially @EdelmFlynn
Function Room #31 It's in our Nature: Biomimicry. A really interesting chat with Kathyrn Parkes, UX designer and expert. about termites, ants, hippos, kingfishers, fungi and what we can learn from them. on @GoLoudApp here and wherever you get your podcasts goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f…
The @functionroompod #29 The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same w/ Prof Pauline Mellon of @ucddublin. The maths of Symmetry including biology, chemistry, evolution, town planning, AI, Babylonians, duels. (the basics) on @GoLoudApp goloudplayer.com/podcasts/788 or WYGYP
In @functionroompod #28: Things Fall Apart. The baffling arithmetic of dereliction with @frank_oconnor and @judesherry of #DerelictIreland on @GoLoudApp here goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f… and everywhere here podnews.net/podcast/i4kbx
Function Room 27: A Sense of Ounce with @jjvincent author of Beyond Measure, a history of how and why we measure with 15000 wolf jawbones, revolutions and the strange world of anti-metric guerillas on @GoLoudApp here goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f… everywhere podnews.net/podcast/i4kbx
Function Room #26 Chums' Pedigree w/@KuperSimon author of chums, the maths angle on Eton and Oxford, we meet an early Rees Mogg and why Boris has been an accidental class warrior. Find it here @GoLoudApp goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f… or everywhere podnews.net/podcast/i4kbx
Function Room #25 Crime Numbers The maths of Criminology with @iancriminology. Including how crime is counted, how it should be counted, why you should get on with your neighbour, how to build a criminal justice system on @GoLoudApp here or wherever here podnews.net/podcast/i4kbx
It's @functionroompod #24: Carbon of Contention with Dr. @mu_lynch . You may remember her from such🧵s as "Here's how offshore wind auctions work yiz ticks". She tells me about the maths behind the cost of carbon. @GoLoudApp goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f… and podnews.net/podcast/i4kbx
Function Room #23 of @functionroompod: What the Butler saw with @jslbutler of @WeAreTUDublin Using maths to figure out how the brain works and why it works that way. Available on @GoLoudApp here goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f… or elsewhere here podnews.net/podcast/i4kbx
The latest @functionroompod Once Upon A Prime with @sarahlovesmaths about her brilliant new book about maths in literature. We talk about giants the size of planets, Ulysses, Moby Dick, poetry, Poirot @GoLoud goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f… or WhYoGeYoPodcasts podnews.net/podcast/i4kbx
Recording a new episode of the @functionroompod later but in the meantime here's some snippets from @Ayliean talking about stitches, aperiodic tiles and toilet paper. get it on @GoLoud or WYGYPs goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f… or podnews.net/podcast/i4kbx
This week in @functionroompod Drawing by Numbers w/ @Ayliean We talk about the usual things people talk about: aperiodic tiles, Hitomezashi stitching, L-chair trinomials, toilet paper, cozy-gaming and the meditative power of drawing lots of straight lines goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f…
Aargh not sure why the link links to @offtheball but here's the link to mine I hope @CarlowWeather :) goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f…
Aargh not sure why the link links to @offtheball but here's the link to mine I hope @CarlowWeather :) goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f…
2 @functionroompod s to catch up on! @CarlowWeather on graupel, not-hearing-the-forecast anxiety, being lost in the snow, the unbearable lightness of solar, the small numbers that make a big difference in the massive maths of weather. @GoLoudApp or WYGYP goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f…
Episode 4 and the guest is @conradwolfram !
Episode 4 and the guest is @conradwolfram !
This week on @functionroompod: Some Idle ChatGPT with my guest @conradwolfram CEO and European Co-Founder of Wolfram. Founder of Computer-Based Maths. The maths of (and because of) AI etc. Get it here on @GoLoudApp or wherever you get your podcasts. goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f…
Series 2 Episode 3. Of the Function room! About mental arithmetic with @robeastaway Check out his book Maths On The Back Of An Envelope in/on/from all good bookish locations goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f…
And here it is! @functionroompod Se2 ep3 It's All In Your Head with @robeastaway on @GoLoudApp and everywhere goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f…
And here it is! @functionroompod Se2 ep3 It's All In Your Head with @robeastaway on @GoLoudApp and everywhere goloudnow.com/podcasts/the-f…

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