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Relatively Prime features stories and interviews from the mathematical world. Featuring math, and maths, stories from people ranging from Fields Medalists to indie rockers to linguists on topics ranging as wide as the artificial intelligence which defeated checkers and mathematics haiku battles. Rel…

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#BlackInMathWeek

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 35:04


On this episode of Relatively Prime, Michole Enjoli and Noelle Sawyer take over for Black in Math Week. They talk to Brea Ratliff and José Vilson, two Black…

Black Girl Mathgic

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 36:51


On this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel is joined by Brittany Rhodes the creator of the amazing monthly mathematics subscription box Black Girl Mathgic. They discuss where the…

The Somervilles

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 26:50


On this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel is joined by Brigitte Stenhouse of the Open University to talk about the life and times of Mary, and William, Somerville.…

3 Scenes from the Life of Benjamin Banneker

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2020 10:17


On this month’s Relatively Prime Samuel shares three scenes from the life of Benjamin Banneker. One about a clock, one about a solar eclipse projectsion, and one about…

Truthiness

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2020 44:05


In this live episode recorded at the 2020 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Denver Samuel Hansen talks about the truth behind the stories we all tell in mathematics. In…

2019 Year End Review

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2019 32:53


To wrap up the year 2019 Samuel Hansen is joined by Katie Steckles and Christian Lawson-Perfect of Aperiodical.com to discuss some of the big stories from the world…

Authors

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 26:54


On this episode of Relatively Prime we explore the thoughts of authors of general audience mathematics books. Specifically they share why they started writing, how they choose their…

Citation Aging

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 19:10


For this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel decided that instead of speaking to a guest they would instead talk about the research they are conducting now that they…

A Beauty Cold and Austere

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2019 27:55


On this month’s episode of Relatively Prime Samuel Hansen speaks with Professor Mike Spivey from University of Puget Sound about his interactive fiction game A Beauty Cold and…

Robert Schneider

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2019 60:40


This episode is a bit of a blast from the past. Samuel has recently been going back through some of the old episodes from season 1 and while…

Mathematical Objects

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2019 46:43


On this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel Hansen is joined by fellow podcasters and friends Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett of the Aperiodical to talk about their new…

EDGE

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019 16:52


On this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel speaks with the founders, Sylvia Bozeman of Spellman College and Rhonda Hughes of Bryn Mawr, a current director, Ami Randunskaya of…

Mathematically Gifted & Black

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2019 31:15


If a person is going to become a mathematician it is important for them to be able to see examples of people like themselves who have already made…

3 2 1…Action

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2019 49:07


Here on Relatively Prime we have discussed mathematical novels and poetry and music and even featured mathematics sketches, but we have yet to talk movies. That oversight is…

Jem’s Gems

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2019 17:45


On Relatively Prime we talk a lot about mathematicians and their research, but it has been a long time since we have talked about an absolutely integral part…

A Year (1811) In Review

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2018 17:17


Samuel has been in the middle of a big move this month, more on this in upcoming episodes, but they did not want you to be without a…

All the Math Podcasts-Bonus

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2018 40:43


This bonus episode of Relatively Prime features a live podcast recording from 2018’s Annual MathsJam Gathering. This live podcast featured segments from Math/Maths, Wrong But Useful, Talkdust, Strongly…

Cycle of Mathematics: Around 20 Papers

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2018 14:09


Welcome to the fourth and final episode of the Cycle of Mathematics mini-series from Relatively Prime. In this mini-series we are covering mathematics from its start as an…

Cycle of Mathematics: Orange Volumes on a Shelf (On the Internet)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018 25:52


Welcome to the third episode of the Cycle of Mathematics mini-series from Relatively Prime. In this mini-series we are covering mathematics from its start as an idea to…

Cycle of Mathematics: Verify, Revise, Repeat

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2018 17:38


Welcome to the second episode of the Cycle of Mathematics mini-series from Relatively Prime. In this mini-series we are covering mathematics from its start as an idea to…

Cycle of Mathematics: The Six Handshakes

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2018 27:29


Welcome to the new Cycle of Mathematics mini-series from Relatively Prime. In this mini-series we will be covering mathematics from its start as an idea to its publication…

The Big Internet Math Off (Updated)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018 42:57


As this is being written there is around 18 hours left in the final match of the Aperiodical’s Big Internet Math Off between Matt Parker and Dr. Nira…

Math Off 4: Checkers

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2018 63:26


Sadly Samuel did not make it to the final round of The Aperiodical’s Big Internet Math Off, but lucky for y’all in a fit of profound arrogance, as…

Math Off 3: Gerrymandering

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2018 9:38


Sadly Samuel did not make it to the semi-final round of The Aperiodical’s Big Internet Math Off, but lucky for y’all in a fit of profound arrogance, as…

Math Off Round 2: Quaternions

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2018 12:23


Sadly Samuel did not make it to the second round of The Aperiodical’s Big Internet Math Off, but lucky for y’all in a fit of profound arrogance, as…

Math Off Round 1: Why Your Friends Have More Friends than You Do

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2018 8:11


It is time for you to vote for Samuel in the first round of the 1st ever Aperiodical.com Big Internet Math Off! In the first round Samuel is…

Girls Talk Math

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2018 23:10


On this month’s episode of Relatively Prime we are excited to bring to you the story of Girls Talk Math. Girls Talk Math is a 2 week mathematics…

The Right Bucket

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2018 20:10


This month’s Relatively Prime is all about classification. Samuel is joined by Fabian Müller of zbMath for a discussion of the Mathematics Subject Classification, the benefit of using…

Diegetic Plots: Chapter 3

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2018 11:37


In this chapter of Diegetic Plots on Relatively Prime Larry Lesser shares the poem “The M Word” and there is a very unfortunate customer service call at Kroneckea.…

Tick & Lice & Relapsing & Fevers

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2018 18:39


On this episode so Relatively Prime Samuel talks with former office mate at UNLV Cody Palmer. When this conversation was recorded Cody was a PhD student at the…

Science Sparring Society

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018 26:21


Samuel has been feeling a bit nostalgic recently and was thinking about an old show we can almost guarantee you have never heard of, called Science Sparring Society.…

Formulaic Perfection

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2017 33:23


We are happy to bring to you a special holiday episode of Relatively Prime during this festive period. Samuel is joined by old pals Katie, Peter, and Christian…

Cold and Flu

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2017 15:39


  It is that time of year where you, and everyone else, is coughing and sniffling and sneezing and generally getting gross germs all over the place. That…

Knotty Helix

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017 19:42


Sure DNA is important, some might even claim it is absolutely integral to life itself, but does it contain any interesting math? Samuel is joined by UC-Davis Professor…

Their Favorite Theorem

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2017 33:36


Have you ever wondered what mathematicans’ favorite theorems were? How about what food or music pairs perfectly with those theorems? Well whether your answer to those questions was…

Re District

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2017 44:37


Mathematics has been showing up in the news a lot more than usual lately. It has shown up in Slate, The New York Times, and The New Yorker…

All The Gerrys Mandered(Encore)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2017 23:17


Gerrymandering – the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting…

Outside the Equation

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2017 49:35


On this episode of Relatively Prime is the other panel Samuel hosted at the 2017 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Atlanta. This panel was called Outside the Equation and…

Talking the Talk – Mathematics Communication

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 35:52


Mathematics is not always the easiest thing to talk or write about, especially when the audience is not other mathematicians. This doesn’t mean talking about math is impossible…

You Have the Right

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2017 19:01


There are stories all the time about race and policing in the United States. They do not typically focus on search rates of traffic stops, but that is…

Steiner Biopsy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2017 33:21


Cancer is a truly terrible disease. We all know it too, in fact it is very likely not a person reading this right now who has not had their own…

#TryPod – The Other Half

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2017 40:26


  Sorry for the late episode this month, but your intrepid host and producer Samuel Hansen had to go and get himself concussed at his day job. This…

Origins LIVE!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2017 52:04


  We live in a culture obsessed with the Origin Story, and not without reason. There is very rarely a story more fascinating than the one which tells…

On the Hill

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2017 27:45


We are right in the middle of that time every four years when the United States of America focuses very intently on the government, the whole government and not…

Lottery Daze

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2016 30:27


Lottery Daze Welcome to the new season of Relatively Prime! There will be a few changes for the new season, primarily each episode will feature only a single…

Diegetic Plots: Chapter 2

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2016 51:51


Diegetic Plots: Chapter Two This is the final episode of the 2nd season of Relatively Prime. It is also the second chapter of the ongoing series Diegetic Plots.…

f(θ)=1-sin(θ)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2016 63:53


f(θ)=1-sin(θ) If you ever want to conduct a quick social experiment on the status of mathematics in the world just get yourself a dating profile and mention on…

Principia Metropolica

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2016 71:32


Principia Metropolica Your host Samuel Hansen loves cities. Small Cities, Dense Cities, New Cities, Twin Cities, Reborn Cities, he doesn’t care what type of city cities. He loves…

Other Duties as Assigned

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2016 57:52


Download the Episode Subscribe: iTunes or RSS Other Duties As Assigned Mathematician is an insanely broad job title It can encompass everyone from professors to government employees to…

Diegetic Plots: Chapter 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2016 76:52


Download the Episode Subscribe: iTunes or RSS Diegetic Plots: Chapter One This episode of Relatively Prime is going to be delving into the humanistic side of mathematics. It…

Mathematistan

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2016 56:50


Download the Episode Subscribe: iTunes or RSS Mathematistan Mathematics may be the most pure, the most abstract, the most ivory tower of all academic disciplines, but nothing, nothing…

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