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3.5 - Twelve Pentagons
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - April 02, 2024 05:13 - 52 minutesAnother episode of the podcast that fears no detail, where Matt talks balls, Steve talks fiery rings and Helen sings a tortoise into space. - Matt's bit (00:55) - pre-order "Love Triangle" here! - Steve's bit (19:30) - Helen's bit (35:44) SHOW NOTES: Unfortunately our show notes are too bi...
3.4 - Keep Your Trousers on, Archimedes
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - February 27, 2024 07:01 - 1 hourBack once again after a seasonal break, Series 3 continues with some Ingenuity from Steve, some DOOM from Matt, and a song about the man, the myth, the mathematician Archimedes from Helen: - Steve's bit (00:55) - Matt's bit (18:36) - Helen's bit (39:56) SHOW NOTES: Unfortunately our show n...
3.3 - "You'll Log"
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - December 15, 2023 09:54 - 35 minutesSeries 3 brings 2023 to a close with a festive special that reaches the parts that other festive specials don't reach... 3D programmable tree lights, the real reason people kiss under the mistletoe and a disappointingly bleak Laboratory Christmas Party take us into the new year with more detail ...
3.2 - That’s Not What A UFO Looks Like
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - November 17, 2023 11:31 - 1 hourAgainst all odds, Series 3 continues with a complicated automotive engineer from Helen, a complicated visual processing system from Steve, and a complicated restaurant triangulation problem from Matt: - Helen's bit (00:55) - Steve's bit (22:35) - Matt's bit (41:45) SHOW NOTES: Unfortunatel...
3.1 - For Your Local Definition Of "Down"
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - October 10, 2023 09:02 - 57 minutesIn a surprise first episode of Series 3 (truly, no-one is more surprised than us to be popping up in your feed right now...) Steve tells the truth about the Prime Meridian, Helen brings a song from her new musical "Almost Astronauts", and Matt attempts to divert an apocalyptic future scenario - ...
To Infinity And Beyond
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - June 14, 2022 06:15 - 50 minutesIn the final episode of this series, Steve gives faint stars the side-eye, Helen sings a relatively short song about relativity and Matt gives a standing ovation to the desktop calculator that rerouted a space probe. Up, up and away! - Steve's bit (01:54) - Helen's bit (16:13) - Matt's bit (3...
Live And Kicking Part 3
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - June 07, 2022 05:15 - 46 minutesSteve, Helen and Matt introduce the final installment of their live shows, performed at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre. With sets from astrophysicist and emo kid Jen Gupta, NATO alphabet innovator (in-NATO-vator) Ted Hill, stand-up medic Matt Hutchinson and Rock ‘n’ Roll IT consultants Foxdog Studi...
Lock And Key
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - May 31, 2022 06:30 - 59 minutesIn this episode, Matt exposes false advertising in the Jigsaw Puzzle industry, Steve matches up what we know about the immune system, and Helen writes a new tune that fits an old song. If you like detail, have a listen. You’ll fit right in: - Matt's bit (01:28) - Steve's bit (19:23) - Helen'...
Live And Kicking Part 2
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - May 24, 2022 06:30 - 51 minutesMatt, Helen and Steve introduce more favourite moments from their recent live shows, performed at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre. With comedian Rachel Wheeley talking about the Greenwich Time Signal, biochemical engineer Michael Sulu on the potentially fatal difference between tubes and pipes, and ...
On The Ones And Twos
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - May 17, 2022 06:30 - 45 minutesIn this episode, Steve explains why all the molecules in your body are right handed, Matt bigs up the strong law of small numbers and Helen grabs the mic to get on the ones and twos. Stand by to receive details! - Matt's bit (1:10) - Steve's bit (18:19) - Helen's bit (32:49) - "One" Song fro...
Live And Kicking Part 1
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - May 10, 2022 06:30 - 50 minutesHelen, Matt and Steve introduce the best bits of their recent live shows, performed at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre. With nerdy guest performers Dr Rohin Francis aka Medlife Crisis discussing why the human body isn’t really fit for purpose, and comedian Rosie Wilby on whether monogamy is truly de...
Curiouser and Curiouser
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - May 03, 2022 06:30 - 42 minutesIn a different kind of episode, our intrepid Detailers reveal three facts that they just could not believe the first time they heard them, but turned out to be true. The reproductive habits of barnacles, the unexpected mating call of the tawny owl and a freaky formula that draws a picture of its...
Hearts and Minds
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - April 26, 2022 06:17 - 44 minutesIn this episode, logical thought and raw emotion meet as Matt finds two numbers that say “I Love You”, Helen sings mathematical equations that are guaranteed to make your brain light up and Steve embarrasses himself with the science of blushing: - Steve's bit (00:51) - Matt's bit (11:15) - He...
Input and Output
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - April 19, 2022 07:00 - 48 minutesIn this episode, Steve explains how computers talk to each other behind our backs, Helen co-writes a song with a popular internet search engine (if you can’t work out which one, Google it) and Matt brings an Oscar-winning algorithm to the table: - Steve's bit (00:56) - Matt's bit (16:18) - He...
Go Forth and Multiply
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - April 12, 2022 06:41 - 48 minutesIn this episode, Matt finds out how a runaway algorithm created the world’s most expensive book, Helen searches for the most singable fruit fly genes and Steve considers whether donating a kidney is easier than buying a house: - Steve's bit (00:46) - Helen's bit (11:05) - Matt's bit (37:30) ...
Primed and Ready
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - April 05, 2022 06:30 - 42 minutesIn this episode, Matt finds his portrait in a Prime Number, Helen sings about the biggest Prime Number ever discovered (at the time of recording) and Steve discovers the hot new trick that wild honey bees are using to defend themselves: - Steve's bit (00:52) - Matt's bit (13:33) - Helen's bit...
Flush and Forget
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - March 29, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutesIn this episode, Steve discovers the greedy cup siphon hiding inside your loo, Matt delves into Joseph Bazalgette’s calculations for London’s sewer system and Helen teaches everyone how to flush a toilet, through the medium of song: - Steve's bit (00:48) - Helen's bit (11:48) - Matt's bit (28...
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail is back!
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - March 17, 2022 10:00 - 1 minuteSubscribe wherever you get your podcasts for new episodes as soon as they are released! Looking for a science comedy podcast that doesn't skimp on the details? We've got you. One starting point sets off three different science stories from the trio behind comedy phenomenon Festival of the Spoke...
Transmission
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - September 22, 2020 06:00 - 42 minutesIn this final episode of Series 1, Steve talks about how plants transmit their genes, Helen eavesdrops on whales and Matt decodes spacecraft transmissions. Plus a song about the bravest little transmitter in the known universe: - Steve's bit (00:45) - Matt's bit (13:40) - Helen's bit (26:15) ...
Table
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - September 15, 2020 06:00 - 39 minutesSteve goes to war against rote learning; Matt tells us how ancient numbers affect what we can and can't name our dogs; and Helen's bit is elementary, my dear listener: - Matt's bit (00:50) - Steve's bit (11:15) - Helen's bit (22:00) - Helen's bonus brassy song (37:05) For tickets to live sh...
Stick
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - September 08, 2020 06:00 - 33 minutesIn this episode, Steve talks about a sticky effect, Matt gets us tangled up in stick knots, and Helen gets stuck into sticky numbers: - Steve's bit (00:45) - Matt's bit (10:15) - Helen's bit (22:05) For live shows, merch, mailing list and more, visit: festivalofthespokennerd.com. Want to g...
Rings
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - September 01, 2020 08:12 - 31 minutesIn this episode, Helen investigates a curious ring that lives in the sea, Steve contemplates the meaning of life itself and Matt brings along some bagels: - Helen's bit (00:45) - Matt's bit (11:05) - Steve's bit (19:55) For tickets to live shows, nerd merch, our mailing list and more, visit...
Interstellar
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - September 01, 2020 08:11 - 42 minutesIn this episode, Steve tries to measure distant stars with his thumb, Matt talks black holes & plot holes and Helen plays some of her favourite space sounds. Plus a song from Helen that may provide useful information for your future interstellar travel needs: - Steve's bit (01:00) - Helen's bi...
Fuel
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - September 01, 2020 08:10 - 37 minutesIn this episode, Helen talks fuel for your body, Matt talks plane fuel (or lack of it…) and Steve talks origin theories for a particular fossil fuel. Plus a song from Helen about the ultimate source of Earth’s fuel: - Matt's bit (01:10) - Helen's bit (10:30) - Steve's bit (22:30) - Helen's S...
A Trailer Of Unnecessary Detail
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - November 06, 2018 16:07 - 1 minuteSeries 2 coming soon! Don't forget to subscribe for new episodes. Looking for a science comedy podcast that doesn't skimp on the details? We've got you. One starting point sets off three different science stories from the trio behind comedy phenomenon Festival of the Spoken Nerd. Stand-up math...
A Podcast of Unnecessary Detail: Episode 00
A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail - November 06, 2018 16:07 - 1 minuteFirst episodes launch on Tuesday 1st September 2020! In between making science comedy shows, Festival of the Spoken Nerd have created a podcast. It’s called A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail, and this is the trailer for it. In each episode, stand-up mathematician Matt Parker, experiments mae...
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