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Our mission is to make math more accessible and more engaging to more people. Come join us on our fun-filled mathematical adventures!

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Welcome to the Math Club! We're your hosts, Noah King @maluba2 and Pete Littig @peterlittig - drop by our twitter pages and say hi!
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Welcome to our Ted Talk sites.libsyn.com/410831/welc…

The Math Club: Welcome to our Ted Talk: An Interview with Ted...

All you have to do is look around to see that the world is changing very rapidly. But the course sequence of math education in American schools has changed little since the 1950s. In this episode,...

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Black Hole Fun sites.libsyn.com/410831/blac…

The Math Club: Black Hole Fun - Exploring Kaprekar's Constant

A close call on the Math Club holodeck sends Pete and Noah down a wormhole investigating Kaprekar's Constant. Beam aboard as we explore strange new algorithms and boldly discover what happens when...

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Hey Math Club!  In our most recent episode, we left listeners with a poker related puzzle.  You can hear it by jumping to 38:25 in the episode: sites.libsyn.com/410831/what… And if you think you know the answer, drop us a line here or email us at [email protected]
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What are the Odds? sites.libsyn.com/410831/what…

The Math Club: What are the Odds? - The Mathematics of Poker

A friend's story leads Pete and Noah to dive into the high-stakes world of poker to settle a debate: does a flush really beat a straight? Using the tools of combinatorics and probability, our hosts...

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Life on Math sites.libsyn.com/410831/life…

The Math Club: Life on Math: Living Your Best Mathematical Life

A chat with Alexa leads Pete to contemplate what it looks like to lead his best mathematical life.  But what does that mean?  In this episode, Pete and Noah discuss ways to view mathematics not as a...

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🔢🌍 #WorldMathDay is almost here! Our Professional Development Manager, Sheila Robitaille, joined @MathClubPodcast to talk math confidence, student engagement, and the power of friendly competition. Give it a listen 🎧 sites.libsyn.com/410831/arou…
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Around the World in 20 Problems sites.libsyn.com/410831/arou…

The Math Club: Around the World in 20 Problems: World Math Day 2026

In this episode, veteran educator Sheila Robitaille joins Pete and Noah to discuss World Math Day, a global competition for students ages 5 to 18 that promotes mathematical fluency through 60-second...

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One More Time sites.libsyn.com/410831/one-…

The Math Club: One More Time: The Oddities of Benford's Law

If we asked all of our listeners to look up the current population of their hometown and email us just the first digit of that number, what do you expect we’d find?  Would the digits be evenly...

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The Math Club: Partial Credit: Exploring Luhn's Algorithm

Ever wonder how a website knows your credit card number is "invalid" before you even hit the submit button? In this commando-style holiday episode, Pete and Noah dive into the secrets of Luhn’s...

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The Math Club: My Favorite Number - Listeners Share Their Favorite...

It's a simple question: What's your favorite number? But as Pete and Noah discover in this special episode, the answers are anything but simple—they're deeply personal, surprisingly mathematical, and...

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Math Club Junior: It's a Zoo Out There! sites.libsyn.com/410831/math…

The Math Club: Math Club Junior: It's a Zoo Out There

In this long-awaited followup to our popular Math Club Junior episode, Pete and Noah are back with Mrs. Morrison’s class, as chaperones on a field trip to the local zoo. Listen in as our group of...

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Means of Transportation sites.libsyn.com/410831/mean…

The Math Club: Means of Transportation: The Mean Value Theorem and...

A family visit to the Netherlands introduces Pete to the idea of average speed zones, which illustrate a particularly interesting mathematical theorem.  Join our hosts as they really go off on a...

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In case you missed it.... we have a question for an upcoming episode of the show. What is your favorite number, and why? We'd love to hear from you in a voice message at ​​speakpipe.com/mathclubpodcas… (if we can use your voice on the air), or you can send us a DM right here!
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Hey @howie_hua... not sure if you saw the DM we sent you recently, but we'd love to hear what your favorite number is, and why! =)
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Q.E.D. sites.libsyn.com/410831/qed-…

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

It’s finally here!  Part Three of the Fermat Trilogy!  In this exciting conclusion, Pete and Noah talk about the mathematicians who ultimately proved (or thought they’d proven) Fermat’s Last Theorem....

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In case you missed it.... we have a question for an upcoming episode of the show. What is your favorite number, and why? We'd love to hear from you in a voice message at ​​speakpipe.com/mathclubpodcas… (if we can use your voice on the air), or you can send us a DM right here!
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Sophie's Chase sites.libsyn.com/410831/soph…

The Math Club: Sophie's Chase: More History of Fermat's Last Theorem

Join us for part two of our deep dive into the history of Fermat's Last Theorem.  In this episode, Pete and Noah focus on the fascinating story of Sophie Germain, a 19th century French mathematician...

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Non-trivial Pursuit sites.libsyn.com/410831/non-…

The Math Club: Non-trivial Pursuit: The History of Fermat's Last...

A few episodes back, our hosts talked about the great unsolved mathematical problems of our time, and Pete teased an interesting story about one such problem that was finally solved not too long ago....

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The Rules They Are a-Changin' sites.libsyn.com/410831/the-… @LooneyLabs

The Math Club: The Rules They Are A-Changin': A Conversation with...

In this episode, Pete and Noah are joined by Andy Looney, the creator of the card game Fluxx, to talk about Math Fluxx and his history designing games.  Whether you’re a math person who loves a good...

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Finding Primo sites.libsyn.com/410831/find…

The Math Club: Finding Primo: The Search for Very Large Primes

Have you heard the big news?  There’s a new largest known prime number, and Noah wants to know how it was discovered.  In this episode, Pete explains the various tests used to determine the primality...

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