Twitter: @ABCscience • @joelwerner
Site: www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/sum-of-all-parts
27 episodes
2017 to 2020
Average episode: 22 minutes
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Categories: Broadcast Radio Programs • Math • Story-Style
Podcaster's summary: Sum of All Parts tells extraordinary stories about the unseen influence that numbers have on the way we think, feel and behave.
| Episodes |
| 2020-Feb-20 • 27 minutes 16.2 How we evacuate How would you react if you received this SMS? BUSHFIRE WARNING. LEAVE NOW.When we evacuate from a bushfire, we fall into one of seven types of evacuee; from Threat Deniers, to Worried Waverers, to Experienced Independents. This is the story of a bad evacuee turned good. |
| 2020-Feb-14 • 25 minutes 16.1 Fact checking the fire season During the recent Australian bushfire crisis, numbers gave us a sense of the unprecedented scale of the disaster; 12.6 million hectares burnt, 431 megatons of carbon dioxide emitted, one billion animals killed. But where do these numbers come from? |
| 2019-Sep-27 • 30 minutes 15.0 An unusual pattern Is Benjamin Geen a killer, or the unluckiest guy in England? |
| 2019-Sep-20 • 25 minutes 14.0 The labradoodle of regret Wally Conron invented the labradoodle, one of the world's most popular dogs. He now considers the breed his "life's regret". |
| 2019-Aug-16 • 23 minutes 13.1 Electronic music’s origin story [BONUS] Where and when did a digital computer play music for the first time? |
| 2019-Aug-09 • 27 minutes 13.0 Chiptune How do you turn a Nintendo Game Boy into a musical instrument? |
| 2019-Jul-05 • 27 minutes 12.0 The Tattoowierer Who was the tattooist of Auschwitz? |
| 2019-Jun-26 • 4 minutes 11.1 The hidden extinction [BONUS] Who knew there was a hidden dinosaur extinction? |
| 2019-Jun-21 • 33 minutes 11.0 Dino explosion! Why does my three-year-old know more about dinosaurs than I do? |
| 2019-Jun-07 • 33 minutes 10.0 One, two, three, four! What can Radiohead tell us about our ancient connection to rhythm? |
| 2018-Jun-29 • 14 minutes 9.4 Remembering Maryam Mirzakhani (SOAP presents.. Ockham's Razor) Professor Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal. She died in 2017. |
| 2018-Jun-22 • 18 minutes 9.3 Zillions (SOAP presents.. The Allusionist) Zillion. Squillion. Kajillion. What are these numbers? |
| 2018-Jun-15 • 28 minutes 9.2 Wrong Number (SOAP presents.. Twenty Thousand Hertz) From calls intended for a phone sex line, to mis-tweeted phone numbers, these stories are from the world of wrong numbers. |
| 2018-Jun-08 • 37 minutes 9.1 Six Degrees (SOAP presents.. Undiscovered) “Six degrees of separation” is the idea that you can connect any two people in the world by no more than six friend-to-friend steps. But how does the concept hold up when you dig into the science? |
| 2018-Jun-08 • 2 minutes 9.0 Presenting.. SOAP presents.. Coming in late 2018: Sum of All Parts season 2! But in the meantime, a special treat - SOAP presents.. A month of our favourite stories from the world of numbers made by friends of the show. |
| 2017-Dec-01 • 29 minutes 8.0 A tale of two drugs [BONUS] Two drugs; the old and the new, the known and the unknown. And the delicate tipping point between efficiency and chaos. This story was produced for the ABC podcast Science Friction. |
| 2017-Nov-07 • 10 minutes 7.1 Two Trains [BONUS] Two Trains tells the story of income inequality along the New York City 2 Train. |
| 2017-Nov-03 • 26 minutes 7.0 The sound of seizure Brant Guichard has heard The Music for as long as he can remember. |
| 2017-Oct-31 • 6 minutes 6.1 Slow down, George Solo-son [BONUS] Did George Harrison "cheat" the solo to A Hard Day's Night? |
| 2017-Oct-27 • 22 minutes 6.0 Magical Mystery Chord No one’s sure exactly how the most famous chord in popular music was played. Until now. |
| 2017-Oct-18 • 23 minutes 5.0 Give an inch, take a millimetre.. The United States digs its heels in over measurement - or does it? (This episode is a co-production with the podcast 99% Invisible). |
| 2017-Oct-13 • 11 minutes 4.0 Very Superstitious.. (Friday the 13th Special) Rational people test their superstitions. |
| 2017-Oct-06 • 32 minutes 3.0 Phoenix + Electron Melbourne, 1989. Two teenagers hack Australia's recently established internet connection, and infiltrate some of the world’s most secure computer networks. |
| 2017-Oct-03 • 4 minutes 2.1 Smells Like Teen Multitrack [BONUS] As teenagers, the rock star and the podcast producer share an important discovery. This is a BONUS mini-episode! Listen to 2.0 The Infinite God first.. |
| 2017-Sep-29 • 24 minutes 2.0 The Infinite God A musician gives up the rock n' roll dream for number theory, and a glimpse of the infinite. |
| 2017-Sep-29 • 32 minutes 1.0 Shoal Attack! A school of fish help the Australian netball team win a gold medal. |
| 2017-Sep-22 • 11 minutes 0.0 A better way to count These people count in twelves not tens. |