Maths at: Fantasy Football (Part 1)

WELCOME TO A NEW DIMENSION OF MATHS AT:

We recorded our first ever video, so that we may delight your eyes, as well as your ear canals. However, for those of you still living in the 20th century we've stripped the video off. Of course, you'll miss the visual tom foolery, but we're sure that your imagination can fill in the blanks.

Fantasy football is the name of the game today and your regulars Ben and Thomas are joined by the knowledgable Hannah Veale and the intriguing Josh Bull. Josh recently topped the Fantasy Premier League and we though we'd take the time to interview him about his secrets.

 At least, that was the plan.

Unfortunately, the idea of "fantasy" led Thomas astray. So if you're interested in knowing the answers to such questions as:

• Why isn’t Gandalf available in fantasy football?
• Would Gandalf would be a good striker?
• Would Gandalf be a good head of a university?

Then we're the podcast for you!

 

 

 

 

Further reading:

• Josh Bull's twitter account contains all the latest Fantasy Football tips and tricks (may actually just be mathematical musings).
• Why not have a go at your own Fantasy team through The official Fantasy Premier League?
  
• For actual tips on Fantasy Football, Josh recommends Reddit.
  
• Alongside being brilliant at everything Hannah Veale is also a photographer. Why not check her out?
  

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Maths at: The Election

WE'RE BACK FOR A ONE OFF SPECIAL!

What could be special enough to bring us back? Well nothing more than a bloomin' election! That's right we're going to look at how maths infuses even our democratic duties.

Today's discussion points:

• How are Thomas and Liz now that they're parents?
• How do we deal with having no perfect voting systems?
• Rude diagrams and asymptotes.

All this and more in this week's Maths at.

In you're interested in more political theory then the UK will be going to the polls on November 12th! Enough stats to make you go blind.

Further reading:

• This YouTube Playlist provides a really wonderful overview of why all voting systems are bad.
• Take a look at what your vote is really worth at voterpower.org.
• How does tactical voting work?

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Maths at: Magictown

WE DID IT! Another series done!

Marriages, prenancies, black holes, none of these stopped us getting the best quality maths film chat from our mouths to your ears. The question is: after all that will there be a third series?

Today's discussion points:

• Are opinion polls pointless?
• Which way does the inequality point?
• What instrument can you play?

All this and more in this weeks Maths at.

In you're interested in watching Travelling Salesman you don't need to buy it off Amazon, you can just watch it on YouTube! Look a James Stewart's pretty face below.

Further reading:

• Have a look at the New York Times' scathing review of this charming film.
• A Journalist’s Guide To Opinion Polls from the British polling council.
• Four times when having an online poll was a bad idea.

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Follow us on twitter @PodcastMathsAt, as well as @ThomasEWoolley and @benmparker.