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The Math Club

by Pete and Noah
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About the show

Join hosts Peter Littig and Noah King as they discuss and explain mathematical topics with their own unique style. Full of information that will interest and entertain math lovers as well as those who maybe don't love it quite that much… yet. Mathematical concepts, history, paradoxes, and puzzles await you, along with a generous helping of witty banter and fun. Calling all members…. The Math Club is open! Email - mathclubpodcast@gmail.com Twitter - @mathclubpodcast

Latest episodes

  • Welcome to our Ted Talk: An Interview with Ted Dintersmith

    September 23, 2026 · 53 min

    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, Pete and Noah welcome Ted Dintersmith…

  • Black Hole Fun - Exploring Kaprekar's Constant

    August 5, 2026 · 32 min

    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 numbers are put through this interesting…

  • Introducing A Novel Approach

    July 25, 2026 · 34 min

    Hey there, Math Club. We have some exciting news to share. Noah has teamed up with yet another Pete to bring you yet another show! A Novel Approach is dedicated to creating novel length stories, produced as immersive audio productions. The…

  • What are the Odds? - The Mathematics of Poker

    May 20, 2026 · 42 min

    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 break down the math behind five-card…

  • Life on Math: Living Your Best Mathematical Life

    April 8, 2026 · 42 min

    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 rigid school subject, but as a "grand…

  • Around the World in 20 Problems: World Math Day 2026

    February 25, 2026 · 44 min

    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 "live Mathletics" games. The…

  • One More Time: The Oddities of Benford's Law

    January 28, 2026 · 45 min

    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 distributed, or would some be more common than…

  • Partial Credit: Exploring Luhn's Algorithm

    December 24, 2025 · 30 min

    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 Algorithm, a clever approach that uses simple…