Maths for Kids / Maths is Not Boring: The Kids Maths Podcast
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A groundbreaking podcast for curious kids aged 4-12 that proves maths is anything but dull.
Join our fictional AI hosts Mira, a brilliant 9-year-old, and her younger brother Finn, age 7, as they set off on a journey into one great mathematical idea each episode. From numbers that never end and shapes with only one side to the strange rules of chance and the secret patterns in a snowflake, each episode uncovers an idea that is simple at its heart and extraordinary because it is everywhere - told in a way that actually makes sense to kids.
Nobody does sums here. Whether you're discovering why infinity comes in different sizes, how a shuffled pack of cards is almost certainly in an order no one has ever seen, why honeycombs are made of hexagons, where the number zero came from, or what makes a prime number special - Maths is Not Boring turns big ideas into stories that ignite curiosity and wonder, and gives kids one more clue to how the world works.
Because maths isn't a list of rules to learn. It's the most beautiful way anyone has ever found of seeing the world.
A note on why we use AI. For us, AI allows us to deliver learning at a scale and quality that previously would have been too expensive. If we make the odd technical error, or the sound goes a bit funny, bear with us, we’re trying our best. We hope you enjoy the show!
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What is a parabola?
Have you ever wondered why a thrown ball, a jet of water from a fountain, and the glowing sparks of a firework all fall in the exact same smooth, beautiful arch? It's all because of a mathematical secret hiding in plain sight: the parabola!
What is clock arithmetic?
Did you know that sometimes 11 plus 3 equals exactly 2?! It sounds impossible, but you actually use this crazy math every single day without even realizing it! Welcome to the mind-bending world of clock arithmetic! Instead of numbers going
What is a weather forecast?
Have you ever looked at a weather app and seen a "70% chance of rain"? What does that actually mean? Most people think it means it will rain for 70% of the day, or that 70% of your city will get soaked. But that is entirely wrong! Join Mira
What is a tangram?
Have you ever played with a puzzle that can turn into a crouching cat, a running person, or a tall sailing boat? Welcome to the magical world of tangrams! A tangram is a famous puzzle from China made of exactly seven pieces: five triangles,
What is Benford's Law?
Have you ever thought about which number is the most common in the whole wide world? You might think numbers are totally fair and show up equally, like rolling a giant dice. But guess what? The universe has a secret favorite number! Join Mi
What is a labyrinth?
Have you ever been totally lost in a spooky corn maze, wandering around tall stalks as the sun goes down? What if we told you there is a secret math trick to escape ANY maze without a map? In this episode of Maths is Not Boring, Mira and Fi
What is 360 degrees?
Have you ever watched a skateboarder do a crazy full spin in the air and heard someone call it a "360"? But wait, where does that giant number even come from? Why do we use 360 to measure one single spin? In this amazing episode of Maths is
What is Pascal's triangle?
Imagine building a pyramid entirely out of numbers! Start with a single '1' at the very top. The only rule to build the rest? Every number inside is just the two above it added together! It sounds incredibly simple, but this one tiny rule c
What is a leap year?
Have you ever imagined building a snowman in the middle of July? That is exactly what could happen if we didn't have leap years! Join Mira and Finn as they uncover the mind-bending space secret behind February 29th. You will discover that a
What are irrational numbers?
Have you ever tried to measure something, only to find the number goes on forever? Join Mira and Finn as they uncover one of the biggest, wildest mysteries in the history of mathematics! Over two thousand years ago, a group of ancient Greek
Who was Florence Nightingale?
Have you ever looked at a giant list of numbers and felt your brain turn to mush? You're not alone! A long time ago in 1854, a nurse named Florence Nightingale traveled to an army hospital in Scutari to help sick soldiers. But she quickly d
What is the math of origami?
Did you know that every time you fold a simple paper airplane or a beautiful paper crane, you are actually doing some seriously cool math? It’s true! For centuries, people folded paper just for fun, but in the 1980s, a Japanese physicist na
What is a solved game?
Have you ever played a game of noughts and crosses (or tic-tac-toe!) and ended up in a tie every single time? You weren't playing it wrong—you were actually playing it perfectly! Join Mira and Finn as they uncover the mind-bending math behi
What is volume?
Have you ever wondered how to measure the exact size of a twisty, bumpy, lumpy dragon toy? It sounds completely impossible! But over two thousand years ago, an incredibly smart ancient Greek thinker named Archimedes solved this exact myster
What are magic squares?
Have you ever heard of a math puzzle so mysterious that famous artists hid it in paintings and giant turtles carried it on their backs? Welcome to the incredible world of magic squares! These aren't just ordinary boxes of numbers. In a magi
What is a percentage?
Have you ever noticed that weird little symbol on your phone's battery or your weather app? The percent sign (%) is everywhere, but what does it actually mean? Join Mira and Finn as they uncover the invisible mathematical superpower hiding
What is six degrees of separation?
Have you ever wondered how you might be connected to a baker in Peru or a fisherman in Japan? It sounds like magic, but it is actually math! In 1929, a Hungarian writer named Frigyes Karinthy came up with a wild idea: that every single pers
What are coordinates?
Have you ever played a game of Battleships, looked at a secret pirate treasure map, or watched a little red pin drop on a smartphone map? If so, you have used coordinates! But what exactly are they, and who invented this amazing invisible g
How did Julius Caesar write secret messages?
Imagine you are a Roman general holding a piece of parchment, but all the words are a completely jumbled mess! Did the messenger drop it in a puddle? No! You are holding a top-secret message locked by Julius Caesar himself! Join Mira and Fi
What is a Reuleaux polygon?
Have you ever noticed that manhole covers on the street are almost always round? It turns out, this isn't just a random design choice—it is a life-saving piece of maths! If a manhole cover were square, it could accidentally tilt and slip di
What is estimation?
Have you ever tried to guess how many sweets are in a giant glass jar? It is super tricky! Usually, if you ask just one person, their guess is way off. But what if you asked hundreds of people and put all their wrong guesses together? Could
What is a random walk?
Have you ever wondered what happens if you wander around completely by chance? Imagine a tiny ant on a giant, endless flat grid. At every single corner, she rolls a four-sided dice to decide which way to go: left, right, forwards, or backwa
What is an even number?
Have you ever noticed that numbers have a secret pattern hiding right in plain sight? It is the oldest pattern in mathematics: odd and even numbers! But what does that actually mean? Imagine lining up a giant pile of your favorite jelly bea
What is an algorithm?
Did you know the very first computer program was written in 1843, before computers or even lightbulbs were invented?! Join Mira and Finn on an amazing time-travel adventure back to Victorian London to discover the magic of algorithms! An al
How did they invent the metre?
Have you ever wondered why a metre is exactly that long? Imagine trying to build a treehouse with your friends, but everyone's ruler is a completely different size! That is exactly what life was like in France in the 1780s. A foot or a poun
What is base sixty?
Have you ever looked at a ticking clock and wondered: why are there 60 seconds in a minute, and 60 minutes in an hour? Why not a nice, tidy 100? Get ready to travel back in time almost 4,000 years to ancient Iraq to uncover a time-telling m
What is the Collatz conjecture?
Have you ever heard of a math puzzle that acts like a wild weather storm? In 1937, a mathematician named Lothar Collatz invented a simple number machine with just two rules: if a number is even, cut it in half. If it is odd, multiply it by
What is Zeno's paradox?
Have you ever tried to walk across a room, but realized you have to go halfway first? And then half of that remaining distance? And half of that? Welcome to one of the most mind-bending puzzles in history! Over 2,500 years ago, an ancient G
What was the first times table?
Have you ever wondered who invented times tables? Or why three times four is exactly the same as four times three? It's time to discover the quiet magic of multiplication! Imagine lining up your favorite wrapped sweets on a table in three r
Platonic Solids for Kids: Why There Are Only Five Perfect Dice
The story of the Platonic solids for kids: the five perfect shapes studied by Theaetetus and Plato in ancient Athens, and how Euclid proved around 300 BCE there can never be a sixth. • What makes a solid perfect: the same faces and the same
