Explore every episode of the podcast Sum of All Parts
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.2 How we evacuate | 20 Feb 2020 | 00:27:07 | |
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. | |||
| 16.1 Fact checking the fire season | 14 Feb 2020 | 00:25:14 | |
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? | |||
| 9.4 Remembering Maryam Mirzakhani (SOAP presents.. Ockham's Razor) | 29 Jun 2018 | 00:13:41 | |
Professor Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal. She died in 2017. | |||
| 9.3 Zillions (SOAP presents.. The Allusionist) | 22 Jun 2018 | 00:18:26 | |
Zillion. Squillion. Kajillion. What are these numbers? | |||
| 9.2 Wrong Number (SOAP presents.. Twenty Thousand Hertz) | 15 Jun 2018 | 00:28:24 | |
From calls intended for a phone sex line, to mis-tweeted phone numbers, these stories are from the world of wrong numbers. | |||
| 9.1 Six Degrees (SOAP presents.. Undiscovered) | 08 Jun 2018 | 00:36:54 | |
“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? | |||
| 9.0 Presenting.. SOAP presents.. | 07 Jun 2018 | 00:01:45 | |
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. | |||
| 8.0 A tale of two drugs [BONUS] | 01 Dec 2017 | 00:29:17 | |
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. | |||
| 7.1 Two Trains [BONUS] | 07 Nov 2017 | 00:10:22 | |
Two Trains tells the story of income inequality along the New York City 2 Train. | |||
| 7.0 The sound of seizure | 03 Nov 2017 | 00:25:39 | |
Brant Guichard has heard The Music for as long as he can remember. | |||
| 6.1 Slow down, George Solo-son [BONUS] | 31 Oct 2017 | 00:05:40 | |
Did George Harrison "cheat" the solo to A Hard Day's Night? | |||
| 6.0 Magical Mystery Chord | 26 Oct 2017 | 00:22:24 | |
No one’s sure exactly how the most famous chord in popular music was played. Until now. | |||
| 15.0 An unusual pattern | 26 Sep 2019 | 00:30:07 | |
Is Benjamin Geen a killer, or the unluckiest guy in England? | |||
| 5.0 Give an inch, take a millimetre.. | 18 Oct 2017 | 00:23:06 | |
The United States digs its heels in over measurement - or does it? (This episode is a co-production with the podcast 99% Invisible). | |||
| 4.0 Very Superstitious.. (Friday the 13th Special) | 13 Oct 2017 | 00:11:22 | |
Rational people test their superstitions. | |||
| 3.0 Phoenix + Electron | 06 Oct 2017 | 00:31:34 | |
Melbourne, 1989. Two teenagers hack Australia's recently established internet connection, and infiltrate some of the world’s most secure computer networks. | |||
| 2.1 Smells Like Teen Multitrack [BONUS] | 03 Oct 2017 | 00:03:35 | |
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.. | |||
| 2.0 The Infinite God | 29 Sep 2017 | 00:23:51 | |
A musician gives up the rock n' roll dream for number theory, and a glimpse of the infinite. | |||
| 1.0 Shoal Attack! | 28 Sep 2017 | 00:31:55 | |
A school of fish help the Australian netball team win a gold medal. | |||
| 0.0 A better way to count | 22 Sep 2017 | 00:11:13 | |
These people count in twelves not tens. | |||
| 14.0 The labradoodle of regret | 19 Sep 2019 | 00:25:18 | |
Wally Conron invented the labradoodle, one of the world's most popular dogs. He now considers the breed his "life's regret". | |||
| 13.1 Electronic music’s origin story [BONUS] | 15 Aug 2019 | 00:22:55 | |
Where and when did a digital computer play music for the first time? | |||
| 13.0 Chiptune | 08 Aug 2019 | 00:26:41 | |
How do you turn a Nintendo Game Boy into a musical instrument? | |||
| 12.0 The Tattoowierer | 04 Jul 2019 | 00:26:46 | |
Who was the tattooist of Auschwitz? | |||
| 11.1 The hidden extinction [BONUS] | 25 Jun 2019 | 00:03:35 | |
Who knew there was a hidden dinosaur extinction? | |||
| 11.0 Dino explosion! | 20 Jun 2019 | 00:33:07 | |
Why does my three-year-old know more about dinosaurs than I do? | |||
| 10.0 One, two, three, four! | 06 Jun 2019 | 00:33:00 | |
What can Radiohead tell us about our ancient connection to rhythm? | |||