Well, that’s not entirely true, but I wouldn’t describe myself as a huge math geek. That said, i absolutely love this podcast. I always learn something new and interesting when I listen and it’s totally outside my day-to-day so it really helps me relax. Sometimes I listen to the same episode three or four times in a row because I love it THAT MUCH.

Really, this a great podcast, and one of my real pleasures to listen to. The host is often prickly and snide, but if you can look past that, the rewards are well-worth it. There is a lot to be learned here, it’s thought provoking, and it’s impressively accessible: conveying math purely verbally, with no diagrams is quite an challenge, and the host does a phenomenal job.

It’s great to hear an analysis of various historical treaties of math and science history with such clarity! Thank you! I hope there’s more to come. Looking forward to the next episode!

The season about Galileo is invaluable. I hope these facts make it into the mainstream writers of history, because it seems there is much, much more to the tale we’ve been told about him. Really great series to listen to. Finally, here’s someone who is not from the humanities department commenting on the history of math and science!

Brilliant, witty, and, highest compliment for a mathematician explaining occasionally complex matters, comprehensible to people who have virtually no background and thought provoking to those who do.

Joining the dots, this commenter sees the bigger picture and then hones in like a perigean falcon upon the biting conclusion. Right or wrong his observations are supported, opinions and tone are delightfully wry.

This podcast teaches so much. Add to that the host is extremely intelligent with a biting sense of humor. I really enjoy this. Thank You for creating it.

I love math🤗🤗🤗🤗

Very interesting and a lot of great stories about mathematicians I’ve never heard of before.

This podcast is so easy to listen to! There is no stress and no nonsense. The topics are interesting and oftentimes funny. The way he explains some of histories “great minds” really makes me laugh!

At once highly entertaining and soothing, this podcast is like meditation except that you get to learn something, and have food for thought to chew on afterwards. Perfect for taking your mind off a tedious task, this podcast explores an important but low profile strand of history that resonates into our contemporary world. All that, and you don’t have to know any math at all to follow the story.

The pod about the role of diagrams in geometry was quite wonderful, although I get into a bit of trouble toward the end. Woke up family with my laughter at hearing Plato described as a loudmouth. Probably an accurate description, though.

I never thought that listing to someone rip Galileo a new one could be so entertaining. Very interesting ideas

I never knew I wanted to hear someone rant about Galileo in ten different ways, nor that it would actually be incredibly insightful. Great perspective on the history of mathematics that you’re unlikely to find elsewhere outside the academy. I hope it continues!