MOMENTUM! 3 Game Theory Power-Ups to Hack Your Daily Routine

MOMENTUM! 3 Game Theory Power-Ups to Hack Your Daily Routine

PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS Wel­come to Momen­tum Mon­day, the pod­cast where I turn math, sci­ence, and his­to­ry into quick, action­able tips for your week. I’m Gabrielle Bir­chak and today I play­ing a dif­fer­ent kind of game, the game of life. Game the­o­ry isn’t just for econ­o­mists, coders or chess play­ers. It’s a toolk­it for mak­ing smarter deci­sions, whether you’re nego­ti­at­ing a raise, deal­ing with a dif­fi­cult cowork­er, or just

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Math! Science! History! The Birth of Game Theory

Math! Science! History! The Birth of Game Theory

PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS Game the­o­ry is every­where, from the moves you make in chess to the way coun­tries nego­ti­ate treaties, from the strate­gies in our favorite video game to the deci­sions we make every day. But how did this field come to be? Who were the bril­liant minds behind it, and what math­e­mat­i­cal break­throughs made it pos­si­ble? Wel­come to Math! Science!

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“Obviously Bold.” A Feminist Generation Keeps Marching

“Obviously Bold.” A Feminist Generation Keeps Marching

Pod­cast tran­scripts Wel­come to Math! Sci­ence! His­to­ry! I’m Gabrielle Bir­chak, your host. For Women’s His­to­ry Month, I want­ed to fea­ture one bril­liant thing, one clean win, and one woman whose work still qui­et­ly runs the world, even if most of us do not real­ize it. Today’s “one bril­liant thing” was a sort­ing sys­tem. A clas­si­fi­ca­tion scheme. A way to take the universe,

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PODCASTHON SPECIAL! Espwa Means Hope

PODCASTHON SPECIAL! Espwa Means Hope

Today, while we are still cel­e­brat­ing Wom­en’s His­to­ry Month, Math! Sci­ence! His­to­ry! is tak­ing part in the the char­i­ty dri­ve through Pod­casthon, as we inter­view Ang­ie Mal­don­a­do, the founder of Esp­wa Means Hope!  https://youtu.be/VUKcnqnZWA4 Please help to make a dif­fer­ence by donat­ing to EspwaMeansHopeHaiti.org — every pen­ny you donate goes to build­ing a com­mu­ni­ty with wom­en’s health care, edu­ca­tion for children,

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FLASHCARDS! Self-Taught Is a Skill

FLASHCARDS! Self-Taught Is a Skill

It’s Flash­cards Fri­day! This pod­cast is a fol­low-up to Tuesday’s episode about Ben­jamin Ban­nek­er. This bril­liant indi­vid­ual was pre­dom­i­nant­ly self-taught. I found his sto­ry very inspir­ing because he was self-edu­­cat­ed. In oth­er words, he learned every­thing he knew about astron­o­my and sur­vey­ing with­out being in a class­room. And today, when peo­ple say they are self-taught, that means so more than

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FLASHCARDS! Level up your thinking game!

FLASHCARDS! Level up your thinking game!

It’s Flash­cards Fri­days. I’m Gabrielle Bir­chak, your host, and today I’m going to do a call­back to Tuesday’s episode, which was about cap­tur­ing thoughts. Last Tuesday’s episode was about pho­tograph­ing thoughts. Today I’m going to talk about those moments where you wish you could have just thought about the sub­ject bet­ter, espe­cial­ly when you’re try­ing to learn some­thing new. But

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The Sun Dagger: How Ancient Puebloans Made Calendars from Sunlight

The Sun Dagger: How Ancient Puebloans Made Calendars from Sunlight

Before cal­en­dars were print­ed, before clocks ticked, and before num­bers were writ­ten, humans looked up. We looked up at the sky not just to admire the beau­ty of the stars and celes­tial bod­ies, but also to pre­dict the best times for plant­i­ng and har­vest­ing crops. So stargaz­ing was not just an enjoy­able endeav­or; it was a method of sur­vival. In

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FLASHCARDS! The Riddle of Love

FLASHCARDS! The Riddle of Love

It’s Flash­cards Fri­days, and today I’m going to talk about some­thing qui­et­ly uni­ver­sal about what humans do when the year begins to slow down. Across cul­tures, across cen­turies, when the days grow short­er and the nights stretch long, peo­ple gath­er. They sit clos­er togeth­er. They talk more. They tell sto­ries. And again and again, they pose ques­tions that do not

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