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Sum of All Parts
ABC listen
27 episodes
5 months ago
Sum of All Parts tells extraordinary stories about the unseen influence that numbers have on the way we think, feel and behave. 
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Mathematics
Science
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Sum of All Parts tells extraordinary stories about the unseen influence that numbers have on the way we think, feel and behave. 
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Mathematics
Science
Episodes (20/27)
Sum of All Parts
16.2 How we evacuate
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.
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5 years ago
27 minutes 7 seconds

Sum of All Parts
16.1 Fact checking the fire season
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?
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5 years ago
25 minutes 14 seconds

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15.0 An unusual pattern
Is Benjamin Geen a killer, or the unluckiest guy in England?
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5 years ago
30 minutes 7 seconds

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14.0 The labradoodle of regret
Wally Conron invented the labradoodle, one of the world's most popular dogs. He now considers the breed his "life's regret".
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5 years ago
25 minutes 18 seconds

Sum of All Parts
13.1 Electronic music’s origin story [BONUS]
Where and when did a digital computer play music for the first time?
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5 years ago
22 minutes 55 seconds

Sum of All Parts
13.0 Chiptune
How do you turn a Nintendo Game Boy into a musical instrument?
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5 years ago
26 minutes 41 seconds

Sum of All Parts
12.0 The Tattoowierer
Who was the tattooist of Auschwitz?
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6 years ago
26 minutes 46 seconds

Sum of All Parts
11.1 The hidden extinction [BONUS]
Who knew there was a hidden dinosaur extinction?
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6 years ago
3 minutes 35 seconds

Sum of All Parts
11.0 Dino explosion!
Why does my three-year-old know more about dinosaurs than I do?
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6 years ago
33 minutes 7 seconds

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10.0 One, two, three, four!
What can Radiohead tell us about our ancient connection to rhythm?
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6 years ago
33 minutes

Sum of All Parts
9.4 Remembering Maryam Mirzakhani (SOAP presents.. Ockham's Razor)
Professor Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal. She died in 2017.
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7 years ago
13 minutes 41 seconds

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9.3 Zillions (SOAP presents.. The Allusionist)
Zillion. Squillion. Kajillion. What are these numbers?
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7 years ago
18 minutes 26 seconds

Sum of All Parts
9.2 Wrong Number (SOAP presents.. Twenty Thousand Hertz)
From calls intended for a phone sex line, to mis-tweeted phone numbers, these stories are from the world of wrong numbers.
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7 years ago
28 minutes 24 seconds

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9.1 Six Degrees (SOAP presents.. Undiscovered)
“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?
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7 years ago
36 minutes 54 seconds

Sum of All Parts
9.0 Presenting.. SOAP presents..
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.
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7 years ago
1 minute 45 seconds

Sum of All Parts
8.0 A tale of two drugs [BONUS]
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.
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7 years ago
29 minutes 17 seconds

Sum of All Parts
7.1 Two Trains [BONUS]
Two Trains tells the story of income inequality along the New York City 2 Train.
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7 years ago
10 minutes 22 seconds

Sum of All Parts
7.0 The sound of seizure
Brant Guichard has heard The Music for as long as he can remember.
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7 years ago
25 minutes 39 seconds

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6.1 Slow down, George Solo-son [BONUS]
Did George Harrison "cheat" the solo to A Hard Day's Night?
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7 years ago
5 minutes 40 seconds

Sum of All Parts
6.0 Magical Mystery Chord
No one’s sure exactly how the most famous chord in popular music was played. Until now.
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7 years ago
22 minutes 24 seconds

Sum of All Parts
Sum of All Parts tells extraordinary stories about the unseen influence that numbers have on the way we think, feel and behave.