Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Relatively Prime Seminar: Funding
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with a new series in Relatively Prime that we are going to be calling Seminars! The seminars are going to be going out into the…
Carry the Two: Mathematics & Voting
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sorry for the unannounced hiatus that has now lasted for four years, but our host and producer Sam Hansen has had a lot of life events and changes…
#BlackInMathWeek
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Relatively Prime, Michole Enjoli and Noelle Sawyer take over for Black in Math Week. They talk to Brea Ratliff and José Vilson, tw...
Black Girl Mathgic
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel is joined by Brittany Rhodes the creator of the amazing monthly mathematics subscription box Black Girl Mat...
The Somervilles
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel is joined by Brigitte Stenhouse of the Open University to talk about the life and times of Mary, and Willia...
3 Scenes from the Life of Benjamin Banneker
29 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this month’s Relatively Prime Samuel shares three scenes from the life of Benjamin Banneker. One about a clock, one about a solar eclipse project...
Truthiness
15 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this live episode recorded at the 2020 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Denver Samuel Hansen talks about the truth behind the stories we all tell in m...
2019 Year End Review
31 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To wrap up the year 2019 Samuel Hansen is joined by Katie Steckles and Christian Lawson-Perfect of Aperiodical.com to discuss some of the big stories ...
Authors
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Relatively Prime we explore the thoughts of authors of general audience mathematics books. Specifically they share why they started...
Citation Aging
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel decided that instead of speaking to a guest they would instead talk about the research they are conducting...
A Beauty Cold and Austere
31 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this month’s episode of Relatively Prime Samuel Hansen speaks with Professor Mike Spivey from University of Puget Sound about his interactive fic...
Robert Schneider
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a bit of a blast from the past. Samuel has recently been going back through some of the old episodes from season 1 and while…
Mathematical Objects
29 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel Hansen is joined by fellow podcasters and friends Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett of the Aperiodical to ta...
EDGE
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Relatively Prime Samuel speaks with the founders, Sylvia Bozeman of Spellman College and Rhonda Hughes of Bryn Mawr, a current dire...
Mathematically Gifted & Black
31 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If a person is going to become a mathematician it is important for them to be able to see examples of people like themselves who have already made…
3 2 1…Action
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Here on Relatively Prime we have discussed mathematical novels and poetry and music and even featured mathematics sketches, but we have yet to talk mo...
Jem’s Gems
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On Relatively Prime we talk a lot about mathematicians and their research, but it has been a long time since we have talked about an absolutely integr...
A Year (1811) In Review
31 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Samuel has been in the middle of a big move this month, more on this in upcoming episodes, but they did not want you to be without a…
All the Math Podcasts-Bonus
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This bonus episode of Relatively Prime features a live podcast recording from 2018’s Annual MathsJam Gathering. This live podcast featured segments ...
Cycle of Mathematics: Around 20 Papers
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the fourth and final episode of the Cycle of Mathematics mini-series from Relatively Prime. In this mini-series we are covering mathematics...
Cycle of Mathematics: Orange Volumes on a Shelf (On the Internet)
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the third episode of the Cycle of Mathematics mini-series from Relatively Prime. In this mini-series we are covering mathematics from its s...
Cycle of Mathematics: Verify, Revise, Repeat
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second episode of the Cycle of Mathematics mini-series from Relatively Prime. In this mini-series we are covering mathematics from its ...
Cycle of Mathematics: The Six Handshakes
31 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the new Cycle of Mathematics mini-series from Relatively Prime. In this mini-series we will be covering mathematics from its start as an id...
The Big Internet Math Off (Updated)
25 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As this is being written there is around 18 hours left in the final match of the Aperiodical’s Big Internet Math Off between Matt Parker and Dr. Nir...
Math Off 4: Checkers
24 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sadly Samuel did not make it to the final round of The Aperiodical’s Big Internet Math Off, but lucky for y’all in a fit of profound arrogance, as...
Math Off 3: Gerrymandering
19 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sadly Samuel did not make it to the semi-final round of The Aperiodical’s Big Internet Math Off, but lucky for y’all in a fit of profound arroganc...
Math Off Round 2: Quaternions
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sadly Samuel did not make it to the second round of The Aperiodical’s Big Internet Math Off, but lucky for y’all in a fit of profound arrogance, a...
Math Off Round 1: Why Your Friends Have More Friends than You Do
02 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It is time for you to vote for Samuel in the first round of the 1st ever Aperiodical.com Big Internet Math Off! In the first round Samuel is…
Girls Talk Math
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this month’s episode of Relatively Prime we are excited to bring to you the story of Girls Talk Math. Girls Talk Math is a 2 week mathematics…
The Right Bucket
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This month’s Relatively Prime is all about classification. Samuel is joined by Fabian Müller of zbMath for a discussion of the Mathematics Subject ...
Diegetic Plots: Chapter 3
31 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this chapter of Diegetic Plots on Relatively Prime Larry Lesser shares the poem “The M Word” and there is a very unfortunate customer service c...
Tick & Lice & Relapsing & Fevers
28 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode so Relatively Prime Samuel talks with former office mate at UNLV Cody Palmer. When this conversation was recorded Cody was a PhD stude...
Science Sparring Society
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Samuel has been feeling a bit nostalgic recently and was thinking about an old show we can almost guarantee you have never heard of, called Science Sp...
Formulaic Perfection
22 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We are happy to bring to you a special holiday episode of Relatively Prime during this festive period. Samuel is joined by old pals Katie, Peter, and ...
Cold and Flu
30 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It is that time of year where you, and everyone else, is coughing and sniffling and sneezing and generally getting gross germs all over the place. ...
Knotty Helix
31 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sure DNA is important, some might even claim it is absolutely integral to life itself, but does it contain any interesting math? Samuel is joined by U...
Their Favorite Theorem
29 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what mathematicans’ favorite theorems were? How about what food or music pairs perfectly with those theorems? Well whether yo...
Re District
31 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mathematics has been showing up in the news a lot more than usual lately. It has shown up in Slate, The New York Times, and The New Yorker…
All The Gerrys Mandered(Encore)
31 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gerrymandering – the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while...
Outside the Equation
27 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Relatively Prime is the other panel Samuel hosted at the 2017 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Atlanta. This panel was called Outside ...
Talking the Talk – Mathematics Communication
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mathematics is not always the easiest thing to talk or write about, especially when the audience is not other mathematicians. This doesn’t mean talk...
You Have the Right
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There are stories all the time about race and policing in the United States. They do not typically focus on search rates of traffic stops, but that is...
Steiner Biopsy
29 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Cancer is a truly terrible disease. We all know it too, in fact it is very likely not a person reading this right now who has not had their own…
#TryPod – The Other Half
24 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sorry for the late episode this month, but your intrepid host and producer Samuel Hansen had to go and get himself concussed at his day job. This…...
Origins LIVE!
16 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We live in a culture obsessed with the Origin Story, and not without reason. There is very rarely a story more fascinating than the one which tells...
On the Hill
16 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We are right in the middle of that time every four years when the United States of America focuses very intently on the government, the whole governm...
Lottery Daze
21 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lottery Daze Welcome to the new season of Relatively Prime! There will be a few changes for the new season, primarily each episode will feature only a...
Diegetic Plots: Chapter 2
24 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Diegetic Plots: Chapter Two This is the final episode of the 2nd season of Relatively Prime. It is also the second chapter of the ongoing series Diege...
f(θ)=1-sin(θ)
17 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
f(θ)=1-sin(θ) If you ever want to conduct a quick social experiment on the status of mathematics in the world just get yourself a dating profile and...
Principia Metropolica
11 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Principia Metropolica Your host Samuel Hansen loves cities. Small Cities, Dense Cities, New Cities, Twin Cities, Reborn Cities, he doesn’t care what...
Other Duties as Assigned
04 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Download the Episode Subscribe: iTunes or RSS Other Duties As Assigned Mathematician is an insanely broad job title It can encompass everyone from pro...
Diegetic Plots: Chapter 1
28 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Download the Episode Subscribe: iTunes or RSS Diegetic Plots: Chapter One This episode of Relatively Prime is going to be delving into the humanistic ...
Mathematistan
20 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Download the Episode Subscribe: iTunes or RSS Mathematistan Mathematics may be the most pure, the most abstract, the most ivory tower of all academic ...
Your Daily Recommended Math
13 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Download the Episode Subscribe: iTunes or RSS Your Daily Recommended Math We all use mathematics everyday. At least that is what we all like to tell o...
The Lexicon
03 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Lexicon Download the Episode Subscribe: iTunes or RSS The Three R’s, Reading Writing and ’Rithmetic, have formed the basis of formal education...
1+1=2
08 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
It hardly seems that a week can go by without seeing another newspaper story or television report about the decline of the American Educational Establ...
0,1,2,3…
05 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about the forgotten mathematical tool of numbers. Ok, forgotten may be a bit strong, but after a certain point in mathematics n...
Erdos
23 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Erdos was one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th Century, the one that other mathematicians measure their distance from, and beyond that ...
The Score
22 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
There are many similarities between mathematics and music. They are their own vocabulary, their own written language, their own way of describing the ...
The Shape of Things
21 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Mathematics is rather unfairly thought of as a numbers game, but there really is much more too it and after scouring the world Samuel Hansen found a m...
The Unexpected
19 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes an approach you are sure will work yields results. Maybe the Cambridge sandwich year and a unicycle society will lead to traveling around th...
The Toolbox
18 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The mathematics that we all learn in school is great. No, really, it is. How can anyone get through life without knowing how to add or subtract.…
Chinook
17 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
You may not think of checkers as an important game intellectually. It certainly has never had the cachet of chess. That did not stop it from becoming ...