Sum of All Parts
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
16.2 How we evacuate
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 evacue...
16.1 Fact checking the fire season
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During the recent Australian bushfire crisis, numbers gave us a sense of the unprecedented scale of the disaster; 12.6 million hectares burnt, 431 me...
15.0 An unusual pattern
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is Benjamin Geen a killer, or the unluckiest guy in England?
14.0 The labradoodle of regret
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
Where and when did a digital computer play music for the first time?
13.0 Chiptune
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do you turn a Nintendo Game Boy into a musical instrument?
12.0 The Tattoowierer
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Who was the tattooist of Auschwitz?
11.1 The hidden extinction [BONUS]
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Who knew there was a hidden dinosaur extinction?
11.0 Dino explosion!
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why does my three-year-old know more about dinosaurs than I do?
10.0 One, two, three, four!
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What can Radiohead tell us about our ancient connection to rhythm?
9.4 Remembering Maryam Mirzakhani (SOAP presents.. Ockham's Razor)
29 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
Zillion. Squillion. Kajillion. What are these numbers?
9.2 Wrong Number (SOAP presents.. Twenty Thousand Hertz)
15 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
“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...
9.0 Presenting.. SOAP presents..
07 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 worl...
8.0 A tale of two drugs [BONUS]
01 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
7.1 Two Trains [BONUS]
07 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Two Trains tells the story of income inequality along the New York City 2 Train.
7.0 The sound of seizure
03 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brant Guichard has heard The Music for as long as he can remember.
6.1 Slow down, George Solo-son [BONUS]
31 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Did George Harrison "cheat" the solo to A Hard Day's Night?
6.0 Magical Mystery Chord
26 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
No one’s sure exactly how the most famous chord in popular music was played. Until now.
5.0 Give an inch, take a millimetre..
18 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
Rational people test their superstitions.
3.0 Phoenix + Electron
06 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Melbourne, 1989. Two teenagers hack Australia's recently established internet connection, and infiltrate some of the world’s most secure computer n...
2.1 Smells Like Teen Multitrack [BONUS]
03 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
A school of fish help the Australian netball team win a gold medal.
0.0 A better way to count
22 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
These people count in twelves not tens.