126 = Temperature Levels and Special Vessels

From A Problem Squared by Matt Parker, Bec Hill

January 18, 2026 · 59 min

About this episode

The episode discusses temperature levels, the use of fancy drinking glasses, and features a segment on various topics.

🧊 Why doesn’t the coldest day fall on the shortest day? 🥂 If you don’t drink, what can you use fancy drinking glasses for? 🏊 And we take the plunge into some Any Other Brrrrrrrness. If you’d like to read about defibrillator testing using a turkey, here’s the paper sent in by Hans: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12879378/ If you’d like to see Matt and Bec - alongside Steve Mould and Helen Arney and more - at An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail in London on Monday 26th January, you can get tickets here: https://www.universe.com/events/an-evening-of-unnecessary-detail-tickets-TFK426?ref=ticketmaster If you’d like to see Bec at the Adelaide Fringe in March, you can get tickets here: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/bec-hill-creates-the-perfect-show-work-in-progress-af2026 And if you’d like to see Matt on tour, all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows If you’d like to ask Matt and Bec anything for our special 2^7 episode in February go to the Problem Posing Page at aproblemsquared.com - select ‘Problem’ and start your message with AMA! Please get your AMA questions in by Friday 23rd January 2026! Join us on Patreon for early releases…

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Parker, Bec Hill

Topics covered

temperature
drinking glasses
defibrillator testing
comedy
events

Keywords

temperature
drinking glasses
defibrillator
comedy
podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Adelaide Fringe, Problem Posing Page

Books & works: defibrillator testing using a turkey