130 = Sly Skittles Claim and Why Sniffles Name?

From A Problem Squared by Matt Parker, Bec Hill

March 16, 2026 · 53 min · Season 1 · Episode 130

About this episode

The episode explores the uniqueness of Skittles packs and the etymology of the term 'cold'.

🌈 Is it true that "No Two Packs Of Skittles Are The Same?” 🤧 Why a cold called cold? 🤫 And there’s some ASMROB Head to our socials to see Matt’s Mission Patches, Matt’s Calculator, and the Skittles Combinatorics! The Liberation Laser Software by Seb Lee-Delisle https://liberationlaser.com/ The Skittle Maths by Clare Wallace https://www.clarewallace.co.uk/skittles And some Norfolk Punch, if you’re so inclined https://www.norfolkpunch.com/ If you’d like to see Matt on tour, all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard! If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post! If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps. Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky , Twitter , Instagram , and on Discord .

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Parker, Bec Hill

Topics covered

Skittles
cold
ASMR
math
comedy
podcast

Keywords

Skittles
cold
ASMR
math
comedy
podcast
Norfolk Punch

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seb Lee-Delisle, Clare Wallace, Norfolk Punch, A Problem Squared