131 = Microwave Conventions and Pythagoral Dimensions

From A Problem Squared by Matt Parker, Bec Hill

March 30, 2026 · 1h 3m · Season 1 · Episode 131

About this episode

The episode discusses microwave food placement, 4D geometry, and features various creative experiments and visual content.

👋 When microwaving food, should you place it in the centre, or off to the side? 📐 Does the longest diagonal in a 1m sided cube in 4D square equal root 4? 🐨 And there’s some Bonus Other Business. Head to our socials to see Bec’s Photographic Exhibition of Australian Wildlife, Cubie the Moon Rover, Bec’s Poppadom Experiment, Matt’s Pythagorean Whiteboard Action, and the first glimpse of the most confusing game of Connect 4 ever to be played. A surprisingly visual audio podcast… so it’s all happening over on BlueSky / Twitter / Instagram 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

microwave food placement
4D geometry
Pythagorean theorem
Australian wildlife
creative experiments
Connect 4

Keywords

microwave
4D cube
Pythagorean theorem
Australian wildlife
Connect 4
experiments
podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, Patreon

Products: Cubie the Moon Rover, Bec’s Poppadom Experiment, Pythagorean Whiteboard Action

Books & works: Bec’s Photographic Exhibition of Australian Wildlife