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126 = Temperature Levels and Special Vessels

January 19, 2026 · 59 min

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🧊 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 and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!

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