Coming up in episode 43: Kim Plowright

Self-confessed "Internet Zelig" Kim Plowright drops in for a chat this week. Check back here or go to iTunes on Thursday for the full episode.

Posted: September 7th, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Episode 42: Elizabeth Sparrow

Elizabeth Sparrow is President of the Chartered Institute for I.T. In this week's fun-packed episode, we find out about being in charge of geeks, use the phrase 'digital native', and ask our guest whether kids should be forced to use Facebook. We also get the scoop on a film competition you can enter - with real prize money. And be warned, you might be going up against US. Yeah.

In other episode 42 news, Roo calls Leila's bluff with a surprisingly difficult quiz about Red Dwarf, and we welcome the return of snacks expert Dave, under whose expert supervision we sample a few crisps Francais - and some from nearer home where we just call them crisps.

Links: BCS (The Chartered Institute for I.T) | Digital Revolutions Competition | Digital Revolutions on YouTube | Red Dwarf (Wikipedia) | Dave's site Snackspot | Buy this podcast on audio cassette | Or why not cut out the middle man, and just donate?

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Posted: September 2nd, 2010 | 9,537 Comments »

Coming up in episode 42: Elizabeth Sparrow

Elizabeth is the President of the BCS. Here she tells us about a new competition the organisation is launching for digital users like yourselves, and gives us a bit of background to her career in information technology. For the full audio episode (including snacks and a Red Dwarf quiz) check back here or iTunes on Thursday 2nd of September.

Posted: August 31st, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Episode 41: Alex Bellos

We chat to Alex Bellos this week. You must have seen his popular maths book (illustrated by SRS guest Andy Riley); Alex's Adventures in Numberland is everywhere at the moment. But is maths really that interesting? How many loaves of bread does it take to change a bell curve? What's 'God's Number' and is it cheaper if you ring after 6pm? Alex computes the answers, while in an unexpectedly gothic twist, your hosts assemble an edible skeleton and pool their entire knowledge of Twilight.

We have three copies of Alex's book to give away. Email us your address to stand a chance of winning one!

Links: Alex Bellos (homepage) | Alex Bellos (Twitter) | Alex's illustrator Andy Riley when he was on this show | Alex's Adventures in Numberland (Amazon) | The science part: Rokicki's God's Number site | Drop us an email | or add us on Twitter | or buy a tape of this episode

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Posted: August 26th, 2010 | 2,985 Comments »

Coming up in episode 41: Alex Bellos

Alex Bellos's maths popularising book Alex's Adventures In Numberland has been setting the charts alight since it came out earlier this year. Here he explains the origins of the tome's excellent title and the problem of solving the Rubik's Cube.

The full audio episode goes up here and on iTunes on Thursday 26th, see you then!

Posted: August 24th, 2010 | 5 Comments »

Episode 40: Reiner Knizia

This week's guest is a prolific game designer. So prolific, in fact, that if you like games you probably already have something he's created in your house. So it was an honour to talk to Reiner Knizia about German board games, the iPhone market, whether German telly really is rubbish, and lots more.

And your hosts play a game of their own this week, too. To celebrate the podcast's 40th birthday, Leila quizzes Roo on his knowledge of Shift Run Stop. But how well will you do? Pause the cassette, and try the quiz yourself. The game is afoot!

Links: Reiner Knizia (Wikipedia) | Reiner's company Knizia Games | Ingenious (Amazon) | Buy this episode on audio cassette and party like it's 1988 | ...or simply donate an organ.

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Posted: August 19th, 2010 | 7,276 Comments »