The Function Room
GoLoudA podcast about the big numbers, the hard sums, the mathematics that defines, runs, shapes, changes, begins, ends, every things our lives and the world around us. Hosted by Colm O'Regan. An award-winning radio broadcaster, comedian, novelist and it turns out lapsed engineer who is trying to feel useful again. Each episode sheds light on a tiny corner of a giant subject with entertaining guests and... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 46 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | MathematicsScience | |||
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Latest Episodes
This week in the function room, Census Sensibility with . A glimpse into the work of Ireland's Central Statistic office, the CSO with Statistician Jess Coyne. Yes it's been a little while since the last one. The Easter break and childminding and what... more
Another episode title Im jealous of becuase I didn't pick it, it's the work of Keith Houston a writer and software engineer who has made a habit of writing about things that are there in plain sight. He has written about the history of punctuation, a... more
My first replay! Given what we've been hearing about Google and their Gemini code disaster and bias and all sorts, time to revisit one of my favourite episodes, with Cathy O'Neil author of Weapons of Math destruction and has a company that audits alg... more
This week my guest is Hannah Daly, Professor of Sustainable Energy at University College Cork. It's the third of a trilogy about energy - a sort of trilogy there was another episode in between (a sort of Rogue One of maths/energy episodes) more
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Current affairs podcasts are getting so depressing. I have this sort of sense of duty to be aware of why I should be worried about the possibility of Israel and Iran starting a war or how the Taliban overran the Afghan army but it doesn’t put a spring in my step. Even This American Life has lost some of its “wow” factor. But Function Room puts a smile on my face every time. Colm has a voice that subtly instructs you to chill out. I compare it with “You’re Dead to Me” that tries do the same for h... more
Apple Podcasts5cjhaslett
United Kingdom3 years ago - Great podcast
Really interesting and accessible with great guests
Apple Podcasts5mrs eaves
Ireland3 years ago - Fabulous Pod
Colm strikes gold with this combination of humour and science. Fabulous guests and a really interesting listen.
Apple Podcasts5PadraigwIreland3 years ago
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Apple Podcasts | #35 |  United States/Science/Mathematics |
Apple Podcasts | #12 |  Canada/Science/Mathematics |
Apple Podcasts | #16 | United Kingdom/Science/Mathematics |
Apple Podcasts | #15 |  Australia/Science/Mathematics |
Apple Podcasts | #17 |  France/Science/Mathematics |
Apple Podcasts | #19 |  Germany/Science/Mathematics |
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