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 | Twice monthly | Episodes | 53 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Categories | MathematicsScience | ||||
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The last episode - and a great way to go out. By taking the ultimate trip on the Z-axis and exploring the sea. We fuss so much about exploring outer space and going to Mars when a whole other planet exists just beyond the beach. Olive Heffernan has b... more
The penultimate episode before an offical hiatus. (the last year was just me hiding and ghosting) .This is a cracker though. Lewis Dartnell author of The Knowledge - which tells how you rebuild a civilisation from scratch, talks about the key numbers... more
This week I do some basic drills, some shuttling runs on the massive world of statistics in sport. Former accountant Paul McDonald has many hats, but he is now a sports stat specialist, company founder and originator of the expected transfer values a... more
This week I’m joined by another returnee to the function Room, a lecturer at the Maynooth University Department of Geography and we’re talking about voting systems and the numbers they generate. We catch an STV, - single transferrable vote, FPTP -fir... 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 Kingdom4 years ago - Great podcast
Really interesting and accessible with great guests
Apple Podcasts5mrs eaves
Ireland5 years ago - Fabulous Pod
Colm strikes gold with this combination of humour and science. Fabulous guests and a really interesting listen.
Apple Podcasts5PadraigwIreland5 years ago
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Apple Podcasts | #55 |  United States/Science/Mathematics |
Apple Podcasts | #19 | United Kingdom/Science/Mathematics |
Apple Podcasts | #50 |  Canada/Science/Mathematics |
Apple Podcasts | #41 |  Australia/Science/Mathematics |
Apple Podcasts | #54 |  France/Science/Mathematics |
Apple Podcasts | #59 |  Germany/Science/Mathematics |
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