The Curious Engineer

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2020–2021

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December 2021

  1. Reversals
  2. Bang 3
  3. Imagining the Worst
  4. Toynbee Tiles
  5. Homage 2
  6. The Fence Telephone
  7. Will Power
  8. In a Word
  9. A Missed Train
  10. Summary
  11. RSS Quiz
  12. “A Little Short Story”
  13. Zipf’s Law
  14. Windtowers
  15. Simplest Terms
  16. “The Black Patch”
  17. A Christmas Puzzle
  18. Unquote
  19. Concealed Shoes
  20. Black and White
  21. Reunited
  22. Unwinese
  23. A Private World
  24. Three in One
  25. Precocious
  26. Network
  27. Turning Back Time
  28. Crowd Control
  29. Keep Right
  30. Onlookers
  31. Self-Portrait
  32. Intangible Assets
  33. The Other Half
  34. Love and Law
  35. The Wollemi Pine
  36. Mystery Guest
  37. Presence
  38. In a Word
  39. Data
  40. Palindromic Substrings
  41. Balance
  42. Reunion
  43. Head Over Heels
  44. Literally
  45. Eventful
  46. Three Predictions
  47. Pointlessness Exalted
  48. Out, Out!
  49. Small World
  50. In a Word
  51. The Nearby Daughter
  52. A Perfect Alphabet
  53. With All Speed

November 2021

  1. A Welcome Outcome
  2. Easy Does It
  3. Unquote
  4. Podcast Episode 365: Lateral Thinking Puzzles
  5. The Open Christmas Letter
  6. The Green Cathedral
  7. Black and White
  8. A for Effort
  9. Second Strike
  10. See You Around
  11. Lodging a Complaint
  12. Full Circle
  13. Misdemeanor
  14. Podcast Episode 364: Sidney Cotton’s Aerial Reconnaissance
  15. The Tree of 40 Fruit
  16. In Plain Sight
  17. Fowl Grace
  18. Silent Speech
  19. A One-Sided Score
  20. The Débutante
  21. Nocturne
  22. A Good Walk Spoiled
  23. A Legal Fiction
  24. Inspiration
  25. Supply and Demand
  26. Podcast Episode 363: The Lambeth Poisoner
  27. Noc
  28. Just Checking
  29. Progress
  30. The Blythe Intaglios
  31. The Trust Game
  32. Blissymbols
  33. First Class
  34. In a Word
  35. Extra Credit
  36. A Box Code
  37. Unquote
  38. Hall’s Marriage Theorem
  39. Key Testimony
  40. The Silent Trade
  41. Landscape Portrait
  42. Free Enterprise
  43. Black and White
  44. Shop Talk
  45. The President’s Mystery
  46. Freeze!
  47. The Chatsworth Violin
  48. Tilt 3
  49. Part Two
  50. Precocious

October 2021

  1. The Giant of Castelnau
  2. Forgotten Pearls
  3. Enduring Advice
  4. A Feathered Nest
  5. Mama Bird
  6. “The Hammock Puzzle”
  7. Inspiration
  8. Exercise
  9. Two for One
  10. Lincoln at Rest
  11. Podcast Episode 362: The Leatherman
  12. The Wilcoxon Speech
  13. Excerpts
  14. Equilibrium
  15. Hope and Change
  16. Playing to Type
  17. Footwork
  18. In a Word
  19. The Mozart of the Sea
  20. Payment in Kind
  21. “The Frogs and Tumblers”
  22. Unquote
  23. Podcast Episode 361: A Fight Over Nutmeg
  24. Boo 9
  25. Notes 2
  26. Unnatural Beauty
  27. Black and White
  28. Character Study
  29. Diplomacy
  30. A Guest Appearance
  31. Self-Study
  32. Plausible Deniability
  33. Podcast Episode 360: Haggard’s Dream
  34. Turning Point
  35. House Rules
  36. Order 3
  37. Starting Funds
  38. A Geometric Illusion
  39. A Cool Customer
  40. Progress
  41. Ear and Eye
  42. In a Word
  43. “The Roadside Littérateur”
  44. Podcast Episode 359: Stranded in Shangri-La
  45. Triple Threat
  46. The Grim Reaper Paradox
  47. Unquote
  48. Youth and Genius

September 2021

  1. Credit
  2. First Light
  3. Eye Music
  4. Looking Up
  5. Settling Accounts
  6. Different
  7. Black and White
  8. Court Order
  9. A Silver Lining
  10. Langley’s Adventitious Angles
  11. Miniatures
  12. Fleeting
  13. Extra Credit
  14. Even Up
  15. The Black Beetle
  16. Protocol
  17. Closer
  18. The Switchback Puzzle
  19. Local Materials
  20. The Case of the Speluncean Explorers
  21. Perspective
  22. In a Word
  23. The Cat Gap
  24. Out of the Way
  25. Overhead
  26. Kitchen Aid
  27. Unquote
  28. Saying Goodbye
  29. Made to Order
  30. Podcast Episode 358: The Radium Girls
  31. “Forgotten Words Are Mighty Hard to Rhyme”
  32. Blood Brothers
  33. “Epitaph on Fop, A Dog Belonging to Lady Throckmorton”
  34. Black and White
  35. “A Match Puzzle”
  36. Sorcery
  37. Exam Week
  38. Benedetti’s Puzzle
  39. To Town
  40. Podcast Episode 357: Scenes From an Earthquake
  41. Berkson’s Paradox
  42. Something New
  43. An Antarctic Disappearance
  44. Cutting It Fine
  45. Anscombe’s Quartet
  46. Coincidence
  47. Growing Room
  48. Choosing

August 2021

  1. Meno’s Paradox
  2. The Billups Neon Crossing Signal
  3. In a Word
  4. Podcast Episode 356: A Strawberry’s Journey
  5. Landscapes
  6. The Fortsas Hoax
  7. Slow Life
  8. $50 for All
  9. Dark Days
  10. Paint Job
  11. Unquote
  12. Golden Joinery
  13. Sale
  14. Away From It All
  15. Black and White
  16. Podcast Episode 355: The Auckland Islands Castaways
  17. The Perfect Box
  18. A Portable Bed
  19. Footwork
  20. Self-Improvement
  21. Real Time
  22. For the Record
  23. The Paradox of the Just Law
  24. Shared Birthdays
  25. Justified Killing
  26. Slow Burn
  27. Sweet Music
  28. Podcast Episode 354: Falling Through a Thunderstorm
  29. The Conway Circle Theorem
  30. The Queens Giant
  31. The Picnic
  32. Battlefield ID
  33. In a Word
  34. Digit Work
  35. The Emaciated Child
  36. Still Waters
  37. Identity
  38. Exchange
  39. Unquote
  40. Podcast Episode 353: Lateral Thinking Puzzles
  41. Skulduggery
  42. “Fear Is the Bane of the Happy”
  43. Black and White
  44. Ethology
  45. Above It All
  46. Upscale
  47. Tank Hunt
  48. Simple Enough
  49. Salutations
  50. Packing Numbers
  51. Limerick
  52. The Wine-Bin
  53. Travel Broadens the Mind

July 2021

  1. “Fine Words Butter No Parsnips”
  2. It Begins
  3. Sea Horses
  4. Signing Off
  5. Misc 85
  6. The Right Place
  7. Implementia
  8. Problem Solved
  9. Skylon
  10. In a Word
  11. Podcast Episode 352: A Victorian Hippopotamus
  12. Making a Point
  13. Officers
  14. A Rare Eagle
  15. Unquote
  16. Wandering Minds
  17. Fieldwork
  18. Please Help!
  19. Repeater
  20. Words and Motion
  21. Fixing a Point
  22. Black and White
  23. Podcast Episode 351: Notes and Queries
  24. The Vesper
  25. Ventriloquism
  26. The Long Way
  27. Missing
  28. The Empty Library
  29. Enlightenment
  30. “Typesetting Tarradiddle”
  31. Mr. Lucky
  32. Math Notes
  33. “Dare to Be Yourself”
  34. Brahmagupta’s Theorem
  35. Podcast Episode 350: Symmes’ Hole
  36. Lorina Bulwer
  37. Choice Blindness
  38. Fredkin’s Paradox
  39. All Wet
  40. Unquote
  41. So Ordered
  42. Boxing Day
  43. Uncombable Hair Syndrome
  44. In a Word
  45. Dicto Simpliciter
  46. Podcast Episode 349: The National Hotel Disease
  47. The Asch Conformity Experiments
  48. Time Trouble
  49. Black and White
  50. Mission Accomplished
  51. Inventory

June 2021

  1. The British Flag Theorem
  2. The Garden of Eden
  3. Harmony
  4. Do It Yourself
  5. Quickie
  6. Podcast Episode 348: Who Killed the Red Baron?
  7. A Plate of 1,000 Cookies
  8. Wanderlust
  9. Extended Engagement
  10. Self-Made Man
  11. Thomsen’s Theorem
  12. Public Spirit
  13. Evolution
  14. “Fermat’s Last Theorem”
  15. Bottema’s Theorem
  16. The Aventine Keyhole
  17. Unquote
  18. Podcast Episode 347: The Cottingley Fairies
  19. The Friendship Medals
  20. “The Horse of Joy”
  21. Round Here
  22. In a Word
  23. “A Quaint Address”
  24. “Secret for Thirty-Two Years”
  25. The Great Picture
  26. State House
  27. Neighbors
  28. Black and White
  29. Podcast Episode 346: A Desperate Winter in Antarctica
  30. Other Means
  31. Hooper’s Paradox
  32. Best Intentions
  33. Model
  34. “The Slash”
  35. Misc 84
  36. Last Words
  37. Unpretentious
  38. In the Dark
  39. “Imitative Chess”
  40. The Hidden Element
  41. Podcast Episode 345: Climbing Mont Blanc
  42. Streets and Order
  43. Obstacle Course
  44. Stonework
  45. Unquote
  46. Abstract Art
  47. Preview
  48. Snapshot
  49. Conditions
  50. Time Games

May 2021

  1. Neighbors
  2. “Stray Sayings”
  3. In a Word
  4. Resolution
  5. A Look Back
  6. Moving Up
  7. Mosaic
  8. “Abbey Amor”
  9. The Paradox of the Question
  10. Small Talk
  11. A Little Television
  12. Black and White
  13. Podcast Episode 344: Martin Couney’s Incubator Babies
  14. Quickie
  15. Blanche Monnier
  16. Cause and Effect
  17. Rendezvous
  18. Tribute
  19. Getting Around
  20. Attention to Detail
  21. Letters and Numbers
  22. Plea 3
  23. Unquote
  24. Podcast Episode 343: Operation Cowboy
  25. Memorial
  26. Amplitude
  27. Match Point
  28. Riddles
  29. The Nightingale Monument
  30. Relative
  31. In a Word
  32. The Seconds Pendulum
  33. Crossing
  34. Consequences
  35. Progress
  36. Podcast Episode 342: A Slave Sues for Freedom
  37. Trompe L’Oeil
  38. Nowhere Man
  39. An Old Friend
  40. The River Witham Sword
  41. Monometer
  42. Piecework
  43. An Elevated Perspective
  44. “Appendicitis”
  45. More Loops
  46. The Savage Breast
  47. “Ode on a Grecian Urn Summarized”
  48. Podcast Episode 341: An Overlooked Bacteriologist
  49. Expenses
  50. Seating Trouble

April 2021

  1. Unquote
  2. Seeing Red
  3. Nowheresville
  4. Cutting Cake
  5. Best Friends
  6. First Things First
  7. “The Individual and the World”
  8. The Presidents’ Tree
  9. In a Word
  10. Podcast Episode 340: A Vanished Physicist
  11. Road Games
  12. Jacob’s Ladder
  13. Remembering
  14. Choosing Sides
  15. Security
  16. Waste Not, Want Not
  17. The Bishop Problem
  18. Endless
  19. The Hawking Index
  20. A Packing Problem
  21. Black and White
  22. Podcast Episode 339: The Baron of Arizona
  23. Brave New World
  24. Ambiance
  25. The Basket Tree
  26. Egg Hunt
  27. A Look Ahead
  28. Right Enough
  29. Unquote
  30. Sickness and Health
  31. Ape Talk
  32. A Spider’s World
  33. Advice 3
  34. Memorial
  35. Viewpoint
  36. Throughput
  37. Art and Commerce
  38. In a Word
  39. Out of the Way
  40. “American Ships Head to Gulf”
  41. Double Duty
  42. A Reindeer Cyclone
  43. First Contact
  44. False Memory
  45. Moving Day
  46. Podcast Episode 338: A Point of Law
  47. Horse Sense
  48. The Ghost Train
  49. Surrounded
  50. Easter Fare
  51. Wine and Roses
  52. Two Birds

March 2021

  1. Expansive
  2. Better Safe
  3. “A Rubric on Rubik Cubics”
  4. Black and White
  5. Unquote
  6. Podcast Episode 337: Lost in a Daydream
  7. Outlook
  8. High and Dry
  9. Apt 4
  10. A Rare Voice
  11. The Haidbauer Incident
  12. An Early Mark
  13. Punctuation
  14. A Confusing Country
  15. The Horizontal Falls
  16. In a Word
  17. Podcast Episode 336: A Gruesome Cure for Consumption
  18. Storm Warning
  19. More Fortuitous Numbers
  20. On and Off
  21. Direction
  22. Eye Music
  23. Oddity
  24. A Self-Characterizing Figure
  25. Meditation
  26. Bright Idea
  27. The Endless House
  28. Certainty
  29. Podcast Episode 335: Transporting Obelisks
  30. If You Can’t Beat ‘Em …
  31. Lessons Learned
  32. Express
  33. Chin King
  34. Being There
  35. Provisions
  36. Easy Does It
  37. Black and White
  38. Rock Music
  39. One Solution
  40. Unquote
  41. Podcast Episode 334: Eugene Bullard
  42. Waiting in Style
  43. A Little Game
  44. “Short Road to Wealth”
  45. Recall
  46. Math Notes
  47. Vice Compression
  48. Do It Yourself
  49. “A Friction Paradox”
  50. The Longyou Caves
  51. A Lucrative Loop
  52. In a Word
  53. Red Flag Laws

February 2021

  1. Reverse Buoyancy
  2. Dedication
  3. “Piccadilly Underground Station”
  4. Engine Trouble
  5. “A Bully Is Always a Coward”
  6. Fitting
  7. Astrobiology
  8. Trying
  9. Reflection
  10. Beholder
  11. Asked and Answered
  12. Podcast Episode 333: Stranded in the Kimberley
  13. Back and Forth
  14. Black and White
  15. Oh 11
  16. The Stranger’s Room
  17. Life and Art
  18. Misc 83
  19. Unquote
  20. Getting There
  21. Moderation
  22. Decision Time
  23. Podcast Episode 332: Princess Caraboo
  24. Disappearing Act
  25. Handiwork
  26. Inspiration
  27. Route Cause
  28. Guilty
  29. Lucky Seven
  30. In a Word
  31. One World
  32. Tribute
  33. Sesquipedalian
  34. Podcast Episode 331: The Starvation Doctor
  35. Spaceship Away
  36. The Short of It
  37. Last Look
  38. Elbow Room
  39. Back to Basics
  40. A Promising Paradox
  41. Nonentity
  42. A Different View
  43. Black and White
  44. Locke’s Index
  45. All Together Now
  46. Podcast Episode 330: The Abernathy Boys

January 2021

  1. Looking Up
  2. Unquote
  3. One Nation, Indivisible
  4. A Folded Cube
  5. Calendar Boy
  6. Three in One
  7. Quickie
  8. Still Life
  9. “The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations”
  10. The Inquisitive Artist
  11. Disappearing Act
  12. Podcast Episode 329: The Cock Lane Ghost
  13. In a Word
  14. The Pizza Theorem
  15. A New Outlook
  16. A Look Back
  17. A Stand of Seats
  18. Math Notes
  19. Exchange
  20. Illustration
  21. “De Nyew Testament”
  22. Podcast Episode 328: A Canine Prisoner of War
  23. Black and White
  24. Navy Barrage
  25. Student Debt
  26. Irregular
  27. Twice-Told Tale
  28. Unquote
  29. A New Perspective
  30. A Familiar Face
  31. Command Performance
  32. A Near Miss
  33. Podcast Episode 327: The Misplaced Tourist
  34. “Problem for Poultry Farmers”
  35. “Self-Explanatory”
  36. Child’s Play
  37. Vanishing Act
  38. A Special Year
  39. Small World
  40. Math Notes
  41. The Flettner Rotor
  42. More Bad Verse
  43. Prime Circles
  44. In a Word
  45. Podcast Episode 326: The Recluse of Herald Square
  46. Technique
  47. Wave

2020 419

December 2020

  1. Background
  2. Decorum
  3. Correspondence
  4. Undefined
  5. Black and White
  6. Home Primes
  7. Unquote
  8. Podcast Episode 325: Lateral Thinking Puzzles
  9. De Bruijn’s Theorem
  10. Two Christmas Quizzes
  11. Fortunate Numbers
  12. The Coinage Shield
  13. The Clever Way
  14. Duress
  15. Taylor–Couette Flow
  16. Application
  17. Gravity
  18. Podcast Episode 324: The Bizarre Death of Alfred Loewenstein
  19. Franklin’s Magickest Square
  20. An Elevated View
  21. Hex
  22. “Sleeping Man a Suicide”
  23. MIThenge
  24. Hostilities
  25. Neighbors
  26. A Nursery Sonnet
  27. The Isdal Woman
  28. Clout
  29. In a Word
  30. Podcast Episode 323: The Blind Traveler
  31. O Canada
  32. A Last Goodbye
  33. First Things First
  34. Moving Parts
  35. A Little Latin
  36. Black and White
  37. The Chrysler Norseman
  38. Grammatical Illusions
  39. Quickie
  40. The Value of Disagreement
  41. Unquote
  42. Podcast Episode 322: Joseph Medicine Crow
  43. The Substitute
  44. Quarters
  45. Old Booty’s Ghost
  46. After You
  47. “Half-Hanged Smith”
  48. Constrained Travel
  49. Misc 82
  50. Edge Case
  51. A Christmas Puzzle
  52. A Sad Mystery

November 2020

  1. Colloquy
  2. Podcast Episode 321: The Calculating Boy
  3. The Logic House
  4. Knowledge and Belief
  5. Art and Commerce
  6. Foursquare
  7. The Boekenkast
  8. In a Word
  9. Shikaku
  10. Straight and Narrow
  11. Podcast Episode 320: John Hornby and the Barren Lands
  12. Black and White
  13. Hoist/Petard
  14. Fair Exchange
  15. Donkey Sentences
  16. The Love List
  17. Boom Town
  18. Across the Universe
  19. Another First
  20. The Hard Way
  21. Next Steps
  22. Unquote
  23. Podcast Episode 319: Friedrich Kellner’s Opposition
  24. A New Knot
  25. A Captivating Entertainment
  26. The Mysterious Melody
  27. The Final Frontier
  28. Arithmetic Billiards
  29. Remembrance
  30. A Prime Formula
  31. Spreading Word
  32. The Buchowski Paradox
  33. Something Else
  34. The Kobon Triangle Problem
  35. Going Up
  36. Caution
  37. In a Word
  38. Heavens
  39. The Church Cipher
  40. “The New Europe”
  41. Testamentary Matters
  42. Company
  43. World Music
  44. Black and White
  45. Podcast Episode 318: Peace Pilgrim
  46. Hoary-Headed Frosts

October 2020

  1. In the Beginning
  2. Wishful Thinking
  3. Still Life
  4. More Reversible Verse
  5. Lesson 2
  6. Getaway
  7. Careful
  8. Harmony
  9. Euphony
  10. Unquote
  11. Podcast Episode 317: Lateral Thinking Puzzles
  12. Birdsong
  13. Brave New World
  14. The Curse of Billy Penn
  15. A Glass Darkly
  16. Climate Music
  17. Board Meeting
  18. The Impossible Dream
  19. Results
  20. Never Mind
  21. A Sleeping Cat
  22. In a Word
  23. Podcast Episode 316: A Malaysian Mystery
  24. Resource Management
  25. The Third Card
  26. The Tunnel of Eupalinos
  27. Clockwork
  28. The Safety Scoop
  29. Animation
  30. Time Share
  31. Traffic Lights
  32. Black and White
  33. The Persian Princess
  34. Podcast Episode 315: Beryl Markham’s Unconventional Life
  35. Watch Your Step
  36. Miss and Hit
  37. Throwing a Curve
  38. Local Rules
  39. Figure and Ground
  40. Experiment
  41. The Burned House Phenomenon
  42. Unquote
  43. For What It’s Worth
  44. Remedy
  45. Podcast Episode 314: The Taliesin Murders
  46. Turnabout
  47. The Swampman
  48. Bird Brains
  49. Magic 6
  50. Emily
  51. In a Word

September 2020

  1. A New Lease
  2. The Body in the Cylinder
  3. The AVE Mizar
  4. Living Sculpture
  5. Duty
  6. Podcast Episode 313: The Santa Claus Association
  7. Dürer’s Unfolding Problem
  8. Pursuit
  9. Repose
  10. First Things First
  11. Family Resemblance
  12. Outreach
  13. “Hannibal, Missouri”
  14. What’s in a Name?
  15. Black and White
  16. Distinction
  17. Missing
  18. Podcast Episode 312: The Last of the Yahi
  19. Red Square
  20. Elephants and Locomotives
  21. The Incentive Trap
  22. Unquote
  23. Ethology
  24. Root Words
  25. Better Safe
  26. Scoops
  27. A Perfect Square
  28. Reliable
  29. One of a Kind
  30. Podcast Episode 311: A Disputed Russian Princess
  31. Risk Analysis
  32. In a Word
  33. A Moving Target
  34. The Longest Game
  35. Competing Squares
  36. A New Perspective
  37. No Waiting
  38. A Banana Split
  39. Unspoken
  40. Unraveled
  41. Podcast Episode 310: The Case of Bobby Dunbar
  42. Black and White
  43. Long Distance
  44. Art and Artifice
  45. Company
  46. Faux Faulkner
  47. A Tanned Pascal
  48. Early Warning
  49. Aiming High
  50. Elegance

August 2020

  1. Unquote
  2. Podcast Episode 309: The ‘Grain of Salt’ Episode
  3. Top Drawer
  4. Clearance
  5. All for One
  6. Mirror Therapy
  7. “The House”
  8. A Stressful Game
  9. Small World
  10. The Stairs of Reconciliation
  11. One Two Three
  12. Intentions
  13. In a Word
  14. Podcast Episode 308: Nicholas Winton and the Czech Kindertransport
  15. Fact and Fiction
  16. A Perfect Bore
  17. An Unexpected Party
  18. Forward and Back
  19. An Even Dozen
  20. Specimen
  21. For the Record
  22. Noted 18
  23. Thinking Big
  24. Math Notes
  25. Two in One
  26. The Moses Bridge
  27. Local Fauna
  28. Black and White
  29. Conversation Piece
  30. A Late Arrival
  31. Coming Attractions
  32. A Discreet Correspondence
  33. Left and Right
  34. Unquote
  35. Russell’s Decalogue
  36. All’s Fair
  37. Twice True
  38. Podcast Episode 307: The Cyprus Mutiny
  39. Voting With One’s Feet
  40. A Bimagic Queen’s Tour
  41. The Isolator
  42. Memorial
  43. Inside Business
  44. An Odd Word
  45. Moving Words
  46. In a Word
  47. Bending the Rules
  48. For What It’s Worth
  49. Laconic
  50. Podcast Episode 306: The Inventor Who Disappeared
  51. All Aboard
  52. Origins
  53. Starting Up

July 2020

  1. Podcast Episode 305: Cast Away in the New World
  2. Podcast Episode 304: The Dog Who Joined the Navy
  3. Podcast Episode 303: Camp Stark
  4. Podcast Episode 302: The Galápagos Affair
  5. Update 4

June 2020

  1. Podcast Episode 301: Tschiffely’s Ride
  2. Podcast Episode 300: Lateral Thinking Puzzles
  3. Podcast Episode 299: Ursula Graham Bower and the Nagas
  4. Update 3
  5. Podcast Episode 298: The Theft of the Mona Lisa

May 2020

  1. Podcast Episode 297: A Sinto Boxer in Nazi Germany
  2. Podcast Episode 296: The Little Giants
  3. Podcast Episode 295: An Unlikely Attempt on Everest
  4. Podcast Episode 294: ‘The Murder Trial of the Century’
  5. Update 2

April 2020

  1. Podcast Episode 293: Lennie Gwyther
  2. Podcast Episode 292: Fordlandia
  3. Podcast Episode 291: Half-Safe
  4. Podcast Episode 290: Voss’ Last Stand

March 2020

  1. Pausing
  2. In a Nutshell
  3. Podcast Episode 289: The Johnstown Flood
  4. In a Word
  5. Neuberg’s Theorem
  6. Divining
  7. The Last Banana
  8. Black and White
  9. For What It’s Worth
  10. Counting Sheep
  11. Underground Dining
  12. Medieval Music
  13. Secret Message
  14. Wildlife
  15. Unquote
  16. Finger Numerals
  17. The Georgia Guidestones
  18. “Settling a Bill”
  19. Magic 5
  20. Our System
  21. The Precarious Picture
  22. Returning the Favor
  23. A Near Thing
  24. Eye to Eye
  25. Art Criticism
  26. No Comment
  27. Podcast Episode 288: Death at the Lane Cove River
  28. Nuts
  29. The Paternoster Vents
  30. Modes of Expression
  31. A Self-Describing Table
  32. Math Notes
  33. In Pain
  34. In a Word
  35. Boding
  36. Pretending the Truth
  37. Misc 81
  38. Black and White
  39. Podcast Episode 287: The Public Universal Friend
  40. Disharmony
  41. Reflections
  42. Stop 4
  43. The Skynet Series
  44. Full Speed Ahead
  45. Manly Faces
  46. Castaway Depots
  47. Unquote
  48. Centrists
  49. Take 5
  50. Active and Passive
  51. Podcast Episode 286: If Day
  52. So There

February 2020

  1. Estimating Payments
  2. The Tonal System
  3. Nothing Doing
  4. Finger Painting
  5. Limerick
  6. Venn Primes
  7. How Tigers Are Made
  8. “It Is Not Enough to Mean Well”
  9. A Fitting Mascot
  10. Perspective
  11. Podcast Episode 285: The Grasshopper Plagues
  12. “A Remarkable Dream”
  13. In a Word
  14. The Carcross Desert
  15. Wooden Words
  16. Unquote
  17. Building Tangents
  18. Black and White
  19. A Movable Lake
  20. A New Word
  21. Podcast Episode 284: The Red Barn
  22. Sure Enough
  23. Gold and Dross
  24. A Reckoning
  25. A Lofty Honor
  26. Water Music
  27. Etna’s Rings
  28. Ghosts in Color
  29. Public Address
  30. Small World
  31. The Bramante Staircase
  32. Podcast Episode 283: The Hermit of Suwarrow
  33. Heel 3
  34. Ho Ho Ho
  35. The Halo Effect
  36. A Very Bad Day
  37. Right at Home
  38. The Digit Factory
  39. The Grand Tour
  40. Courtesy
  41. The “Un-Word”
  42. Offering
  43. To Whom It May Concern
  44. In a Word
  45. Dried Cats
  46. All Together Now
  47. Unquote

January 2020

  1. Policy
  2. Black and White
  3. Genealogy
  4. Moving Art
  5. “Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den”
  6. A Little Philosophy
  7. Marden’s Theorem
  8. An Early Voice
  9. Podcast Episode 282: Helga Estby’s Walk
  10. Applied Chemistry
  11. An Unexpected Party
  12. Exchange
  13. Sro 3
  14. Math Notes
  15. The Grave Creek Stone
  16. Parenthood
  17. Longplayer
  18. Last Resident
  19. Podcast Episode 281: Grey Owl
  20. Borrowed Gold
  21. Overheard
  22. Shifting Ground
  23. Midnight Oil
  24. The Writer
  25. Dunsany’s Chess
  26. Buried Treasure
  27. In a Word
  28. Reversing Relations
  29. Lost in Translation
  30. Unquote
  31. Podcast Episode 280: Leaving St. Kilda
  32. More Prime Images
  33. Nine Lives
  34. False Fronts
  35. Black and White
  36. The Liberal Paradox
  37. Snug 2
  38. Huaso’s Jump
  39. Advance Notice
  40. Sphericons
  41. The Smithy Code
  42. Podcast Episode 279: The Champawat Tiger
  43. Quick Thinking
  44. All Right Then
  45. Nets and Tabs
  46. Moving Up
  47. Miwin’s Dice
  48. The Minister’s Treehouse
  49. Self-Scrutiny

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