{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/aacb15fc-f2a9-43e6-9d0f-521463063cef/698664d145f62cfe9413d24d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"RHLSTP 598 - Matt Parker","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0fda1a8cbe093a3cf14b/1770415134546-bee5b656-e05e-493a-ae81-6e02ff3134ef.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>RHLSTP #598 - Bitten by a Bullet Ant -&nbsp;</strong>Richard is back at the Podcast Room with rapidly returning guest and mathematical whizz-man Matt Parker. They chat about what you have to do to get an asteroid named after you, breaking Rubik’s Cube and Space Invaders World Records (plus tips on how to play the game), whether your own dog is more important than a child you don’t know, the best possible name for a labrador, how Matt ended up in the UK and went from being a maths teacher to a maths entertainer, whether Matt Parker is a showbiz enough name, trying to scientifically quantity pain, whether all maths is wrong, why pi keeps cropping up in unexpected places (including the moon) and having a wedding ring made out of meteorite.</p><p><br></p><p>See Matt on tour <a href=\"https://standupmaths.com/shows/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://standupmaths.com/shows/</a></p><p>Buy his book here <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/love-triangle-the-life-changing-magic-of-trigonometry-matt-parker/1798f7df08f9ff54\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/love-triangle-the-life-changing-magic-of-trigonometry-matt-parker/1798f7df08f9ff54</a></p><p>See RHLSTP live&nbsp;<a href=\"http://richardherring.com/rhlstp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">http://richardherring.com/rhlstp</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>SUPPORT THE SHOW!</strong></p><p><strong>See details of the </strong><a href=\"https://richardherring.com/gigs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">RHLSTP LIVE DATES </a></p><p><strong>Watch our </strong><a href=\"https://twitch.tv/rkherring\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TWITCH CHANNEL</a></p><p><strong>Become a badger and see extra content&nbsp;at our </strong><a href=\"https://rhlstp.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">WEBSITE </a></p><p><strong>Buy DVDs and books from </strong><a href=\"https://gofasterstripe.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GO FASTER STRIPE</a></p>","author_name":"Sky Potato, Go Faster Stripe and Fuzz Productions"}