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Episode Description: The Problem Solvers follow a musical clue back to 17th-century Istanbul, where math, music, and history collide at the workshop of legendary cymbal maker Avedis Zildjian. Using solfège, fractions, percentages, and number patterns hidden inside familiar melodi ...  Show more

Episode Description: The Problem Solvers search for a hidden POG server in Oshkosh using Math, maps, and an unexpected clue from an old pneumatic tube system. As they calculate area, distance, and city blocks, tensions rise over trust, teamwork, and Charlene’s true motives. In th ...  Show more

In this episode, we'll enter the shadowy realm of secret societies.We'll uncover the mysterious history, influence, and rituals of three infamous groups: Skull and Bones, the Knights Templar, and the Freemasons.From elite university clubs to a medieval order with financial power, ...  Show more

Here's another show we think the whole family will love...Patrick Picklebottom Everyday Mysteries! Step into the whimsical world of Patrick Picklebottom, a precocious 11-year-old with a love for reading and an uncanny ability to solve mysteries. Inspired by the beloved children's ...  Show more

Secret ciphers. Hidden treasure. Enigma breakers. Mysterious manuscripts. And … hog Latin. Cryptology expert and author of “The Code Book,” Simon Singh finally lets me ask him about the small mistakes that lost huge battles, the prison plots of Mary Queen of Scots, a cryptolog ...

A Merry All Hallow’s Eve to Ye All! There will be a regular episode this Friday, but I can’t resist the opportunity to release an episode on the day of Halloween. Mynaa and I discuss a Persian novel concerning Nietzschean existential horror! Sadegh Hedayat grew up in the Iran of ...  Show more