July 2021

The late James Forman, in his book "The Making of Black Revolutionaries", noted the arrival of Bob Moses in the civil rights movement. “A teacher at a New York City school, Moses quit his job and started working full time for voter…

A surprise winner emerged during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women's road race on July 25, 2021. Anna Kiesenhofer, a 30-year-old Austrian cyclist and mathematician, was considered a novice to her rivals, but she stepped out.…

This rerun was originally broadcast on September 16, 2020.A mathematician turns gender into a mathematical problem. We hear how mathematics can help us rethink entrenched conceptions of gender. GuestEugenie Cheng, mathematician, teacher,…