How to Win Every Game, with Marcus du Sautoy, Part Two

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🗓️ 3 January 2025

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Where should you move first in Connect 4? Which property is best in Monopoly? How can pi help you win Rock Paper Scissors? In October 2024 award-winning mathematician Marcus du Sautoy came to the Intelligence Squared stage to explore the maths and strategy behind the games we love and the tactics needed to master them all. Du Sautoy also described the history of games and the crucial role they play in society. This is the second instalment of a two-part episode. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.6	Mia Serente. For this this episode we're rejoining
0:39.7	for part two of our conversation with the mathematician Marcus de Sotoi. Marcus is Professor
0:44.7	of Mathematics at Oxford University where he holds the prestigious simony chair for the public
0:49.4	understanding of science. His recent book is Around the World in 80 Games. This is the second part of our
0:57.1	two-part episode, How to Win Every Game, with Marcus DeSotoi. If you haven't heard part one,
1:02.9	do just jump back an episode and get up to speed. Now it's time to rejoin the conversation,
1:08.4	recorded recently at the Pleasance Theatre in London.
1:11.4	Here's our host for the evening, Science Communicator, Dr. Shinney Samara.
1:17.9	Let's talk about gender for a second.
1:20.7	Because you mention how men and women were sort of different in the way they designed games and the way they play games.
1:32.2	And you talked about bridge.
1:34.0	What did you discover?
1:35.8	Yes.
1:36.2	So I said that Phileas Fogg's game of choice was Wist.
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