Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdie. It is Monday September 12th and I'm your

host Kara Santa Maria. I missed you guys last week. I thought it best because of the

Labor Day holiday I wasn't sure who'd be signed on.

And I was traveling like crazy.

I was in Atlanta for DragonCon.

Whoa, that was a roller coaster

with the Skeptics Guide guys, lots of fun.

Did my full-on Star Trek garb, I think I may be being turned to not the dark side

because that's the wrong franchise but the geeky side maybe a

little bit anyway lots of fun but I did miss you so much I am really excited about the episode this week but before we

dive in I want to thank those of you who made Talk Nurdy possible by

rating and reviewing across platforms like iTunes by visiting the talk nerdy store at

Kara Santa Maria.com and by pledging your support either through the PayPal portal

or by visiting

www dot patreon.com slash talk nerdy. The patrons this week who have

earned a shoutout are Phil Tiber, Pedro Rosario Barbosa,

Stuart Og, Atomic Rod Adams, the Honorable Husband, Charles Payette, Jafe, Gabriel Felipe Hadamille

Gonzalez, Brian Holden, and Jeffrey Sewell. Thank you so much from the bottom of

my heart. You make Talk N nerdy possible week after week.

All right guys this week I sit down with the mathematician himself Dr Benjamin, and we talk about his newest book, The Magic of Math,

solving for X, and figuring out Y. And he also amazes me with some very cool tricks involving mental math.

I learned a thing or two myself as well and maybe you will.

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