Episode notes
Alex Schmidt is joined by comedy podcasters/producers Bridgett Greenberg and Cristian Ramirez (Small Beans) for a look at why checkers is secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- “Checkers Is Solved” — the 1997 Science paper by Jonathan Schaeffer et al
- How Checkers Was Solved (The Atlantic)
- FYI: How Many Different Ways Can a Chess Game Unfold? (Popular Science)
- “There Is a Certain Amount of Humor in Checkers” (Smithsonian)
- Monopoly: Tutankhamun and The Golden Age of the Pharaohs (BoardGameGeek)
- Canadian Checkers (Draughts Github)
- Poddavki (Checkers & Draughts Wiki)
- Bashni (Checkers & Draughts Wiki)
- Halma (Draughts Github)
- Chinese Checkers (BoardGaming.com)
- How to play damath (kami.com.ph)
- DepEd promotes ‘Damath’ (The Philippine Star)
- “Tic-Tac-Toe” (xkcd)
- Radiolab episode “The Rules Can Set You Free”
In this episode...
Guests
- Bridgett Greenberg
- Cristian Ramirez
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A weekly podcast about the history, science, lore and surprises that make everyday things secretly incredibly fascinating. Hosted by comedy writer, emoji creator, and ‘Jeopardy!‘ champion Alex Schmidt. Join Alex & his co-host Katie Goldin for a joyful deep dive into seeing the world a whole new way!
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