How would you react if you received this SMS? BUSHFIRE WARNING. LEAVE NOW.When we evacuate from a bushfire, we fall into one of seven types of evacuee; from Threat Deniers, to Worried Waverers, to Experienced Independents. This is the story of a bad evacuee turned good.

How would you react if you received this SMS? BUSHFIRE WARNING. LEAVE NOW. When we evacuate from a bushfire, we fall into one of seven types of evacuee; from Threat Deniers, to Worried Waverers, to Experienced Independents. This is the story of a bad evacuee turned good.

16.2 How we evacuate

During the recent Australian bushfire crisis, numbers gave us a sense of the unprecedented scale of the disaster; 12.6 million hectares burnt, 431 megatons of carbon dioxide emitted, one billion animals killed. But where do these numbers come from?

16.1 Fact checking the fire season

Is Benjamin Geen a killer, or the unluckiest guy in England?

15.0 An unusual pattern

Wally Conron invented the labradoodle, one of the world's most popular dogs. He now considers the breed his "life's regret".

14.0 The labradoodle of regret

Where and when did a digital computer play music for the first time?

13.1 Electronic music’s origin story [BONUS]

How do you turn a Nintendo Game Boy into a musical instrument?

13.0 Chiptune

12.0 The Tattoowierer

Who knew there was a hidden dinosaur extinction?

11.1 The hidden extinction [BONUS]

Why does my three-year-old know more about dinosaurs than I do?

11.0 Dino explosion!

What can Radiohead tell us about our ancient connection to rhythm?

10.0 One, two, three, four!

Sum of All Parts tells extraordinary stories about the unseen influence that numbers have on the way we think, feel and behave.

I’m super into niche trivia and coming at it from a numbers angle is fascinating!

Love this podcast!

I have only just discovered this and am already saddened to know it ended in 2018. It’s excellent.

Absolutely captivating

Sum of All Parts

A musician gives up the rock n' roll dream for number theory, and a glimpse of the infinite.

2.0 The Infinite God

No one’s sure exactly how the most famous chord in popular music was played. Until now.

6.0 Magical Mystery Chord

Melbourne, 1989. Two teenagers hack Australia's recently established internet connection, and infiltrate some of the world’s most secure computer networks.

3.0 Phoenix + Electron

Two drugs; the old and the new, the known and the unknown. And the delicate tipping point between efficiency and chaos. This story was produced for the ABC podcast Science Friction.

8.0 A tale of two drugs [BONUS]

Brant Guichard has heard The Music for as long as he can remember.

7.0 The sound of seizure

The United States digs its heels in over measurement - or does it? (This episode is a co-production with the podcast 99% Invisible).

5.0 Give an inch, take a millimetre..

Maryam Mirzakhani

Professor Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal. She died in 2017.

9.4 Remembering Maryam Mirzakhani (SOAP presents.. Ockham's Razor)

Two Trains tells the story of income inequality along the New York City 2 Train.

7.1 Two Trains [BONUS]

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