
A car’s position, speed, and acceleration are different ways of describing the same journey. Dave reflects on how changing perspectives—from child to parent to grandparent—can deepen our understanding of life and relationships.
Jun 23
3 min

What if mathematics is less about getting answers and more about learning to see? Dave shares a memorable climb up Longs Peak and explores how changing perspective can reveal beauty and connections that were there all along.
Jun 22
3 min

Why does beauty move us so deeply? In this concluding reflection, we explore how mathematics points beyond itself toward wonder, mystery, and hope. Along the way, I share why the beauty I find in mathematics has become a source of encouragement during life's most uncertain seasons.
Jun 21
4 min

Mathematics is more than equations and answers. It is a human story filled with curiosity, creativity, persistence, and discovery. From Fermat’s Last Theorem to Andrew Wiles’ lifelong pursuit of a dream, we explore the people and stories that helped shape the mathematics we know today.
Jun 20
5 min

The number e appears throughout mathematics—in growth, finance, probability, and countless unexpected places. Why does this mysterious number keep showing up? By exploring one of mathematics' most remarkable constants, we discover how wonder often begins where understanding ends.
Jun 19
4 min

What do circles, triangles, waves, music, light, and sound have in common? In this episode we follow a beautiful chain of ideas showing how motion creates patterns and how a simple point moving around a circle gives rise to some of the most important patterns in our world.
Jun 18
4 min

Beauty often appears when separate things suddenly connect. From imaginary numbers and geometry to music and Fermat’s Last Theorem, this episode explores how mathematics reveals hidden relationships and reminds us that reality may be far more connected than it first appears.
Jun 17
3 min

Some of the deepest ideas begin with remarkable simplicity. Through the Pythagorean theorem, hidden patterns in geometric proofs, and a single assumption that transformed geometry itself, we discover how simple ideas can open the door to entire mathematical worlds.
Jun 16
3 min

Most people think of mathematics as formulas, homework, and correct answers. But what if mathematics can also be beautiful? Through a surprising idea from Euclid and a fresh way of seeing infinity, we begin a week exploring mathematics not merely as a tool to use, but as something to behold.
Jun 15
3 min

Life is filled with tensions that resist simple answers: strength and vulnerability, freedom and limitation, certainty and mystery. In this concluding reflection, we explore how mathematics trains us to live with paradox—and why that may be an essential part of finding reasonable hope.
Jun 14
4 min
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