Probability

Australia's top court has reserved its ruling on whether Cardinal George Pell's bid to quash his sexual abuse convictions has been successful. Jeremy Gans is a Professor at the Melbourne Law School… Audio

Professor Marc Wilson joins the show to explain why we are so driven to buy lottery tickets for the 'big one', despite the fact the odds become even more astronomical than they normally are in weeks… Audio

What if there was a magic number that proved you right? There's no such thing, but we do have the p-value which is the probability that your scientific hypothesis is right. Audio

Riffle shuffle or overhand? What's the best way to shuffle playing cards? Professor Graham Kendall is a mathematician studying blackjack, roulette...and packs of cards. Audio

Whether you're rolling the dice or crossing the road, probability is everywhere. But just how much do we understand about the philosophy of probability, and how much it affects our everyday lives… Audio

Give a monkey a keyboard and eventually, it will type out a line from Shakespeare. Is a miracle or just maths? Retired mathematics professor Joseph Mazur explains how likely the unlikely really is in… Audio