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Carry the Two

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Carry the Two pulls back the curtain to reveal the mathematical and statistical gears that turn the world. We’re the show for people who enjoy discovering hidden elements that impact our lives in the most unexpected ways, and math is certainly one of those!

We are a curiosity-driven podcast that looks to find unique perspectives from the fields of mathematics and statistics.

We use stories to convey how mathematical research drives the world around us, with each episode tackling a different topic. This can be anything from modeling how bees in a swarm make group decisions to how we can use textual analysis to reveal surprising changes in policy documents.

You can also find Carry the Two on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify.

Carry the Two is hosted by Sadie Witkowski and Ian Martin. Audio production by Tyler Damme. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions.

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Monday · 24 min
Mathematics & AI Episode 5: Lan Pan
Hosts Sadie Witkowski and Ian Martin return for this season of Carry the Two, where we are exploring the intersection of AI and mathematical research. In this episode, we are joined by researcher Lan Pan about her work on how we use LLMs to explore open-ended tasks. Find our transcript here: Google Doc, or at imsi.institute Make sure to check out more abou Andrew Lee's research:https://ajyl.github.io/about Follow more of IMSI’s work: www.IMSI.institute, (bluesky) IMSI.institute (instagram) IMSI.
October 26 · 24 min
Mathematics & AI Episode 4: Andrew Lee
Hosts Sadie Witkowski and Ian Martin return for this season of Carry the Two, where we are exploring the intersection of AI and mathematical research. In this episode, we are joined by researcher Andrew Lee about his work in mechanistic interpretability. Find our transcript here: Google Doc, or at imsi.institute Make sure to check out more abou Andrew Lee's research:https://ajyl.github.io/about Follow more of IMSI’s work: www.IMSI.institute, (bluesky) IMSI.institute (instagram) IMSI.institute M
October 12 · 24 min
Mathematics & AI Episode 3: Feng Fu
Hosts Sadie Witkowski and Ian Martin return for this season of Carry the Two, where we are exploring the intersection of AI and mathematical research. In this episode, we are joined by Dartmouth professor Feng Fu about his work in evolutionary game theory. Find our transcript here: Google Doc, or at imsi.institute Make sure to check out more about Feng Fu's research:https://faculty-directory.dartmouth.edu/feng-fu Follow more of IMSI’s work: www.IMSI.institute, (bluesky) IMSI.institute (instagram
September 28 · 21 min
Mathematics & AI Episode 2: Saptarshi Pal
Hosts Sadie Witkowski and Ian Martin return for this season of Carry the Two, where we are exploring the intersection of AI and mathematical research. In this episode, we are joined by postdoctoral researcher Saptarshi Pal, who explains how he uses game theory to study social behavior in large language models. Find our transcript here: Google Doc Make sure to check out more about Saptarshi Pal's research:https://saptarshi07.github.io/personal-website/index.html Follow more of IMSI’s work: www.IM
September 14 · 23 min
Mathematics & AI Episode 1: Jeremy Avigad
Welcome to a new season of Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation.Hosts Sadie Witkowski and Ian Martin return for this season of Carry the Two, where we are exploring the intersection of AI and mathematical research. To kick off the new season, we are joined by the director of the newly-established Institute for Computer-Aided Reasoning in Mathematics (a National Science Foundation mathem
S6 · E6
May 7 · 18 min
Mathematics & Gambling Episode 6: Online Gambling
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats intersect with the world of gambling. This episode is all about online gambling sites use of sign up bonuses and betting systems. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by David Taylor mathematician, Assistant Vice President at SUNY Erie, and creator o
S6 · E5
April 23 · 15 min
Mathematics & Gambling Episode 5: Yet More Sports Betting
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats intersect with the world of gambling. This episode is all about sports prop bets and parlays. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by David Taylor mathematician, Assistant Vice President at SUNY Erie, and creator of a course and author of a book on t
S6 · E4
April 9 · 13 min
Mathematics & Gambling Episode 4: Sports Betting
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats intersect with the world of gambling. This episode is all about the sports bets of over/under, spreads, and moneylines. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by David Taylor mathematician, Assistant Vice President at SUNY Erie, and creator of a course
S6 · E3
March 26 · 19 min
Mathematics & Gambling Episode 3: Even More Casino Games
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats intersect with the world of gambling. This episode is all about craps, blackjack, and poker. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by David Taylor mathematician, Assistant Vice President at SUNY Erie, and creator of a course and author of a book on th
S6 · E2
March 12 · 14 min
Mathematics & Gambling Episode 2: Casino Games
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats intersect with the world of gambling. This episode is all about casino slot machines and roulette. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by David Taylor mathematician, Assistant Vice President at SUNY Erie, and creator of a course and author of a book
S6 · E1
February 26 · 16 min
Mathematics & Gambling Episode 1: Lotteries
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats intersect with the world of gambling. This episode is all about Lotteries. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by David Taylor mathematician, Assistant Vice President at SUNY Erie, and creator of a course and author of a book on the mathematics, sta
S5 · E6
Oct 13, 2025 · 33 min
Emerging Technologies Episode 6: Digital Twins
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats is helping scientists, engineers, and industry develop new and emerging technologies. This episode is all about Digital Twins. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by Karen Willcox professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the U
S5 · E5
Sep 25, 2025 · 46 min
Emerging Technologies Episode 5: Computation Imaging
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats is helping scientists, engineers, and industry develop new and emerging technologies. This episode is all about Computation Imaging. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by Rebecca Willett the Worah Family Professor of Statistics and Computer Science
S5 · E4
Sep 11, 2025 · 47 min
Emerging Technologies Episode 4: Materials Science
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats is helping scientists, engineers, and industry develop new and emerging technologies. Our first episode is all about Computation Medicine. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by Danny Perez, a staff scientist at Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico
S5 · E3
Aug 29, 2025 · 36 min
Emerging Technologies Episode 3: Fusion Energy
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats is helping scientists, engineers, and industry develop new and emerging technologies. Our third episode is all about Fusion Energy. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by Andrew Christlieb, Professor of mathematics and computational science and engi
S5 · E2
Aug 14, 2025 · 34 min
Emerging Technologies Episode 2: Computation Medicine
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats is helping scientists, engineers, and industry develop new and emerging technologies. Our first episode is all about Computation Medicine. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by Yixiang Deng assistant professor at the University of Delaware in Depar
S5 · E1
Jul 31, 2025 · 43 min
Emerging Technologies Episode 1: Quantum Information Science
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. In this season of Carry the Two we are going to be examining how math and stats is helping scientists, engineers, and industry develop new and emerging technologies. Our first episode is all about Quantum Computing and Information Science. Hosts Sam Hansen and Sadie Witkowski are joined by Ben Brown, researcher at IBM Quantum, and Yihui Qu
May 1, 2025 · 21 min
Lars Peter Hansen on Uncertainties in the Age of Climate Change
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. While we’re in between our more in-depth seasons, we like to bring you something a little different in mini-season format. And for this mini season, we are going to highlight some of the amazing researchers who have presented at IMSI over the past year. Our sixth, and final, guest is Lars Peter Hansen. Lars is the 2013 recipient of the Nob
Apr 22, 2025 · 22 min
Rose Yu on Automatic Symmetry Discovery
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. While we’re in between our more in-depth seasons, we like to bring you something a little different in mini-season format. And for this mini season, we are going to highlight some of the amazing researchers who have presented at IMSI over the past year. Our fifth guest is Rose Yu. Rose is an associate professor in the computer science depa
Mar 20, 2025 · 21 min
Kunal Marwaha on Quantum Advantage
Welcome to Carry the Two, the podcast about how math and statistics impact the world around us from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation. While we’re in between our more in-depth seasons, we like to bring you something a little different in mini-season format. And for this mini season, we are going to highlight some of the amazing researchers who have presented at IMSI over the past year. Our fourth guest isKunal Marwaha, a PhD student at the University of Chicago studying q

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