Chicken
Steven J. Brams uses the Cuban missile crisis to illustrate the Theory of Moves, which is not just an abstract mathematical model but one that mirrors the real-life choices, and underlying thinking, of flesh-and-blood decision makers.
The visual effects in Harry Potter and Sweeney Todd
...about what makes life interesting and why old-fashioned maths is what you need for physics.
(25/06/2009)
Which drugs should be available on the NHS?
(02/06/2009)
Chess versus sumo
(26/05/2009)
The maths behind a curious ITV game show
Plus Careers Podcast 5, April 2009: Mathematics educator and author