Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything!' discuss a question a pencil problem.

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HOST: Tom Scott.
QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe.

EDITED BY: Julie Hassett at The Podcast Studios, Dublin.
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