Episodes

  • Cracking the Cryptic - the Podcast - Episode 6 - Chatting the Cryptic
    Aug 24 2021

    In the final episode of the Cracking the Cryptic Podcast (season 1), Mark, Peter, and Simon answer some user-submitted questions.

    This episode was sponsored by Coffeebean Games. You can follow them at Twitter.com/PlayCoffeebean

    This is where you can reserve the greatest sudoku book of all time: https://jellybeangames.pledgemanager....

    One of the all-time best panel show moments: Kevin Bridges on Would I Lie To You: https://youtu.be/qkpyd2lr4dI

    A very brief clip of Mark on Countdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7aV6...

    Mark in Bridget Jones’s Diary (walking past the car at 0:22): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNkP2... •Brian Bilston’s poem Refugees: https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/poem/...

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    57 mins
  • Cracking the Cryptic 5 - YouTube
    Jul 14 2021

    Cracking the Cryptic describe their YouTubing experience and The Algorithm.

    Transcripts now available at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FjDkVGaOwL8UpYh2Me2hfGlpTtx4Kjko?usp=sharing 

    • Fleb! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTlGuNR-3QM0PMPNCAcAX2w 
    • CGP Grey's Machine Learning video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9OHn5ZF4Uo 
    • Peter's Setting the Sudoku videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm3uGel8-yk&list=PLlpOSsHmIZE-v8kmXDfj8qbN0Gq2QkqrT 

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    53 mins
  • Cracking the Cryptic 4 - Picking the Puzzle
    Jun 24 2021

    Cracking the Cryptic describe how they choose which puzzles should go up on the channel.

    • Peter's favourite puzzle he's ever set: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=00069G 
    • Richard Stolk's weekly sudoku series: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Benutzer/eingestellt.php?name=Richard

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    57 mins
  • Cracking the Cryptic 3 - Live Events
    Jun 11 2021

    Cracking the Cryptic tell of their experiences with live puzzle events! Cryptic Crossword conventions, sudoku-solving soirees, pencil-puzzle parties: we've got it all!

    • Mark tells the tale of the Sudoku Scammer: https://youtu.be/Wy_k0Tywpb4 
    • The Nikoli puzzle website: https://www.nikoli.co.jp/en/puzzles/
    • Jesper's hybrid sudoku which Simon hopes to try on the channel: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselportal/Raetsel/zeigen.php?id=0004OG
    • The Fluster puzzle which Peter spent 9 hours not solving: https://youtu.be/NYyqI2L8bPQ

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    54 mins
  • Cracking the Cryptic 2 - Solving the Sudoku
    May 31 2021

    Cracking the Cryptic and Peter C. Hayward discuss how to solve a sudoku! Where to start, why it’s fun, what to look for, and the most controversial topic in sudoku: what exactly is bifurcation?

    •Ken Endo’s brilliant Castle Wall is the second puzzle solved in this video: https://youtu.be/lA1_IXku-ts
    •Cracking the Cryptic interviewed TanTan in February: https://youtu.be/CuIHDxowMWM
    •Peter got a recording of his meeting with John Cleese: https://youtu.be/P0oHGT6ChRE
    •The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks: https://amzn.to/3oZ0BDm
    •If you’re new to Sudoku, these are some CTC recommendations: https://youtu.be/XRfFPaUxTfM https://youtu.be/awn59Aw2bo8
    •Or check out Peter’s 1-2 star difficulty puzzles: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselporta...

    This episode was sponsored by Night Crew. Listen to the podcast at https://www.nightcrewpodcast.com/

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Cracking the Cryptic 1 - Pilot
    Apr 29 2021

    This is the pilot episode of our podcast! If it proves popular, we will make more!

    Some notes from the show:

    •You will delight Mark if you pick up a copy of the best sudoku book of all time: https://jellybeangames.pledgemanager....
    •You will deeply upset Simon if you check out the book of computer-generated puzzles on Peter’s shelf: https://amzn.to/2R5cQ4e
    •This episode was sponsored by Jellybean Games. Check out their bright, colourful games at https://jellybean.games/​ and use the promo code “BOBBINS” in the store to get 20% off!
    •This is an interesting article about the ”I’m An Accountant” song: https://www.intheknow.com/post/accoun...​
    •The book on Peter’s shelf is, indeed, called “Gnomes”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomes_...​)
    •Logic-Masters Germany (specifically Peter’s puzzles) can be found here: https://logic-masters.de/Raetselporta...​
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    59 mins