Ben Orlin / Loaded Dreidels

Click above to listen to Part 4 of Yule Like This, featuring Ben Orlin, math teacher and author of “Math with Bad Drawings: Illuminating the Ideas That Shape Our Reality,” explaining how variations in the weights of each side of a dreidel, coupled with the time it spends spinning, make it more likely to favor falling on certain sides.

Yule Like This:
Part 1: Jenna Gallas / Fruitcake Toss
Part 2: Laura Kramer / Fruitcake Science
Part 3: Lilian Matallana / GMO Xmas Tree
Part 4: Ben Orlin / Loaded Dreidels
Part 5: Ethan Siegel / Santa Physics
Part 6: Andrew Fraknoi / Winter Solstice

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