The Kids' Code Podcast

26. Enigma

Barnabas Season 4 Episode 3

In this episode, we dive into the world of German cryptography with an episode on the Enigma machine with Emily End and Codemaster Cole. The Enigma is a device that randomly selected polyalphabetic alphabets according to a system. In this story, we meet again a strange (and slightly hilarious) character. 

Links:
Cryptanalytic methods: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis_of_the_Enigma
Machine Basics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine
Encode/Decode: https://www.dcode.fr/enigma-machine-cipher

The background music used in this episode was by Bio Unit, Amethyst Music, Alex Make Music, and Ketsa. Our theme is "Mosquito" by Caspar Babypants. AI voices by dcode.

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 You can find Dr. Gareth's work at drgarethmoore.com. He has released many puzzle and cipher related books for kids, as well as a lot of stuff for adults, too. 

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