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The Numberphile Podcast

Interviews with people who love numbers and mathematics. Hosted by Brady Haran, maker of the Numberphile series on YouTube.

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00:50:49

Making Math Videos in Ukraine - with Sashko Olenchenko

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2025/11/09

Sashko Olenchenko is doing a masters in mathematical physics with a sideline making videos on YouTube - occasionally interrupted by drone attacks from Russia. Here is his YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@aremathukrAnd you can support his work on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/AremathThe YouTube version of this podcast has captions available - https://youtu.be/Nd813Dg93BsNumberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-streetYou can support Numberphile on

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00:59:49

Everything You Wanted To Know About Numberphile -...

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2025/08/29

Brady answers all manner of viewer questions about Numberphile - and a few unrelated topics too.Learn more about Jane Street’s Internships at - https://jane-st.co/internship-numberphile-pod-25A YouTube version of this episode - https://youtu.be/prT2YRwKc9wBreakfast Sound Checks - https://youtu.be/IMItxzSZs0EA list of Brady’s channels - https://www.bradyharanblog.com/projectsRubik interview - https://youtu.be/zkRxfmECWSMZeeman Medal Lecture - https://youtu.be/tsZkzxEhpHkThe fastest ever snooker 147 -

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00:47:56

The Indecisive Statistics Professor - with Chris Oates

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2025/07/15

Chris Oates is a professor of statistics at Newcastle University - he got there despite being somewhat indecisive about his career.This episode was made possible by the Leverhulme Trust, a UK-based organisation which funds ambitious blue skies research across various disciplines - https://www.leverhulme.ac.ukProfessor Oates was the recipient of prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-leverhulme-prize-winners-2023See a video with Professor Oates on Numberphile

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00:39:23

Counting Crayons - with Po-Ling Loh

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2024/12/14

Po-Ling Loh is an American theoretical statistician based at the University of Cambridge. She discusses her childhood, choosing a university, and her path to higher dimensional statistics and differential privacy.She also compares life as an academic in the US and UK.This episode was made possible by the Leverhulme Trust, a UK-based organisation which funds ambitious blue skies research across various disciplines - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/Professor Loh was the recipient of a Philip Leverhulme

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00:39:37

BREAKING NEWS: The Largest Known Prime Number

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2024/10/24

There’s a new largest known prime number and we speak to all the key players, including the discoverer Luke Durant. Also featured in the podcast are George Woltman from GIMPS, James Grime, and Matt Parker.Extended interviews (as videos) can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIWS5Jd3k5QHdc0kxwfnZMgMatt Parker’s epic video on Stand-up Maths is here: https://youtu.be/zsyGRDrDfbINumberphile’s main video on the discovery is here: https://youtu.be/Yp4ilFOtoegThe GIMPS press

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00:53:45

The Secret Math Journal - with Ellen Eischen

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2024/07/30

Ellen Eischen is a professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon. Here she discusses creativity, collaboration - and a “secret” journal she has kept since childhood.Ellen Eischen website (includes some links to the teaching we discussed): http://www.elleneischen.com Women in Numbers: https://awm-math.org/research-networks/win/Creativity Counts museum exhibit: https://jsma.uoregon.edu/CreativityCountsEllen on Numberphile discussing Faulhaber's Fabulous Formula (and Bernoulli Numbers):

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00:45:19

Winnie the Math Whiz - with Danica McKellar

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2024/07/02

Catch a video version of this episode at: https://youtu.be/xMAiBBxQGZIDanica McKellar is best-known for portraying girl-next-door Winnie Cooper in The Wonder Years - but she has also proven a math theorem (which bears her name) and writes books to inspire future mathematicians.Check out her math website and books at: https://mckellarmath.comAnd Danica’s general website at: https://danicamckellar.comDanica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danicamckellar/Danica’s books on Amazon:

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00:37:50

The Hyper-Curious Billionaire - Jim Simons (1938-2024)

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2024/06/06

This podcast marks the passing of James Harris Simons, better-known as Jim.The interviewees are John Ewing, David Eisenbud and Andrew Millis.The Simons Foundation - https://www.simonsfoundation.orgSimons Foundation article about Jim’s life - https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2024/05/10/remembering-the-life-and-careers-of-jim-simons/Brady’s interview with Jim for Numberphile (full hour-log version) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNznD9hMEh0Shorter 18-minute version -

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00:54:26

A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2024/01/16

Donald Knuth is unquestionably a legend of computer science and mathematics - but he is bad at estimation and grew up with a “rhinoceros attitude”.Don Knuth’s homepage - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/The Art of Computer Programming (books) - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.htmlOn Amazon - https://amzn.to/4aUkkeT3:16 (book) - https://amzn.to/4aRs9lHKnuth’s questions for Chat GPT - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/chatGPT20.txtKnuth videos on Numberphile -

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00:51:24

The Math of Movies - with Walt Hickey

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2023/10/12

Data journalist Walt Hickey looks deep into the numbers behind movies, TV shows, and all types of popular culture.Walt’s new book is You Are What You Watch - https://amzn.to/3F8SwVoWalt’s Website - https://walthickey.comNumlock News - https://www.numlock.comDr Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park - https://jurassicpark.fandom.com/wiki/Ian_MalcolmDoes Hollywood ruin books? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUD8h9JpEVQ  Math and Movies (Animation at Pixar) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX0NB9IyYpUThe

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00:54:57

Finding Your Place - with Federico Ardila

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2023/08/23

Federico Ardila is a combinatorialist at San Francisco State University. He’s Colombian and in this episode he talks candidly about the struggles and prejudice encountered by people from different backgrounds as they try to make their mark in academia. And just so you know there’s happy ending in sight - this episode of the podcast will conclude with a stirring musical finale.Federico’s site - https://fardila.com SFSU page - https://math.sfsu.edu/faculty/ardila SLMath supports Numberphile -

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00:27:59

Yes, I accept the Fields Medal - with James Maynard

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2023/08/02

Oxford mathematician James Maynard explains why he feared accidentally refusing the most famous prize in mathematics. Watch this full interview on YouTube - https://youtu.be/yz-5BY_TTNI Full 2022 Fields Medal Winners - https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal/fields-medals-2022 See our Fields Medal Playlist - https://bit.ly/Fields_Playlist More James Maynard videos - https://bit.ly/JamesMaynard James Maynard - https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/people/professor-james-maynard/ You can

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01:04:18

An A-Class Reject - with Ed Copeland

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2023/02/21

He dreamed of being a great cricketer - but his love for equations led Ed Copeland to a career in theoretical physics.Check out opportunities with episode sponsor Jane StreetEd Copeland at the University of NottinghamNumberphile videos with EdSome physics videos with EdA trilogy of longer videos with EdYou can support Numberphile on PatreonWith thanks to SLMath

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01:06:17

A Chain of Chance - with Michael Merrifield

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2023/01/18

Episode sponsored by Jane Street - check out their latest opportunities - https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/overview/ Professor Michael Merrifield - https://about.me/michael.merrifield Mike's Twitter - https://twitter.com/AstroMikeMerri Mike Merrifield Video Playlist - http://bit.ly/Merrifield_Playlist Sixty Symbols - Physics videos, many featuring Mike - https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols Deep Sky Videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/deepskyvideos Messier Objects Playlist -

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00:43:39

Finding a Path - with Tatiana Toro

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2022/12/13

Professor Toro is the new director of the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SL Math). SL Math website - https://www.msri.org/ Announcement of Professor Toro's appointment - https://www.msri.org/web/msri/communications/tatiana-toro-msri-director-2022 MSRI is renamed SL Math - https://www.msri.org/web/msri/communications/msri-press-release-may-19-2022 Professor Toro's University of Washington webpage - https://sites.math.washington.edu/~toro/ Podcast with David Eisenbud - Professor

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01:13:45

An Educated Adult - with Tadashi Tokieda

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2022/07/11

Tadashi at Stanford - https://mathematics.stanford.edu/people/tadashi-tokieda Tadashi videos on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWI9eDSJREzp1wvOJsjt23H_ Lev Davidovich Landau - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Landau You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile) like these people - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons With thanks to MSRI - https://www.msri.org

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00:36:51

The Orchid Room and Cancer - with Hannah Fry

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2022/05/29

Professor Hannah Fry discusses her cervical cancer diagnosis - and subsequent attempt to make sense of it all. Making Sense of Cancer - Showing on BBC2 on June 2 and then on BBC iPlayer - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017wzq Telegraph Article - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/prof-hannah-fry-calculating-risks-cancer-treatment-would-have/ Hannah Fry website - https://hannahfry.co.uk/ Hannah Fry books - Amazon - https://amzn.to/3PzW4nz Numberphile videos with Hannah -

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00:50:41

A Passion for Big Numbers (and Liverpool FC) - with...

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2022/04/18

Tony Padilla is known on Numberphile for tackling the big numbers... But by day he's a cosmologist at the University of Nottingham. Tony's also a life-long fan of Liverpool FC. Brady joined him at Anfield for a game against Watford. Tony at the University of Nottingham - https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/antonio.padilla Order Tony's book Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity Amazon US - https://amzn.to/3JYQbws Amazon UK -

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00:42:46

The First and Last Digits of Pi

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2022/03/14

Three One Four: A Number of Notes - http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/pi/piday2022/ The project is a collaboration between Martin, Gregory Coles, and Emma Beauxis-Aussalet On Bandcamp - https://ecstaticquiet1.bandcamp.com/album/three-one-four-a-number-of-notes YouTube track playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLewycy5dwN_nDZVW9fPcTRhGiGMEXqoxs YouTube album discussions and score analysis - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLewycy5dwN_k_nAU9bhbTaDAKW3YAo_WW Martin Krzywinski -

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00:49:50

An Infinite Debt - with Christopher Havens (Prisoner...

The Numberphile Podcast ·

2022/02/13

Catch this episode on YouTube - https://youtu.be/DPyWf4cI548 The Prison Mathematics Project - https://www.prisonmathproject.org/about/ The Paper: Linear fractional transformations and non-linear leaping convergents of some continued fractions - https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.12644 Article by Marta Cerruti on The Conversation - https://theconversation.com/an-inmates-love-for-math-leads-to-new-discoveries-130123 You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile) like these

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