Podcast Episodes

Making Math Videos in Ukraine - with Sashko Olenchenko

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://ww…

Published on 9 hours ago

Everything You Wanted To Know About Numberphile - with Brady Haran

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-25

A YouTu…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

The Indecisive Statistics Professor - with Chris Oates

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 o…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Counting Crayons - with Po-Ling Loh

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 differe…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

BREAKING NEWS: The Largest Known Prime Number

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 P…

Published on 1 year ago

The Secret Math Journal - with Ellen Eischen

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 (incl…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Winnie the Math Whiz - with Danica McKellar

Catch a video version of this episode at: https://youtu.be/xMAiBBxQGZI

Danica McKellar is best-known for portraying girl-next-door Winnie Cooper in The Wonder Years - but she has also proven a math th…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

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

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.org

Si…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth

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.stanfo…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

The Math of Movies - with Walt Hickey

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/3F8SwVo

Walt’s Website - h…

Published on 2 years ago