Podcast Episodes

The Little Star - with Zvezdelina Stankova

Mathematician Zvezdelina Stankova was born in Bulgaria and is now a teaching professor at UC Berkeley.

Zvezda's webpage

Zvezda videos on Numberphile

The Legend of Question Six

Berkeley Math Circle

Th…

Published on 3 years, 9 months ago

Google's 'DeepMind' does Mathematics

A breakthrough paper is published about using artificial intelligence to do mathematics - we discuss it with DeepMind's Alex Davies and Professor Marcus du Sautoy.

DeepMind

DeepMind blog on this topi…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Making Sense of Infinity - with Asaf Karagila

From high school drop-out to set theorist, Asaf Karagila shares his journey towards infinity.

Asaf is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the University of East Anglia.

Asaf's blog

Asaf's Twitter

Some I…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

A Chance at Immortality - with Marcus Du Sautoy

Mathematical greatness can strike at any time - even on the train between Oxford and London.

Marcus is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University

Marcus' autho…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

The Naked Mathematician - with Tom Crawford

Dr Tom Crawford has been known to strip to his underwear in the interests of math education. He is an Early Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow at Oxford University.

Tom's page at St Edmund Hall

Tom …

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Beauty in the Messiness - with Philip Moriarty

Experimental physicist Phil Moriarty works with temperamental microscopes and individual atoms. Today's topics include Ireland, mathematics, failing at university, microscopy, academic gripes... and …

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

The High Jumping Cosmologist - with Katie Mack

Astrophysicist Katie Mack discusses Twitter, athletics, mathematics, and the small matter of the fate of the Universe.

Katie Mack's website

And her Twitter @AstroKatie

The End of Everything - Dr Mack…

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

Rockstar Epidemiologists - with Adam Kucharski

Adam Kucharski is among a number of epidemiologists who has suddenly been thrust into the limelight. We discuss his career and the current state of the coronavirus pandemic.

This episode was supporte…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Statistics and Saving Lives - with Jennifer Rogers

Professor Jennifer Rogers discusses coronavirus vaccinations, the media, and her own path to medical statistics.

Jennifer Rogers website, with links to all sorts of things

Jennifer's TEDx Talk

Jennif…

Published on 4 years, 10 months ago

Why Study Mathematics - with Vicky Neale

Dr Vicky Neale's latest book is about why people should study mathematics - but why did SHE study mathematics?

Dr Neale's website - with links to her work and books and craft

Why Study Mathematics - …

Published on 4 years, 11 months ago