The Numberphile Podcast

Destin Sandlin discusses missile testing, astronaut applications, and why he created the wildly popular YouTube channel Smarter Every Day.YouTube version of this episode: https://youtu.be/Anmaky0KkswListen to the latest Signals & Threads podcast episode: https://jane-st.co/Numberphile-ST-WillWilsonCheck out other episodes Signals & Threads here:...

Dan Harris is a chief meteorologist at the UK Met Office - https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/See him talking weather equations on Numberphile - https://youtu.be/YmZiq00CO60Dan's websites - https://www.roostweather.com/ and https://istheukhotrightnow.com/Check out some Met Office archive stuff at Brady's Objectivity channel -...

The ups and downs of winning the coveted Fields Medal, with 2022 winner Hugo Duminil-Copin.See our main video from this interview - https://youtu.be/JWtD0O-zSWYHugo is based at the University of Geneva and IHES - https://www.ihes.fr/~duminil/More Numberphile interviews and videos with Fields Medallists - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIDErJihuPX2S7E-0rnkaeuWith thanks to Nils...

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...

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 -...

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 -...

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...

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:...

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:...

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:...