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The Numberphile Podcast

Brady Haran

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

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Yesterday · 57 min
The Glimmer in our Eye - with Grant Sanderson from 3Blue1Brown
AI has become the biggest talking point in mathematics. We discussed the topic - and the future - with Grant Sanderson (creator of the 3Blue1Brown YouTube channel).
August 11 · 37 min
To SAT, or not SAT, that is the question
A growing number of people claim being “test blind” to applicants’ SAT scores is lowering standards at the University of California. Zvezda Stankova is among the academics calling for SATs to be re-introduced to the admissions process.
March 26 · 1 hr 6 min
Rockets, Religion & Rejection - with Destin Sandlin from Smarter Every Day
Destin Sandlin discusses missile testing, astronaut applications, and why he created the wildly popular YouTube channel Smarter Every Day.
March 18 · length unknown
The Man Who Loves Weather - with Chief Meteorologist Dan Harris
Dan Harris is a chief meteorologist at the UK Met Office.
January 21 · 34 min
The Storm is Coming - with Hugo Duminil-Copin
The ups and downs of winning the coveted Fields Medal, with 2022 winner Hugo Duminil-Copin.
Nov 9, 2025 · 50 min
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.
Aug 29, 2025 · 59 min
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.
Jul 15, 2025 · 47 min
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.
Dec 14, 2024 · 39 min
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 differential privacy.
Oct 24, 2024 · 39 min
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 Parker.
Jul 30, 2024 · 53 min
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.
Jul 2, 2024 · 45 min
Winnie the Math Whiz - with Danica McKellar
Danica 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.
Jun 6, 2024 · 37 min
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.
Jan 16, 2024 · 54 min
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”.
Oct 12, 2023 · 51 min
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.
Aug 23, 2023 · 54 min
Finding Your Place - with Federico Ardila
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.
Aug 2, 2023 · 27 min
Yes, I accept the Fields Medal - with James Maynard
Oxford mathematician James Maynard explains why he feared accidentally refusing the most famous prize in mathematics.
Feb 21, 2023 · 1 hr 4 min
An A-Class Reject - with Ed Copeland
He dreamed of being a great cricketer - but his love for equations led Ed Copeland to a career in theoretical physics.
Jan 18, 2023 · 1 hr 6 min
A Chain of Chance - with Michael Merrifield
Astronomer Mike Merrifield had terrible handwriting and dreamed of captaining a submarine - now he's an astronomer and world expert on galaxies.
Dec 13, 2022 · 43 min
Finding a Path - with Tatiana Toro
From a challenging situation in Bogota to a prestigious job in US academia, Tatiana Toro wants to help others find their mathematical pathway.

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