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Episodes

  1. Rockets, Religion & Rejection - with Destin Sandlin from Smarter Every Day

  2. The Man Who Loves Weather - with Chief Meteorologist Dan Harris

    Dan Harris is a chief meteorologist at the UK Met Office - https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

  3. The Storm is Coming - with Hugo Duminil-Copin

  4. Making Math Videos in Ukraine - with Sashko Olenchenko

  5. Everything You Wanted To Know About Numberphile - with Brady Haran

  6. The Indecisive Statistics Professor - with Chris Oates

  7. Counting Crayons - with Po-Ling Loh

  8. The Largest Known Prime Number

  9. The Secret Math Journal - with Ellen Eischen

  10. Winnie the Math Whiz - with Danica McKellar

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

    Marking the passing of Jim Simons.

  12. 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".

  13. 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.

  14. Finding Your Place - with Federico Ardila

    Federico Ardila is a combinatorist at San Francisco State University. He's Columbian and 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…

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  15. Yes, I accept the Fields Medal - James Maynard

    Oxford mathematician James Maynard explains why he feared accidentally refusing the most famous prize in mathematics.

  16. 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.

  17. A Chain of Chance - with Michael Merrifield

    Astronomer Mike Merrifield dreamed of captaining a submarine - now he's an astronomer and world expert on galaxies.

  18. 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.

  19. An Educated Adult - with Tadashi Tokieda

    Tadashi Tokieda is a Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University - and a popular contributor to videos on our Numberphile video channel. But his path to mathematics was unusual.

  20. The Orchid Room and Cancer - with Hannah Fry

    Professor Hannah Fry discusses her cervical cancer diagnosis - and subsequent attempts to make sense of it all.

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

    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.

  22. The First and Last Digits of Pi

    Data visualisation guru Martin Krzywinski has teamed up with composer Gregory Coles to make music based on Pi - the early digits AND the last known digits.

  23. An Infinite Debt - with Christopher Havens

    Christopher Havens is serving a 25-year prison sentence for murder - but behind bars he's seeking redemption through advanced mathematics. He has published an academic paper... and is bringing math to other inmates via The Prison Mathematics Project.

  24. The Little Star - with Zvezdelina Stankova

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

  25. Using Google's 'Deep Mind' to do Mathematics - with Alex Davies

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

  26. Making Sense of Infinity - with Asaf Karagila

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

  27. A Chance at Immortality - with Marcus Du Sautoy

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

  28. 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.

  29. 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 music.

  30. The High Jumping Cosmologist - with Katie Mack

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

  31. Rockstar Epidemiologists - with Adam Kucharski

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

  32. Statistics and Saving Lives - with Jennifer Rogers

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

  33. Why Study Mathematics - with Vicky Neale

    Dr Vicky Neale's new book is about why people should study mathematics - so that begs the question, why did SHE study mathematics?

  34. Club Automatic - with Alex Bellos

    Author and puzzle guru Alex Bellos talks about mathematics, writing, reviews, and his early days running a nightclub.

  35. Quiz Shows and Math Anxiety - with Bobby Seagull

    School teacher Bobby Seagull made his name on a quiz show - but there's much more to his story.

  36. Nursery Rhymes and Numbers - with Alan Stewart

    A team of composers and musicians have joined forces to re-imagine classic nursery rhymes with new counts, timings and tempos. It's dubbed Tuplets for Toddlers, and has been led Numberphile's resident composer Alan Stewart.

  37. The Importance of Numbers - with Tim Harford

    Economist Tim Harford on the importance of numbers and statistics.

  38. Why Did The Mathematician Cross The Road? - with Roger Penrose

    Sir Roger Penrose is one of the biggest names in mathematics AND physics. Here he talks about sibling rivalry, Stephen Hawking, having ideas, and toilet paper.

  39. The Third Cornet - with Katie Steckles

    Dr Katie Steckles is a mainstay of the mathematics communications scene and a regular in our videos. Here she discusses her life at school, university, and now as a freelance maths communicator. Plus life as a pirate.

  40. The Mathematical Showman - Ron Graham (1935-2020)

    Tributes to mathematician Ronald Graham - a man of many talents.

  41. The Numeracy Ambassador - with Simon Pampena

    Speaking with Simon Pampena, Australia's National Numeracy Ambassador and an Adelaide Alumni who dreamed of being a Jedi.

  42. The Happy Twin - with Ben Sparks

    Our guest is Ben Sparks - teacher, math populariser, and Numberphile regular.

  43. The Parker Quiz - with Matt Parker

    Matt Parker takes a quiz prepared by Brady.

  44. The Accidental Streamer - with 3blue1brown

    Grant Sanderson from 3blue1brown returns to the podcast to talk about live-streaming lessons, tracing coronavirus, and a technical mishap.

  45. The Legendary John Conway (1937-2020)

    We pay tribute to John Horton Conway - with clips from the man himself, plus contributions from Siobhan Roberts, David Eisenbud, Colm Mulcahy and Tony Padilla.

  46. Crystal Balls and Coronavirus - with Hannah Fry

    Dr Hannah Fry made a film two years ago which predicted the coronavirus pandemic with chilling accuracy.

  47. Gondor Calls For Aid - with Kit Yates

    Mathematical biologist Kit Yates discussing the coronavirus pandemic.

  48. Coffin Problems - with Edward Frenkel

    Edward Frenkel's fascinating mathematical journey - from the Soviet Union to the United States. [Edward's website](https://edwardfrenkel.com) [Love and Math - Edward's book via Amazon](https://amzn.to/2rbfWHd) [Edward on Twitter](https://twitter.com/edfrenkel) [His videos on...

  49. Champaign Mathematician - with Holly Krieger

    From Illinois to Cambridgeshire, Holly Krieger's path to mathematics was an unusual one. [Holly's webpage](https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~hk439/) [And her publications](https://arxiv.org/find/math/1/au:+Krieger_H/0/1/0/all/0/1) [Watch Holly on...

  50. The Badly Behaved Prime - with James Maynard

    James Maynard is making waves in the world of prime numbers - we spoke to him in his office at Oxford University. [James is appointed a professor](https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/26989) [And wins the Cole Prize](http://www.ams.org/tools/news?news_id=5602) [James discusses the Twin Prime…

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