All Episodes

Math in prison, chaotic podcast energy, and the legend of Sister Beth (summer mailbag)

Math anxiety, vulnerability, and the secrets to building student confidence w/ Amy Johnston

How to get fired up about teaching (even if the system has crushed your spirit) w/ Chase Orton

3 essential study skills to make exams less stressful for everyone w/ Deena Kara Shaffer

The unexpected text that turned my day around (and may turn yours around too)

How I talked my way out of an anxiety spiral

Anxious about math? You may be the best person to teach it w/ Heidi Sabnani

Why smart people still feel out of control (and what to do about it)

Math is a spiritual practice & here's the proof w/ Edward Doolittle

It’s never too late to change your relationship with math

This will change the way you think about calculators w/ Curtis Brown

Why we haven't fixed math education (even though we know how) w/ Steve Leinwand

This will change how you show up as a leader w/ Alison Mello

The way you talk about math matters, even if you don’t teach it w/ Kylie Fraser

Refresher: Predicting the Oscars with math w/ Ben Zauzmer (Oscarmetrics)

The best scientists follow the data AND their hearts w/ Imogen Coe

How a music studio is just like math class w/ Devon Lougheed

How to change your life by changing your story w/ Gorav Menon

9 surprising reasons math scores are dropping

How math can help prison inmates turn their lives around w/ Christopher Havens

What neuroscience actually says about gender & math w/ Sarah McKay

How believing in someone can change their life w/ Jo Boaler’s first student Sue Besant

Don’t let math define your entire self-worth w/ Shelby Strong

Can asking for help backfire?

2026: The Year of Student Engagement!

How Netflix saved both Christmas and math

How to make "show your thinking" less anxiety-inducing

Math Therapy's 100th (& most manic) episode!

How to believe in yourself when nobody else will w/ Taylor Telfer-Thompson

Hard truths teachers need to hear from parents w/ Cat and Nat

Why we can’t binge-learn math like Netflix w/ Rob Baier

What the Blue Jays taught us about math education

How to turn anxiety into empowerment

An unfiltered debate about "natural ability"

Why math sucks and how to fix it w/ Raj Shah

Math ed needs more conversations like this w/ Pam Harris

The Comment Section w/ Mike Flynn

How to find the "why" in math class w/ Mike Flynn

Exclusive: Math Therapy audiobook sample for our listeners!

Why 1 + 1 isn't always 2 w/ Eugenia Cheng

5 simple Math Therapy strategies for your classroom (weekly podcast launch!)

How Math Therapy changed my entire life w/ Charizma Laughton

How to trust your intuition w/ Rebecca MacLeod

Bonus: What's your sign? (Vanessa has no clue)

Get the politicians out of the classroom w/ David Kochberg

We're not teaching content, we're teaching students w/ Kevin Dykema

Math Therapy is now a book! Vanessa tells all ...

We are born to love math w/ Dan Finkel

Grit is your superpower w/ Dr. India White

How to change someone's mind w/ Chris Luzniak

Math doesn't cause trauma, people do w/ Sean Nank

Turns out some folks hate math w/ Jon Orr & Kyle Pearce

Teachers have trauma too w/ Brittany Hege

More clickbait in the classroom! w/ Howie Hua

The spiritual side of math w/ Francis Su

Tell your students you trust them w/ Zak Champagne

The difference between equity & equality w/ Dr. Pamela Seda

Season 6 Trailer

Refresher: Pi Day in Prison

The Awkward Return?! (S6 is coming)

The Awkward Goodbye

Embracing your limitless mind w/ Jo Boaler

Teaching students to ... think?! w/ Peter Liljedahl

Mistakes: Villains or Heroes?

Centering student voice in math class w/ Crystal Watson

Redefining "Success"

Refresher: Drag queens & math class w/ Kyne Santos

How struggle leads to growth w/ Robert Kaplinsky

How trauma affects the brain w/ Liesl McConchie

What even is math trauma?

Mathers gonna math w/ Deborah Peart

Teaching math as an act of protest w/ Dan Meyer

Season 5 trailer

Exciting update w/ Jill from Season 2!

Pi Day in Prison (Seriously)

Math reform under attack w/ Jo Boaler

S4E10: Queering math w/ Dr. Anthony Bonato

S4E09: Giving students the voice they deserve w/ Rosalind Wiseman

S4E08: “Dude Walls” & the lost women of science w/ Katie Hafner

S4E07: Defying Asian math stereotypes w/ Steven Tran

S4E06: From mathochistic to mathcurious w/ A.K. Whitney

S4E05: Compassion & confidence in the classroom w/ Sophie Soberano

S4E04: Dancing on the moon w/ Dr. Merritt Moore

S4E03: 4 million subscribers watch this guy do math w/ Grant Sanderson

S4E02: Is math the ultimate catfish? w/ Terilisha

S4E01: Can math predict the Oscars? w/ Ben Zauzmer

Season 4 trailer

S3E10: How math rehabilitated a murderer w/ Christopher Havens

S3E09: I’m not a math person, don’t @ me w/ Bex

S3E08: There are no stupid questions w/ Roger Fischer

S3E07: Challenging stereotypes by fulfilling them w/ Abby Govindan

S3E06: Why representation matters w/ Brittany Rhodes

S3E05: How brands can use their power for good w/ Candace Borland

S3E04: Mathfluencers, Mean Girls & more w/ Esther Brunat

Extra Credit: Spirituality & Science

S3E03: Albert Einstein was a f*cking Pisces w/ Anthony Perrotta

S3E02: The math teacher that changed my life w/ Ewa Kasinska

S3E01: A drag queen walks into a math class ... w/ Kyne Santos

Season 3 Trailer

Mailbag #2: Teachers Tell All!

The square root of possible w/ the creators of Netflix's Jingle Jangle!

S2E10: Why is no one listening to John Mighton?! w/ John Mighton

S2E09: Nature, meet Nurture w/ Tamara Rebick & her kids

S2E08: Mathematicians: they’re just like us! w/ Sunil Singh

S2E07: You can’t be what you can’t see w/ Renee Powers

S2E06: The 40-year-old math virgin w/ Mike S

S2E05: Retail therapy vs. Math therapy w/ Tamica Marcano

S2E04: How “Math Therapy” changed my life w/ Jill Waddell

S2E03: Recalculating your destiny w/ Miguel Escobar

S2E02: How to use your privilege w/ Imogen Coe

S2E01: A Black woman walks into a math class … w/ Michole Washington

Mailbag #1: Your stories!

Fighting fake news w/ Science Sam

Wait ... flatten WHAT curve?!

Send us your stories!

Season 1 Outtakes

S1E10: What the f*ck is a “math person”?! w/ Johnny Cassels

S1E09: Girls are bad at math (& other stupid myths) w/ Zainab Husain

S1E08: It’s never too late w/ Yvonne Osondu

S1E07: The myth of math and money w/ Bruce Sellery

S1E06: What failure really feels like w/ Jenna Kabakulak

S1E05: The math therapist’s therapist w/ Kimberley McLeod

S1E04: The ultimate math blackout w/ Liz Idowu

S1E03: A mathemagical crisis w/ Jonah Babins

S1E02: We’ve all had that math teacher w/ Sandra Birkett

S1E01: Why you think you suck at math w/ Sunny Verma

Introducing: Math Therapy!