The Numberphile Podcast podcast

The Numberphile Podcast

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

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

 

#59

Making Math Videos in Ukraine - with Sashko Olenchenko

Sashko Olenchenko is doing a masters in mathematical physics with a sideline making videos... more

09 Nov 2025

50 MINS

50:49

09 Nov 2025


#58

Everything You Wanted To Know About Numberphile - with Brady Haran

Brady answers all manner of viewer questions about Numberphile - and a few unrelated topic... more

29 Aug 2025

59 MINS

59:49

29 Aug 2025


#57

The Indecisive Statistics Professor - with Chris Oates

Chris Oates is a professor of statistics at Newcastle University - he got there despite be... more

15 Jul 2025

47 MINS

47:56

15 Jul 2025


#56

Counting Crayons - with Po-Ling Loh

Po-Ling Loh is an American theoretical statistician based at the University of Cambridge. ... more

14 Dec 2024

39 MINS

39:23

14 Dec 2024


#55

BREAKING NEWS: The Largest Known Prime Number

There’s a new largest known prime number and we speak to all the key players, including th... more

24 Oct 2024

39 MINS

39:37

24 Oct 2024


#54

The Secret Math Journal - with Ellen Eischen

Ellen Eischen is a professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon. Here she discusse... more

30 Jul 2024

53 MINS

53:45

30 Jul 2024


#53

Winnie the Math Whiz - with Danica McKellar

Catch a video version of this episode at: [https://youtu.be/xMAiBBxQGZI] (https://youtu.be... more

02 Jul 2024

45 MINS

45:19

02 Jul 2024


#52

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

This podcast marks the passing of James Harris Simons, better-known as Jim. The interviewe... more

06 Jun 2024

37 MINS

37:50

06 Jun 2024


#51

A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth

Donald Knuth is unquestionably a legend of computer science and mathematics - but he is ba... more

16 Jan 2024

54 MINS

54:26

16 Jan 2024


#50

The Math of Movies - with Walt Hickey

Data journalist Walt Hickey looks deep into the numbers behind movies, TV shows, and all t... more

12 Oct 2023

51 MINS

51:24

12 Oct 2023


#49

Finding Your Place - with Federico Ardila

Federico Ardila is a combinatorialist at San Francisco State University. He’s Colombian an... more

23 Aug 2023

54 MINS

54:57

23 Aug 2023


#48

Yes, I accept the Fields Medal - with James Maynard

Oxford mathematician James Maynard explains why he feared accidentally refusing the most f... more

02 Aug 2023

27 MINS

27:59

02 Aug 2023


#47

An A-Class Reject - with Ed Copeland

He dreamed of being a great cricketer - but his love for equations led Ed Copeland to a ca... more

21 Feb 2023

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:18

21 Feb 2023


#46

A Chain of Chance - with Michael Merrifield

Astronomer Mike Merrifield had terrible handwriting and dreamed of captaining a submarine ... more

18 Jan 2023

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:17

18 Jan 2023


#45

Finding a Path - with Tatiana Toro

From a challenging situation in Bogota to a prestigious job in US academia, Tatiana Toro w... more

13 Dec 2022

43 MINS

43:39

13 Dec 2022


#44

An Educated Adult - with Tadashi Tokieda

Tadashi Tokieda is a Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University - and a popular contr... more

11 Jul 2022

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:45

11 Jul 2022


#43

The Orchid Room and Cancer - with Hannah Fry

Professor Hannah Fry discusses her cervical cancer diagnosis - and subsequent attempt to m... more

29 May 2022

36 MINS

36:51

29 May 2022


#42

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 cos... more

18 Apr 2022

50 MINS

50:41

18 Apr 2022


#41

The First and Last Digits of Pi

Data visualisation guru Martin Krzywinski has teamed up with composer Gregory Coles to mak... more

14 Mar 2022

42 MINS

42:46

14 Mar 2022