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

Mar 31, 2020 • 28min
Gondor Calls For Aid - with Kit Yates
Mathematical biologist Kit Yates discussing the coronavirus pandemic.
Kit Yates website
Kit on Twitter
The Royal Society's call to arms for mathematicians
NHS advice on Coronavirus and COVID-19
Ben Sparks on Numberphile - The Coronavirus Curve
3blue1brown on the exponential growth of epidemics
Simulating an epidemic with 3blue1brown
Tom Crawford on the SIR Model
Kurzgesagt on COVID-19
Extended presentation by Nick Jewell for MSRI
With thanks to MSRI
Support our content via Patreon

Dec 13, 2019 • 40min
Champaign Mathematician - with Holly Krieger
From Illinois to Cambridgeshire, Holly Krieger’s path to mathematics was an unusual one.
Holly’s webpage
And her publications
Watch Holly on Numberphile
Math or Maths?
Champaign, Illinois
With thanks to
MSRI
Meyer Sound
Podcast Transcripts

Dec 3, 2019 • 1h 22min
Coffin Problems - with Edward Frenkel
Edward Frenkel's fascinating mathematical journey - from the Soviet Union to the United States.
Edward's website
Love and Math - Edward's book via Amazon
Edward on Twitter
His videos on Numberphile
Artificial Intelligence: First Person Perspective
Coffin Problems paper (aka Jewish Problems)
Rites of Love and Math - the film
About the film and its Formula of Love
Frenkel research papers
With thanks to
MSRI
Meyer Sound

Nov 10, 2019 • 42min
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
And wins the Cole Prize
James discusses the Twin Prime Conjecture - Numberphile video
Small Gaps Between Primes - paper
Large Gaps Between Primes - paper
Large Gaps Between Primes - Numberphile video
James on his love of primes - Numberphile video
James Maynard playlist
Prime Number playlist
Numberphile on Patreon
With thanks to
MSRI
Meyer Sound

Oct 22, 2019 • 54min
Fame and Admiration - with Timothy Gowers
Fame and Admiration - with Timothy Gowers
Fields Medallist Sir Timothy Gowers discusses his career - and the role of ‘begrudging admiration’ in mathematics.
Sir Timothy Gowers webpage at Cambridge
Timothy Gowers blog
And his Twitter
The Fields Medal
Terminator 2
The unconditional basic sequence problem
Szemerédi's theorem
Tim Gowers International Math Olympiad results
The Fields Medal with Cédric Villani - Numberphile
With thanks to
MSRI
Meyer Sound

Aug 14, 2019 • 56min
The Number Collector - with Neil Sloane
We speak with Neil Sloane - creator and keeper of the famed ‘On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences’.
OEIS
Sequences we featured from the OEIS included Fibonacci Numbers, A068679, Bell or exponential numbers, A000435 - The Genesis Sequence, Euler totient function, King Louis births, Recaman's sequence, Gijswijt's sequence, and Brady Numbers.
Videos featuring Neil on Numberphile
Neil Sloane homepage
Traralgon and Brady’s podcast with Tim from Traralgon
1956 Melbourne Olympics
Neil’s works on Amazon
Neil’s PhD thesis
Sloane's Gap - Numberphile
The Slightly Spooky Recaman Sequence - Numberphile
Guardian article on Neil Sloane
Works citing the OEIS
OEIS Foundation and donations
Birth of the Brady Numbers
With thanks to
MSRI
Meyer Sound

Jun 17, 2019 • 51min
The C-Word - talking Calculus with Steven Strogatz
We record at the Royal Society in London, with Isaac Newton's original calculus papers.
Infinite Powers by Steven Strogatz
Steve's author page on Amazon
Some bonus video footage we filmed at the Royal Society
Hannah Fry with the same documents on Objectivity
And the Principia on Objectivity
The Royal Society
With thanks to
MSRI
Meyer Sound

May 20, 2019 • 1h 13min
The Singing Banana - with James Grime
From a difficult school to serving two terms as president of the juggling club - James Grime discusses his mathematical journey.
James Grime website - includes a section to book his talks
A selection of James’ videos on Numberphile
James’ own channel - Singing Banana
James discusses The Little Professor
The first proper Numberphile video from 2011
Filming at a gritty, urban underpass
Status: Black Eagle
James talks about Enigma
Brady’s Bibledex
With thanks to
MSRI
Meyer Sound

May 14, 2019 • 37min
The Offensive Lineman - with John Urschel
John Urschel is studying for a PhD in mathematics - and played three seasons of professional football in the NFL.
Mind and Matter - by John Urschel and Louisa Thomas - on Amazon
Book on the publisher's website
John's math publications
John's NFL stats
With thanks to
MSRI
Meyer Sound
Numberphile merchandise

Apr 7, 2019 • 1h 15min
A Proof in the Drawer - with David Eisenbud
David Eisenbud's entertaining stories about mathematics are a fascinating glimpse into how math works - how it really works.
MSRI - where David is director
David Eisenbud's MSRI page with some links to publications and other material
Google Scholar citations
Videos with David on Numberphile
The 17-gon video
David's math genealogy
With thanks to
Meyer Sound
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