The Numberphile Podcast

The Man Who Loves Weather - with Chief Meteorologist Dan Harris 18.03.2026 57:06 ↓

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

The Hyper-Curious Billionaire - Jim Simons (1938-2024) 06.06.2024 37:51 ↓

Marking the passing of Jim Simons.

A Very Bad Estimator - with Donald Knuth 15.01.2024 54:27 ↓

Donald Knuth is unquestionably a legend of computer science and mathematics - but he is bad at estimation and grew up with a "rhinoceros attitude".

The Math of Movies - with Walt Hickey 10.10.2023 51:25 ↓

Data journalist Walt Hickey looks deep into the numbers behind movies, TV shows, and all types of popular culture.

Finding Your Place - with Federico Ardila 22.08.2023 54:58 ↓

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 - this episode of the podcast will conclude with a stirring musical finale.

Yes, I accept the Fields Medal - James Maynard 02.08.2023 28:00 ↓

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

An A-Class Reject - with Ed Copeland 20.02.2023 1:04:19 ↓

He dreamed of being a great cricketer - but his love for equations led Ed Copeland to a career in theoretical physics.

A Chain of Chance - with Michael Merrifield 18.01.2023 1:06:18 ↓

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

Finding a Path - with Tatiana Toro 13.12.2022 43:40 ↓

From a challenging situation in Bogota to a prestigious job in US academia, Tatiana Toro wants to help others find their mathematical pathway.

An Educated Adult - with Tadashi Tokieda 09.07.2022 1:13:46 ↓

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.

The Orchid Room and Cancer - with Hannah Fry 23.05.2022 36:52 ↓

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

A Passion for Big Numbers (and Liverpool FC) - with Tony Padilla 18.04.2022 50:42 ↓

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.

The First and Last Digits of Pi 13.03.2022 42:27 ↓

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.

An Infinite Debt - with Christopher Havens 13.02.2022 49:51 ↓

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.

The Little Star - with Zvezdelina Stankova 12.01.2022 58:20 ↓

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

Using Google's 'Deep Mind' to do Mathematics - with Alex Davies 02.12.2021 37:02 ↓

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.