The Numberphile Podcast

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

  1. Aug 11

    To SAT, or not SAT, that is the question

    A growing number of people claim being “test blind” to applicants’ SAT scores is lowering standards at the University of California. Math Professor Zvezda Stankova is among the academics calling for SATs to be re-introduced to the admissions process. Jane Street intern applications (episode sponsor): https://jane-st.co/internships2027-NumberphilePod Here’s the Open Letter signed by over 3000 people at UC (including five Nobel laureates, they are keen to point out): https://ucstudentsuccess.org/ 

This New York Times editorial gave the issue extra prominence: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/opinion/university-california-sat-testing-admissions.html This LA Times comment pieces argues against re-introducing SATs to the process: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-08/chabria-column-uc-sat-act-admissions Numberphile videos with Zvezda: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIbAPK1oJgRIpe0sWiPKkQ4 Numberphile Podcast interview with Zvezda about her life and career: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGbASf6W7SE Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street With thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/ You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

  2. Mar 26

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

    Destin Sandlin discusses missile testing, astronaut applications, and why he created the wildly popular YouTube channel Smarter Every Day. YouTube version of this episode: https://youtu.be/Anmaky0Kksw Listen to the latest Signals & Threads podcast episode: https://jane-st.co/Numberphile-ST-WillWilson Check out other episodes Signals & Threads here: https://jane-st.co/Numberphile-SignalsandThreads Destin’s YouTube channel is Smarter Every Day: https://www.youtube.com/smartereveryday We also co-hosts the podcast No Dumb Questions: https://www.nodumbquestions.fm/ With thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/ You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

  3. Mar 18

    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/ See him talking weather equations on Numberphile - https://youtu.be/YmZiq00CO60 Dan's websites - https://www.roostweather.com/ and https://istheukhotrightnow.com/ Check out some Met Office archive stuff at Brady's Objectivity channel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd5y2WfrtsPrauSfrdFfkE7iZ-KG9pCzO Weather videos on Brady's Sixty Symbols channel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNpsv8AWUvJxbOl6S2pw8so Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street With thanks to the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/ You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

  4. Jan 21

    The Storm is Coming - with Hugo Duminil-Copin

    The ups and downs of winning the coveted Fields Medal, with 2022 winner Hugo Duminil-Copin. See our main video from this interview - https://youtu.be/JWtD0O-zSWY Hugo is based at the University of Geneva and IHES - https://www.ihes.fr/~duminil/ More Numberphile interviews and videos with Fields Medallists - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIDErJihuPX2S7E-0rnkaeu With thanks to Nils Berglund for visualisations of percolation - https://www.youtube.com/c/NilsBerglund Fields Medal 2022 - https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal/fields-medals-2022 Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street And the Ben Delo Foundation - https://delo.org/ You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons Numberphile is created by Brady Haran

  5. 11/09/2025

    Making Math Videos in Ukraine - with Sashko Olenchenko

    Sashko Olenchenko is doing a masters in mathematical physics with a sideline making videos on YouTube - occasionally interrupted by drone attacks from Russia. Here is his YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@aremathukr And you can support his work on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Aremath The YouTube version of this podcast has captions available - https://youtu.be/Nd813Dg93Bs Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons Numberphile is created by Brady Haran I met with Sasko at the ‘From research to outreach’ conference in Les Diablerets, Switzerland - https://outreach.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en

  6. 08/29/2025

    Everything You Wanted To Know About Numberphile - with Brady Haran

    Brady answers all manner of viewer questions about Numberphile - and a few unrelated topics too. Learn more about Jane Street’s Internships at - https://jane-st.co/internship-numberphile-pod-25 A YouTube version of this episode - https://youtu.be/prT2YRwKc9w Breakfast Sound Checks - https://youtu.be/IMItxzSZs0E A list of Brady’s channels - https://www.bradyharanblog.com/projects Rubik interview - https://youtu.be/zkRxfmECWSM Zeeman Medal Lecture - https://youtu.be/tsZkzxEhpHk The fastest ever snooker 147 - https://youtu.be/9D2rFMPN9js Graham’s Number - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKZEG7KVg6HfdN2uWFLIB5q 6174 - https://youtu.be/d8TRcZklX_Q Epic Circles - https://youtu.be/sG_6nlMZ8f4 Brady in Antarctica - https://www.bradyharanblog.com/antarctica-intro The Unmade Podcast - https://www.unmade.fm/ Bibledex - https://www.youtube.com/bibledex The White Gloves of Destiny - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd5y2WfrtsPq03H4uZSvJCBYBeBDBOmQ0 Boiling Water at Mt Everest - https://youtu.be/JTL4dj3Gx1o Brady Numbers on the OEIS - https://oeis.org/A247698 Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street Thanks also to Ben Delo You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

  7. 07/15/2025

    The Indecisive Statistics Professor - with Chris Oates

    Chris Oates is a professor of statistics at Newcastle University - he got there despite being somewhat indecisive about his career. This episode was made possible by the Leverhulme Trust, a UK-based organisation which funds ambitious blue skies research across various disciplines - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk Professor Oates was the recipient of prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-leverhulme-prize-winners-2023 See a video with Professor Oates on Numberphile describing the Stein Paradox - https://youtu.be/FUQwijSDzg8 Chris Oates webpage - https://oates.work Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street Thanks also to Ben Delo. You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons

  8. 12/14/2024

    Counting Crayons - with Po-Ling Loh

    Po-Ling Loh is an American theoretical statistician based at the University of Cambridge. She discusses her childhood, choosing a university, and her path to higher dimensional statistics and differential privacy. She also compares life as an academic in the US and UK. This episode was made possible by the Leverhulme Trust, a UK-based organisation which funds ambitious blue skies research across various disciplines - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/ Professor Loh was the recipient of a Philip Leverhulme Prize. More about her prize here - https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-leverhulme-prize-winners-2023 Professor Loh’s website - https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~pll28/

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

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  • Creator
    Brady Haran
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    63
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Numberphile
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    The Numberphile Podcast

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