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The Numberphile Podcast

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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 -…

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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 -…

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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…

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BREAKING NEWS: The Largest Known Prime Number

There’s a new largest known prime number and we speak to all the key players, including the discoverer Luke Durant. Also featured in the podcast are George Woltman from GIMPS, James Grime, and Matt Parker. Extended interviews (as videos) can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIWS5Jd3k5QHdc0kxwfnZMg Matt Parker’s epic video on Stand-up Maths is here:…

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The Secret Math Journal - with Ellen Eischen

Ellen Eischen is a professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon. Here she discusses creativity, collaboration - and a “secret” journal she has kept since childhood. Ellen Eischen website (includes some links to the teaching we discussed): http://www.elleneischen.com Women in Numbers: https://awm-math.org/research-networks/win/ Creativity Counts museum exhibit:…

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