The Numberphile Podcast

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1. No More Heroes - Terry Tao on AI in Mathematics

   15 oktober 2026 · 21 min

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   A leading light in mathematics for much of his life, Terence Tao discusses the crisis being caused by a massive dump of AI proofs. Lees meer

   Our playlist of videos on the current AI issue - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVsSL1XVSphg

   Terence Tao's excellent blog (featuring many guest posts about AI) - https://terrytao.wordpress.com/

   Terence’s new book Six Math Essentials is available for pre-order - https://www.quantabooks.org/books/six-math-essentials/

   Terence Tao previously on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXJ-zpJeY3E

   Our Fields Medal playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIDErJihuPX2S7E-0rnkaeu

   Here's the now famous (or infamous) dump of AI proofs - https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/CONTENTS.md

   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. The Strip Mining of Mathematical Proofs - with Hugo Duminil-Copin

   14 oktober 2026 · 34 min

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   Fields Medalist Hugo Duminil-Copin describes how 16 proofs among the hundreds recently published by OpenAI left him in tears. And what next for mathematics? Lees meer

   Watch this interview as a video - https://youtu.be/omuJpoV-Ko4

   Hugo’s website at University of Geneva - https://www.unige.ch/~duminil/

   The OpenAI drop of AI proofs - https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/CONTENTS.md

   Brady speaks with Grant Sanderson about AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HlIuxnuTKQ

   Navier-Stokes cracked by AI - https://youtu.be/3geDF-DAwpg

   Tristan Buckmaster reacts to Navier-Stokes - https://youtu.be/Mzbtj5nkMXI

   Hugo previously on the podcast - https://www.numberphile.com/videos/hugo-duminil-copin-podcast

   And Hugo in a Numberphile video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWtD0O-zSWY

   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

3. The Glimmer in our Eye - with Grant Sanderson from 3Blue1Brown

   28 september 2026 · 57 min

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   AI has become the biggest talking point in mathematics. We discussed the topic - and the future - with Grant Sanderson (creator of the 3Blue1Brown YouTube channel). Lees meer

   3Blue1Brown on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown

   Grant’s guest post on Terry Tao’s blog - https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/if-math-is-more-than-proof-we-need-to-better-celebrate-the-rest-of-it/

   A possible Navier Stokes breakthrough - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3geDF-DAwpg Grant Sanderson on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWKskQnjSsp3t8Uw2XMz5xYj

   Grant previously on the podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0RH93XvSyU

   Signals & Threads podcast - https://signalsandthreads.com/

   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. To SAT, or not SAT, that is the question

   11 augustus 2026 · 38 min

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   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. Lees meer

   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

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

   26 maart 2026 · 1 uur 6 min

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   Destin Sandlin discusses missile testing, astronaut applications, and why he created the wildly popular YouTube channel Smarter Every Day. Lees meer

   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

6. The Man Who Loves Weather - with Chief Meteorologist Dan Harris

   18 maart 2026

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

   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

7. The Storm is Coming - with Hugo Duminil-Copin

   21 januari 2026 · 34 min

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   The ups and downs of winning the coveted Fields Medal, with 2022 winner Hugo Duminil-Copin. Lees meer

   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

8. Making Math Videos in Ukraine - with Sashko Olenchenko

   9 november 2025 · 51 min

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   Sashko Olenchenko is doing a masters in mathematical physics with a sideline making videos on YouTube - occasionally interrupted by drone attacks from Russia. Lees meer

   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

9. Everything You Wanted To Know About Numberphile - with Brady Haran

   29 augustus 2025 · 1 uur

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   Brady answers all manner of viewer questions about Numberphile - and a few unrelated topics too. Lees meer

   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

10. The Indecisive Statistics Professor - with Chris Oates

    15 juli 2025 · 48 min

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    Chris Oates is a professor of statistics at Newcastle University - he got there despite being somewhat indecisive about his career. Lees meer

    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

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