The Numberphile Podcast

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No More Heroes - Terry Tao on AI in Mathematics Oct 15, 2026

Show notes

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

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

The Strip Mining of Mathematical Proofs - with Hugo Duminil-Copin Oct 14, 2026

Show notes

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?

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

The Glimmer in our Eye - with Grant Sanderson from 3Blue1Brown Sep 28, 2026

Show notes

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).

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

To SAT, or not SAT, that is the question Aug 11, 2026

Show notes

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

Rockets, Religion & Rejection - with Destin Sandlin from Smarter Every Day Mar 26, 2026

Show notes

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

The Man Who Loves Weather - with Chief Meteorologist Dan Harris Mar 18, 2026

Show notes

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

The Storm is Coming - with Hugo Duminil-Copin Jan 21, 2026

Show notes

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

Making Math Videos in Ukraine - with Sashko Olenchenko Nov 09, 2025

Show notes

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

Everything You Wanted To Know About Numberphile - with Brady Haran Aug 29, 2025

Show notes

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

The Indecisive Statistics Professor - with Chris Oates Jul 15, 2025

Show notes

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