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Podcast Archive

Find all of our Podcasts from 2007 onwards

Euromaths: Richard Montgomery

Find out about an interesting result in graph theory with EMS prize winner Richard Montgomery.

David Spiegelhalter and the art of uncertainty

 We talk to David Spiegelhalter  about eggs, politics, coins and his new book The art of uncertainty.

Meet the multiverse

Are there other universes besides our own? And if yes, what can we say about them? Find out with this episode of Maths on the move. 

What are groups and what are they good for?

Groups are staples in mathematics and group theory is often described as the study of symmetry. But what does that mean? Find out with Justin Chen!

Euromaths: Avi Wigderson

Should we allow mathematical proofs to  contain errors? We find out from  Avi Wigderson in our podcast series covering the European Congress of Mathematics 2024.

The Gömböc revisited

A Gömböc is an inanimate object that wriggles around as if it were alive and in some sense barely exist at all — and it's a mathematical sensation! Find out more in this episode of Maths on the move!

The origin of life: On Earth and elsewhere

How far away are we from discovering alien life? And how long until we manage to create life in the lab? This episodes of Maths on the move explores these questions and more with one of our favourite astrophysicists, Mario Livio.

The secret to a happy summer: Seville, causality and staircases!

As we head get ready for our summer holidays, we share our mathematical highlights from recent events in Spain and the UK and our recommendations for summer reading and listening!

On the mathematical frontline: Modelling behaviour

Our behaviour impacts not just our daily lives.  But how do you mathematically describe the messiness of human behaviour?

Euromaths: Maryna Viazovska

We celebrate the run-up to the European Congress of Mathematics (ECM) with Fields Medallist Maryna Viazovska who previously won a prestigious EMS prize at the ECM.

Euromaths: Artur Avila

In the run up to the European Congress of Mathematics we continue our series of interviews with mathematicians who've won the prestigious Fields Medal. This week we hear from Artur Avila talking about his work on taming chaos.

Euromaths: Alessio Figalli

In the run up to the European Congress of Mathematics we continue our series of interviews with mathematicians who've won the prestigious Fields Medal. This week we hear from Alessio Figalli talking about the theory of optimal transport.

Euromaths: James Maynard

In the run up to the European Congress of Mathematics we continue our series of interviews with mathematicians who've won the prestigious Fields Medal. This week we hear from James Maynard talking about the twin prime conjecture.

Euromaths: Hugo Duminil-Copin

We celebrate the run-up to the European Congress of Mathematics (ECM) with an interview with Fields Medallist Hugo Duminil-Copin, who previously won a prestigious EMS prize at the ECM.

The murmuration conjecture: finding new maths with AI

Artificial intelligence is changing all our lives - even the lives of mathematicians.  Yang-Hui He tells us about his exciting new conjecture that came about due to both artificial and human intelligence, and reveals patterns in the prime numbers that look like flocks of birds.

Tying together black holes, quantum gravity and number theory

"The 20th century was the interaction of geometry and physics, and the 21st century is the interaction of number theory with physics." Find out why in our conversation with Yang-Hui He from the London Institute of Mathematical Sciences! 

The art of maths and the maths of art

In this episode of Maths on the move we discuss the fascinating intersection of mathematics and art.

Ramanujan: Dream of the possible

In this episode we revisit an interview with Ken Ono about the remarkable Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, one of the most fascinating figures in the history of mathematics.

Celebrating spring with new shoots of mathematics

From tiling bathrooms to fooling cancer cells, and from new insights in topology to bringing research into the classroom — we hope you enjoy our April round-up!

How physics can help AI learn about the real world

Join us at the mathematical frontier with Georg Maierhofer as he tells us about an exciting new idea bringing together physics and machine learning! 

The force awakens: Quantum collisions

Could there be a fifth force of nature hitherto unknown to science? Find out with physicist Ben Allanach in this episode of Maths on the move.

How does AI work? In this episode of Maths on the move Kweku Abraham explains the maths behind the amazing advances we've seen in AI.
It's all connected – climate change and the spread of diseasesWe know climate change can impact our lives through weather events and food security, but it can also impact on the spread of diseases. We talk to Helena Stage from the University of Bristol to find out more.
Reduce, remove, refreeze: Repairing the Earth's climateHow might we go about repairing the Earth's climate? Find out in this episode of our podcast!