Beyond Proof: Stories in Mathematics

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Episodes 14

Avg. Duration 21m

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Since Mar 2026

Latest Episode May 2026

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Schedule

Weekly

Format

Episodic

Consistency

93%

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About This Podcast

Stories in Math is the podcast I wanted when I was younger and math felt like this sealed-off world I couldn’t get into. Math has always been a very human thing. It’s people arguing, guessing, getting stuck, getting lucky, and sometimes accidentally stepping into an idea so big it changes everything. This show is a collection of those stories, that bring out the journey and stories behind mathematical discoveries Stories in Math is for anyone who’s curious. If you love math, you’ll get the backstory you didn’t get in class. If you’ve always felt shut out by math, this is a way in.

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Recent Episodes

S2E13 Story of Astronomy: 3000 Years of Discovery Part II

May 29, 2026 27m

The shift from ancient celestial mythology to modern astrophysics was driven by a relentless pursuit of mathematical precision and a willingness to dismantle long-held dogmas. While the Renaissance…

S2E12 Story of Astronomy: 3000 Years of Discovery Part I

May 22, 2026 17m

The history of astronomy began not with complex telescopes, but with the fundamental human impulse to find order in the shifting patterns of the night sky. Ancient civilizations perceived the heavens…

S2E11 A Math Legend and Prodigy Team Up to Develop an AI Mathematician

May 15, 2026 13m

Ken Ono, a titan of modern number theory, has spent his career at the pinnacle of academia, famously translating the work of the legendary self-taught genius Srinivasa Ramanujan into rigorous modern…

S2E10 Random Matrices that Govern Complex Connected Problems

May 08, 2026 21m

Science has long been obsessed with reductionism—the idea that we can understand any complex system by breaking it down into its smallest parts. However, a revolutionary concept called universality…

S2E9 The Longitude War - Part II

May 01, 2026 17m

The Longitude Act of 1714 transformed a lethal maritime mystery into the world's most famous scientific contest, offering a life-changing £20,000 for a method that could determine a ship's position…

S2E8 The Longitude War - Part I

Apr 24, 2026 14m

The ability to determine a ship's position at sea was the deadliest problem of the 18th century, a challenge that turned the simple question of "Where am I?" into a matter of national security. While…

S2E7 How Randomness Rules our Lives

Apr 17, 2026 29m

The deep-seated human discomfort with randomness often leads us to "legislate" against it, much like the NFL did after a 2022 playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs was decided…

S2E6 Evil Function That Broke Mathematics

Apr 10, 2026 19m

Calculus, the mathematics of change developed by Newton and Leibniz, has been the bedrock of modern science for centuries, powering everything from the Industrial Revolution to the development of…

S2E5 125-Year-Old Problem Unites Three Laws of Physics

Apr 03, 2026 21m

Physics has long grappled with a "split personality": the macroscopic world of smooth, continuous fluids and the microscopic reality of trillions of discrete, colliding particles. While the motion of…

S2E4 Gödel Incompleteness Theorems

Mar 27, 2026 31m

In the early 1900s, David Hilbert championed a "fortress of certainty," believing every mathematical truth could be derived from a perfect, finite set of axioms. This era of supreme optimism aimed to…

S2E3 Astonishing History of Math Symbols - Part 3

Mar 20, 2026 15m

In this installment, we witness the definitive birth of modern mathematical notation—a transformation that shifted algebra from a literal descriptive art into a sophisticated, symbolic language. The…

S2E2 Astonishing History of Math Symbols - Part 2

Mar 13, 2026 17m

This episode explores the pivotal transition of algebra from a descriptive art bound by geometry to a powerful language of its own. We journey through the intellectual halls of Alexandria to examine…

S2E1 Astonishing History of Math Symbols - Part 1

Mar 06, 2026 18m

Uncover the fascinating history behind the mathematical symbols we use every day. From ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to the revolutionary introduction of zero in India, this episode explores how a…

S1E1 The Paradox of Infinity

Mar 02, 2026 34m

From ancient Greece to quantum physics, infinity has captivated the human mind. Why does this concept both fascinate and bewilder us? Join us on an odyssey through time as we unravel the paradoxes of…

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