Episodes 33
Avg. Duration 57m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 5.0 (4)
Since Feb 2021
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
85%
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About This Podcast

The official podcast version of Mura Yakerson's YouTube channel Math-Life Balance. What Mura has to say about the content: "In this [podcast] I post my non-professional interviews with professional mathematicians. I ask my colleagues about their personal experience in math, their struggles and lifehacks. I hope that this shared experience would be helpful for other people in the math community, especially for young mathematicians!"

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Recent Episodes

Let's talk about "Women in math"! with Olga Paris-Romaskevich

Feb 23, 2026 1h 1m

This episode is about women in math, from the perspective of sociology! Many thanks to Olga Paris-Romaskevich for the conversation. Olga's webpage: https://olga.pa-ro.net/The book "Matheuses":…

Interview with Richard Schwartz

Feb 16, 2026 45m

Richard is a math professor at Brown University as well as an author of very funny books about math for kids! Enjoy learning about Richard and his adventures in the world of math and art :)Richard's…

Interview with Jordan Ellenberg

Feb 09, 2026 1h 14m

Jordan is a mathematician as well as an author of popular books about mathematics, with great sense of humour. And this interview goes as wild as the picture of the interviewee on his webpage!…

Interview with Steven Strogatz

Feb 02, 2026 1h 10m

Steven Strogatz, who works at Cornell University, is a well-known math popularizer and the first applied mathematician on Mura's channel. Enjoy their chat about unexpected applications of math,…

Interview with Dennis Gaitsgory

Jan 26, 2026 49m

Enjoy the interview with Dennis Gaitsgory, who thinks about questions deeply yet answers lightly! Jokes included :)Dennis webpage: https://people.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/gaitsgde/0:00 teaser0:30 attending a…

Dennis Gaitsgory and Mura interview David Kazhdan

Jan 23, 2026 49m

David Kazhdan:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kazhdanhttp://www.ma.huji.ac.il/~kazhdan/Dennis…

Interview with Simon Singh

Oct 27, 2025 47m

Simon Singh is, according to himself, "an author, journalist and TV producer, specialising in science and mathematics, the only two subjects I have the faintest clue about". In this interview we chat…

Interview with @3blue1brown‬

Oct 10, 2025 1h 4m

Grant Sanderson is the creator of the coolest math youtube channel, "3blue1brown". In this interview, Grant and Mura chat about a bunch of different topics, such as feelings towards abstract math,…

Interview with Jeremiah Heller and Vesna Stojanoska

Jul 13, 2022 49m

In this interview, Jeremiah Heller and Vesna Stojanoska share their experience of combining math and family life, discuss their ways to get over occasional demotivation in research and speak about…

Interview with Dhruv Ranganathan

Dec 19, 2021 48m

Dhruv Ranganathan is a lecturer at Cambridge University, working in algebraic geometry. In this video, Dhruv talks about doing research with undergrads, being tortured by math problems, looking for…

Interview with Kevin Buzzard

Nov 29, 2021 1h 1m

Kevin Buzzard is a professor in Imperial College London working in number theory and formal proof verification. In this interview, Kevin shares his views on the role of computers in doing math, tells…

Interview with Maria Chudnovsky

Aug 30, 2021 56m

Maria Chudnovsky is a professor at Princeton University, working in graph theory and combinatorics. In this interview, Maria shares her personal experiences: learning Hebrew from math lessons, giving…

Interview with Tomer Schlank

Jul 16, 2021 53m

Tomer Schlank is a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, working in homotopy theory and arithmetic geometry. In this interview, Tomer shares his experience of advising a big group of…

Interview with Saul Glasman

Jul 10, 2021 1h

Saul Glasman worked in homotopy theory and K-theory, and now works as a software engineer. In this interview, we discuss the hardships of academic jobmarket, fears around leaving math, and the…

Interview with Giulia Saccà

Jun 29, 2021 1h 1m

Giulia Saccà is an assistant professor at Columbia  University, working in algebraic geometry. In this interview, Giulia gives jobmarket advice for mathematicians, contemplates some of the struggles…

William Thurston "On proof and progress in mathematics"

Jun 22, 2021 5m

In this [episode], I read a piece from Thurston's essay "On proof and progress in mathematics", where he reflects on the importance of seeing mathematicians' progress and contributions much broader…

How to become the worst researcher in the world

Jun 22, 2021 10m

This sarcastic [episode] is dedicated to my family and all my friends of the last 10 years. They will see why. A special thanks to Nicole R. for the help with the video(s)! And to my brother for the…

Interview with Irakli Patchkoria

May 30, 2021 51m

Irakli Patchkoria is a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, working in homotopy theory. In this interview, he speaks about math-tennis balance, shares his experience of moving from Georgia to…

Interview with Peter Scholze

May 22, 2021 56m

Peter Scholze is a professor in Bonn University, working in number theory and arithmetic geometry. In this interview, we chat about the pressure of the Fields medal, discuss the pain of writing math…

Interview with Ravi Vakil

May 08, 2021 1h 1m

Ravi Vakil is a professor at Stanford University, working in algebraic geometry. In this interview, Ravi talks about the importance of a community for learning math, discusses the ways of learning to…

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