most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-25T16:03:56Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/24794 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/24794/does-a-connections-blog-podcast-exist-for-math Michael Hoffman 2010-05-15T18:39:45Z 2010-06-12T14:18:46Z

<p>What I mean is this:</p> <p>Does there exist a mathematics podcast where a mathematician of some sort looks at undergraduate/graduate mathematical topics and look into the history (how those objects came along) or how mathematical ideas come from places that you never would have guessed (or at least, the average mathematician would not have guessed).</p> <p>Also if there's one that goes over the intuition/how the problems came about in general?</p> <p>I'm thinking about starting one, but I want to see what else is done so I can develop something unique (just to give motivation for why I'm asking).</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/24794/does-a-connections-blog-podcast-exist-for-math/24806#24806 Willie Wong 2010-05-15T20:00:18Z 2010-05-15T20:00:18Z

<p>John Baez's This Week's Finds are more on the graduate level, and often not so much about the history. But when he <em>does</em> give the history it is always nicely written and well researched. <a href="http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/twfcontents.html" rel="nofollow">http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/twfcontents.html</a></p> <p>And yes, John Baez is the grand-daddy of math blogging. He was blogging before blog was even a word...</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/24794/does-a-connections-blog-podcast-exist-for-math/27919#27919 To be cont'd 2010-06-12T09:27:47Z 2010-06-12T14:18:46Z

<p><a href="http://video.ted.com/talks/podcast/MarcusduSautoy_2009G_480.mp4" rel="nofollow">Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, reality's riddle</a> I think this really fits some points of your question.</p>