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Just to ask if anyone is aware of any interesting math podcasts? I am particularly interested in podcasts describing mathematics in the wider world; but interesting academic podcasts would also be useful.

Interesting mathematical audio other than podcasts is also welcome.

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I think it's best to edit a summary into an answer, rather than into the original question. – Scott Morrison♦ Nov 23 at 20:37

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Good for you. However, I disagree. – Magic Andi Nov 23 at 21:15

John D. Cook · Answer 1 · 2009-11-25 13:59:34Z UTC

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Here are some math podcasts.

Travels in a Mathematical World from the IMA

Mathematical Moments from the AMS

Math Mutation from Erik Seligman

Strongly Connected Components

(The AMS podcast is quirky. See my notes at the end of this blog post about how to subscribe to Mathematical Moments.)

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	John, thanks, the links look useful. As soon as I have enough rep, I will vote your answer up ;-) – Magic Andi Oct 25 at 21:18
	The AMS site drives me nuts -- no audio? not a podcast. Or am I just missing it? – Graham Oct 26 at 0:45
	Graham, there is audio, and there is a podcast for AMS, but neither is obvious from their web site. I edited my answer to explain how that podcast works. – John D. Cook Oct 26 at 4:15
	John, as promised, +1. – Magic Andi Nov 23 at 19:19

score 4 · Answer 2 · 2009-10-25 20:44:44Z UTC

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Just to mention the BBC's More or Less, a programme that looks at the numbers and statistics that come up in everyday life. It is produced in conjunction with the Open University.

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sigfpe · Answer 3 · 2009-10-29 22:53:14Z UTC

Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time frequently has mathematical editions.

Subjects have included: infinity, Indian mathematics, music and mathematics, Godel's incompleteness theorems, Leibniz vs. Newton, Fibonacci numbers, the Poincare hypothesis, negative numbers, prime numbers, Renaissance mathematics, pi, zero, chaos theory, symmetry and Archimedes.

Michael Lugo · Answer 4 · 2009-11-23 19:27:22Z UTC

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Samuel Hansen's Strongly Connected Components consists of a weekly interview with a mathematician; so far he's had Gary Chartrand, Bruce Reznick, George Andrews, David Bressoud, Andrew Granville, Lance Fortnow, and Joshua Cooper.

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Graham · Answer 5 · 2009-10-26 00:45:36Z UTC

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There's the Math Factor.

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	Graham, I believe the correct link is mathfactor.uark.edu (no "www" prefix). The link that you gave gives an address not found error. – Magic Andi Oct 25 at 22:10
	Quite right, thanks. – Graham Oct 26 at 0:45

Scott Carnahan · Answer 6 · 2010-01-05 03:37:13Z UTC

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The Fields institute has audio recordings of talks. You can also get audio tracks of MSRI videos of talks, but you have to do some clicking (and encoding, if you want decent compression).

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