Brady Haran
Brady Haran is an Australian-born video journalist and podcaster who brings curious people into conversations about maths, science and the objects that tell their stories.
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Known for
- Numberphile: Squaring the TriangleCreator and filmmaker · With James Grime
YouTube - Periodic Videos: SodiumFilmmaker · Chemistry with the University of Nottingham
YouTube - Sixty Symbols: The Physics of HolodecksFilmmaker · With Professor Philip Moriarty
YouTube - Objectivity: The Forgotten Eclipse PicturesPresenter and filmmaker · Episode 310
YouTube - Hello Internet: Being Wrong on the Internet2014 · Co-host with CGP Grey
YouTube - The Unmade Podcast: Rocking the Horse2026 · Documentary from the podcast with Tim Hein
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Overview
- From
- Adelaide, Australia; now based in the UK
- Work
- Video journalist, filmmaker and podcaster
- First career
- Newspaper journalism at The Adelaide Advertiser, followed by the BBC
- Early breakthrough
- Test Tube led to Periodic Videos and Sixty Symbols
- Numberphile
- Making mathematics videos since 2011
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How it started.
Brady grew up in Adelaide wanting to become a newspaper journalist, like his father. After a year at university, he joined a newspaper cadet programme. He later moved to Britain and worked for the BBC, building the filmmaking skills that would shape his independent work.
A camera in the lab.
In 2007 he became filmmaker-in-residence for Nottingham Science City, a BBC and University of Nottingham collaboration. Test Tube opened a window onto working scientists. Periodic Videos followed in 2008 and Sixty Symbols in 2009, turning chemistry and physics into conversations with the people doing the research.
Following the questions.
Numberphile began in 2011 and grew into a home for mathematics interviews and demonstrations. Brady also hosts Objectivity, exploring historic objects and manuscripts, often in the Royal Society archives. His Numberphile Podcast gives mathematicians room to talk about their lives and careers.
Beyond the science channels.
He co-hosted Hello Internet with CGP Grey and makes The Unmade Podcast with Tim Hein, built around ideas for podcasts they will probably never make. In 2026 he added Runway 23, an aviation podcast with his longtime friend and commercial pilot Hoffers.
Creditschronological, newest first
Podcasts
- 2026Runway 23Co-host with Hoffers
- 2018The Numberphile PodcastCreator and host
- 2017The Unmade PodcastCo-host with Tim Hein
- 2014Hello InternetCo-host with CGP Grey
Video series
- 2014ObjectivityPresenter and filmmaker
- 2011NumberphileCreator and filmmaker
- 2009Sixty SymbolsFilmmaker with University of Nottingham physicists
- 2008Periodic VideosFilmmaker with University of Nottingham chemists
Awards
- 2024 Christopher Zeeman MedalAwarded by the IMA and London Mathematical Society for communication of mathematics; presented at the Royal Society on 7 May 2025.
- 2021 Medal of the Order of AustraliaRecognised for service to broadcast and online media.
- 2016 Kelvin MedalRecognition for Sixty Symbols, shared with Michael Merrifield and Philip Moriarty.
- 2016 Honorary Doctor of LettersReceived from the University of Nottingham on 20 July 2016.
Quotes
One piece of advice I give to people making videos is to keep making more videos.Brady Haran, National Space Centre interview
In a July 2025 interview, he encouraged aspiring science communicators to keep creating and improving.
Trivia
- Asteroid 46925 Bradyharan is named after him.
- His fascination with the Apollo Moon landings came from his father.
- He kept the protective overshoes he wore while visiting NASA’s Apollo Moon-rock vault.
- Sixty Symbols originally aimed to make 60 videos, each loosely based on a physics symbol.
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