4.9 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2019
⏱️ 73 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
From a difficult school to serving two terms as president of the juggling club - James Grime discusses his mathematical journey.
James Grime website - includes a section to book his talks
A selection of James’ videos on Numberphile
James’ own channel - Singing Banana
James discusses The Little Professor
The first proper Numberphile video from 2011
Filming at a gritty, urban underpass
With thanks to
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
0:00.0 | We should have recorded us talking about the Superman movies. |
0:02.1 | I know. |
0:02.6 | Sounds like that's something we could talk about for hours. |
0:05.0 | Well, that's like our other podcast. |
0:10.0 | For a lot of people, I feel like maybe this is one of the episodes you've been waiting for, |
0:14.3 | because today, we're joined by James Grime, the original number file presenter. |
0:23.6 | James fronted the very first video in our series and he's been a mainstay of the channel ever since. |
0:28.6 | But despite his bubbly personality and unquestionable passion for mathematics, |
0:33.6 | well, I mean, James is a private guy. |
0:36.6 | And that's what I think makes this episode a real treat, because James is really going to |
0:40.9 | open up and tell us about what makes him tick, where he comes from, and maybe where he's |
0:46.4 | going next. |
0:47.3 | It was a chat that I really enjoyed, and I hope it's something you'll enjoy as well. |
0:54.6 | You're like the number file original, aren't you? |
0:57.1 | You were in the first number file video? |
0:58.8 | Yeah, that's correct. |
0:59.9 | You must have been in the most of anyone. |
1:01.8 | I think I've been in the most of everyone, yeah. |
1:04.4 | Do you feel like a warm attachment to the project? |
1:06.6 | Of course. |
1:07.8 | I don't want to speak out of turn, but I feel I'm a founding member. |
1:10.8 | Founding father. Yeah. Maybe this is over emphasizing my influence, but I feel like we found |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Brady Haran, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Brady Haran and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.