Podcasts and talks
Hannah Fry's podcasts, TED talks and other notable public presentations.
Podcasts
| Podcast | Co-host / producer | Since | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rest Is Science | Michael Stevens (Vsauce) / Goalhanger | 2025 | Video-first science podcast exploring big ideas, released twice weekly. Won a Webby Award in 2026. |
| Curious Cases | Dara Ó Briain (previously Adam Rutherford) / BBC Radio 4 | 2016 | Listener-submitted science mysteries investigated in 30-minute episodes. 24+ series. |
| Google DeepMind: The Podcast | Google DeepMind | 2019 | Fry goes behind the scenes of the AI research lab to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the world. |
TED talks
- The mathematics of love (TEDxBinghamtonUniversity, 2014) — How mathematical patterns show up in dating and relationships, with three tips for finding a partner.
- Is life really that complex? (TEDxUCL, 2012) — How simple mathematical models can describe complex social behaviour, from the patterns of a leopard's spots to the location of riots.
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (2019)
In December 2019, Hannah Fry delivered the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, titled "Secrets and Lies: The Hidden Power of Maths". The three lectures were broadcast on BBC Four and explored:
- How to get lucky — the mathematics of chance, probability and gambling.
- How to bend the rules — how chaining probabilities together helps us understand complex systems.
- How to outwit the opposition — the limits of mathematics and whether there are problems maths cannot or should not solve.
Fry was the first woman mathematician to deliver the Christmas Lectures, following Christopher Zeeman (the first mathematician) in 1978. The lectures are described on the Royal Institution website.
Other notable talks
- Should computers run the world? — a Royal Institution "From the Theatre" talk (2018) exploring the power and limitations of algorithms.
- Rouse Ball Lecture at the University of Cambridge — annual lecture given to Cambridge students (2026).
Related pages
Sources: TED.com, BBC programme pages, Royal Institution (rigb.org), therestis.com, Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics. This site is independent and not affiliated with Hannah Fry.