Some animations in my videos are done by William Marler who is the same person who does animations for Tom Scott. I think Tom and I both met Will at the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture filming ...
2021-01-04 14:55:18 +0000 UTC View PostAs promised. Thanks for your support.
From the video “Can you solve the banana puzzle...
2020-11-23 15:19:04 +0000 UTC View Post
As you may have noticed my recent video was (juuust under) 40 minutes long. So first of all: thanks for your support so I could make such a beast of a video. It nearly killed myself, Alex (filming ...
2020-10-02 17:20:11 +0000 UTC View Post
This starts with some bonus patreon footage I deliberately filmed. You can see it exactly flows off a shot from the main video (although I later had to extend the pause in the main video when I dec...
2020-09-05 15:34:39 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a two for one. ONE: The main video will be released publicly in about three hours from now. But I thought you might like an advanced look.
And if you do want to buy t...
2020-08-25 10:53:51 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a video message from me and a deleted scene from my video "What is the biggest tangent of a prime?"
Original video here: 2020-08-24 17:57:25 +0000 UTC View Post
As you may have noticed, I just released a pair of videos with Grant Sanderson (of 3Blue1Brown fame) who is one of my favourite humans ever.
Watch the Stand-up Maths video here: 2020-07-05 20:38:09 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised, here it is: the behind the scenes footage of the "Are Matt and James anti-psychic?" video. You can watch the original here: 2020-05-21 11:13:57 +0000 UTC View Post
I've just made a video with James Grime. We're both in lock-down here in the UK so we decided to make a feature of having to collaborate remotely.
While making the video I had a go-pro just o...
2020-05-18 17:15:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi folks!
I saw a lot of people were trying to work out how I filmed my latest two-Matts video, and most people got it right. But I thought it might be fun to see the exact details of my edit...
2020-04-17 16:52:57 +0000 UTC View Post
My new video is all about a mystery bug in the Apple Calendar which means the years and months start to break from 1849 and earlier. You can watch the whole main video at this URL (still uploading ...
2020-04-03 22:17:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you so much for your support during this trying time. As you may have guessed all of my live performance work (and indeed work with schools) has been cancelled. So I'm pretty-much relying on ...
2020-03-24 16:19:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Behold, all of the working out from the end of our day in Newton's house. At least: all that we filmed. I thought it would be fun to just upload everything from Alex's camera (we only had a single ...
2020-03-19 14:12:29 +0000 UTC View Post
I had a lot of interest in how I made the video about the 02/02/2020 palindrome day. And yes, the Matt on the left of frame is flipped. I filmed it twice on the same side of the sofa.
The tru...
2020-02-02 17:24:23 +0000 UTC View PostJust to let you know that I am doing a talk in NYC on Saturday 25 January! Sorry: it is only for people 21 and over (venue license).
2020-01-17 23:25:39 +0000 UTC
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I’m thinking of doing a video about double-landlocked counties in the UK (and states in the USA) and want to use a bit of graph theory.
I think some networks showing how the counties/states...
2019-11-14 12:29:43 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m in a pub with Katie Steckles, about to order infinitely many drinks.
We’re taking requests. If anyone has a favourite infinite series: let us know now!
2019-11-06 11:41:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy next video will be about trying to find a knot in the London Underground. Featuring: Sabetta, Henry, Vicki and Geoff.
2019-09-17 13:30:39 +0000 UTC View Post
UPDATE: Fixed so the video is no longer private!
My new video about The Frog Problem is out: https://www.youtub...
2019-09-12 15:20:17 +0000 UTC View Post
I asked Polina why all helicopters have a piece of string attached to the outside of the windscreen. She explained why and then gave me a run through all the other instruments.
This is the bo...
2019-09-11 13:32:58 +0000 UTC View Post
My helicopter video is finally out! Thanks for your support.
It took ages to edit and get sorted after we filmed this late last year. Captain Disillusion and I also realised we were working o...
2019-08-12 13:46:40 +0000 UTC View Post
It happened! I was able to get my next video out today. I actually filmed this last November when I was in the USA but have only just managed to get it finished and uploaded.
Part of why I co...
2019-07-20 21:17:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello! I'm back from a trip to Argentina and I have a glut of videos waiting to go out. First up was the "Are odd-numbered möbius-loop cogs possible?" video which I uploaded a few days ago.
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2019-07-20 12:33:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s a sneak preview of my new video with Steve Mould. Let me know if you spot any major mistakes.
It will go live 3.5 hours after this post has gone up (at 14:00 in the UK, 9:00 East coa...
2019-05-17 09:31:55 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve spent two days (well, 23 hours total, including sleeping) filming videos in Manchester.
We visited the illusion corridor which went viral a year or so ago. I’m just that on top of th...
2019-05-11 14:53:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I filmed a quick chat with James when we were walking between two locations on the Difference of Two Squares filming day. We talk about walking places together and that one time we lived together.<...
2019-05-07 21:06:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Ok, so I turned it on. And as expected it's deeply underwhelming. But you learn where I used to live in London!
Thanks for all your support. I took Lucie out to dinner to thank her for sacrif...
2019-04-12 21:14:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I just spent a day filming a maths video with a helicopter. A friend’s wife has her pilot’s licence and offered to take me for a fly if I needed a helicopter to make a video. I found a video idea ...
2018-10-28 19:59:33 +0000 UTC View Post
My new video about how Monzo detect and stop bank fraud is out:
https://youtu.be/Kpl3BGYtY7g
But I had more footage of me chat...
2018-07-25 14:39:57 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re recording the DVD of “You Can’t Polish a Nerd” in London on the 27 and 28 June. I can give two free tickets to either recording to any of my Patreon supporters!
2018-05-10 14:54:09 +0000 UTC
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