| Brady Haran OAM | |
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.jpg) Haran at theDead Sea, 2013 | |
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| Born | Brady John Haran (1976-06-18)18 June 1976 (age 48) |
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| Spouse | Kylie Pentelow |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | bradyharan |
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| Location | Bristol,England, United Kingdom |
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| Associated acts | CGP Grey,Matt Parker, James Grime,Martyn Poliakoff,Keith Moore,Becky Smethurst |
Last updated: 7 March 2025 | |
Brady John HaranOAM (born 18 June 1976) is anAustralian-Britishindependent filmmaker andvideo journalist who produceseducational videos and documentary films for hisYouTube channels, the most notable beingComputerphile andNumberphile.[1][2] Haran is also the co-host of theHello Internetpodcast along with fellow educationalYouTuberCGP Grey. On 22 August 2017, Haran launched his second podcast, calledThe Unmade Podcast, and on 11 November 2018, he launched his third podcast,The Numberphile Podcast, based on his mathematics-centered channel of the same name.
Brady Haran studied journalism for a year before being hired byThe Adelaide Advertiser. In 2002, he moved from Australia toNottingham, United Kingdom. In Nottingham, he worked for theBBC, began to work with film, and reported forEast Midlands Today,BBC News Online and BBC radio stations.[3][4][5]
In 2007, Haran worked as a filmmaker-in-residence for Nottingham Science City,[3][6] as part of an agreement between the BBC and theUniversity of Nottingham.[7] His "Test Tube" project started with the idea of producing a documentary about scientists and their research, but he decided to upload his raw footage to YouTube; from that point "Periodic Videos" and "Sixty Symbols" were developed.[3][6] Haran then left the BBC to work full-time making YouTube videos.[8]
FollowingTest Tube, Haran decided to create new YouTube channels.[3] In his first five years as an independent filmmaker he made over 1500 videos[8] and in 2012, he was the producer, editor, and interviewer behind 12 YouTube channels. Haran frequently collaborates with well-known academics and professionals. Haran's videos are often in the format of a casual interview in which Haran and an expert discuss subjects relevant to their work.[9]
Started in June 2008,Periodic Videos is a series of videos aboutchemical elements and theperiodic table. Working with ProfessorMartyn Poliakoff, Haran's videos explaining chemistry and science for non-technical persons have received positive recognition.[1] Together, they have made over 500 short videos that cover the elements and other chemistry-related topics. Their YouTube channel has had more than 159 million views.[10] Also, Haran and Poliakoff authored an article in theNature Chemistry journal[11] and an essay onScience journal[12] discussing the impact ofThe Periodic Table of Videos. Martyn Poliakoff received theRoyal Society of ChemistryNyholm Prize for Education in 2011 for work taking chemistry education to a wider audience; this included his work with Haran onThe Periodic Table of Videos.[13]
Sixty Symbols is Haran's YouTube channel forphysics andastronomy. The first video was released in April 2009, with the original run of videos focusing oncommonly used physics notations.[14] Since then, videos on topics such as thegreenhouse effect, theage of the universe, and several onblack holes have been released.
Started in October 2011,[15]Numberphile features videos that explore educational topics from a variety offields of mathematics. It is currently Haran's most subscribed channel. In the early days of the channel, each video focused on a specific number, but the channel has since expanded its scope, featuring videos on more advanced mathematical concepts such asFermat's Last Theorem and theRiemann hypothesis. Haran maintains theNumberphile2 channel as well, which features extra footage from the main channel, as well asThe Numberphile Podcast.
Haran launched the YouTube channelObjectivity in late 2014. The videos feature the discussion and handling of historic objects and manuscripts, often from the archives of theRoyal Society, though other historic museums and organizations have also been featured. Haran is the on-camera presenter for the channel, in contrast to his other channels where he is a behind-the-camera presence. Keith Moore, the Head Librarian of the Royal Society, is prominently featured.[16]
Deep Sky Videos, started in October 2011, is Haran's astronomy-focused channel.[17] It is similarly formatted and has some of the same contributors asNumberphile andSixty Symbols. In September 2022, the channel finished a series of videos on each of the 110Messier objects, which had been a goal of the channel since January 2012.[18]
Computerphile is the sister channel toNumberphile, featuring videos aboutcomputer science. Haran is minimally involved in the channel's video creation, with most being directed and produced by Sean Riley.[19]
Haran continues to maintain theTest Tube channel, now titlednottinghamscience, as a place to post extra footage and outtakes fromPeriodic Videos andSixty Symbols. He also runs channels for his podcastsHello Internet andThe Unmade Podcast. Haran has several channels that have been inactive for several years, which areWords of the World,Backstage Science,Psyfile,PhilosophyFile,Bibledex,FavScientist, andfoodskey.Brady Stuff is Haran's channel for personal videos and is a self-described "dumping ground for clips that don't quite fit anywhere".[20]
In January 2014, Haran launched the podcastHello Internet along with co-hostCGP Grey, another YouTube educational content creator. The podcast peaked as the #1iTunes podcast in the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Canada, and Australia.[22] It was selected as one ofApple's best new podcasts of 2014.[23]The Guardian included the podcast among its 50 best of 2016, naming episode 66 ("A Classic Episode") its episode of the year. The paper described the podcast as having "in-depth debates and banter that is actually amusing".[24]
The podcast features discussions pertaining to their lives as professional content creators for YouTube, as well as their interests and annoyances. Typical topics include technology etiquette; movie and TV show reviews; plane accidents;vexillology;futurology; and the differences between Grey's and Haran's personalities and lifestyles.[25] Grey's and Haran's opinions and comments on feedback usually starts the next episode of the podcast. As a result of their conversations, Haran has been noted for reappropriating the term "freebooting," among other words, to refer to the unauthorised rehosting of online media.[26]
The podcast has an "official" flag called the Nail & Gear which was chosen from five candidates with apostal vote by the podcast's audience using analternative vote system.[27][28][29]
The podcast is currently on indefinite hiatus.
In August 2017, Haran launchedThe Unmade Podcast along with co-host Tim Hein, a close friend of Haran.[30] The podcast features a discussion between the two about "ideas for podcasts that they will never make".[30] Most episodes last for approximately 40–75 minutes and each host is given the opportunity to pitch two podcast ideas in total. Hein and Haran then proceed to discuss these ideas in a light-hearted and often comedic manner. Along with the regular episodes, the podcast also has occasional 'special episodes'. These are usually, but not always, an opportunity for the hosts to attempt to actually create a podcast from an idea previously put forward on the show. A notable exception to this was the Antarctica special episode which departed from the usual format for Haran to discuss his recent visit to Antarctica with Hein.[31] As of December 2020, there have been twenty special episodes including the Antarctica special.
In November 2018, Haran launchedThe Numberphile Podcast, in which he speaks with various mathematicians in a longer-form version than the YouTube channel.[32] Unlike with his others, Haran is the sole host of this podcast.
In January 2023, Haran launched the podcastYounglings with his wifeKylie Pentelow, journalistAmanda Knox, and her husband Christopher Robinson. The podcast focuses on the two couples' experience with parenthood, as well as advice for new parents.
Haran lives nearBristol in the UK. He is married to journalist and TV news presenterKylie Pentelow, with whom he has a son.[33]
Filmed and edited by Sean Riley - I contribute occasionally
Brady John Haran (b. 1976) is an Australian-British video journalist and filmmaker. On his YouTube channels, which include Periodic Videos and Numberphile, he frequently collaborates with academics and other educational YouTubers.
