Making Math Videos in Ukraine - with Sashko Olenchenko

About this episode

Sashko Olenchenko discusses his work making math videos in Ukraine amidst challenges from drone attacks.

Sashko Olenchenko is doing a masters in mathematical physics with a sideline making videos on YouTube - occasionally interrupted by drone attacks from Russia. Here is his YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@aremathukr And you can support his work on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Aremath The YouTube version of this podcast has captions available - https://youtu.be/Nd813Dg93Bs Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - https://www.numberphile.com/jane-street You can support Numberphile on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/numberphile Here are our Patrons - https://www.numberphile.com/patrons Numberphile is created by Brady Haran I met with Sasko at the ‘From research to outreach’ conference in Les Diablerets, Switzerland - https://outreach.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en

People in this episode

Host: Brady Haran

Guest: Sashko Olenchenko

Topics covered

• mathematical physics
• YouTube videos
• drone attacks
• education
• outreach
• supporting creators

Keywords

• math videos
• Ukraine
• Sashko Olenchenko
• YouTube
• drone attacks
• Patreon
• Numberphile

Sponsors

Jane Street

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YouTube, Patreon, Numberphile

Places: Ukraine, Switzerland

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