I like being able to manipulate time - Matt Parker (standupmaths)

0:00 Intro 0:11 Who are you? 1:14 Math or Maths? 2:18 How did you get started? 2:40 What made you transition from teaching maths to stand up? 5:02 Can you establish a full-time stand up comedy job in 2 years? 7:44 Where were you doing your gigs? 8:55 What is it you enjoyed about stand up? The immediacy? 10:13 What was the transition from comedy to YouTube like? 11:33 What is community TV? 13:00 What were the first films you made? 13:50 When YouTube started, did you just use your back catalogue? 15:30 Matt's old videos for the Australian government on standard meal units: https://youtu.be/oZ3GGWrDwMM 17:28 A wild Brady Haran appears! 17:44 Had Brady seen your TV or your comedy work? 18:50 Why on Earth do you love editing??? 20:40 How did you learn how to edit? 21:20 What was it that had put you off YouTubing? 23:55 *Matt gets overly excited about pies* 24:20 Was Numberphile making any money at this point? 25:10 BBC Headsqueeze, then BBC BritLab, now BBC Earth Lab 26:30 Non-science/maths editors make science/maths mistakes 27:48 Unlike most, you went from no control over videos to full control. Discuss. 31:38 How do you manage your time? 32:35 Did you and Steve Mould ever film each other's videos? 34:30 What was the conscious decision to prioritise YouTube? 34:55 Do you think TV is dead? 36:46 Who do you aim your videos at? 36:57 Who are your actual audience? 37:32 Why do you think your audience is so male? 38:48 Where do you find your ideas? 39:05 Do you feel you have a good relationship with your audience? 40:57 Have you thought about making clickbaity videos? 42:04 Brand deals? 46:35 You seem to be moving more into a TV style format. 46:52 What video are you proudest of? 48:11 What one thing do you want people to know about you that you don't think they already know?