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Chapter 6 The Ramsey Theory Podcast

Project by: Knute Hardin, Harleen Kaur, Wassim Khelifi, Brian Krammer, Connor Marriam, Stephen Ng, Payal Payal, Amritha Raj Kizhakkeputhukulathil Ramanan, Anmol Anmol Singh, and Manan Sood.

\(\textbf{Summary:}\) “The Ramsey Theory Podcast: No Strangers At This Party” is created by a group of students from Simon Fraser University: Knute Hardin, Harleen Kaur, Wassim Khelifi, Brian Krammer, Connor Marriam, Stephen Ng, Payal Payal, Amritha Raj Kizhakkeputhukulathil Ramanan, Anmol Anmol Singh, and Manan Sood.

This podcast celebrates Ramsey theory and the people working in this dynamic field of modern mathematics.

Through their conversations with undergraduate students, some of today's most notable Ramsey theorists talk about their first experiences with mathematics, their times as undergraduate and graduate students, their views about Ramsey theory and mathematics in general, and about their research interests.

The podcast is available on the following podcast services:

The episodes were edited by Mr. Aidan Wright. The background music was composed and performed by Ms. Nina Djokic. Both Aidan and Nina were students in the 2020 “Introduction to Ramsey Theory” class taught by Veselin Jungic.

All posters were created by Mr. Manon Sood.

All photos were courtesy of the interviewees. The photo of Dr. Joel Spencer is by Mary Ann Spencer. The drawing of Frank Ramsey is by Veselin Jungic and Simon Roy.

The producer of the series was Veselin Jungic.

Figure 6.0.1. The Ramsey Theory Podcast: No Strangers At This Party