Sal Khan: Beyond Khan Academy | 3b1b Podcast #2 

We all know that people get tricked into learning by the soothing voices of Sal and 3b1b😂😂

The two voices of math. It's like two little pi characters talking to each other.

Sal: "I could be your father" (44:12) Grant: "Teenage pregnancies" (44:24) Well, that took an interesting turn!

It's weird to hear Sal's voice just talking about stuff rather than explaining

This was a great conversation, thank you!!

Two voices--beings of the void--descend and take human forms to share their wisdom.

The two best teachers on the internet talking.

I'm a secondary math teacher. I often teach seventh to ninth graders, and I have a story I tell to all new classes about how I became a math teacher. In primary school, I was behind in math. I didn't enjoy it. I didn't like memorizing multiplication tables, etc. When I entered seventh grade, I was tested at fifth-grade level. My school didn't have traditional math instruction. It had a "reading lab" model for math, with each lesson as a one-pager with problems on the back of the page, all in a box at the front of the room. Kids took the cardboard lesson next in the curriculum to their seats, read, and worked on the practice. Once they finished, they took their work to the teacher to check. If they passed, then they did the next lesson. Forever. So it was Khan in a pre-computer age. I finished fifth grade, then sixth. Then seventh, then eighth. So in one year of seventh grade, I went from being two years behind to being a year ahead. By the end of eighth grade, I was two years ahead. Self-paced education lets kids take time when they need to, and move fast when they can. They can go from behind to ahead in a single year if they are given the chance. One more thing -- running in formation in the military is always slower than the slowest person. You might think it's as slow as the slowest, but it's even slower than that.

Hey Grant, could you do a podcast with Terrence Tao? That would be fun!

I really love Khan Academy. I am learning and enjoying biology in my 40s with Love. Online education is one of the best parts of internet , Much love

I don't know, I just switch gears mentally b/w Grants voice and Sal's voice given the amount of time I ve spent on 3b1b and Khan academy. Listening to this was a conflict b/w expecting animations vs a black digital scratch pad... 😅

The Khan Academy helped me with calculus 1, 2, and 3 through my local community college. I worked _really hard_ and got all A's. These classes are transferable to the University of California. Now I am taking the Khan Academy high school physics course... Thank you Khan Academy!

9:24 I’m now convinced that Sal has found the optimal solution to testing. Damn, this is a good podcast.

Not only my two favorite people but also my two favorite voices.

One of my favorite people on this planet, period. Thank you for enriching and empowering countless lives the world over, Sal - right now, and for generations to come. God bless you.

Suggestion: Pls bring mathologer to this podcast.

KhanAcademy got me into, and out off, engineering uni. I owe him my current career and lifestyle. Thank you Sal!

22:58 - 23:03 ohhh, "mastery learning" 23:05 - 23:10 "traditional learning" - ohh my godddd, this stuck soooo many strings inside me that tears rollled outta my eyes

my aha moment was when Grant said naturally referring back to concepts in lessons is a form of spaced repetition

It's interesting that what Sal mentioned about thinking in real time with the student is also something Professor Gilbert Strang (another very good teacher) says he does while teaching.

Im a simple person: i see grant, I like and watch the video all the way through

Sal is such an incredible person. This is great!

Sal Khan is a blessing. He created a way for students to overcome failing school districts and succeed.

Sal really is an inspiration for educators. I’m very impressed with what he has accomplished.

The second I heard his voice my brain launched me back in time to sitting in the library listening to his videos while getting my BS math. My college experience completely changed when I was introduced to his videos.

When the episode's sponsor also is in sync with Grant's message of creating something new👏👏

OMG OMG OMG Sal Khan and 3blue1brown? I lived in Latvia for two years and went to the 7/8 th grade there. But I didn't understand almost anything, cause the lessons were in Russian and Latvian. So what I did was going to school every day, and then after school I would open Khan academy and start learning online. I learnt so much there, the knowledge I got from there is the basic of my current understanding of science. It helped me SO much. Thank you Sal, thank you Khan academy, you must have changed life of millions.

Listening two of the best voices talking to each other is bliss.

It was just an hour ago that I found out about your podcast channel and now that I was scrolling through my youtube feed, I saw this video pop up. It's CRAZY! I love the quality that your videos provide. Cheers, mate!

Can't beat Sal Khan's passion! 🙌🙌🙌🙌

great podcast... khan saved me in the early days of college to refresh and learn the basics... 753,000 energy points strong...

43 minutes of these two is not enough! Waiting for Part 2!

I’d really love to thank Sal, being homeschooled much of my earlier education, Khan Academy was almost the sole provider of math for me from 5th grade to 12th. I’m now a third-year computer science student! And love math! :)

Here in Taiwan, a lot of people use Khan Academy and also watch 3b1b videos. This podcast is amazing!

Listening to it on podcasts reminded me of binge watching the essence of linear algebra at late night! Thank you so much for these enlightening conversations, keep going!

Got to say Grant, you're a fantastic interviewer. Great questions that lead to interesting answers with interesting people.

Thank you, sincerely. You both truly are doing a great thing for the world.

Thanks to khan academy I could study this year at mathematics university leiden too bad it was a disaster and I had to drop out. Still the lessons I learned at khan gained me alot of confidence. I just hope they will make more advanced classes that are really getting teached at university.

I’ve learned more in the videos you both have created than all my years of college combined.

Damn, Grant! You both have a kind of paternalistic view on education and teaching the world in general. Brought out very skillfully in this podcast. Bravo!

Amazing conversation. Really interesting to listen to. When I was in Primary School, up to 12 yrs old, there was 12-18 kids. Only 2 teachers. The conversation about learning where its based upon the speed you actually learn really hit home because i distinctly remember going to a new school the year after, and thinking, Ive done all of this math before 1-2 years ago. For me it didnt feel like i learnt at a fast pace, but it was in comparison to others. But it allowed me to just learn with no boundaries. Really hope that the world is slowly moving towards this as I do see this being very positive.

My first class on my first day of college was a multivariable Calc class and I had never been taught matrix math in school, so when the professor assumed everyone knew how to do a determinant it really threw me for a loop. I vividly remember sitting in the library afterward, frantically searching online for a good explanation of it and other matrix math concepts. I stumbled across khan academy and watched maybe an hour's worth of videos and did some practice on paper until I had a handle on it, and it really saved my skin going forward in that Calc class. I haven't watched any other khan academy content since then, but Sal's voice and tone and general demeanor have always stuck with me, and in my mind he'll always be the guy that got me through multivar

Huge thanks to Khan Academy and you for the Multivariable Calculus videos. I enjoyed every single video and learned a lot from them. The extraordinary visualizations helped me learn in a way I could never imagine!.

Around the time Sal is talking about editing things out, I remember in his differential equations course a long time ago, in one of the modules he pauses because he hears someone coming in into his house. Sal says "I thought a critter was getting into my house, turns out it was my wife." I don't know if anyone else saw this video.

I really resonate with the final statement in the podcast. Too many educational videos fail due to not having enough silence.

Gosh. These podcasts are incredible. It was great learning more about Mastery-based learning and it is more suitable for student's learning journeys than traditional learning.

Listening to this I realize that I would be amazing at teaching. I have ASD and I constantly felt confused about so many things growing up. I remember that feeling of helplessness, exhaustion, and embarrassment very vividly. My personal ASD features hyper empathy, and combined with my experiences I can model people’s knowledge and headspace very well. On top of that, I make an effort to always assume that nobody knows about something rather than assuming everyone knows about it. It feels so alienating to have someone casually talk about stuff that makes no sense to you, I will gladly take the minor annoyance of having something re-explained to you in order to avoid that alienation.

I was fortunate enough to go to a school in the UK which was setup by a businessman and funded by industry which was an incredible experience, kudos to parents who do have the open mind required to experiment with new styles, in the future many of the people you've taught will look back warmly on the experiences you've provided them with.

Sal Khan and Grant! No univ has ever catered more students than these two teachers. Thank you. 🙂

I haven't even watched the podcast yet but I'm sure it's great, please keep them coming.

This is inspiring. Thank you guys for all you have done and continue to do in the field of education!!!

Yay!!..the Soh Ka Toa, dude! Congrats to both of you and to Sal, you have probably been the most influential person in the modern age! and regarding the idea of actual communication across the media membrane, editing videos takes away the spontaneity of it. Sal's self correcting comments in the middle of a video adds to the value of the communication and his willingness to rerun the tape if you didn't get the content. I have spent many hours issues of differential calculus to understand Maxwell's equation and there is a beauty in the message that ta carried to people everywhere, including S-E Asia and Africa. Fantastic work!!

On the last podcast Grant mentioned that before writing the script for a video he would hop on to a Zoom call with a person and teach that topic to figure out the structure of the script. Imagine being the person on the other side of the call. Sounds like so much fun! Great podcast Grant!

i love both of these guys so much

Thankyou Grant for having Sal The Legend.

Love these podcasts Grant, are you hoping to do longer episodes in the future? Love your lineup so far, I would love to see you doing 3 hours with people like Penrose or Po Shen Lo.

Thanks 🙏 Grant & Sal for this beautiful podcast...❤ Love from INDIA

It's so beautiful to see 3b1b logo right in Grant's eye in the first intro part. I really could not focus on much else.

I'd love if these conversations were longer!

Can I just say that I super appreciate youtubers who, like you, tell me exactly when an ad read is going to end. I hate it when I just have to guess how long people will ramble on

Thank you for doing this grant. Been working in VFX for over 20 years. Gaming & VFX is all math. I owe my knowledge of math to Sal and you. Things just didn't click in school and college and i suffered for it in the industry. I experienced what math intuition is after starting from scratch on Khan Academy. Then your linear algebra videos dropped and academia was never the same again. Cheers and deep respect, b

I could listen to these two talking all day

Didn't miss a second, so engaging and deeply sensible.

Cannot wait for this!

Wow, two people who made me better with math, thank you!

Two of my favorite people together!

My favourite teacher ever!!! Sal khan!!!!!🥰🥰🥰

Man these two have best voices in the world...

I think what Sal says about building credibility with a large base of trustworthy content creators rings very true. I remember watching Khan Academy's multivariable calculus unit after I had just come from Grant's essence of linear algebra playlist and to hear him again was a really affirming thing. It was saying that the place I was learning from was high quality (even if the 2008 videos didnt look like it) and worth my time to watch participate and learn

Sal is incredible. Khan Academy is rly doing good things for students online. Thank you Sir 🙏

The best 2 voices in the internet. Also the best 2 teachers.

Sal Khan is awesome! I cannot believe you followed up on the Non-Profit even with Schoolhouse! This is just spectacular.

Thanks for this podcast! Subscribed and looking forward to hearing more. I'd love to hear a lot about learning programming in various fields, as well as advice for relative beginners. Thanks again.

I am extremely grateful for this video. I was introduced to so many new concepts and I hope as a teacher that I can help make the vision presented here a reality. Similarly,, I don't know how many people know about the modern classroom project which is training teachers to create classrooms like the one Mr. Khan describes. I wonder if Mr. Khan and Mr. Sanderson are aware of this project and if some collaboration could occur.

I think that khan can revolutionize the classroom in person with the online Khanmigo. I have been self studying fir college for 3 years and at 44 am going to college this fall, I want to be a mathematician/teacher. I hope in the years to come I can show khan to many others and through time teach others with khans services, Sal is my hero.

It's fun to listen two Smart persons talk

Sal Khan is such an inspiration in life.

Amazing, it was so good that it felt like 10 minutes.

Hi Grant, Please do a podcast with ViHart too. We do not get to see her that much these days, except for the yearly pi day videos. Thanks!

I am so excited for this!

Hey Grant (and Sal): I read about Quaternions in Thomas Pynchon's book "Against The Day" and have been on a mission to learn enough to gain an intuitive understanding (it's the only thing that is important to me; after that I don't have anything to prove). I'm not quite there yet, but boy do your lessons help. Thanks so much.

I COMPLETELY agree that having fewer teachers, or just sal makes it easier and more enjoyable to learn. I have never talked to sal in person, yet i think of him as a personal mentor, i trust him, and he is engaging. He is a living example of a renissance man, and allows me to build enthusiasm for a completely unrelated subject, by building off shared enthusiasm for math for example. I have a parasocial relationship with him, and i can get straight to learning in every subject, without having to familiarize yourself with yet another person. I think this can also be seen in person, when you have a teacher again for a different class.

probably one of the most valuable contents in the world history

Two soothing voices together wow

I was waiting for thissssssssss

The best ever ending to a podcast

So many great questions here. Thank you 🙂💙💙💙🤎

Look at that professional lighting! Way to go Grant!

Im never gonna miss one of these

Ahh the OG is here!

Waited for this.🎉

Amazing, thank you guys.

Thank you Sal !!!!

What a beautiful punchline message: give yourself permission to be yourself and relaxed, and press the "record" button! :)

This is so weird to listen to Sal that there's no black space in the screen explaining something:)) , loved the conversation anyway

451 likes 0 dislikes. This how all his videos should be

Best crossover!

My two heroes in one video.

Very interesting conversation. Thanks for sharing.

Absolutely excellent academy ☺️🙏💐 It's free... Great man 🙏