The Middle Room Presented by HackIllinois

#1: Grant Sanderson (3blue1brown) - Commoditizing Explanations

Grant Sanderson is best known for his YouTube channel 3blue1brown which has nearly 3 million subscribers. Grant makes visually captivating videos explaining math concepts and entertaining puzzles.  In this episode, I talk with Grant about what makes his content engaging, his experiences conducting live lectures online, building tools for online education, the value proposition of an online education, and more. To learn more about Grant, visit youtube.com/3blue1brown [http://youtube.com/3blue1brown]. The Middle Room podcast is brought to you by HackIllinois. HackIllinois is the nation's premier open source hackathon. HackIllinois is hosting HackThis, a fully virtual, education-focused hackathon from August 7th - 15th with the vision of helping build new and innovative tools to be developed to aid students, teachers, and educational organizations. To learn more, visit hackthis.hackillinois.org [http://hackthis.hackillinois.org/]. Follow HackIllinois on Social Media: Twitter: @hackillinois Instagram: @hackillinois Host: Sathwik Reddy (twitter: @sathwikreddyp) Producer: Shivam Sehgal Cover Art: Ali Nitti Intro Music: First Night in Space (Composed by onemansymphony.bandcamp.com) Outro Music: $50 bills flying out of the trunk of my car as I'm leaving town after a bank robbery (Composed by onemansymphony.bandcamp.com)