First reactions | Peter Howitt, prize in economic sciences 2025 | Telephone interview
“I’m not one of these people who keeps the phone on, and the champagne in the fridge.” Peter Howitt certainly didn’t seem to be expecting the news of his 2025 prize in economic sciences. In this call ...
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First reactions | Philippe Aghion, prize in economic sciences 2025 | Telephone interview
“Peter, Peter, make yourself available, your phone, they’re trying to reach you!” Listen to Philippe Aghion telling Peter Howitt that the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has been attempting to call ...
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First reactions | Joel Mokyr, prize in economic sciences 2025 | Telephone interview
“I had a whole list of people that I thought were going to win,” says Joel Mokyr, “And I wasn’t on it.” Waking early, he opened up his computer to find out who had been awarded the 2025 prize in econo...
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First reactions | Michel Devoret, Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 | Telephone interview
“I would say a fundamental discovery really becomes true when you can apply it to something concrete.” In this conversation, recorded after two hectic days following the prize announcement, new physic...
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First reactions | Maria Corina Machado, Nobel Peace Prize 2025 | Telephone interview
“I am just part of a huge movement. I’m humbled, I’m grateful and I’m honoured.” – The announcement of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize came as a huge surprise to Maria Corina Machado. In this interview, re...
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Finding out the news | Maria Corina Machado, Nobel Peace Prize 2025
“Oh my god… I have no words.” – Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina Machado finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the N...
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First reactions | László Krasznahorkai, Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 | Telephone interview
“I’m very proud to be in the line of some really great writers and poets.” In this interview, new literature laureate László Krasznahorkai shares his happiness about his Nobel Prize, which came as a s...
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First reactions | Susumu Kitagawa, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 | Telephone interview
“This is the mind of the researcher in Japan,” says Susumu Kitagawa, “Don’t switch off the light, even at night.” In this short conversation recorded the day after the announcement of his Nobel Prize ...
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