First reactions | Ferenc Krausz, Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 | Telephone interview
Ferenc Krausz was preparing to give lab tours at his Institute when a call from Stockholm reached him at home. “I was not sure whether I was dreaming, or whether it’s reality,” he tells the Nobel Priz...
3 Okt 20236min
First reactions | Drew Weissman, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 | Telephone interview
“We weren’t sure it was true!” Drew Weissman’s research partner and co-laureate Katalin Karikó called him early this morning with some incredible news – they had both been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize...
2 Okt 20236min
First reactions | Katalin Karikó, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 | Telephone interview
The call from Stockholm woke Katalin Karikó at her home outside Philadelphia. Initially in disbelief, in this interview with Adam Smith, recorded soon after she had learnt of the award of the Nobel Pr...
2 Okt 20237min
Behind the scenes: Adam Smith presents more October interviews with the new Nobel Prize laureates
Each year in October, Adam Smith takes on the challenge of reaching the brand new Nobel Prize laureates for a telephone interview. In this new bonus episode of Nobel Prize Conversations, Adam takes us...
27 Sep 202337min
Barry Sharpless: Nobel Prize Conversations
“If you're interested in something, you'd be amazed what interest can do.” – So says Barry Sharpless, the only living individual that has been awarded two Nobel Prizes. In this rare and uniquely wide-...
21 Jun 202329min
Anton Zeilinger: Nobel Prize Conversations
”You have to reinvent yourself every couple of years. It's absolutely important. It's necessary for me to make my life interesting. Life is too short.” – Meet physics laureate Anton Zeilinger. With an...
14 Jun 202335min
Alain Aspect: Nobel Prize Conversations
"I settled a debate between Bohr and Einstein – which is not bad!" – Meet physicist and 2022 Nobel Prize laureate Alain Aspect, who speaks of his respect for both of these giants of physics. He also o...
7 Jun 202341min
Ben Bernanke: Nobel Prize Conversations
“As an economist, I'm looking at that number and trying to think about how it fits into a broader economic picture. But on the other hand, having grown up in a small town, not a very rich town, econom...
1 Jun 202342min
