Joshua Angrist: Nobel Prize Conversations
Meet economist Joshua Angrist who believes that to be a good labour economist, you should have had some real-life job experience. In conversation with our podcast host Adam Smith, Angrist tells us abo...
11 Maj 202233min
Ardem Patapoutian: Nobel Prize Conversations
“I think there's a little bit of romanticism in science still. I find that the dreamers are usually the ones that make it.” Practical work, like conducting experiments and gathering data, might be cen...
4 Maj 202243min
David MacMillan: Nobel Prize Conversations
In this episode, meet football fan and chemist David MacMillan. Together with podcast host Adam Smith, he speaks about the importance of storytelling and his strong belief that “science is supposed to...
27 Apr 202239min
Leymah Gbowee: Nobel Prize Conversations
"One minute I was a teenager and the next minute I was a woman.” – Leymah Gbowee shares her heartbreaking life story of a happy childhood cruelly interrupted by the Liberian civil war. Nobel Prize Out...
22 Dec 202139min
Klaus Hasselmann: Live 2021 Special - Nobel Prize Conversations
This special live episode features a conversation with Klaus Hasselmann, the 2021 physics laureate. Before that we will also present some highlights from this year’s announcement telephone interviews....
10 Dec 202135min
Paul Milgrom - Nobel Prize Conversations
”Sometimes I make a mistake during the lecture, I'll make an argument that's not quite right and not even notice it, and a student will catch me. I just love it when students do that.” – Economic scie...
8 Dec 202134min
Wole Soyinka: Nobel Prize Conversations
“I won the Nobel Prize so I built a much bigger house than I ever planned.” — Wole Soyinka envisioned a small cottage on a large plot of land as a retreat for his writing, but a phone call from Stockh...
24 Nov 202132min
Didier Queloz: Nobel Prize Conversations
"When people think about other worlds, they think about other life." Nobel Prize Laureate Didier Queloz was a pioneering explorer of exoplanets – planets outside our own solar system – and now he find...
10 Nov 202133min
