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First reactions | Navi Pillay, Nobel Peace Prize 2026 | Telephone interview
“A total surprise, I’m deeply honoured and touched.” – Navi Pillay received the news about her 2026 peace prize at an international conference in the…
6 hours ago
First reactions | Anne Carson, Nobel Prize in Literature 2026 | telephone interview
“Start in the middle, I always say” – Anne Carson was sweeping the kitchen floor at her home in Reykjavík, Iceland, when the phone rang and she learn…
1 day, 5 hours ago
First reactions | Kenso Soai, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 | telephone interview
"I'm very excited to hear the news. Good news. Very good news." – In this brief conversation, recorded shortly after the announcement of his Nobel Pr…
2 days, 6 hours ago
First reactions | Francis Halzen, Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 | telephone interview
"In retrospect, the most amazing thing is that we got funded for this project." – Francis Halzen recalls greeting each milestone in the creation of t…
3 days, 6 hours ago
First reactions | Peter Hegemann, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 | telephone interview
"Call me back, I have something important for you." – Belatedly recognising the Swedish prefix to the number he was asked to dial, Peter Hegemann cal…
4 days, 3 hours ago
First reactions | Georg Nagel, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 | telephone interview
“I didn't expect this, really... I thought it's still too early to get this prize in medicine optogenetics.” – Georg Nagel's surprise upon learning t…
4 days, 5 hours ago
First reactions | Karl Deisseroth, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 | telephone interview
"So much mystery now finally seems on the brink of elucidation." – Karl Deisseroth was working on a paper, late into the night, and had just gone to …
4 days, 7 hours ago
'Translating the infinite sentence' Examining the work of László Krasznahorkai with translator Daniel Gustafsson
In this episode we discuss the work of 2025 literature laureate Lázsló Krasznahorkai with literary translator Daniel Gustaffson. Having translated ma…
1 month, 1 week ago
'Living through the AI revolution' Discussing our changing world with Nobel Prize laureates
"There's very few cases of more intelligent things being controlled by less intelligent things. Once they're a lot smarter than us, I don't think the…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
'The art of collaboration' with 2025 physics laureates: John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis
Forty years ago, a series of experiments demonstrated that the bizarre properties of the quantum world can be made concrete in a system big enough to…
1 month, 3 weeks ago