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Benjamin List: Nobel Prize Conversations
"Try to follow your enthusiasm and do what you are really passionate about and what you really love to do.” As a child, Benjamin List thought chemist…
4 years, 4 months ago
David Card: Nobel Prize Conversations
”An amazing number of economists have extremely paternalistic ideas. They just want to tell people what to do.” Don't worry. David Card, 2021 laureat…
4 years, 4 months ago
Giorgio Parisi: Nobel Prize Conversations
Some people manage to retain the relentless curiosity of a child into adulthood, keeping them on a constant quest of exploration. Meet Giorgio Parisi…
4 years, 4 months ago
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 wit…
4 years, 4 months ago
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 cond…
4 years, 5 months ago
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…
4 years, 5 months ago
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 int…
4 years, 9 months ago
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 …
4 years, 10 months ago
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 j…
4 years, 10 months ago
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 re…
4 years, 10 months ago