Nobelesse Oblige

Apr 02 2024 30 ep. 72 mins 218
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A podcast rating and reviewing all of the Nobel laureates from 1901 until we run out of people.

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JJ Thomson

Apr 02 2024 119 mins  
We return to merry old England this episode as we cover our next physics laureate. Listen as we describe what is often considered the most productive period of the Cavendish Laboratory, and what else JJ was up to besides. Contact UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @NobelessePod@historians

Philipp Lenard

Feb 02 2024 110 mins  
Content Warning: This episode's subject was literally a NaziThis episode, we see what happens when bigotry gets in the way of science. Then, because Quinn is petty, we have a nice palette cleanser.Contact UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobeless

2023 Nobel Prizes

Dec 10 2023 103 mins  
Just in time for this year's Nobel Prize ceremony, we have our episode explaining this year's Nobel Prizes. Enjoy listening to us try to explain mRNA vaccines, rage against misogyny, and... wait, is that the Romans?Contact UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]

Lord Rayleigh

Nov 17 2023 131 mins  
After a much longer than anticipated delay, here's our episode on John William Strutt, aka Lord Rayleigh. He did a lot, but is it enough to get him Nobelesse Oblige?Contact UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobelessepod.bsky.socialPatreon: https:/

What is Literature?

Sep 27 2023 140 mins  
We're taking the plunge into the Literature prizes! Join us as Maggie gives us a crash course on literary history and theory, and Quinn abuses his new-found knowledge of the literary canon.Contact UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobelessepod.bsk

The 33rd First Annual IgNobel Prizes

Sep 18 2023 36 mins  
It's that time of year again, when the most important awards in scientific research are announced. That's right, it's the IgNobel Prizes! We're a little late but here are the latest and greatest in scientific discoveries that first make you laugh, then make you think.List of all IgNobel laureates.Contact UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzspr

Ranking the Curies

Aug 02 2023 95 mins  
For our final episode of ☢️Hot☢️ Girl Summer, we're finally ranking Marie and Pierre Curie! Come learn even more details about their life that we couldn't fit directly into the narrative, and find out if both Curies get Nobelesse Oblige.Marie and Pierre with their bikesPierre CurieMarie Curie 1903Marie Curie 1911Contact UsEmail: [email protected]: https:/

Marie Curie Pt. 4

Jul 20 2023 62 mins  
It's episode 4 of ☢️Hot☢️ Girl Summer, and we are wrapping up the life of Marie Curie. Find out how we go from... everything that's happened, to the Marie Curie that we know today.Contact UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobelessepod.bsky

Marie Curie Pt. 3

Jul 06 2023 81 mins  
We're on part 3 of ☢️Hot☢️ Girl Summer, and y'all might want to sit down for this one. Today we're covering Marie's life from the death of Pierre to the beginning of WWI, and somehow neither of those are the most shocking event that happens.Contact UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodo

Marie Curie Pt. 2

Jun 23 2023 69 mins  
It's part 2 of ☢️Hot☢️ Girl Summer! This episode we revisit the joint career of Pierre and Marie Curie, but from Marie's perspective.Contact UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobelessepod.bsky.socialPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/Nobeles