Nobelesse Oblige

By Quinn and Maggie

A podcast rating and reviewing all of the Nobel laureates from 1901 until we run out of people.... more

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The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.

Nobelesse Oblige episodes:

April 27, 2025 2024 Nobel Prizes
After a long and unexpected hiatus, we are back with our 2024 Nobel Prize Summary! Join us as we talk about AI, and also AI, and nukes...I promise there's some happy stuff too.
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Email: [email protected]
Website: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.com
Facebook and Twitter: @NobelessePod
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @nobelessepod.bsky.social
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePod
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige
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1h 33min
April 02, 2024 JJ Thomson
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 Us
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.com
Facebook and Twitter: @NobelessePod
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @nobelessepod.bsky.social
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePod
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige
...more
1h 60min
February 03, 2024 Philipp Lenard
Content Warning: This episode's subject was literally a Nazi
This 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 Us
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.com
Facebook and Twitter: @NobelessePod
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @nobelessepod.bsky.social
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePod
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige
...more
1h 51min
December 10, 2023 2023 Nobel Prizes
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 Us
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.com
Facebook and Twitter: @NobelessePod
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @nobelessepod.bsky.social
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePod
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige
...more
1h 44min
November 18, 2023 Lord Rayleigh
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 Us
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.com
Facebook and Twitter: @NobelessePod
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @nobelessepod.bsky.social
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePod
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige
...more
2h 12min
September 28, 2023 What is Literature?
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 Us
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.com
Facebook and Twitter: @NobelessePod
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @nobelessepod.bsky.social
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePod
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige
...more
2h 21min
September 18, 2023 The 33rd First Annual IgNobel Prizes
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 Us
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.com
Facebook and Twitter: @NobelessePod
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @nobelessepod.bsky.social
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePod
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige
...more
37min
August 02, 2023 Ranking the Curies
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 bikes
Pierre Curie
Marie Curie 1903
Marie Curie 1911
Contact Us
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.com
Facebook and Twitter: @NobelessePod
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @nobelessepod.bsky.social
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePod
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige
...more
1h 36min
July 21, 2023 Marie Curie Pt. 4
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 Us
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.com
Facebook and Twitter: @NobelessePod
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @nobelessepod.bsky.social
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePod
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige
...more
1h 3min
July 07, 2023 Marie Curie Pt. 3
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 Us
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.com
Facebook and Twitter: @NobelessePod
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Bluesky: @nobelessepod.bsky.social
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePod
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige
...more
1h 22min

FAQs about Nobelesse Oblige:

How many episodes does Nobelesse Oblige have?

The podcast currently has 31 episodes available.