Episode notes
Alex Schmidt is joined by comedian/podcaster Matt Kirshen (Probably Science, The Jim Jefferies Show) and comedian/podcaster Andy Wood (Probably Science, 4-Time ‘Jeopardy!’ Champion) for a look at why Nobel Prizes are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:
- ‘Probably Science’ podcast
- Matt Kirshen on The Jim Jefferies Show
- Andy Wood interviewed about The Bridgetown Comedy Festival
- Ann Arbor comedian becomes four-time ‘Jeopardy’ champion winning almost $100K (Michigan Live)
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- Who Are the Nobel Prize Winners? We’ve Crunched the Numbers. (National Geographic)
- Nobel Prize Winning Scientists Reflect on Nearly Sleeping Through the Life-Changing Call (The New York Times)
- The Nobel Prize amounts (NobelPrize.org)
- Why These European Countries Don’t Use the Euro (Investopedia)
- 7 Geniuses and 1 Entire Science That Never Won the Nobel (Mental Floss)
- Fields Medal (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- Abel Prize (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- What are the Ashes? Cricket’s oldest rivalry explained (BBC)
- A Father, a Son, and a Nobel Prize (Smithsonian Institution Archives)
- Nobel Ice Cream (Gastro Obscura)
- Knock on the door late at night was a professor’s Nobel co-winner notifying him of their win (CNN)
- Doorbell cam captures moment Paul Milgrom finds out he has won the Nobel prize for economics (The Guardian)
- The Nobel prize delay is growing (The Economist)
- Scientists sound alarm over long wait for Nobel prize (Phys.org)
- Rosalind Franklin still doesn’t get the recognition she deserves for her DNA discovery (The Conversation)
- Johannes Fibiger (NobelPrize.org)
- The Swedish Academy and the Illusions of the Nobel Prize in Literature (The New Yorker)
- ‘A troubling choice’: authors criticise Peter Handke’s controversial Nobel win (The Guardian)
- Facts on the Nobel Peace Prize (NobelPrize.org)
- The Nobel Peace Prize process is so absurd that Trump was supposedly a nominee (Quartz)
- 18 Republican lawmakers nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize (USA Today)
- Iran’s Qasem Soleimani: Why the US had him in its sights (BBC News)
- End The Nobel Peace Prize (The Atlantic)
- Museum Of Lost Objects: “Tagore’s Nobel Prize Theft” (BBC Radio 4)
- World Briefing | Asia: India: Poet’s Nobel Medal Stolen (The New York Times)
- Tagore’s Nobel medal theft: Baul singer arrested (Times Of India)
- The Nobel Thieves (Discover)
- The Nobel Peace Prize 1985 (NobelPrize.org)
- Arrest leads to the recovery of a Nobel prize (Deseret News)
- Police Search Turns Up Stolen Nobel Medal (KSL.com)
- India activist Kailash Satyarthi’s Nobel medal stolen from home (BBC News)
- India activist Kailash Satyarthi’s stolen Nobel medal recovered (BBC News)
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Guests
- Andy Wood
- Matt Kirshen
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A weekly podcast about the history, science, lore and surprises that make everyday things secretly incredibly fascinating. Hosted by comedy writer, emoji creator, and ‘Jeopardy!‘ champion Alex Schmidt. Join Alex & his co-host Katie Goldin for a joyful deep dive into seeing the world a whole new way!
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