Nobel Prize Conversations

About Nobel Prize Conversations

Through their lives and work, failures and successes – get to know the individuals who have been awarded the Nobel Prize. The host for this podcast is Adam Smith, who has the happy task of interviewing our Nobel Prize laureates. Sit in on our conversations as we delve into how these personalities found their fields of interest — often by coincidence — how they view collaboration, curiosity and failure, and what keeps them going. The laureates share what they have learned from their career and what they like to do outside of their work – from music to fly-fishing. We let the discussions flow freely, resulting in richly varied stories on topics ranging from poverty prevention to the science of black holes and the importance of being a role model. Don't miss the First Reactions from our 2025 Nobel Prize laureates coming up in October. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Nobel Prize Outreach

Category

education · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Jan 2020

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

16 of 157 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   First reactions | Michael Woodford, prize in economic sciences 2026 | Telephone interview

   Nobel laureate Michael Woodford shares his immediate reactions to winning the prize in economic sciences with host Adam Smith, discussing his co-laureate and admired economists.

2. 

   9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   First reactions | Navi Pillay, Nobel Peace Prize 2026 | Telephone interview

   Nobel Prize Conversations host interviews Navi Pillay, a Nobel Peace Prize 2026 laureate, about her overwhelming surprise and honor upon receiving the prestigious award.

3. 

   8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   First reactions | Anne Carson, Nobel Prize in Literature 2026 | telephone interview

   Poet Anne Carson shares her initial, "insane" reaction to winning the Nobel Prize in Literature during this telephone interview with the Nobel Prize.

Inside a recent episode

First reactions | Michael Woodford, prize in economic sciences 2026 | Telephone interview

Published 12 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I would have mentioned to You know, people in Sweden who I think did very important foundational work on that topic. People often ask whether Keynes didn't crib ideas from Vixell. And he claimed not to have read Vixell's work. But we know who wrote first. Well, rather neatly, it's the 100th anniversary of Vixell's death this year. So there's a kind of circularity about things. There's another Swedish connection I should point out, which is that my work on macroeconomic stabilization policies was influenced a lot by studying the Swedish experience with inflation targeting, where, of course, Sweden led the way several years before the U.S. adopted a form of explicit inflation target and I think was very much a methodological innovator, continued to be even after the US officially had a target. […]

Who has been a guest on Nobel Prize Conversations

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• Michael Woodford
• Navi Pillay
• Anne Carson
• Kenso Soai
• Francis Halzen

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

47 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

68 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

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Quality

76

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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