Notable Nobels

About Notable Nobels

Notable Nobels is a podcast about the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to scientists who have made notable discoveries in the fields of Life Science and Medicine, and these discoveries have a history of profoundly influencing society and civilization. Each episode covers the prize awarded for a particular year, and with over 100 years of prizes, there’s a lot to talk about!

Publisher

Harrison Dulin

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Sept 2020

Latest episode

16 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Feb 2026

   Episode 28: Phagocytosis and Innate Immunity 1908a

   This episode covers one half of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which was awarded to Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov. The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute chose to give Mechnikov the award “in recognition of [his] work on immunity”. Topics include a description of phagocytosis, Mechnikov’s experiments with phagocytic cells of the immune system, and the remarkable ways cells like macrophages and neutrophils attack harmful bacteria.

2. 

   17 Oct 2025

   Special Episode: What is the Nobel Prize?

   This special episode covers the facts and history of the Nobel Prizes. Topics include the founding of the Nobel Prizes by Alfred Nobel, how Nobel Prize winners are selected, what you win if you win the Nobel Prize, the details of the Nobel Prize ceremony, qualities and demographics of Nobel Prize winners in the sciences, and some predictions about the future of the Nobel Prizes.

3. 

   18 Jun 2025

   Episode 27: Prions Part II 1997

   Stanley B. Prusiner's groundbreaking discovery of prions, a novel infectious agent, earns him the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work defining prion diseases and their unique molecular mechanisms.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

251

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

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Quality

18

Social presence

0

YouTube

64

Engagement

77

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