Nobelesse Oblige

Nobelesse Oblige

@nobelessepod.bsky.social

A podcast ranking all the Nobel laureates from 1901 until we run out of people! Website: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePod

142 Followers 74 Following 72 Posts Joined Jul 2023
1 week ago

Show your support for Albert Michelson, and all the other great Rexy pods included in this year’s Ides of March Madness!

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1 month ago

Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:

Intro to Particle Physics
Deciphering Ancient Egypt (2 Semester)
Sun Dance People
Old Norse Literature in Translation
Books: Technology and Culture

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1 month ago

We’re safe and warm, but it’s probably gonna be a bit until we’re stable again. In the meantime, we hope everyone else out there is staying safe and getting through this ❤️

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1 month ago

Hey everyone, just an update from us. We were planning on recording our 2025 IgNobel and Nobel Prize episodes this past week, but got caught up in the big winter storm in the US. If you’ve seen it on the news, Oxford, MS got hit pretty hard.

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1 month ago
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King of the Rexy Castle 3.0! YouTube video by Pontifacts Podcast

Hi all! Quinn will be playing King of the Castle on Youtube with a bunch of the other Rexy Pod hosts in a few minutes. Join us for a good time! 👑
www.youtube.com/live/DTlx-jC...

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2 months ago

Love to see him around!

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3 months ago
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We’ve fallen victim to the cat distribution system… Say hi to Tolkien, the newest member of the Nobelesse Oblige family!

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4 months ago

👑🧪🗃️🎢⚛️

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4 months ago
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This is the episode that we finally banish the ether from our podcast. Sort of...

Join us as we explore the life of Albert A. Michelson, which has way more twists and turns than you would expect for a guy who made his whole career repeating the same measurement.
www.buzzsprout.com/2025504/epis...

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5 months ago
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In our second special episode, we take a look at one of the big names of physics. Learn more about the work of William Thomson, aka Lord Kelvin, and what he contributed to modern physics.👑🎢 ⚛️🧬🧪🗃️🥽

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5 months ago
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We wrapped up Ljósvetnina Saga in 8 episodes (that's 11h25m50s of saga talk!) Now it's time for Judgments with Best Bloodshed, Witticisms, Nicknames, Outlawry, and Thingmen! Listen on your favorite podcast app or at sagathingpodcast.wordpress.com. #medieval #sagas #iceland #oldnorse #podcast

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7 months ago

If you are a scientist and interested in outreach, this is a great opportunity to reach an interested public! And if you are a science teacher, it’s a great way to bring the experience of working scientists into the classroom!🧬⚛️🧪🥽🎢

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7 months ago
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The 33rd First Annual IgNobel Prizes - Nobelesse Oblige 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 sc...

We finally have our summary of the 34th First Annual IgNobel Prizes. Join us as we look at the first in person ceremony since COVID, and learn about some crazy research that first makes you laugh, then makes you think! 👑🎢⚛️🧪🥽
www.buzzsprout.com/2025504/epis...

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9 months ago
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New episode out now! 👑

Round four is here at last and this time we have a more simple set of choices but let's reminisce nonetheless. Antiochus III the Great, Shapur I, Artaxerxes III Ochus, Yazdegerd I the Accursed, Cyaxares: find out which three we'll bid adieu to.

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9 months ago
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Perdiccas It took a while, but here we are: our first successor, Perdiccas! This episode has it all, even though Perdy didn’t last very long. We’ve got elephants, crocodiles, rebellion, marriage proposals (and…

By the summer of 322, #Perdiccas had decided to go west into #Anatolia and assist #Eumenes directly in the Capture of Cappadocia 👑 www.podbean.com/eas/pb-59xeg...

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9 months ago
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Magnus II is here, right off the back of killing the last two Swedish kings! But how does he get on with actually ruling the kingdom?

Plus, Chris is briefly flabbergasted at how many Swedish Sin points Åsa wants to give him! 😄

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9 months ago
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New episode out now! 👑

Join us back in February at the Intelligent Speech conference, for an exploration of the liars both Iranian and foreign while we investigate if deception really does pay…

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9 months ago

Congrats!

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9 months ago
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In the spring of 1071 Venice celebrated the appointment of a new Doxe*. And for the first time we have a surviving eye witness account of the event. Today's episode looks at the festivities and what they tell us about the growth of the Venetian community. 👑
histvenicepod.podbean.com/e/023-long-l...

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9 months ago
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New episode out now! 👑

Our first round left a favorite in the dust, the next will be more controversial still! Shapur II, Orodes II, Kavad I, Vologases IV, Mithridates II the Great: which two will be successful and which three will be left behind?

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9 months ago

I think I've met both Quinn and Peccei. 😀 🎢

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10 months ago

We had dinosaur cake toppers, and my grandmother made us second line umbrellas and filled mine with physics patches (the umbrella picture is from the engagement party not the wedding)! @maggiemore.bsky.social

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10 months ago
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Demetrius II Aetolicus It’s not Demetrius II’s fault that his dad handed him a time bomb. It’s not his fault we can’t figure out which cousin he married. It’s not his fault! But it IS his episode! Sources Patreon Blue Sky…

It’s not Demetrius II’s fault that his dad handed him a time bomb. It’s not his fault we can’t figure out which cousin he married. It’s not his fault! But it IS his episode! #DemetriusII #Aetolicus 👑

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10 months ago
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New episode out now! 👑

Here's a surprise extra episode for you all! With current events around the conclave, we partnered up with Gregg of Popeular History and Cardinal Numbers to discuss the election of the early caliphs and how they differed or matched the pope in Rome.

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10 months ago
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New episode out now! 👑

With all the kings reviewed, it's time to find who our favorite is so we'll start by drawing up the rounds. After that, we'll see how Sariel would do as monarch of monarchs in a choose your own adventure!

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10 months ago

🎢 ⚛️🧬🧪🗃️🥽

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10 months ago

This was recorded about a week or two before the wedding so we were a little stressed, but we’re all good!

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10 months ago
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2024 Nobel Prizes - Nobelesse Oblige 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.

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.👑

nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.com/2025504/epis...

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11 months ago

Huge particle physics news today! Congrats to the @lhcb.bsky.social collaboration!

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11 months ago
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Part Two: Antigonos II Gonatas Antigonos Gonatas plays all the hits you’ve heard before: kings abandoned by armies, uncomfortable marriages, and Athens and Sparta being stupid. Oh and an elephant plays with a baby (no one dies……

Antigonos Gonatas plays all the hits you’ve heard before: kings abandoned by armies, uncomfortable marriages, and Athens and Sparta being stupid. Oh and an elephant plays with a baby (no one dies… promise).

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