JJ Thomson

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.Foucault light speed experimentMichelson interferometerExample of Albert's watercolorsContact UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobelessepod.bsky.socialPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePodKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige

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!2024 IgNobel Prizes: https://improbable.com/ig/archive/2024-ceremony/Contact UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobelessepod.bsky.socialPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePodKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige

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.Contact UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobelessepod.bsky.socialPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePodKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige

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 UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobelessepod.bsky.socialPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePodKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige

Content Warning: This episode's subject was literally a NaziThis 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 UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobelessepod.bsky.socialPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePodKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige

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 UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobelessepod.bsky.socialPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePodKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige

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 UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobelessepod.bsky.socialPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePodKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige

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 UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobelessepod.bsky.socialPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePodKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige

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 UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobelessepod.bsky.socialPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePodKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige

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 bikesPierre CurieMarie Curie 1903Marie Curie 1911Contact UsEmail: [email protected]: https://nobelesseoblige.buzzsprout.comFacebook and Twitter: @NobelessePodMastodon: @[email protected]: @nobelessepod.bsky.socialPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/NobelessePodKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/nobelesseoblige