Press release from Nobel Prize Outreach

Nobel Prize laureates speak about our future world in a new podcast season

21 October 2021
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During the autumn of 2021, Nobel Prize Outreach will be releasing a new season of the acclaimed podcast ‘Nobel Prize Conversations’. This season features six Nobel Prize laureates – one laureate from each prize category. The episodes will give in depth-perspectives from each laureate including their past, their work and how our common future can develop. First up is medicine laureate Elizabeth Blackburn. The podcast is produced in cooperation with ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius.

In ‘Nobel Prize Conversations’ the listener gets the chance to meet some of the individuals awarded the Nobel Prize. Elizabeth Blackburn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. In her episode she talks about the future, the climate and science.

“I really think science is important. I believe in science, particularly in the value of doing basic research, which can lead to very useful goal-driven research, witness the vaccine for coronavirus,” says Elizabeth Blackburn.

The six Nobel Prize laureates taking part in the new season are:

• Elizabeth Blackburn (medicine)

• Joachim Frank (chemistry)

• Didier Queloz (physics)

• Wole Soyinka (literature)

• Paul Milgrom (economic sciences)

• Leymah Gbowee (peace)

New episodes of ‘Nobel Prize Conversations’ are released every other Thursday. The first episode with Elizabeth Blackburn is available now on Acast and other podcast platforms. ‘Nobel Prize Conversations’ is led by Adam Smith at Nobel Prize Outreach. Every year Adam Smith has the important job of calling new laureates after they have found out that they have been awarded the Nobel Prize.

The podcast is produced by Filt Hinterland and Nobel Prize Outreach in cooperation with ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius.

You can find all podcast conversations at nobelprize.org: https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-conversations-3/

Nobel Prize Outreach

Nobel Prize Outreach spreads knowledge about Nobel Prize-awarded achievements and stimulates interest in science, literature and peace in line with Alfred Nobel’s vision and legacy. The company reaches a global audience of millions through its high-quality productions: The official digital channels of the Nobel Prize, the Nobel Prize Concert, as well as a series of intercontinental, inspirational lecture events featuring Nobel Laureates.

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