Best Nick Nobel Podcasts (2024)

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#347: Dr Nick Spencer - Why Christianity Will Survive In The Age of AI 55:18

39m ago55:18

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Nick Spencer an author, and Senior Fellow at Theos. He is the author of a number of books and reports, including Magisteria: the entangled histories of science and religion (Oneworld, 2023), The Political Samaritan: how power hijacked a parable (Bloomsbury, 2017), The Evolution of the West (SPCK, 2016) and Atheists: The Origin of the Species (Bloom…

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Are the Two Parties Any Different? 1:24:14

41m ago1:24:14

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Former budget director under Ronald Reagan, David Stockman, and Stephen Moore, Donald Trump's former senior economic advisor, debate the resolution, "In the current presidential election, both Democrats and Republicans consist of a UniParty that will lead us to the bottom of the national 'policy dumpster.'"Arguing for the affirmative is David Stock…

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241 - New York Ninja 1:15:24

2h ago1:15:24

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We're back from an extended break to give you a real treat. New York Ninja (2021) has everything. A ninja. A roller skating ninja. A radioactive serial killer. Cynthia Rothrock (as a voice). And helicopters. In 1984, John Liu had a dream: to make a movie about a New York ninja. He shot 6-8 hours of footage, but his distribution company went bankrup…

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Erika Sanzi: What Are Schools Really Teaching? 1:22:29

11h ago1:22:29

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What are the schools really teaching our kids?It's back-to-school season, which means the curriculum wars are back on the agenda. The right has accused activist infiltrators of "indoctrinating" the next generation with woke struggle sessions, confusing kids about their gender and sexuality, and turning K-12 campuses into war zones by replacing disc…

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#346: Roy Baumeister - Failing Relationships Are Ruining Our Mental Health & Are Making Us Numb! 1:10:00

3h ago1:10:00

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Professor Roy F. Baumeister is one of the world’s most prolific and influential psychologists. He has published over 700 scientific works, including over 40 books. In 2013, he received the highest award given by the Association for Psychological Science, the William James Fellow award, in recognition of his lifetime achievements. As of 2023, He hol…

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Kat Timpf: An Unapologetic Libertarian at Fox News 45:59

1d ago45:59

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Today's guest is Kat Timpf, whose new book is I Used To Like You Until…:(How Binary Thinking Divides Us). In a totally insane election season, this just might be the most important book of the year. A sequel of sorts to 2023's You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together, it seeks to show how…

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Why Do They Keep Shooting at Donald Trump? 1:06:59

16m ago1:06:59

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman puzzle over the second assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, and the recent nonsensical claims that Haitians are eating cats in Ohio.03:15—Second assassination attempt on Trump13:30—Claims of Haitians eating cats in O…

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#365 Nick Sleep's Letters: The Full Collection of the Nomad Investment Partnership Letters to Partners 55:48

3d ago55:48

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The best investors are not investors at all. They're entrepreneurs who have never sold. — Nick Sleep Nick Sleep’s letters are a masterclass on the importance of understanding the underlying reality of a business — what he calls the engine of its success. I read all 110,000 words of Nick’s letters (twice!) to make this episode and what I found most …

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Glenn Greenwald: Why Did Brazil Ban X? 1:05:42

15h ago1:05:42

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Why is the Brazilian government afraid of X?Judge Alexandre de Moraes has blocked the site formerly known as Twitter in Brazil, where an estimated 40 million people access the site each month. Circumventing the ban on X with a VPN could get you fined about $9,000 a day, around the average per capita income in Brazil. It happened after Musk reinstat…

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Mike Pesca: How NPR Lost Its Way 1:07:42

1d ago1:07:42

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Today's guest is Mike Pesca, who publishes The Gist podcast every weekday. The Gist, which launched in 2014, is a tight 30 minutes of news, interviews, and opinions on the biggest issues of the day. Pesca is a veteran of NPR and Slate—experiences that have made him an outspoken critic of legacy media, especially its willingness to overthrow longsta…

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#364 Nick & Zak's Excellent Adventure: How Nick Sleep and Qais Zaharia Built Their Investment Partnership 44:40

3d ago44:40

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How Nick Sleep and Qais Zakaria built their radically unconventional investment partnership. From the incredible book Richer, Wiser, Happier: How The World's Greatest Investors Win In Markets and Life by William Green. ---- I’m doing a LIVE podcast in New York next Monday with Patrick from Invest Like The Best. It’s FREE to attend because of the gr…

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What Libertarians Would Ask Trump and Harris at the Debate 1:00:33

8d ago1:00:33

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman discuss the Justice Department's press release on Russian "government-directed foreign malign influence campaigns" and reveal which questions they would ask Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in tomorrow's presidential debate.02:34—Russian…

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#363 Li Lu and Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett 1:24:22

7d ago1:24:22

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I sent a friend this text: I'm working on another Li Lu episode but this one is about his remarkable investing career. Can be summarized by: 1. Studied Buffett and Munger. 2. Did that. Last episode was about how Li Lu survived one of the most horrific childhoods imaginable. This episode covers how he thinks about investing and entrepreneurship—in h…

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Bob Murphy: How Bad Is the National Debt? 1:14:30

8d ago1:14:30

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How bad is the national debt? Just asking questions.Our national debt—measured as federal debt held by the public—is over $27 trillion. That's approaching 100 percent of annual gross domestic product, which is higher than it's been since the end of World War II. So, are we screwed? Or are those of us who worry about numbers like this totally misund…

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Can Mark Cuban Make Prescriptions Affordable Again? 35:45

8d ago35:45

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Why are prescription drugs so expensive in the United States?"Drug prices in this country are so high because there is zero transparency in the system, and when there's zero transparency in a market, there is no way for it to be efficient," says Mark Cuban, the serial entrepreneur, investor on Shark Tank, and guest on the first episode of the secon…

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Can Mark Cuban Make Prescriptions Affordable Again? 53:58

13d ago53:58

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Today's guest is Reason's Eric Boehm, a reporter and the host of the podcast Why We Can't Have Nice Things. The first season of the podcast exposed how little-understood trade policies and regulations screwed with the pricing and availability of everything from baby formula to women's underwear to frozen chicken.The new season focuses on laws and p…

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How Should the U.S. Respond to Hamas Executing Americans? 1:09:59

9d ago1:09:59

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie welcome special guest Charles C.W. Cooke to the show. The group discusses the six Israeli hostages, including American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who were found murdered in Gaza over the weekend, before dissecting Kamala Harris' first major interview since…

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#345: Darragh Ennis - The Wonders Of The Human Brain & Body 57:34

11d ago57:34

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Dr Darragh Ennis is a professional quizzer and scientist. He has researched ecology and animal behaviour at Maynooth University in Ireland, outbreak dynamics of forestry insect pests on maple syrup plantations in Canada as well as brain development and RNA biology at both the University of Oxford and the University of Glasgow. In recent years he ha…

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Kyla Scanlon: What's Actually Wrong With the Economy? 1:15:29

20d ago1:15:29

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How's the economy actually doing?In 2022, economists forecasted that we'd be in a recession by now. Did it ever actually happen, though? Prices got higher, interest rates ticked up, but mass layoffs never really happened and gross domestic product growth chugged on. People mostly weathered the turbulence.Joining us today to talk about all that and …

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Nick Cave: I See The World As ‘Systemically Beautiful’ 1:08:28

20d ago1:08:28

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Today's guest is Nick Cave, the music legend who emerged from Australia in the 1980s. Over the years, Cave has written screenplays, soundtracks, and novels, and has collaborated with a diverse range of artists, from Johnny Cash and Kylie Minogue to P.J. Harvey and Neko Case.Known for his brooding and meditative mystique, he coauthored the bestselli…

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Wait, Democrats Now Say They Love Freedom? 1:12:02

17d ago1:12:02

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman reminisce on the supposed joy and freedom on offer during last week's Democratic National Convention (DNC) and assess Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to essentially drop out of the presidential race.02:36—At the DNC, Democrats showcas…

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#344: Oliver Burkeman - An Unexpected Approach To Productivity & Making Time For What Matters 55:51

18d ago55:51

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Oliver Burkeman is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller 'Four Thousand Weeks' and 'The Antidote,' and for many years wrote a popular weekly column on psychology for The Guardian, ' This Column Will Change Your Life'. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Psychologies and New Philosopher. He has a devoted follow…

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#362 Li Lu 37:54

18d ago37:54

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Charlie Munger said that Li Lu was the only outsider he ever trusted with his money. Decades before Li Lu made Munger half a billion dollars, Li survived one of the most horrific childhoods imaginable: Born into poverty, abandoned, hungry, beaten, surrounded by death. Persistent. Smart. Disciplined. Intensely curious. Obsessed with reading and lear…

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Jane Coaston: What Is 'Freedom' to Democrats? 1:20:01

22d ago1:20:01

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How do Democrats define "freedom"? Just asking questions. It's Democratic National Convention week, so we wanted to talk about what's been unfolding there so far: the rhetoric, the thematic choices, and what it all reveals about the Democrats' 2024 agenda. How should we state-power skeptics and liberty appreciators view that agenda?We invited Jane …

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Anna Gát: Building an Intellectual Community for the Politically Homeless 51:09

23d ago51:09

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If you ever wanted to live in a world of endlessly fascinating conversations about the arts, science, and philosophy, you're going to love today's guest—Anna Gát. She's the person behind a membership platform called Interintellect, which hosts hundreds of online salons a year. While some of them feature superstars like Harvard psychologist Steven P…

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#343: Prof. Eller Langer - Unlock The True Power Of Your Mind & Destroy Negative Thoughts 56:44

24d ago56:44

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Ellen Langer is a professor in the Psychology Department at Harvard University. In 1981, she became the first woman ever to be tenured in psychology at Harvard. Dr. Langer has described her work on the illusion of control, aging, decision-making, and mindfulness theory in over 200 research articles and six academic books. Her work has led to numero…

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Why Libertarians Hate Kamala Harris' Economic Platform 1:17:17

24d ago1:17:17

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie welcome special guest Ben Dreyfuss onto the pod ahead of this week's Democratic National Convention in Chicago to talk about Kamala Harris' truly terrible economic policy proposals.02:48—Dreyfuss' YIMBY conversion thanks to Reason13:20—Harris drop…

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#361 Estée Lauder 58:22

26d ago58:22

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Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger said it was a crime that more business schools didn't study Henry Singleton. I think it's a crime that more entrepreneurs don't study Estée Lauder. She is one of the best founders to ever do it. This is the story of how she went from a childhood obsession, to a single counter in a beauty salon, to a multibillion do…

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Is Donald Trump The Best Choice? 1:13:43

28d ago1:13:43

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Economist and author Arthur B. Laffer and L.P. presidential candidate Chase Oliver debate the resolution, "Among the candidates actively running for President in November, Donald Trump is the best choice."Defending the resolution is Laffer, who is widely recognized as "The Father of Supply-Side Economics," as his Laffer Curve is one of the main the…

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#342: Dom Joly - Meeting 'Flat Earthers' & Travelling To 'The Edge of The World' 43:34

29d ago43:34

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Dom Joly is a multi-award winning comedian and the author of several books, including 'The Conspiracy Tourist.' In this episode of the Freedom Pact podcast, Lewis and Dom discuss the world of conspiracy theories and the psychology behind them. Dom shares his fascinating encounters with conspiracy theorists, including a flat earther who he travelled…

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César Báez and Daniel Di Martino: What Happened in Venezuela’s Election? 1:09:01

29d ago1:09:01

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What's really happening in Venezuela?Nicolás Maduro claimed victory in Venezuela's presidential election last month, but much of the rest of the world isn't buying it. Neither are many Venezuelans, who've taken to the streets to protest what they say is a fraudulent election in the face of increasingly violent crackdowns and menacing threats from t…

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#341: Lawrence Krauss - On Religion, Academia, Space Exploration & More 43:28

29d ago43:28

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Lawrence Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling author, as well as being an acclaimed lecturer. He has also appeared regularly on radio and television, as well as in several feature films. He received his PhD from MIT and then moved to the Harvard Society of Fellows. Following eight years as a professor at Yale Uni…

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Charles Gasparino: ‘Woke’ Hypocrisy Is Hurting Businesses 1:18:10

30d ago1:18:10

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Charles Gasparino is a senior correspondent for the Fox Business Network and a columnist for the New York Post. He's also the author of the new book Go Woke, Go Broke: The Inside Story of the Radicalization of Corporate America. Gasparino analyzes major missteps by companies such as Anheuser-Busch, Target, and Disney and explores how CEOs and top m…

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#340: Emily Leeming - Optimise Your Gut Health With These Foods & Habits 51:34

1M ago51:34

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Dr Emily Leeming PhD MSc RD is a microbiome scientist, registered dietitian, and chef. She is a Research Fellow at King's College London. Dr Emily writes for The Daily Mail and frequently appears in media outlets such as BBC radio 4, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph and The Guardian. She is the author of the brand new book, Genius Gut: The Life-Chan…

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#339: Keith Thompson - The New UFO THEORY That Changes Everything 1:02:10

1M ago1:02:10

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Keith Thompson is the author of The UFO Paradox, an independent journalist, talk radio host, former TVtalk show host, and former U.S. Senate staff member. His articles have appeared in the NewYork Times, Esquire, San Francisco Chronicle, Idaho Statesman, and the Pacific Sun.In this episode, we discuss Keith’s paranormal approach to UFOs, ‘abduction…

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#360 Robert Kierlin: Founder of Fastenal 56:31

1M ago56:31

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Since its founding in 1967 Fastenal has grown from a small fastener store in Winona, Minnesota, into a multibillion-dollar global organization. How did a small town “nuts and bolts” shop become one of the world's most dynamic growth companies? Whenever asked, company founder Bob Kierlin attributes Fastenal's success to the company's high-quality em…

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Tim Walz Is Another Big-Government Liberal 1:06:32

1M ago1:06:32

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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, Katherine Mangu-Ward and Peter Suderman are back alongside Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie. The editors analyze Vice President Kamala Harris picking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate and discuss the ongoing crisis in Venezuela.02:06—Kamala Harris picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as veep24:06 —The crisis in…

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#338: Michelle Dowd - Escaping My Grandfather's Ultra-Religious Cult 54:18

1M ago54:18

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Michelle Dowd is a journalism professor and contributor to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, TIME magazine, Alpinist, and other national publications. She was raised on a mountain in the Angeles National Forest where she learned to identify flora and fauna, navigate by the stars, forage for edible plants, and care for the earth. Her memoir…

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240 - Pentathlon 1:33:34

1M ago1:33:34

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Your Stupid Minds is back! Did you know it’s the Olympics? We have a special Olympic-size episode for you, with Dolph Lundgren’s 1994 film Pentathlon! Eric Brogar (Lundgren) is an Olympic pentathlete competing for East Germany in the 1988 Olympics. For those of you who are normal, the pentathlon consists of five events: swimming, shooting, horsebac…

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Nate Silver: How Likely Is a Kamala Harris Presidency? 1:08:06

1M ago1:08:06

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How likely is a Kamala Harris presidency? Just asking questions. Join Zach Weissmueller, Reason senior producer, and Liz Wolfe, Reason associate editor, for a live discussion with Nate Silver, statistician and author of the new book On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything. Silver founded the renowned polling aggregator and politics website FiveT…

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Chase Oliver: Q&A With the Controversial Libertarian Party Candidate 1:09:32

1M ago1:09:32

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Today's guest is the Libertarian Party's candidate for president Chase Oliver, who wants to phase out Social Security and Medicare for younger Americans, create a 21st century version of Ellis Island, and get the government out of bedrooms and boardrooms. A longtime antiwar activist, he also wants to bring American troops home and slash the Pentago…

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#359 The Russian Rockefellers: The Nobel Family Dynasty 1:06:11

1M ago1:06:11

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The name of Nobel usually calls to mind Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite, and the internationally prestigious prizes that bear his name. But Alfred was only one member of a creative and innovative family who built an industrial empire in prerevolutionary Russia. The saga begins with an emigre from Sweden, Immanuel Nobel, who was an architect, a p…

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