224. How To Win A Nobel Prize

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🗓️ 15 October 2015

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The process is famously secretive (and conducted in Swedish!) but we pry the lid off at least a little bit.

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0:00.0	Hey guess who just want a Nobel Prize?
0:02.0	We'll talk about that in a minute, but presumably the answer is not you.
0:09.6	But that's okay, because you can still win something.
0:13.2	And at the same time, give back a little to your favorite podcast.
0:16.8	As you may know, Frekenomics Radio is produced by WNYC, a public radio station in New York.
0:21.8	As you also may know, public radio stations are funded by listener donations.
0:26.2	So please make a donation to WNYC and you'll be automatically entered to win our prize.
0:32.7	A trip to New York to spend the day here at our studios and have lunch with me and the
0:37.5	Frekenomics Radio crew.
0:39.1	You don't even have to donate to be entered in the contest, but of course we hope you
0:42.1	will.
0:43.1	Just go to Frekenomics.com, hit the donate button.
0:46.2	You can also donate by texting the word freak to 69866 and a simple formal pop-up.
0:53.8	When you donate, you can do as an even bigger favor by becoming a sustaining member.
0:57.9	That sets you up to make automated ongoing monthly donations.
1:02.0	Spreading your support over time is easier on your budget and provides WNYC with a reliable
1:07.5	source of support all year long.
1:09.8	So again, please go to Frekenomics.com or just text the word freak to 69866 to enter
1:17.1	our contest to come have lunch with us in New York.
1:20.2	If you feed you so well, it'll hold you over till you win your own Nobel Prize.
1:29.4	The sixth and final Nobel Prize of this year was just awarded.
1:33.7	They saved the best for last, of course, economics.
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