S1E4 - Slavery Sweets & The Nobel Prize

I spiral through suggested origin stories to the expression "piece of cake" and other cake related idioms, and find an ugly beginning to a seemingly innocent saying. I also speak about the origin to The Nobel Prize, consider its drawbacks and how it can be changed to adapt to the reality of science research. Check out the references and transcript to this episode here: https://www.kjbmercurio.com/episode/004.

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