Doug Brunt

And so there's an interesting negotiation between Standard Oil and Rockefeller and Nobel about all these Russian assets of petroleum, what to do with them, because nobody believes Lenin's going to last.

And with regard to the prize, though, it's.

So Alfred Nobel and the prizes, he was he was an investor in the oil business of his brothers and nephew.

But the prize wouldn't exist if it wasn't for Emanuel either.

And there are two funny stories about that.

When Emanuel's father, Ludwig, dies, Alfred and Ludwig are huge celebrities around the world.

And the newspapers in France where Alfred lives, mistakes happen.

who's died.

They thought Alfred died.

So they print this obituary for Alfred Nobel, calling him, you know, as the inventor of dynamite, this merchant of death and caused more, you know, killing than anyone in history.

And so he reads his own obituary and thinks, holy crap, you know, I need to, this can't be how I'm remembered.

And so he changes his will to establish the prize and gives, you know, tons of his money away.

And of course all his, you know, after he dies, all the other Nobel people are like, you must be joking.

Like the fortune's going to this crazy prize, including the King of Sweden.

who pulls out Emmanuel aside.

And Emmanuel's in charge of the estate, basically, for his uncle Alfred and the prize.

And every one of the family's fighting it.

The king of Sweden is like, you don't want to pay attention to these crazy pacifists.

This is nonsense.

You know, you should take care of your family and put all the money toward that.