The host posits that Alfred Nobel successfully took control of his historical legacy by establishing the Nobel Prizes to overshadow his reputation as a merchant of death.

“He decided he wanted it to be a positive thing. There's a twisted irony to the story. When Alfred Nobel created dynamite, he was trying to make explosive safer to prevent the kind of accident that killed his brother. But by making nitroglycerin easier to handle, he also made it more accessible and t”