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Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova

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  • Risky Business is a weekly podcast about making better decisions. The hosts, Maria Konnikova and Nate Silver, are both journalists who moonlight as high-stakes poker players. On Risky Business, they bring their analytical framework to everything from politics to poker to personal decisions.

    Maria has a PhD in psychology and is the author of several books including, most recently, The Biggest Bluff. While researching the book, she inadvertently became a professional poker player, with over $500,000 in tournament winnings. She is a PokerStars Team Pro.

    Nate is the founder and former editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight, and one of the country’s leading election forecasters. He has over $800,000 in lifetime poker tournament winnings and his forthcoming book, On the Edge, is about gambling and risk.

    Risky Business is a co-production of iHeart Media and Pushkin Industries.
    2024 Pushkin Industries & iHeartMedia, Inc. 2024
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Episodes
  • How to Gamble Like a Chess Player, with Jennifer Shahade

    How to Gamble Like a Chess Player, with Jennifer Shahade
    Jul 4 2024

    Maria talks with Women’s Chess Grandmaster Jennifer Shahade about what chess and poker teach you about life; how statistics can help you think about having kids; and the time Maria lost a chess match in four moves.

    For more from Nate and Maria, subscribe to their newsletters:

    The Leap from Maria Konnikova

    Silver Bulletin from Nate Silver

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    41 mins
  • The President Has No Clothes: Biden Should Drop Out

    The President Has No Clothes: Biden Should Drop Out
    Jun 28 2024

    In this bonus episode, Nate and Maria discuss last night’s debate between President Biden and former President Trump. They argue that Biden should drop out of the race, and discuss what might happen if he does.

    Further Reading:

    “Joe Biden Should Drop Out” from Silver Bulletin

    “CNN Presidential Debate: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump” from CNN

    “Important Post Debate Analysis" from X user @drewjanda

    For more from Nate and Maria, subscribe to their newsletters:

    “The Leap” from Maria Konnikova

    “Silver Bulletin” from Nate Silver

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    46 mins
  • Nate’s Election Model, the Trouble with Insurance, and How People Get Risk Wrong

    Nate’s Election Model, the Trouble with Insurance, and How People Get Risk Wrong
    Jun 27 2024

    This week on Risky Business, Nate and Maria unveil Nate’s 2024 election model. (The forecast is bad news for Maria.) Also, they explain what insurance industry troubles tell us about the market for risk. And they discuss some key mistakes people make when thinking about risk.

    Further Reading:

    “Silver Bulletin 2024 presidential election forecast” by Nate Silver and Eli McKown-Dawson

    “Climate Change Has Hit Home Insurance. Is Health Insurance Next?” from the Wall Street Journal

    “The Home Insurance Crunch: See What’s Happening in Your State” from the New York Times

    For more from Nate and Maria, subscribe to their newsletters:

    “The Leap” from Maria Konnikova

    “Silver Bulletin” from Nate Silver

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    43 mins
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