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Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova
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.
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3.7 stars from 172 ratings
“So disappointing to hear a woman say it was a mistake to run Kamala because she was a woman, who better to run than a woman against a misogynist ? If not now - than when? Saying a woman can’t win is an endless argument. Who needs enemies when you’ve got friends like this - thank god Nate rang in...”Read full review »
So cello via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
11/12/24
These two aged like cheese
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“Maria had thoughtful books and a generally open and curious way of framing the world. These days, she is a paragon of nose-in-the-air sneering elitism and unable to control her scorn for “the other side”. I imagine her red faced and bursting at the seams when she goes on her tirades.
Nate reads...”Read full review »
BoboXIII via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/09/24
New cohost please!
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“Nate, I’ve been a follower for over a decade and love the data and pragmatism you bring to the election discussion. Sadly your cohost does not share your intellectual rigor. I hardly hear her cite data and if I do you critique its validity. She claims Trumpism is a cult but recites the talking...”Read full review »
marycodes2 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/07/24
Recent Episodes
Nate and Maria discuss the influence of Riverians like Elon Musk on the Trump Administration, and what’s next for Democrats looking ahead to 2026. Then, Maria tells Nate about a few key hands from the penultimate table of the North American Poker Tour Main Event.
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Published 11/14/24
Published 11/14/24
Nate and Maria take a closer look at the results of the election. They discuss polling errors, prediction markets, demographic shifts, and campaign strategy. And Nate shares some parting advice for President Biden.
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Published 11/06/24
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