Nate can do better than this…I hope…
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“I’ve always enjoyed Nate S’s political commentary. He is very good at identifying his own biases explicitly, and considers himself a mainstream, center-left voter. He is also pretty aware that he is in the Acela corridor bubble, even with occasional trips to Las Vegas. This makes his political commentary useful, and occasionally insightful, about establishmentarian thought. (I’m personally an independent who has voted R, D and L in the past 16 years. I’ve also had a great deal of math and statistics, so numbers are why I’m here).
Nate’s co-host, Maria, unfortunately does not recognize her own biases and is more than happy to move to “feelings over facts”, as this line from the August 1st podcast shows:
Maria: “Even if there's no settled science, I think we can say that there is a penalty.”
The context was whether women automatically suffer a penalty for running for office in the US. While I suspect that they do, this kind of an approach moves us out of “Just the facts” to “Just the opinions”. Well, guess what. That’s the sort of non-analytical approach Fox News or MSNBC will use. It makes the podcast weak, and I’ve de-prioritized my listening after that.”Read full review »
txsportsfan via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/24/24
More reviews of Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova
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“One episode in and really good so far.”
Kris Xia via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/16/24
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“Maria is a nut job. Dump her and this would be great.”
Manos73 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/07/24
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“If you don’t care about poker and don’t know how to play, this gets tiring really fast. I was interested in the premise of discussing decision making. In episode 3, they present a list of tips billed as something you can use elsewhere in your life for decision making. Good luck following it...”Read full review »
Evanstonian3 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/30/24
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