Game Theory
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Episodes: 111
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Speakeasy conversation about strategy, competition, economics, history, and policy from two non-experts.
The episodes include some actual economic Game Theory such as the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Traveler's Dilemma, and the Public Good game. Episodes also include conversations on dilemmas in TV/Movies, sports, and board/card games, as well as the history of military, intelligence (spies), politics, and economics.
The objective is simply to think critically about how people make strategic choices regarding the world around them and most importantly, about the people around them.
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110. Pizza Meter - How Pizza Orders Predict War & Waffle House Index - They Unofficial FEMA Designation
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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109. Spotify's Stream Farm Problem & Amazon's Fake Walk-Out Stores
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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108. AI-Generated Content: Sports Illustrated's Scandal; Gothika Cover; The Library of Babel
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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107. John Von Neumann - Father of Game Theory, Nuclear Scientist, Super Genius
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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THROWBACK: Medical Match Day, The Stable Marriage Problem, and a Special Guest
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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106. Blue Dot Effect & Negative Journalism; 'Insh*tification'; Why Everything Seems So Bad
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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105. Secretary Problem & Optimal Stop Theory: How to Choose One from Many
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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104. TikTok v Universal Music Group & How Licensing Deals Impact All Parties
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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103. Raven Paradox: What Constitutes Evidence & Why Logical Arguments Matter
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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102. Fraudster IV - Paolo Macchiarini: The Bad Surgeon, Fake Lover
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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101. Stanley Cups: Conspicuous Consumption; Marketing to Women & Fads
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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EPISODE 100 REVIEW AND CONTEST
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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THROWBACK: 39. Quiet Quitting & Laying Flat - Game Theory of The American (And Chinese) Worker
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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99. Occam's Razor, Newton's Flaming Laser Sword, and the 9 Philosophical Razors
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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98. Math Confirms Santa is Real; What the Nash Equilibrium Teaches Us About Gift Giving
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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97. Conspiracy Theories & Hoaxes - Why They Last So Long, How They Start, Our Favorites
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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96. Rank Choice Voting; American Primary Elections; College Football Playoff Conundrum
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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95. Marchetti's Constant: Why All Commute Times Are the Same; the Rise of 15 Minute Cities
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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94. Weber-Fechner Law: Why You Suddenly Notice Change and How We Observe Our World
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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93. Keith Lee's ATL Drama; Dave Portnoy's Pizza Scores; the Art of Criticism & the Power of Reviews
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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92. Inductive vs Deductive Reasoning - Eating Lambs and Popping Quizzes
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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91. Diderot Effect - How Buying Something Nice Can Make You Hate Your Stuff
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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90. Delta's Meltdown & Starbucks Stars: How Company's Turned Loyalty Into a Bank
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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89. Social Contagion: TikTok Tourrette's; Salem Witch Trials; & The Great June Bug Hysteria
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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88. The Pink Tax - Oil Changes, Calculators, & Laxatives: Why Business Charge More for Products Marketed to Women
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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87. Benford's Law: How is This a Real Thing; Using Naturally Occurring Numbers to Fight Fraud
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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86. The Bad-Vibes Economy: Why Do We Feel This Way?
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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85. The Great Ice Cream Lie, Learning Styles Are Fake, & How Conventional Wisdom Can Hurt You
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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84. Tipping Wars: The Dictator Game, Supply & Demand, and That Awkward Moment at the Register
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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83. Random Walks & Markov Chains: How To Lose All of Your Money Gambling & Predict the Future
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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82. Data Torture: Harvard Dishonesty Scandal; Purdue Pharma Chart; Men Lying About Height
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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81. Assassin's Mace: How an Ancient Saying Explains China's Current Military Strategy
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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80. Taylor's Version: Her Battle With Scooter, Eras Tour, History
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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79. How a Terrible BBQ List Teaches Us About Content Analysis - Feat. Cally Alessi
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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THROWBACK - The Good Assassination: McKinley & Roosevelt and How JP Morgan, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Screwed Up
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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78. Wagner Group Revolution, Putin's Power, & Social Media's Roll in Revolt
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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College Admissions Scandal - Fraudster Files IIII William Rick Singer
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Is America Nearing the End? - The Great Divide and the Life Cycle of Empires
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Bottlenecks: Bridal Parties, Chinese Bureaucracy, and Going Around Your Boss
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Debt Ceiling Brinksmanship; Implications, Strategy; Fallout From the Debt Ceiling Policy
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May 30, 2023 |
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Fake Job Postings (Ghost Jobs); Job Opening Scammers; Careers vs Jobs; & The Godfather
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May 23, 2023 |
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Why Video Games Create In-Game Purchases: Zelda, Freemium Games, and the Billion Dollar Skin Industry
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May 16, 2023 |
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Writer's Guild of America on Strike; Skilled Labor vs Non-Skilled Labor; & What's Next in Hollywood?
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May 09, 2023 |
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"Just One More" Paradox - Why You Shouldn't Take the Bet Also, Pittsburgh Potties, Guns, Germs & Steel, and Nick Eats Balls
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May 02, 2023 |
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The Centipede Game: How Co-opetition and Cooperation Clash & How It Cured a Plague
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Optimal Poker: How to Play, Basic Strategies & the Debates Going on in Texas Hold 'em
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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How the Government Guilts You Into Paying Taxes: The Inspector Game
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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TikTok Brinksmanship: Banning the App, Learning China, and Understanding Big Tech Lobbying
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Moore's Law: How Physical Space is Ending Computer Advancement; Love is Blind Recap
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Perverse Incentives, Unintended Consequences, and How You Make Policy: The Cobra Effect, Horseshoe Theory, & Barbera Streisand
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Silicon Valley Bank Collapse: Bank Runs, Diamond-Dybvig, and Getting Your Money Out Early
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Ukraine, Putin & the US: The Prisoner's Dilemma of War
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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How the Government Lies to Us: History, Uses, & Future of the Glomar Response
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Four-Day Work Week: Why It Works and Why It Doesn't
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Half-Life of Knowledge: How Science Moves, Knowledge Decays, and What We Know Improves
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Netflix's Password Sharing Decision and How It Could Be Its Undoing; Customer Retention Vs Acquisition; State of Streaming
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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The End of Disruption (not really); Ig Nobel Prizes, Patient Rights, Consolidation-Disruption and the Slog of Science
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Dunning-Kruger Effect: We're the Best Podcasters in the World; Dr. Death; Movie Review - Banshees of Inisherin
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Dating Game II: Sister Wives, Love is Blind, The Bachelor/Bachelorette, 90-Day Fiancé
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Southwest Airlines' Utter Meltdown and Our Best and Worst Parts of Airports
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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George Washington's Biggest Battlefield Decision
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Game Theory First Annual Holiday Party!!!; Hanukkah History; Teach Your Kids Dreidel!!
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Hosting the Olympcs & World Cup: Business, Distraction, and Sportwashing
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Rankings are Dumb: Why Michelin Stars are Double-Edged Sword and You Shouldn't Be All-In on Lists
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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EMERGENCY THROWBACK: FTX, BlockFi Put Cypto on Life Support: How a Game Theory Concept Explains the Failures of FTX, BlockFi and Maybe the Whole System
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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THROWBACK: Black Friday Prisoner's Dilemma - How a clever idea screwed everyone and how it's changing + Thanksgiving food hot takes
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Mathisode - Simpsons Paradox: What You Need to Know About Correlation vs Causation and Per-Capita Stats
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Elon Gets the Bird: What Elon Musk's Twitter Take Over and What's the Point of Verification?
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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AirBNB Bust: How Cities are Cracking Down, Demand is Falling Off a Cliff, and Users are Returning to Hotels
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Fraudster III: How One Wine Genius Named Rudy Made Rich Wine Collectors His Patsies
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Your Friends Are, In Fact, More Popular Than You - The Friendship Paradox
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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The 2022 Cheating Epidemic: Chess, Poker, Fishing Make Headlines With (Alleged) Cheating Scandals
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Pumpkin, Spice, and Monetizing Fall: Why PSLs Taste Different This Year, Pumpkin Beer Review, Leaf Peeping, and the Fall Top 3
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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Monarchy & The State of Nature: Remembering England's Queen Elizabeth II; Modern Monarchies; Game Theory of Why Monarchies Work
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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State of Sports in America; How the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and NCAA Football Are Doing in 2022
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Elizabeth Holmes: Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss - Ranking The Theranos Founder in our Fraudster Files
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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How Do you See Yourself? Society, Filters, AI, and Influencers and Their Impact on Your Self-Image
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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BONUS ROUND: Show Update; Chess Cast III - World Open in Philly, Candidates, and NFL Blitz Tournament
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Bobby Bonilla, Bernie Madoff, and Why the Mets are Idiots with Christian Borkey of the Busted Business Bureau Podcast
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Hunt a Deer to Together: The Stag Hunt Problem
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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WTF #3: Speech and Debate: Origins, Events, Strategy, and Culture of America's Debaters
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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The Bystander Effect: Cases, Facts, and Myths About Bystanders Watching Crimes and Doing Nothing
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Proximity Paradox: Why Businesses Open Across the Street; Supporting Local Business vs National Chains
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May 20, 2022 |
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The Traffic Game: Phantom Traffic Jams; Google Maps Conundrum; Paradoxical Solutions
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May 11, 2022 |
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Fraudster Files: Billy McFarland, Fyre Fest, and Fallout
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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The Monty Hall Problem And The Fights It Starts
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Chicago Black Sox - Truth, Myth, Game Theory, and Legend of the 1919 Team that Lost On Purpose
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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War in Ukraine: The Stability / Instability Paradox and The Future of Nuclear War
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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The Dating Game - How the Apps have Changed Everything and How to Swipe
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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WTF #2: Cryptocurrency, NFTs, Centralized Banking
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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The Vaccination Game: vaccines, fear, eradication, and freedom
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers agree to tie - why this would never work a real life NFL Prisoner's Dilemma
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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The Game Theory and Probability of Aliens Are we alone? Is there life out there? How possible is it? What if there is?
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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The Empty Fort Strategy - the craziest military bluff ever
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Chess cast II: 2021 World championships, history of the championships, and Magnus Carlsen is the GOAT
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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The Price is Wrong B****! The Price is Right! with researcher Justin Bergner - How to get off contestant's row and how to position yourself for victory
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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College Football Championship: Why crowning a champion is such a nightmare, and possible solutions
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Oct 23, 2021 |
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The Big Game Lottery with Trent Williams: How North American hunters gamble for their right to harvest the animals around them and how the system may be broken
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Ground zero for women's rights is in Wyoming
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Why are DoorDash and Uber prices so high? Why share a gold medal? The traveler's dilemma
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Pokemon Cards - Collect or play? Keep or Sell?
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Northern White Rhino and Natural Selection
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Alan Turing: Lying to the US, his own countrymen, and winning WWII
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Cicada survival strategies and how they relate to the capitol riots and the malice at the palace
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Jun 05, 2021 |
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Better movie or series? Marvel, Game of Thrones, and Inglorious Basterds
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May 28, 2021 |
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Nuclear Weapons & the prisoner's dilemma - The ultimate Mexican standoff:
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May 18, 2021 |
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Friend or Foe? The Prisoner's Dilemma Game Show, Unconscious Bias, and Which You Should Choose
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May 11, 2021 |
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Rock Paper, Scissors: Nash Equilibrium, Strategy, and Use in US case law
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Moneyball: what the film left out and why (sample) size matters
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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EP 01: WTF is Chess? Basics, Background and the Queen's Gambit
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Game Theory: A podcast about competition, strategy, and policy
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Mar 14, 2021 |