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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.
Episode | Date |
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Calculating Risks in a Creative Life, with Brian Koppelman
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Sep 05, 2024 |
Amazing Frauds, Faking Your Own Death, and the Latest on the Election
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Aug 29, 2024 |
Kamala Edition: Taxes, Tariffs, and the DNC
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Aug 21, 2024 |
Lessons from The River (Maria Interviews Nate About His Book)
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Aug 15, 2024 |
Taking Risks in Business, Poker, and Life (with Bill Perkins)
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Aug 08, 2024 |
Kamala Mode, Misinformation, and Winning the WSOP
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Aug 01, 2024 |
Betting on Kamala Harris (with special guest Matt Glassman)
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Jul 23, 2024 |
Conspiracy Theories, J.D. Vance, and Jury Duty
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Jul 18, 2024 |
How to Convince Biden to Quit
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Jul 10, 2024 |
How to Gamble Like a Chess Player, with Jennifer Shahade
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Jul 04, 2024 |
The President Has No Clothes: Biden Should Drop Out
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Jun 28, 2024 |
Nate’s Election Model, the Trouble with Insurance, and How People Get Risk Wrong
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Jun 27, 2024 |
Snap Elections, Global Warming, and Maria’s Favorite Hot Sauce
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Jun 20, 2024 |
Lifetime Terms, Lifetime Bans, and the Return of Roaring Kitty
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Jun 13, 2024 |
Mistakes and Unknowns: Election Polls, Poker Tournaments, and the NBA Finals
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Jun 06, 2024 |
WSOP Kickoff, Crypto ETFs, and Airfare Refunds
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May 30, 2024 |
A Backup for Biden
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May 23, 2024 |
Lessons from the Final Table
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May 16, 2024 |
Coming Soon... Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova
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May 02, 2024 |