Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova

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Mistakes and Unknowns: Election Polls, Poker Tournaments, and the NBA Finals

This week on Risky Business, Nate gives his analysis of what Trump’s guilty verdict may mean for the election, Maria shares the biggest mistakes she’s seen at the World Series of Poker so far, and Nate reveals an interesting ripple in the sports betting ecosystem ahead of the NBA Finals. For more from Nate and Maria, subscribe to their newsletters: “The Leap” from Maria Konnikova “Silver Bulletin” from Nate Silver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Does Nate Trust His Model? Debates, Prediction Markets and Poker

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  Calculating Risks in a Creative Life, with Brian Koppelman

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  Amazing Frauds, Faking Your Own Death, and the Latest on the Election

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  Kamala Edition: Taxes, Tariffs, and the DNC

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  Lessons from The River (Maria Interviews Nate About His Book)

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  Taking Risks in Business, Poker, and Life (with Bill Perkins)

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  Kamala Mode, Misinformation, and Winning the WSOP

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  Betting on Kamala Harris (with special guest Matt Glassman)

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  Conspiracy Theories, J.D. Vance, and Jury Duty

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  How to Convince Biden to Quit

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  How to Gamble Like a Chess Player, with Jennifer Shahade

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  The President Has No Clothes: Biden Should Drop Out

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  Nate’s Election Model, the Trouble with Insurance, and How People Get Risk…

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  Snap Elections, Global Warming, and Maria’s Favorite Hot Sauce

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  Lifetime Terms, Lifetime Bans, and the Return of Roaring Kitty