Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova

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The Prisoners’ Dilemma of Performance-Enhancing Drugs

This week we answer a question from listener Brandon, who’s noticed a rise in performance-enhancing drugs outside of sports. Nate and Maria discuss their own philosophies on PEDs, their impact on equilibriums, and what people risk when they decide to juice. 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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  What Movies Get Right and Wrong About Poker

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  Deep Cover Presents: Snowball [ft. Maria Konnikova]

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  Introducing: Odd Lots with Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway

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  Frisky Business: Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, and Journalistic Ethics

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  How to Experience the Joy of Giving Right Now: A Giving Tuesday Special fr…

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  NO LIMIT, Some AI… Poker’s Documentary-Gate

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  Risky Business Live! How To Read People In Poker And Beyond

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  Will The Epstein Files Sink Trump?

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  Society is betting on AI – and the outcomes aren’t looking good (with Nate…

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  The Democrats Are Folding on the Shutdown

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  Even Our Economy Is Gamified Now

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  What Happens in Vegas...Might Tell Us Something About the US Economy

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  What to Make of the NBA Sports Betting Scandal

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  Lessons From A Marathoner (with Nicholas Thompson)

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  The Canal, the Crash and the Ketamine - Pushkin's Reign of Error