Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova

    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 el...

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  • Luigi Mangione, the Rise of Bluesky, and High-Stakes Chokes

  • The Riskies: The Best, Worst, and Most Interesting Decisions of 2024

  • Presidential Pardons and Other Family Gift-Giving Strategies

  • Get Happier, Help Others: Some Good Ideas About Giving

  • Maria and Nate’s Guide to GTO Travel

  • How Senators and NFL Players Make High Risk Decisions

  • Will Trump Bring the River to Washington?

  • How Trump Won

  • What to Look for on Election Day

  • The Worst Decisions of the Harris and Trump (and Biden) Campaigns

  • Odd Lots: Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova on the Art of Election Betting

  • How to build a championship team, with Daryl Morey of the 76ers

  • How Maria Won Her First WSOP Bracelet

  • The Degenerate Gambler’s Guide to the Election

  • How to Win Bets and Influence Elections

  • Conning with the Stars: Anna Delvey, Voting Rationally, and the Maine Nebraska model

  • Should You Be Able to Bet On the Election?

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

  • Calculating Risks in a Creative Life, with Brian Koppelman

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

  • Kamala Edition: Taxes, Tariffs, and the DNC

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

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

  • Kamala Mode, Misinformation, and Winning the WSOP

  • Betting on Kamala Harris (with special guest Matt Glassman)

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

  • How to Convince Biden to Quit

  • How to Gamble Like a Chess Player, with Jennifer Shahade

  • The President Has No Clothes: Biden Should Drop Out

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

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

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

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

  • WSOP Kickoff, Crypto ETFs, and Airfare Refunds

  • A Backup for Biden

  • Lessons from the Final Table

  • Coming Soon... Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova

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