Wildfires, Insurance, and Planning for Disaster
Nate and Maria discuss the California wildfires. How do incentives in insurance markets drive decisions by homeowners – and by insurers? What’s the best way to make rational decisions about…
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Episode 9: Framing the Gambler
Michael Lewis gets a glimpse of sports gambling’s future by talking with writers in Great Britain and Australia, where the industry is even more entrenched. But the US has its…
Get Over Yourself
As children we think we’re at the center of the world – but as adults we need to learn to see the perspectives and problems of other people. It helps…
Cleared For Take-Off? (Tenerife Air Disaster 1)
“Evacuate the airport, we’ve planted bombs,” a terrorist tells the telephone operator at the airport in Gran Canaria, in 1977. By the end of that day, 583 people will have…
Nate and Maria’s 2025 Predictions
Nate and Maria share their predictions for the year to come, covering everything from the price of Bitcoin, to the fate of President Trump’s cabinet picks, to whether Nate will…
Episode 8: The Integrity Landscape
Has betting based on inside intel on games gone down since sports gambling was legalized in the US? Not really, as Michael Lewis finds out. But what’s gone up is…
Feel Like You’re Enough
Perfectionism isn’t just wanting to be perfect… it’s the feelings of failure and shame when we simply can’t perform at a superhuman level all day, every day. To be happy,…
Learning From Failure, Avoiding Regret, and Managing Risk with Restaurateur Henry Rich
Maria talks to her friend Henry Rich about how he’s managed to find success in one of the world’s riskiest industries: restaurants. Themes include learning from failure, accounting for ruin,…
How To Embrace Imperfection
In our first “How To…” guide of 2025, Dr Laurie is asking how can we stop striving for perfection and make peace with the idea that it’s ok to lead…
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo is a Texas-born singer/songwriter who comes from a rich family of musicians including his niece, Sheila E. Alejandro started out in the pioneering San Francisco punk band the…
St. Vincent
2024 has been a career-defining year for St. Vincent. In April she released her self-produced seventh album, All Born Screaming. Then in November she released the Spanish language version of the…
Bush v. Gore: Bonus – Legacy.
The late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens talks about his memories of Bush v. Gore, and why the ruling’s legacy, years after the fact, looks even worse than he…
