Nate Silver
Nate Silver, co-host of the Risky Business podcast, is the founder and former editor-in-chief (2008-2023) of FiveThirtyEight, which was published by The New York Times, ESPN, and ABC News. FiveThirtyEight…
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Welcome to Risky Business, a show about making better decisions.
Today, Maria has lessons from a poker tournament she recently played in Monte Carlo, where she made it to the final table. Then, Nate discusses what RFK Jr.’s impressive polling numbers could mean for Biden and Trump. And Nate and Maria discuss Caitlin Clark and what her story tells us – or doesn’t – about the gender pay gap.
Further Reading:
The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova
On The Edge by Nate Silver (forthcoming)
“RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain” (NYT)
“What the conversation about Caitlin Clark’s pay gets wrong” (CNN)
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Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova, co-host of the Risky Business podcast, is the author, most recently, of The Biggest Bluff, a New York Times bestseller, one of the Times’ 100 Notable Books of…
