WEBVTT - Risky Business Preview

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, Joe and Tracy here, we're stopping by to share

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<v Speaker 1>with you another podcast we think you'll really enjoy and

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<v Speaker 1>find to be insightful, sharp and entertaining from Pushkin Industries.

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<v Speaker 1>It's called Risky Business and it's hosted by our friends

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<v Speaker 1>Nate Silver and Maria Kanakova.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, you might remember Nate and Maria from when they

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<v Speaker 2>joined us last year to talk about political prediction markets.

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<v Speaker 2>We were talking about how they work, how accurate they

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<v Speaker 2>actually are, and what they can tell us about election

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<v Speaker 2>campaigns and their outcomes.

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<v Speaker 1>Or you might be familiar with their work. Nate's the

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<v Speaker 1>founder of five thirty eight and the Steam journalist and

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<v Speaker 1>a political analyst. Maria has a PhD in psychology and

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<v Speaker 1>is a New York Times bestselling author. And they're both

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<v Speaker 1>high stakes poker players, so they know a thing or

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<v Speaker 1>two about taking risks, making bets, and calling out bluff.

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<v Speaker 2>On Risky Business, they look at how decisions are made

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<v Speaker 2>and they break down the odds, incentives and risks behind

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<v Speaker 2>the headlines to understand who's making moves and why. So

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<v Speaker 2>they look at everything from politics to sports, to personal decisions,

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<v Speaker 2>AI high electoral races, and of course reality TV.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy this preview of risky Business and if you like it,

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<v Speaker 1>fun Risky Business wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes

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<v Speaker 1>released twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturday.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey everyone, I'm Maria Kondakova, I'm Nate Silver, and this

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<v Speaker 3>is I'm Maria Kannakova.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm Nate Silver, and this is Risky Business, a show

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<v Speaker 4>about making good decisions.

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<v Speaker 3>We did it. We're so good, We're so smart. This

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<v Speaker 3>podcast is going to be amazing. So Nate, I'm really

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<v Speaker 3>excited to be hosting this show with you because you're

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<v Speaker 3>a statistician. You're someone who comes at the world from

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<v Speaker 3>a very rigorous, logical, mathematical perspective, and I think that

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<v Speaker 3>this is just such a beautiful perspective to look at

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<v Speaker 3>risk and risky decision making.

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<v Speaker 4>And Maria, I'm excited to be hosting with you. I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>we're great friends, but you're also a PhD in psychology,

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<v Speaker 4>You've written multiple best selling books, you have worked for

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<v Speaker 4>The New Yorker. You're a little bit more even keel

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<v Speaker 4>than I am, too, which sometimes is a great influence

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<v Speaker 4>on me.

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<v Speaker 3>Plus, obviously we're both poker players, and we've both won

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<v Speaker 3>and as you always point out lost, Yeah, hundreds of

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<v Speaker 3>thousands of dollars in the world of poker tournaments. And

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<v Speaker 3>so that's a lens that we're going to be using

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<v Speaker 3>to approach this entire show. Because poker isn't just about

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<v Speaker 3>playing cards, it's about making good decisions. It's about a

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<v Speaker 3>framework for thinking about the world and in risky business.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what we're going to be doing. We're going to

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<v Speaker 3>be helping our listeners understand decision making using this framework.

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<v Speaker 3>So what exactly are we going to be talking about. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>obviously we're going to be talking about poker and the

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<v Speaker 3>world of gambling.

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<v Speaker 4>We'll be talking about politics and the news as well. Look,

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<v Speaker 4>we'll talk about the probabilities there as well as tactics

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<v Speaker 4>and strategy around politics and current events. How do things

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<v Speaker 4>like expected value or game theory affect decisions that affect

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<v Speaker 4>all of our lives.

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<v Speaker 3>And obviously we'll also be talking about kind of the

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<v Speaker 3>more personal elements of psychology, philosophy and the decisions that

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<v Speaker 3>we make in our daily lives that don't have anything

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<v Speaker 3>to do with the news but have everything to do

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<v Speaker 3>with living well.

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<v Speaker 4>The show is a co production of Pushkin Industries and

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<v Speaker 4>iHeartMedia and it's available wherever you want to listen.