Once again, we find ourselves in an unprecedented election. And with all that's happening in the lead up to the big day, a weekly podcast just won't cut it. Get a better grasp of where we stand as a nation every weekday on the NPR Politics Podcast. Here are season reporters dig into the issues that are shaping voters' decisions and understand how the latest updates play into the bigger picture.

Listen to the NPR Politics Podcast on the IHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast.

Hello and welcome.

It's our number three, our number three of the podcast, a toss-up question, a worse wager, a worse sports wager.

Story out that someone bet thousands of dollars this week on the Washington Wizards to win

the NBA championship.

They have one of the worst records in the NBA at the moment, or people betting the Mets

to win the World Series,

the New York Metropolitan's, a trendy pick by trendy people,

to take the 2021 fall classic.

We debate amongst ourselves what is the worst wager.

That and more coming your way right now in our number three.

Flushing money down the toilet.

Welcome in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mather show.

We are in the air everywhere as we babble coast to coast, border to border and beyond on the vast and powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from deep inside the magic radio box.

I think this hour comes from inside the sports book, not far from where you are.

We have some quirky developments in the gambling world, and I want to talk about a combined

two stories.

We're going to fuse together a couple of gambling stories, which I found interesting.

One of them is from the NBA world, the other for Major League Baseball.

And if you pay attention to the sports wagering news, you might have heard about one

or both of these stories, but maybe not.

...