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Betting on Reality with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour: ACCESS

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Vox Media Podcast Network

News Commentary, Tech News, News, Technology

4.29.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This week, Alex and Ellis talk about the rise of storytelling in tech and why X is now openly pleading for its haters to come back. Then they sit down with Tarek Mansour, co-founder and CEO of Kalshi, to discuss insider trading, his rivalry with Polymarket, regulatory chaos, sports betting, and why prediction markets are having a real moment. Listen to more from ACCESS here. ACCESS is produced in partnership with the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hi, everyone. This is Pivot from New York Magazine and the Box Media Podcast Network, and I'm

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Kara Swisher. We're off for the holiday today, but we have something good for you, an episode of

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Access with Alex Heath and Ellis Hamburger. In this episode, Alex and Ellis talk about the rise

1:57.2

of storytelling in tech and YX is now openly pleading for its haters to come back.

2:01.7

As if. Then they sit down with Tarek Mansour, co-founder and CEO of Kalshi,

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