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Risky Business Preview

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4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Here’s a preview of another podcast we enjoy, Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria
Konnikova. Risky Business is a weekly podcast about making better decisions. Hosted by
journalist and psychologist Maria Konnikova and data analyst and election forecaster Nate
Silver, who both happen to be accomplished high-stakes poker players, the show explores how
we navigate uncertainty in politics, poker, and everyday life. From unpacking AI hype to diving
deep into election forecasting to discussing trust on reality TV, they break down the odds behind
the headlines. Because every choice is a bet. New episodes drop on Wednesdays and Fridays
—listen to Risky Business wherever you get podcasts.

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0:00.0

Hey, Joe and Tracy here. We're stopping by to share with you another podcast we think you'll really enjoy and find to be insightful, sharp, and entertaining. From Pushkin Industries, it's called Risky Business, and it's hosted by our friends Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova. Right. You might remember Nate and Maria from when they joined us last year to talk about political prediction markets. We were talking about how they work, how accurate they actually are, and what they can tell us about election campaigns and their outcomes.

0:28.1

Or you might be familiar with their work.

0:30.0

Nate's the founder of 538 and the esteemed journalist and a political analyst.

0:34.4

Maria has a PhD in psychology and is a New York Times bestselling author,

0:38.5

and they're both high-stakes poker players, so they know a thing or two about taking risks,

0:42.3

making bets, and calling out bluff. On risky business, they look at how decisions are made,

0:47.6

and they break down the odds, incentives, and risks behind the headlines to understand

0:52.4

who's making moves and why. So they look at everything

0:55.7

from politics to sports to personal decisions, AI hype, electoral races, and of course, reality TV.

1:03.8

Enjoy this preview of risky business. And if you like it, find risky business wherever

1:07.5

you get your podcasts. New episodes released twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturday.

1:18.9

Hey, everyone.

1:20.1

I'm Maria Konnikova.

1:21.4

I'm Nate Silver.

1:23.0

And this is...

1:23.6

And this is...

1:24.6

Wait, what?

1:31.0

I'm Maria Konekova.

1:32.7

I'm Nate Silver.

1:34.3

And this is risky business.

1:36.9

A show about making good decisions.

1:39.4

We did it.

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