Some More News: Polymarket, Kalshi, And The New Gambling Economy
Some More News
SomeMoreNews | PodcastOne
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Hi. Today we're looking at Polymarket, Kalshi, and other prediction markets – how they work, how easily they are gamed, and the (very obvious) dangers of having society bet on everything. Get the world's news at https://ground.news/SMN to compare coverage and see through biased coverage. Subscribe for 40% off unlimited access through our link.
Hosted by Cody Johnston
Executive Producer - Katy Stoll
Directed by Will Gordh
Written by David Christopher Bell and Amanda Scherker
Edited by Gregg Meller
Produced by Jonathan Harris
Post-Production Supervisor - John Conway
Researcher - Marco Siler-Gonzales
Graphics by Clint DeNisco
Head Writer - David Christopher Bell
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| 0:00.0 | Hello there, all my freaks, geeks, dweeps, plebs, misfits, and white-browed tits. |
| 0:07.0 | The bird, it's a bird, you can't bleep it, you can't bleep a bird. |
| 0:10.0 | Use your beak to like and subscribe to this video if you're able to. |
| 0:14.0 | Thank you so much. You get some seed. |
| 0:16.0 | And here's some news. |
| 0:18.0 | There sure is a lot of stuff and are a lot of things happening. |
| 0:23.6 | War, war crimes, crimes, climate disasters, regular disasters, |
| 0:27.6 | crime it disasters, pain, suffering, fear, murder, |
| 0:31.6 | sex, joy, the moon briefly. |
| 0:33.6 | More crimes, that new Mortal Kombat film. |
| 0:36.6 | And I think that is it for now. And honestly, |
| 0:40.5 | it's been like this for a while. Stuff. It happens a lot. And it used to be that there was |
| 0:47.4 | nothing we could do about it. But what if that changed? What if some hero or heroes looked at all the stuff that was happening and thought |
| 0:57.1 | Perhaps we could convince everyone to bet money on every single thing and event |
| 1:02.8 | Thus monetizing our entire waking world in order to drown all living things in the crushing ocean of capitalism |
| 1:10.0 | Neat idea someone should write a black mirror episode about that and not actually do it. |
| 1:14.6 | Oh wait, I'm so sorry. They did it already. |
| 1:17.6 | Shucks, humanity is doomed. Did you bet on how quickly I'd mentioned Black Mirror in this episode? |
| 1:23.6 | Congratulations if you bet I would do it before the title. Anyway, here's the title. |
| 1:28.3 | The prediction market is a terrifying scam. |
| 1:42.3 | Listen, I'm hip, I grumble. |
| 1:46.2 | Who hasn't been forced to do a pickleback shot |
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