I'm Maria Konnikova. And I'm Nate Silver. And our new podcast, Risky Business, is a show about making better decisions. We're both journalists who moonlight as poker players. And that's the lens we're going to use to approach this entire show. We're going to be discussing everything from high-stakes poker to personal questions. Like whether I should call a plumber or fix my shower myself. And of course,

we'll be talking about the election too. Listen on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever

you listen to podcasts. You did it. We all did it. Everyone sprinted through the finish line and we delivered the most epic ass

kicking to Kamala the Democrats have seen since the 1980s all over the country, left coast to

right coast, east coast to west coast, north to south, we are the champions.

Donald Trump did it.

He survived an assassination attempt, two of them.

He survived bankruptcy attempts.

He survived attempts to imprison him for the rest of his life and last night

culminated the greatest

American political comeback, I believe,

in history.

Just an incredible night.

One of the best nights of my life.

The only thing that could have made it better was some potassium cream brule.

But, Buck, I am still walking on air.

Now, to be fair to everybody, if I get even more names wrong or pronounce things wrong,

or my grammar's even off, I have only slept for two and a half hours.

I was out on Broadway last night

in Nashville at Kid Rocks for the close for the conclusion. Let me play that for everybody.

Fox News, we were all chanting, just go ahead and call Alaska because it was at 267. The decision

was made. Fox News made the first call

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