Pod Paper Scissors

About Pod Paper Scissors

Pod Paper Scissors considers the glitches in our society due to the hidden games in everyday human interactions. Each week, hosts Ben Klemens and Liz Landau discuss a different topic relating to social interaction including markets, politics, trends, and other core facets of our society, in a causal conversation format with original songs and interviews with knowledgeable guests.

Publisher

Liz Landau and Ben Klemens

Category

science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Apr 2020

Latest episode

2 Sept 2021

Latest episodes

20 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Sept 2021

   The Centipede Made Me Do It

   When your interaction with another person has an end date, like moving out of a shared apartment, do you still do the dishes? In this episode we talk about repeated prisoner's dilemmas when and end is in sight, and how things fall apart.

2. 

   12 Jul 2021

   Who does the dishes?

   The real world is full of "repeated prisoners' dilemmas" in which we face the same situations over and over with the same people. In this episode we discuss the optimal solutions, going all the way back to a contest that required people to mail in computer code.

3. 

   2 Jun 2021

   Home Buyin' Blues

   Buying a house isn't as straightforward as offering a price. Contracts are malleable, and buyer and seller are also negotiating who will bear the risks. Learn how game theory underlies this process.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

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