Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova
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<p>Risky Business is a weekly podcast about making better decisions. The hosts, Maria Konnikova and Nate Silver, are both journalists who moonlight as high-stakes poker players. On Risky Business, they bring their analytical framework to everything from politics to poker to personal decisions.</p> <p>Maria has a PhD in psychology and is the author of several books including, most recently, The Biggest Bluff. While researching the book, she inadvertently became a professional poker player, with over $500,000 in tournament winnings. She is a PokerStars Team Pro.</p> <p>Nate is the founder and former editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight, and one of the country’s leading election forecasters. He has over $800,000 in lifetime poker tournament winnings and his forthcoming book, On the Edge, is about gambling and risk.</p> <p>Risky Business is a co-production of iHeart Media and Pushkin Industries.</p>
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Recent Episodes
February 10, 2026
From The Kink Machine: The Hidden Business of Pleasure
Journalists Patricia Nilsson and Alex Barker investigate the hidden power structures within the adult entertainment industry, revealing the surprising influence of billionaires and tech companies in this interview episode with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova.
January 7, 2026
Nate and Maria’s 2026 Predictions
<p>In the final episode of Risky Business, Nate and Maria check in on the predictions they made back in January for 2025, and then talk about what they think might be in store in 2026.</p> <hr> <p>For more from Nate and Maria, subscribe to their newsletters:</p> <p><a href="https://mariakonnikova.substack.com/">The Leap</a> from Maria Konnikova</p> <p><a href="https://www.natesilver.net/">Silver Bulletin</a> from Nate Silver </p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
January 3, 2026
Best of Risky Business: Life After Poker (with Vanessa Selbst)
Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova interview Vanessa Selbst, a former professional poker player, about her transition into finance and the lessons learned from high-stakes poker.
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- What is Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova?
<p>Risky Business is a weekly podcast about making better decisions. The hosts, Maria Konnikova and Nate Silver, are both journalists who moonlight as high-stakes poker players. On Risky Business, they bring their analytical framework to everything from politics to poker to personal decisions.</p> <p>Maria has a PhD in psychology and is the author of several books including, most recently, The Biggest Bluff. While researching the book, she inadvertently became a professional poker player, with over $500,000 in tournament winnings. She is a PokerStars Team Pro.</p> <p>Nate is the founder and former editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight, and one of the country’s leading election forecasters. He has over $800,000 in lifetime poker tournament winnings and his forthcoming book, On the Edge, is about gambling and risk.</p> <p>Risky Business is a co-production of iHeart Media and Pushkin Industries.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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