What can we learn from the people who put everything on the line? Nate Silver talked to just about every type of gambler – poker players, venture capitalists, crypto traders – to find out. 

Silver joins Ricky Mulvey for a conversation about expected value, Presidential polling, and risk. They also discuss: 

• Why Adam Neumann keeps getting money.
• DraftKings’s surcharge for winning bets.
• Why bubbles are bigger in meme-ified worlds.

Companies mentioned: DKNG, MSFT 

Host: Ricky Mulvey

Guest: Nate Silver

Producer: Mary Long

Engineer: Dez Jones, Chace Pryzlepa

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