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Lifetime Terms, Lifetime Bans, and the Return of Roaring Kitty from Risky Business
Season 1
This week on Risky Business, Nate and Maria discuss whether Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor should retire, the perils of sports betting among p…
2 years, 3 months ago
When the Robots Take Over… from Cautionary Tales
Season 1 Episode 99
Tim Harford is joined by Jacob Goldstein to answer your questions. Does winning the lottery make you unhappy? Is Bitcoin bad for the economy? When do…
2 years, 3 months ago
Making Palm Oil Without Palm Trees
Season 1 Episode 98
Palm oil is a cheap and remarkably versatile vegetable oil. It’s in a ton of products, from food to cosmetics, detergent, and chewing gum. But produc…
2 years, 4 months ago
Fighting Cancer with CRISPR
Season 1 Episode 97
Last year, the FDA approved a treatment for sickle cell disease using a revolutionary new gene editing technology called CRISPR. Rachel Haurwitz cond…
2 years, 4 months ago
How to Start 40 Companies (and Counting)
Season 1 Episode 96
Robert Langer has co-founded dozens of companies, holds over a thousand patents, and is a pioneering figure in drug delivery and tissue engineering. …
2 years, 4 months ago
The Cutting Edge of Energy Storage: Rust
Season 1 Episode 95
Mateo Jaramillo is the co-founder and CEO of Form Energy. Mateo’s problem is this: How do you build batteries that can provide affordable backup powe…
2 years, 4 months ago
The First Pig to Human Kidney Transplant
Season 1 Episode 94
This March, doctors successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a person for the first time in history. Mike Curtis is the CEO of eGenesis, the compa…
2 years, 5 months ago
Designing a Drone That Delivers
Season 1 Episode 93
Imagine picking up your phone and ordering something from Walmart. Fifteen minutes later, a drone hovers over your yard, lowers your order down to yo…
2 years, 5 months ago
How Do Psychedelics Work?
Season 1 Episode 92
Psychedelics are going mainstream. The FDA has approved ketamine for certain patients with depression, and may soon approve MDMA for post-traumatic s…
2 years, 5 months ago
Building Boundary-Breaking Balloons
Season 1 Episode 91
Kai Marshland is the co-founder and chief product officer at WindBorne Systems. Kai's problem is this: How do you build weather balloons that can sta…
2 years, 5 months ago