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This Year’s World Series Of Poker Is Different
Season 1 Episode 58
Nate and Maria are back in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker 2025. They discuss a key rule change that will have a major effect on their strate…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
An Elon Musk Report Card
Season 1 Episode 57
Elon Musk has left the Trump administration. Nate and Maria talk about his brief but influential tenure, and discuss why overconfidence is a particul…
7 months ago
Why ChatGPT Sucks at Poker
Season 1 Episode 56
ChatGPT is amazing at many things…but it can’t seem to figure out poker. Nate and Maria explain why, and talk about the implications for artificial g…
7 months, 1 week ago
Motivated Reasoning in the Biden Campaign, Silicon Valley, and Beyond
Season 1 Episode 55
We tend to use logic to reach conclusions that agree with our biases. Psychologists call this motivated reasoning. Today, Nate and Maria talk about m…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
What Should Colleges Do about ChatGPT?
Season 1 Episode 54
Nate and Maria revisit their conclave predictions, and discuss Maria’s recent win in Monte Carlo. Then the talk about college students’ rampant use o…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Life After Poker (with Vanessa Selbst)
Season 1 Episode 53
Nate and Maria interview former professional poker player Vanessa Selbst—the only woman ever to reach the number one ranking on the Global Poker Inde…
8 months ago
The Conclave, Sinners, and Negotiation Tips
Season 1 Episode 52
The next pope will be chosen through a ritualized process involving secret ballots, smoke signals, and a lock-in at the Sistine Chapel. Nate and Mari…
8 months, 1 week ago
The Right (And Wrong) Ways to Fight Trump
Season 1 Episode 51
This week, Nate and Maria talk about the Trump administration’s deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia without due process. The stakes are high–but immi…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
China’s Race to Dominate: Listen to Global Tech Wars
Season 1
Here’s a preview of a new audiobook, Global Tech Wars: China’s Race to Dominate. For decades, China’s economic rise has been symbolized by its unstop…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Will AI Radically Change the World by 2027?
Season 1 Episode 50
This week, Nate and Maria discuss AI 2027, a new report from the AI Futures Project that lays out some pretty doom-y scenarios for our near-term AI f…
8 months, 3 weeks ago