Risky Business
Risky Business is a weekly podcast about making better decisions. Co-Hosts Maria Konnikova and Nate Silver, the pokey-playing duo, brings mainstream audiences a look at life through the eyes of a poker player. They explore smart decision-making, whether you’re betting big in poker or navigating the tricky waters of politics and daily life.
ABOUT THE PODCAST
The Risky Business offers an analytical framework to everything—from politics to poker to personal decisions.
With backgrounds in statistics, psychology, and poker, the hosts offer advice on navigating risks in poker, politics, and daily life.
Risky Business is a co-production of iHeartMedia and Pushkin Industries.
ABOUT THE HOSTS
Maria Konnikova is a PokerStars Team Pro.
He 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.
Nate Silver is a leading statistician and data journalist. He is one of the country's leading election forecasters.
He is best known as the Founder and former Editor-in-Chief of FiveThirtyEight, an award-winning political website.
He has over $800,000 in lifetime poker tournament winnings and his forthcoming book, On the Edge, is about gambling and risk.