What Happens in Vegas...Might Tell Us Something About the US Economy
With traffic down, gambling down, and hotel prices bottoming out, everyone’s asking: Is Las Vegas dead? Nate and Maria wade into the frenzy with some real data and hard-won experience. They talk about...
5 Nov 202543min
What to Make of the NBA Sports Betting Scandal
Last week, two federal indictments and several high-profile arrests rocked the NBA. One indictment accused defendants of sharing insider information to cheat at sports betting, and the other accused o...
1 Nov 202541min
Lessons From A Marathoner (with Nicholas Thompson)
Nate and Maria sit down with the elite amateur runner Nicholas Thompson (who also happens to be the CEO of The Atlantic) to talk about his new book The Running Ground. They discuss what running can te...
29 Okt 202542min
The Canal, the Crash and the Ketamine - Pushkin's Reign of Error
We have a special episode for you today! In which Nate and Maria join their fellow Pushkin hosts to dive deep into the art of failure. Tim Harford of Cautionary Tales shares stories of minor mistakes ...
25 Okt 202544min
What Democrats Should Take from No Kings Protests
Over the weekend, some 5 million people across the United States marched in ‘No Kings’ protests. Nate and Maria sit down to talk about why this matters, the psychology of protests, and how Democratic ...
22 Okt 202545min
What the Nobels Tell Us About the World Right Now
The 2025 Nobel Prizes have now been announced, and Maria convinces Nate to learn about the winners. They discuss the selection process, the economic award for research on “creative destruction,” and w...
18 Okt 202540min
Good Call/Bad Call: Bari Weiss as CBS’s New Editor-in-Chief
Last week, Paramount bought digital news site The Free Press for $150 million, and made one of its founders, Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS. Everyone has opinions on Weiss…and so do Nate a...
15 Okt 202538min
What Jane Goodall Teaches Us About Outsider Thought
Pioneering primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall died last week at 91. Nate and Maria talk about Jane’s career path and how her research influenced the fields of both animal and human cognitio...
11 Okt 202541min
