How playing poker helped Nate Silver handicap elections

Update: 2024-10-27

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Nate Silver, author of, "On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything," joins Chuck to talk about the world of "professional risk-takers" and how it informed his journey to founding the presidential election forecasting model FiveThirtyEight.

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How playing poker helped Nate Silver handicap elections

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How playing poker helped Nate Silver handicap elections