Game Theory
EN248 episodes
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Speakeasy conversation about strategy, competition, economics, history, and policy from two non-experts. The episodes include some actual economic Game Theory such as the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Traveler's Dilemma, and the Public Good game. Episodes also include conversations on dilemmas in TV/Movies, sports, and board/card games, as well as the history of military, intelligence (spies), politics, and economics.The objective is simply to think critically about how people make strategic choices r...
Episodes (248)
Why Video Games Create In-Game Purchases: Zelda, Freemium Games, and the Billion...
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May 16, 20231:02:46pending
Writer's Guild of America on Strike; Skilled Labor vs Non-Skilled Labor; & What'...
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May 9, 202356:33pending
"Just One More" Paradox - Why You Shouldn't Take the Bet Also, Pittsburgh Pottie...
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May 2, 202359:30pending
The Centipede Game: How Co-opetition and Cooperation Clash & How It Cured a Plag...
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Apr 25, 202355:16pending
Optimal Poker: How to Play, Basic Strategies & the Debates Going on in Texas Hol...
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Apr 18, 202359:29pending
How the Government Guilts You Into Paying Taxes: The Inspector Game
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Apr 11, 202355:54pending
TikTok Brinksmanship: Banning the App, Learning China, and Understanding Big Tec...
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Apr 4, 202355:05pending
Moore's Law: How Physical Space is Ending Computer Advancement; Love is Blind Re...
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Mar 28, 202356:59pending
Perverse Incentives, Unintended Consequences, and How You Make Policy: The Cobra...
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Mar 21, 202352:12pending
Silicon Valley Bank Collapse: Bank Runs, Diamond-Dybvig, and Getting Your Money...
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Mar 14, 20231:00:02pending
Ukraine, Putin & the US: The Prisoner's Dilemma of War
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Mar 8, 202349:05pending
How the Government Lies to Us: History, Uses, & Future of the Glomar Response
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Feb 28, 202357:04pending
Four-Day Work Week: Why It Works and Why It Doesn't
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Feb 21, 202356:18pending
Half-Life of Knowledge: How Science Moves, Knowledge Decays, and What We Know Im...
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Feb 14, 20231:02:56pending
Netflix's Password Sharing Decision and How It Could Be Its Undoing; Customer Re...
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Feb 8, 20231:05:21pending
The End of Disruption (not really); Ig Nobel Prizes, Patient Rights, Consolidati...
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Jan 31, 202351:45pending
Dunning-Kruger Effect: We're the Best Podcasters in the World; Dr. Death; Movie...
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Jan 24, 202351:13pending
Dating Game II: Sister Wives, Love is Blind, The Bachelor/Bachelorette, 90-Day F...
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Jan 17, 20231:00:54pending
Southwest Airlines' Utter Meltdown and Our Best and Worst Parts of Airports
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Jan 10, 202347:28pending
George Washington's Biggest Battlefield Decision
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Jan 3, 202359:38pending
Game Theory First Annual Holiday Party!!!; Hanukkah History; Teach Your Kids Dre...
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Dec 20, 202256:57pending
Hosting the Olympcs & World Cup: Business, Distraction, and Sportwashing
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Dec 13, 202254:57pending
Rankings are Dumb: Why Michelin Stars are Double-Edged Sword and You Shouldn't B...
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Dec 6, 202251:00pending
EMERGENCY THROWBACK: FTX, BlockFi Put Cypto on Life Support: How a Game Theory C...
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Nov 29, 202253:02pending
THROWBACK: Black Friday Prisoner's Dilemma - How a clever idea screwed everyone...
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Nov 22, 202241:07pending
Mathisode - Simpsons Paradox: What You Need to Know About Correlation vs Causati...
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Nov 15, 202242:26pending
Elon Gets the Bird: What Elon Musk's Twitter Take Over and What's the Point of V...
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Nov 8, 202253:53pending
AirBNB Bust: How Cities are Cracking Down, Demand is Falling Off a Cliff, and Us...
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Nov 1, 202256:00pending
Fraudster III: How One Wine Genius Named Rudy Made Rich Wine Collectors His Pats...
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Oct 25, 202257:15pending
Your Friends Are, In Fact, More Popular Than You - The Friendship Paradox
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Oct 18, 202243:10pending
The 2022 Cheating Epidemic: Chess, Poker, Fishing Make Headlines With (Alleged)...
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Oct 4, 20221:02:10pending
Pumpkin, Spice, and Monetizing Fall: Why PSLs Taste Different This Year, Pumpkin...
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Sep 25, 202249:13pending
Monarchy & The State of Nature: Remembering England's Queen Elizabeth II; Modern...
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Sep 14, 202243:16pending
State of Sports in America; How the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and NCAA Football Are Do...
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Aug 18, 20221:36:30pending
Elizabeth Holmes: Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss - Ranking The Theranos Founder in...
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Jul 29, 202256:51pending
How Do you See Yourself? Society, Filters, AI, and Influencers and Their Impact...
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Jul 22, 202244:42pending
BONUS ROUND: Show Update; Chess Cast III - World Open in Philly, Candidates, and...
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Jul 14, 202251:21pending
Bobby Bonilla, Bernie Madoff, and Why the Mets are Idiots with Christian Borkey...
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Jul 1, 202237:55pending
Hunt a Deer to Together: The Stag Hunt Problem
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Jun 24, 202250:48pending
WTF #3: Speech and Debate: Origins, Events, Strategy, and Culture of America's D...
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Jun 15, 202250:19pending
The Bystander Effect: Cases, Facts, and Myths About Bystanders Watching Crimes a...
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Jun 1, 202249:48pending
Proximity Paradox: Why Businesses Open Across the Street; Supporting Local Busin...
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May 20, 202247:36pending
The Traffic Game: Phantom Traffic Jams; Google Maps Conundrum; Paradoxical Solut...
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May 11, 202252:49pending
Fraudster Files: Billy McFarland, Fyre Fest, and Fallout
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Apr 28, 202247:28pending
The Monty Hall Problem And The Fights It Starts
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Apr 19, 202248:02pending
Chicago Black Sox - Truth, Myth, Game Theory, and Legend of the 1919 Team that L...
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Apr 6, 202254:41pending
War in Ukraine: The Stability / Instability Paradox and The Future of Nuclear Wa...
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Mar 10, 202248:00pending
The Dating Game - How the Apps have Changed Everything and How to Swipe
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Feb 8, 202244:05pending
WTF #2: Cryptocurrency, NFTs, Centralized Banking
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Jan 27, 202242:23pending
The Vaccination Game: vaccines, fear, eradication, and freedom
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Jan 19, 202248:26pending