Dec 31, 2023
Four Part Episode
Part 1: Dr. Lucas (@talophex) on Biden's health
Part 2: The Winner (@thewinner2875) and Ben Freeman (@benwfreeman1) on whether Vivek Ramaswamy is worth buying as a hedge
Part 3: Mick Bransfield (@mickbransfield) on the CFTC's decision to reject Kalshi's election contracts
Part 4: Nathan Young (@nathanpyoung) on religion and prediction markets
Timestamps
5:08: Interview with Lucas begins
6:39: Biden's cognitive decline
8:49: Biden's physical health
10:20: Biden's aneurysms
13:18: Biden's capacity to run a presidential campaign
15:19: Biden's risk of vaccine injury
18:45: How to trade on Biden's health on Polymarket
20:46: Segment on Ramaswamy begins
21:46: Ben Freeman on fading the online candidate
23:22: Segment on CFTC's Kalshi decision begins
24:21: Commissioner Mersinger's dissent
25:54: State laws on political betting
27:40: Why the CFTC is not main the adversary of political betting
28:14: Legality of the Iowa Electronic Markets
29:47: Kalshi's tried to find a shortcut
30:50: Excerpt of Chougule's speech on black markets
32:22: Segment with Nathan Young begins
32:37: How religion made Young interested in prediction markets
33:10: Forecasters were ahead of the curve on COVID
34:02: Similarities between the rationality and religious communities
38:05: Religious attitudes toward gambling in the UK
40:56: America's religious opposition to political betting
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