About this episode

Mosheh interviews Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour about the rise of prediction markets and their implications for society.

Prediction markets have quickly become a major force shaping conversations around elections, sports, the economy, and breaking news. But as platforms like Kalshi grow in popularity, so do questions about whether they are fundamentally different from gambling — and whether they should exist at all. In this episode, Mosheh sits down with Kalshi co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour for an in-depth conversation about the company's rapid rise and the controversy surrounding it. Kalshi is a sponsor of Mo News, but this interview was conducted independently, with no advance review of questions and no topics off limits. Mosheh presses him on some of the toughest questions submitted by the Mo News audience, including concerns about gambling addiction, market manipulation, insider trading, youth participation, and whether prediction markets provide real value to society. The conversation explores the origins of Kalshi, how prediction markets work, and why Mansour believes they can be a powerful tool for forecasting the future. We also talk about how the platform works with law enforcement and regulators. They also discuss the growing legal and political battles over prediction markets, why…

People in this episode

Host: Mosheh

Guest: Tarek Mansour

Topics covered

• prediction markets
• gambling
• politics
• economy
• controversy
• Kalshi
• forecasting

Sponsors

Kalshi

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kalshi, Mo News

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