The Riskies! 2025 Edition

About this episode

Nate and Maria award the best and worst decision-makers of 2025 in their second annual Riskies episode.

Nate and Maria give out their second annual awards for decision-making in 2025: Who made the best decision this year? Who made the worst? Who were 2025’s biggest nits and degens? And which host had the best poker year? For more from Nate and Maria, subscribe to their newsletters: The Leap  from Maria Konnikova Silver Bulletin  from Nate Silver  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Nate Silver, Maria Konnikova

Topics covered

• decision-making
• awards
• 2025
• poker
• best and worst decisions

Keywords

• Riskies
• decision-making
• awards
• 2025
• poker year

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