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Risky Business is a weekly podcast about making better decisions. The hosts, Maria Konnikova and Nate Silver, are both journalists who moonlight as high-stakes poker players. On Risky Business, they bring their analytical framework to everything from politics to poker to personal decisions.

Maria has a PhD in psychology and is the author of several books including, most recently, The Biggest Bluff. While researching the book, she inadvertently became a professional poker player, with over $500,000 in tournament winnings. She is a PokerStars Team Pro.

Nate is the founder and former editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight, and one of the country’s leading election forecasters. He has over $800,000 in lifetime poker tournament winnings and his forthcoming book, On the Edge, is about gambling and risk.

Risky Business is a co-production of iHeart Media and Pushkin Industries.

The best segments and interviews from The Hugh Hewitt Show, condensed into one podcast.

You can also watch Hugh Hewitt on Salem News Channel

The largest school district in Texas lost its elected leaders in the summer of 2023. In their place – a state-appointed board along with a leader unafraid of creating upheaval and massive changes.

It's unusual for school districts to lose local control, especially on a scale this large. Suddenly, the Houston Independent School District with its nearly 180,000 students and 11,000 teachers didn't know what would happen next. But the reforms came quickly.

What led to the takeover and what's the impact of this whole-scale, test-based reform? We go back decades to understand how a history of high-stakes testing got us here. That pressure to perform trickles down to campus leaders and teachers, to students and their parents. The stakes mount as the takeover plays out and no school is left untouched.

The Takeover is a seasonal podcast about power and public education. The first season captures 18 months of on-the-ground, neighborhood-level reporting, enterprising investigative work, and deep context about education policy and history from a range of expert researchers.

After listening to the episodes, you can reach us at takeover@houstonpublicmedia.org, fill out a survey about what you like and don’t like at this link, or leave a voicemail for us at (713) 743-6712.

Explore critical U.S. challenges and uncover nonpartisan solutions for a better future!

A Bold Plan for America is a podcast dedicated to educating citizens about the most pressing issues we face, while urging our leaders to make decisions that serve the long-term interests of the United States.

In today’s landscape of misinformation, an informed citizenry is more important than ever. On this podcast, we break down America’s biggest challenges and present nonpartisan, fact-based solutions to address them.

Tune in to stay informed, and share to help educate America.

“A small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead

See A Bold Plan for America for citations: https://aboldplan.com/download/ABoldPlanforAmerica.pdf 

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Do people without housing have a constitutional right to rest?

The controlling court for nine Western states said yes, so now Oregon requires cities to set aside places to sleep.

We sent reporters across the state to see what it’s like to sleep in these sanctioned spaces.