Nate Silver on the edge

Nate Silver

is a man of many talents. He’s been a baseball analyst, a blogger, a legendary election forecaster and founder of 538. He’s worked in media at the Times, ABC, and ESPN. He’s a professional poker player, and a bestselling author. I was introduced to his work through his book The Signal and the Noise, and he has a new book coming out in August called On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything. He has a wildly successful Substack, which you should subscribe to now.

I spoke to Nate with the whole Substack team listening in from our San Francisco headquarters, where we’ve gathered for the week. He kindly answered questions from

Sophia Efthimiatou

,

Niall

Wingham,

Catherine Valentine

,

Jasmine Sun

,

Hamish McKenzie

, and

Helen Tobin

.

Thanks

Cara Best

for the music.

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This conversation was a thrill for me, and I think you will enjoy it too. Thanks for watching and let me know what you think in the comments!