
Win-Win with Liv Boeree
Don't hate the players, change the game! The Win-Win Podcast is an exploration of the games that drive our world. Created by poker champion Liv Boeree, it explores solutions to humanity's biggest issues through the lens of game theory. If you want to hear from some of the greatest thinkers on earth, and help defeat Moloch by turning lose-lose dilemmas into clear win-wins, this is the show for you.
Latest episodes

Nov 23, 2023 • 24min
#12 - Uma Valeti: Cultivated Meat and Food Sustainability
In this special Win-Win Podcast episode, Liv chats to Uma Valeti, founder and CEO of Upside Foods, about the meat industry and why cultivated meat may offer a solution to the growing environmental, health and ethical issues posed by current meat production methods.

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Oct 27, 2023 • 1h 25min
#11 - Jamie Wheal: Tackling the Meaning Crisis
Jamie Wheal, writer and thinker, discusses topics such as flow states, the meaning crisis, win-win games, AI concerns, protecting oneself from cynicism, and fostering community. They also explore influential books and the concept of a cosmological game.

Oct 12, 2023 • 1h 24min
#10 - Frank Lantz: The Beauty of Games
In this episode I speak with award-winning game designer Frank Lantz about the beauty of games and what we can learn from them. It goes without saying that games are an integral part of life and our personal development, but what is it that draws us to playing? And what role does playing games serve in society at large?

Sep 29, 2023 • 1h 21min
#9 - Haralabos Voulgaris: Being the Best at Sports Betting
World-renowned sports bettor Haralabos Voulgaris shares his analytical approach to gambling, his work with the Dallas Mavericks, and his ambitious endeavor of buying a Spanish football team. Topics include finding edges in betting, building data-driven models, ethics in gambling, addiction to pressure, passion in sports, AI in sports, and advice for younger self.

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Sep 13, 2023 • 1h 25min
#8 - Simon Sinek: Competition, Business and the Infinite Mindset
Simon Sinek, legendary thinker and speaker, discusses the nature of competition in business, the infinite mindset, short-term goals, enemies, Moloch Traps, being a better speaker, the need for optimism, and more.

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Aug 23, 2023 • 1h 12min
#7 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt: AI and The Film Industry
Joseph Gordon-Levitt discusses the impact of AI on the film industry, including compensation for creators and the future of digital actors. He also shares his thoughts on competition, collaboration, and the challenges of compensating contributors in the film industry.

Aug 9, 2023 • 1h 28min
#6 - Cate Hall: Poker, Pandemics, Overcoming Addiction, and Meeting God
What is it like to be an atheist who suddenly meets God? What is wrong with the current US’s legal system? How can poker make us think more clearly about existential risk? These are just a couple of the many topics I cover with former lawyer-turned-pokerpro-turned-biotech CEO Cate Hall.

Jul 27, 2023 • 1h 28min
#5 - Isabelle Boemeke: The Cut-Throat Worlds of Modelling and Activism
In this fifth episode of the Win-Win Podcast, I sit down with my good friend Isabelle Boemeke to discuss how competition manifests in the worlds of modelling and activism.

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Jul 6, 2023 • 1h 48min
#4 - Jordan Hall: Building a better civilization
A philosophical and technical dive with Ttchnologist and systems thinker Jordan Hall into the anthropological drivers of competition, complexity, power structures, and the role of AI in shaping a post-competitive, ”Game B” future.

Jun 19, 2023 • 1h 49min
#3 - Carl Robichaud: Solving the Nuclear Dilemma
Carl Robichaud, one of the world’s leading experts on nuclear security, discusses the current risk landscape of nuclear weapons, including the Russia-Ukraine conflict and China-Taiwan tensions. He also explores historical moments of potential nuclear war such as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Other topics include the development and power of nuclear weapons, citizen investigations into nuclear weapons, the concept of Molok and the nuclear dilemma, the potential use of blockchain technology in nuclear arms control, and challenges in global problem solving.