
Game Theory
Speakeasy conversation about strategy, competition, economics, history, and policy from two non-experts.
The episodes include some actual economic Game Theory such as the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Traveler's Dilemma, and the Public Good game. Episodes also include conversations on dilemmas in TV/Movies, sports, and board/card games, as well as the history of military, intelligence (spies), politics, and economics.
The objective is simply to think critically about how people make strategic choices regarding the world around them and most importantly, about the people around them.
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Oct 4, 2022 • 1h 2min
The 2022 Cheating Epidemic: Chess, Poker, Fishing Make Headlines With (Alleged) Cheating Scandals
Neither Host (Nick/Chris) purport to be experts in any of the matters discussed nor do they accuse any party of specific crimes or dishonesty beyond what's been publicly reported and suggested on open-sourced, third-party platforms.
In this episode, Nick & Chris break down the scandals rocking Chess, Poker, and Fishing in 2022 and dive into why the (alleged) cheaters got caught.
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Googliographyc: TBD

Sep 25, 2022 • 49min
Pumpkin, Spice, and Monetizing Fall: Why PSLs Taste Different This Year, Pumpkin Beer Review, Leaf Peeping, and the Fall Top 3
In this episode, the guys talk about how great fall is and how it has turned into a monetary mess. This episode is a bit more free-flowing and includes a 1 v 1 draft of the best three things about fall.
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Googliography
Why Pumpkin Spice Lattes Taste Worse This Year: https://www.newsweek.com/why-starbucks-pumpkin-spice-tastes-different-1739510
History of the Pumpkin Ale: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/633227/history-of-pumpkin-beer
Pumpkin Ale Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin_ale
Economics of Foliage in North Carolina: https://biology.appstate.edu/fall-colors/economics-fall-foliage-tourism-north-carolina
Stephen Fry at the Iron Bowl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4tTgPYuavk
VooDoo Ranger Atomic Pumpkin: https://www.newbelgium.com/beer/voodoo-ranger-atomic-pumpkin/

Sep 14, 2022 • 43min
Monarchy & The State of Nature: Remembering England's Queen Elizabeth II; Modern Monarchies; Game Theory of Why Monarchies Work
In this episode, Nick & Chris remember the Queen of England, Elizabeth II of the House Windsor. They also investigate modern-day monarchies and examine the state of nature and why consolidating power is important and something that subjects and citizens can buy into.
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Googliography:
http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/44475
https://www.royal.uk/role-monarchy#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20these%20State,the%20ideal%20of%20voluntary%20service
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/utilitas/article/why-hobbes-state-of-nature-is-best-modeled-by-an-assurance-game/F01F676B16DE015BA13A2E9CA4DC8334
Assurance Game: https://www.gametheory.net/dictionary/Games/AssuranceGame.html

Aug 18, 2022 • 1h 37min
State of Sports in America; How the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and NCAA Football Are Doing in 2022
In this episode, Nick and Chris go league by league discussing the big problems and debates with America's most popular sports and welcome one of Chris' college buddies.
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Jul 29, 2022 • 57min
Elizabeth Holmes: Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss - Ranking The Theranos Founder in our Fraudster Files
In this episode, Nick and Chris rank their second fraudster: Elizabeth Holmes. What's your ranking? Holmes is one of the best and scariest fraudsters that we know about.
On a scale of 1-10, rank her based on:
1) Smart
2) Successful
3) Lucky
4) Evil
5) Lying/Storyteller
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Googliography --
Bad Blood Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Blood:_Secrets_and_Lies_in_a_Silicon_Valley_Startup
The Dropout (Elizabeth Holmes Serialized Podcast): https://abcaudio.com/podcasts/the-dropout/
Lean-In Feminism and Elizabeth Holmes: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-documentary-lean-in-feminism-811433/
Background on Lean-in feminism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_In
HBO Documentary: The Founder: https://www.hbo.com/movies/the-inventor

Jul 22, 2022 • 45min
How Do you See Yourself? Society, Filters, AI, and Influencers and Their Impact on Your Self-Image
In this episode, Nick and Chris dive into the famous Dove Sketch Commercial and a famous TikTok myth about how your self-image can impact your mental and physiological health.
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Googliography --
Dove Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpaOjMXyJGk
Dove Extended Commerical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=litXW91UauE
Scar Experiment Prezi: https://prezi.com/ft02tkczyzsa/the-scar-experiment/
Paper (Scar Perception: A Comparison of African American and White Self-identified Patients
https://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2022/05000/Scar_Perception__A_Comparison_of_African_American.53.aspx

Jul 14, 2022 • 51min
BONUS ROUND: Show Update; Chess Cast III - World Open in Philly, Candidates, and NFL Blitz Tournament
In this BONUS episode of Game Theory, Nick & Chris update everyone on the coming future of Game Theory and chit-chat about the World Open Chess Tournament in Philly and other chess-related topics.
Typical episodes of Game Theory will resume in episode 36.
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Jul 1, 2022 • 38min
Bobby Bonilla, Bernie Madoff, and Why the Mets are Idiots with Christian Borkey of the Busted Business Bureau Podcast
In this episode, Nick and Chris welcome Christian Borkey of the Busted Business Bureau Podcast to talk about why in the hell the Mets pay a retired baseball player $1.19 million per year and will continue to do so for another 15 years.
Find BBB and Christian:
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Insta: https://www.instagram.com/bustedbizbureau/
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Jun 24, 2022 • 51min
Hunt a Deer to Together: The Stag Hunt Problem
In this episode, the boys review an element of Game Theory that seems to fly in the face of every basic tenant of self-interest.
The Stag Hunt, established by French Philosopher Jean-Jacque Rousseau in his work "Discourse on Inequality," creates a game wherein two hunters can either work together to secure a large shared bounty or work separately for a significantly smaller bounty.
This contradicts the Prisoner's Dilemma in which self-interest is always the rational move. In the Stag Hunt, collaboration is the way to go.
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Stag Hunt:
Source of basic description and David Hume examples:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_hunt#Examples_of_the_stag_hunt
More info on Hume: https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Hume
Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality: http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~bskyrms/bio/papers/StagHunt.pdf
More info on Rousseau: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Jacques-Rousseau
Cornell blog: https://blogs.cornell.edu/info2040/2015/09/21/the-stag-hunt-theory-and-the-formation-social-contracts/
Carousel feeding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carousel_feeding

Jun 15, 2022 • 50min
WTF #3: Speech and Debate: Origins, Events, Strategy, and Culture of America's Debaters
Before heading to Louisville for the 2022 Speech and Debate Nationals, Chirs took a moment to talk to all of use about speech and debate including misconceptions, culture, and history.
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