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Predicting the News
Micah Loewinger speaks with Judd Legum , the author of the accountability newsletter Popular Information, about the explosive rise of prediction markets, and the implications of their growing partnerships with newsrooms....
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Predicting the News is an episode from On the Media by WNYC Studios. Micah Loewinger speaks with Judd Legum , the author of the accountability newsletter Popular Information, about the explosive rise of prediction markets, and the implicati...
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Published Apr 22, 2026, 00:17:48 long, audio available.
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