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Pod Paper Scissors
Pod Paper Scissors considers the glitches in our society due to the hidden games in everyday human interactions. Each week, hosts Ben Klemens and Liz Landau discuss a different topic relatin...
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20 episodesWho does the dishes?
The real world is full of "repeated prisoners' dilemmas" in which we face the same situations over and over with the same people. In this ep...
Home Buyin' Blues
Buying a house isn't as straightforward as offering a price. Contracts are malleable and buyer and seller are also negotiating who will bear...
The Bidding Bug
We discuss a different kind of auction: the second price auction. It resolves many of the problems of the usual auctions, but the game is pl...
Pants on Sale
Sometimes winners feel like losers. In this episode we talk about auctions, including the concept of the winner's curse and Memorial Day sal...
I Want What You Want
Why does money have value? Why did every child want a Furby for one holiday season? On this episode, we explore how people's preferences are...
A Ticket to the Eiffel Tower
Journalist and author Elizabeth Becker is our guest as we contemplate how to use game theory to think about travel. <a href="https://podp...
It's Getting Crowded
In the Before Times (and in the Future Times), there were a lot of different kinds of travel experiences you could choose, and the ones you...
Why Should Anyone Be Nice?
After a musical interlude about data loss, we invite Kevin Zollman back to discuss evolutionary game theory and delve into the origins of al...
Sending Out a Signal
We all send signals to other people to present ourselves in certain ways -- the clothes we wear, the drinks we order, the concert seats we b...
Parenting Tips From Game Theory
Parents are having a tough time in the COVID-19 era. But you can use the tools of game theory to negotiate with your kids and work toward pe...
Mixed Feelings, Mixed Strategies
If it rains on your picnic but you knew there was a 10% chance of showers, should you regret your decision to eat outside? Let's explore wha...
A Beautiful Equilibrium
In this episode, we discuss the concept of a Nash Equilibrium by inventing dating apps that cater to people with different relationship goal...
Flirting: The Perils of Play
In this episode, we take the activity of flirting apart using the tools of game theory. What are the incentives? Should you keep your intent...
The Illusion of Play
What do we mean by "play" anyway? Historian Johan Huizinga wrote all about this in the 1930s. Let's take a look at his theory of play and ho...
Putting a Price on Pollution
Climate change is one of the most important issues of our time. Two solutions have been proposed to reduce emissions: taxes and a cap-and-tr...
The Tragedy of "The Tragedy of the Commons"
Do you remember the idea of the "tragedy of the commons" from school? You probably heard it in the context of people taking too many resourc...
Meet Dr Pigou
The Chicago school of economics, the carbon tax, and ticket takers who burn your entry fee right in front of you.
One shot at the Prisoner's Dilemma
What do Ulysses, unions, and The Wire have in common?
What do you mean, Game Theory?
Why did I have to worry about a toilet paper collapse during the coronavirus outbreak but not a bank collapse?
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