The Brandon Adams Podcast

Brad Delong is an economic historian at UC-Berkeley. A former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, he frequently writes about policy issues on Twitter as @delong, where he has over 80,000 followers, and on his popular blog Grasping Reality (https://braddelong.substack.com). He is the author of a new book, Slouching Towards Utopia, that has been widely lauded as the most important book in economic history in many years. Get full access to Brandon's...

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I started getting poker coaching from Cory about six months ago , and then became fascinated by his life story. In addition to studying poker intensively, he's a writer and former Chess Master, and he's keenly interested in rapid skill acquisition (a lifelong learner, he's now most interested in languages). Get full access to Brandon's Newsletter at brandonadams.substack.com/subscribe

This episode features an interview with Dan Cates. Known by his online moniker "jungleman", he's one of the biggest winners in the history of poker. In this interview, we dive deep into our respective poker matches with Phil Galfond, and he teases an ambitious match "lock the doors" match against Galfond that might (or might not) happen later this year. Dan previews his new social app (involving reputation in poker and other realms) and his recent charitable giving. Dan summarizes his...

Podcast 32 is an interview with Phil Galfond (@PhilGalfond), a top poker player in the world for nearly two decades and founder of training site www.runitonce.com. This interview - for hardcore poker fans only - is a detailed look at his recent heads ups poker challenges. Phil, who is currently undefeated in heads up PLO challenges, details the emotional rollercoaster of his first challenge, where he recovered from an impossible deficit to win with less than 100 hands remaining. We also...

In my third podcast with Barton Wang (@Barton_options), we discuss recent market events, the Archegos Capital saga, and Barton's new subscription newsletter, Liquidity Matters (a 2-3 times a week newsletter that elucidates Barton's long-held view that short-term monetary and fiscal policy changes are the primary driver of market action). Get full access to Brandon's Newsletter at brandonadams.substack.com/subscribe

This is a unique 3-way podcast with Nate Silver and Tom Dwan. We hit pretty much everything under the sun, including some fan favorites (betting markets, poker, cryptocurrencies, NFTs). Get full access to Brandon's Newsletter at brandonadams.substack.com/subscribe

Doug Polk is the top poker content creator (100 million+ views on Youtube) and a top poker player. The live streams of his recent 25,000 hand challenge against Daniel Negreanu was one of the most-watched pieces of poker content ever. In this interview, we discuss his ascent in poker and in poker content (first 30 min), the details of his match with Daniel Negreanu (second 30 min), and then his views on other high-profile poker challenges. Get full access to Brandon's Newsletter at...

In this pod, Jason Strasser gives his takes on the recent craziness in $GME stock. Jason (@strassa2) is the co-founder and CIO of Caption Partners. This podcast is for entertainment purposes; it should not be viewed as investment advice. Get full access to Brandon's Newsletter at brandonadams.substack.com/subscribe

Tom Dwan (@TomDwan) has been one of the most popular and successful poker players in the world since he first popped on the scene as a teenager playing high stakes under the moniker "durrrrr". His clips on High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark are the most widely discussed and downloaded poker content on the internet. This is his first ever podcast. Get full access to Brandon's Newsletter at brandonadams.substack.com/subscribe

Jennifer Shahade (@JenShahade) is the host of what might be the greatest poker podcast of all time --- the wildly ambitious Poker Grid podcast. Jen has a fascinating background - a longtime poker player, she is also a two-time US Women's Chess Champion. We spend about half of the time discussing the Poker Grid podcast (which features 169 poker players talking about the 169 possible Texas Holdem hands), and half the time discussing a wide assortment of other topics including her chess...

Barton Wang (@barton_options) is an extremely popular financial commentator on Twitter. This podcast is a follow-up to our conversation on March 10. That episode was the most popular episode ever on this podcast (30k+ downloads), in part because Barton, whose parents lived near Wuhan, made some detailed predictions about the economic and health consequences of COVID19. In the first part of this podcast, we talk in detail about the fiscal and monetary response to the COVID19, and the market...

Richard Davies is the former economics editor of The Economist. He is also a fellow at the London School of Economics, and a former speechwriter for the Bank of England. In this podcast, we discuss his fascinating new book, Extreme Economies, in which he visits nine places across the globe that are dealing with inequality, technological change, environmental change, or aging populations to an extreme degree. We mostly focus on two chapters during the podcast - a chapter covering Santiago,...

Many people consider Chad Schroeder the best season-long fantasy football player in the world. If you have the slightest interest in fantasy football, this is simply a must listen. If you don't like fantasy football, don't listen. If you do like fantasy football, especially auction drafts.... well, Chad will blow your mind. Almost every sentence is loaded with strategic depth. You will realize that you have probably been doing fantasy football the wrong way all along. Get full access to...

A former collegiate tennis player and 15x Olympic distance triathlete, Nelson Peña is now a performance coach with an unusual focus -- fitness in the 40s! He's very easily the fittest 40-something I know, and this interview is full of tips for nutrition, fitness, and mental resilience for men in and around the 40s. Nelson can be found on insta @thenelsonpena and online at www.themontaukmethod.com. Get full access to Brandon's Newsletter at brandonadams.substack.com/subscribe

Ben Sulsky is the consensus best poker player in the world. He rarely appears on podcasts, and doesn't do social media. In the first half of this podcast, I ask him questions about poker; in the second half, he asks me questions about economics. Get full access to Brandon's Newsletter at brandonadams.substack.com/subscribe

In this interview with Maria Konnikova (@konnikova), we discuss her new book, The Biggest Bluff (available next week on Amazon). Maria, a bestselling author and contributing writer for The New Yorker, originally planned on spending one year on the pro poker tour, where she would study under one of the world's best (Erik Seidel). In fact she spent three years and had major success. Her book about the experience comes from the unique perspective of a clinical psychologist who had just finished...

In this interview, I had a cherished opportunity to interview Jim Grant, a legend of financial journalism. We discuss his new book on Walter Bagehot, and the Federal Reserve interventions of March and April 2020. Get full access to Brandon's Newsletter at brandonadams.substack.com/subscribe