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William Poundstone

William Poundstone

American author and columnistWikipedia

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Sep 25, 2026

Kris AbdelmessihGUEST
6:01
Like you're just trying to have like limits on what your Greeks are and you're not thinking about things in terms of like oh this is a discrete bet you basically have a just giant soup of positions it's not there's no discrete nothing about it it feels discreet so telly just wasn't something that i was all that uh interested in was it didn't really apply to my work day to day uh but like i said i've been aware of it And then I read, maybe two years ago, I read Fortune's Formula.
Kris AbdelmessihGUEST
6:36
So Fortune's Formula by William Poundstone.
Kris AbdelmessihGUEST
6:41
It's a phenomenal book.
Kris AbdelmessihGUEST
6:43
If anybody's listening to this and hasn't read it, it's kind of...
Richard ShottonHOST
0:18
Richard Shelton.
Michael Aron FlickerHOST
0:20
And in today's episode, we're exploring William Poundstone's Priceless.
Michael Aron FlickerHOST
0:25
Let's get into it.
Michael Aron FlickerHOST
0:27
So, Richard, we were very happy to welcome William onto the show back in episode 85.
SamHOST
40:21
And I've read for years about the subliminals that are supposedly hidden in the film.
SamHOST
40:24
I first read about them in William Poundstone's amazing book, Big Secrets.
SamHOST
40:28
Wilson Brian Key, that's the guy, if you ever hear any 70s and 80s conspiracies about advertising, they come from him.
SamHOST
40:38
He claimed if you stack Ritz crackers in any way, it would spell sex.
Adam FelberHOST
5:25
Hey, speaking of falling out, let's abandon this fallout and say...
Adam FelberHOST
5:37
Coming to you live from our houses in Los Angeles, California, this is Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone, your comedy field guide to life.
Adam FelberHOST
5:46
Tonight, we talk about the law a lot on this show, but not the only laws that even our president can't break, the laws of physics.
Adam FelberHOST
5:55
So as we enjoy the spectacle of certain criminals succumbing to entropy and gravity, it's worth asking, what are physics? podcaster, musician, and actual physicist, Brian Wecht is here to fill that vacuum.
Adam FelberHOST
6:27
I am a self-organizing collection of atoms known as Adam Felber.
Adam FelberHOST
6:32
And now, please welcome the woman who does not understand chaos theory, but happily personifies it.
Adam FelberHOST
6:38
It's Paula Poundstone.
Adam FelberHOST
6:40
Hey, you guys.

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