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Bettor living through Polymarket

03.12.2025
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Polymarket is making it easier than ever to bet billions on anything — including politics. But should we be able to?

This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Miles Bryan and Kelli Wessinger, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tasciore, and hosted by Noel King.

A Polymarket billboard displaying New York City mayoral election odds in Times Square. Photo by Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

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