Welcome to The Sherwood Ten, your brief window into the minds of the most interesting people in our worlds.

Today's guest: Maria Konnikova, best-selling author, podcast host, & poker champion. Maria is a New York Times best-selling author, whose most recent title, The Biggest Bluff, was named one of the Times' 100 Notable Books of 2020 and was a finalist for the Telegraph Best Sports Writing Awards for 2021. Maria also co-hosts the weekly podcast Risky Business with Nate Silver, writes a weekly Substack called The Leap, and is a regular contributor to The New Yorker.

Hosted by Jody Avirgan (538, TED, Radiotopia) and produced by Sherwood Media and Roulette Productions.

This season of The Sherwood Ten is sponsored by Cboe Global Markets.