Risk of Ruin

Risk of Ruin

Half Kelly Media

Episodes 33
Avg. Duration 1h 2m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (275)
Since Sep 2022
Latest Episode May 2026

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Schedule
Monthly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
81%
Hosting
rss.buzzsprout.com

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Audio documentaries about risk takers.

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Recent Episodes

Turning Over 70,000 Rocks

May 14, 2026 53m

Andrew Martin is the CEO of Fairlight Capital. Fairlight invests in small call value stocks all over the world. In this episode Andrew talks about finding these value names, his diligence process,…

Call Security

Mar 25, 2026 1h 13m

Jordan and Ohio Mike are part of a group of advantage players that spread their plays across casinos (physical and online), sportsbooks (physical and online), and various manufactured spending…

Expected Goals

Jan 21, 2026 1h 7m Transcript

Preston Johnson and a group called WAGMI United had a novel idea to buy an English football club and then use NFT sales to fund player spending. Their goal was to take a club from League Two and gain…

Let Them Eat Cake

Dec 08, 2025 1h 40m Transcript

A very specific housing related bet.How did we go from The Big Short... to a housing shortage in such a short time?Governments in seemingly disparate places are having to take drastic measures to…

Trading Games

Oct 17, 2025 1h 5m

Kris Abdelmessih writes the Moontower newsletter which is required reading for any edge seeking generalist who wants to learn about the world of volatility.Kris got his start as a trader over 20…

Trial and Error

Sep 11, 2025 1h 8m Transcript

Thomas started as a losing bettor, and then learned to win. Eventually he won so much that a regulated sportsbooks stole several million dollars from him.He talks about CLV, harvesting bonuses,…

Casino Schemes

Aug 11, 2025 1h 56m Transcript

Jamie, Steve, and Kyle are advantage players. They talk about beating casino games including carnival games, automatic roulette wheels, and sweepstakes slot machines.Support the show:…

Betting on Chaos

Aug 11, 2025 1h 11m Transcript

Domer is a prediction market trader, and is one of the biggest bettors on Polymarket. He talks about his journey from Intrade, to Predictit, to Polymarket. He also talks about the 2024 election,…

Life's Too Short

Aug 10, 2025 53m Transcript

Marc Cohodes made a living exposing fraudulent companies, and profiting when their stock prices collapsed. But the life of a short seller is spent on a high wire because executives willing to engage…

Credit Card Arbitrage

Aug 09, 2025 1h 1m Transcript

Matt writes the blog "Miles Earn and Burn" which stands alone in the credit card space. He has no ads on the site, and he writes about advanced strategies that don't make it into the mainstream…

Movers

Aug 08, 2025 1h 35m Transcript

Curtis, Phil, and Reilly are professional sports bettors that provide the valuable service of getting down for originating groups. They are logistics providers in the gambling world. They talk about…

Inside Long Term Capital

Aug 07, 2025 1h 3m Transcript

The story of Long Term Capital Management as told by LTCM partner Eric Rosenfeld. Eric earned a PhD from MIT, then taught at Harvard Business School, then became a trader at Salomon, then was a…

Zero, by Way of a Hundred

Aug 07, 2025 55m Transcript

John Hempton runs Bronte Capital, which generates its excess returns primarily through shorting fraudulent companies. John walks through a hypothetical short, explaining how they find it, how they…

Greetings from Las Vegas - Part I

May 23, 2025 46m Transcript

Mark DeRosa, Zack White, and Rufus Peabody. The story a group of friends from Appalachian State that went on to team up with an econ grad from Yale. They started playing casino games and eventually…

Greetings from Las Vegas - Part II

May 22, 2025 45m Transcript

Mark DeRosa, Zack White, and Rufus Peabody. The story a group of friends from Appalachian State that went on to team up with an econ grad from Yale. They started playing casino games and eventually…

The Road of Trials

May 22, 2025 49m Transcript

Houyi went from Yale Law School to a job in finance before he left it all behind to become a professional advantage player. He talks about counting cards, learning to play hole cards, traveling the…

The Audacity of Help

May 21, 2025 1h 13m Transcript

Richard Munchkin and Darryl Purpose are career advantage players. Over the past 40 years they've teamed up to win millions of dollars from casinos. In this episode they recount some of the war…

Big. Chunky. Changes.

May 20, 2025 1h Transcript

Citrini Research has taken Fintwit by storm with a series of prescient market calls covering themes such as AI, GLP-1, and the Trump election.In this episode Citrini discusses how he arrived at…

Startup Sports League

Jul 26, 2024 1h 17m Transcript

Jake Hoselton is the CEO of Grass Clippings. Pete Wilson is the CMO of Grass Clippings. Howard Lindzon is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage.The guests talk about trying to build a new high…

You Can't Beat the Lottery*

Jul 23, 2024 58m Transcript

Mr. Doppy became an advantage player hustling the video poker game Ultimate X. Since then he's gone after online sports books, credit card points, and also a state lottery.Mr. Doppy's Twitter…

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