{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/15d93245-fda8-490d-abad-dd6ab62475b6/739dfe2b-ba87-4c57-904e-0197650367b4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What Poker Can Teach Us About Life","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60ddffe62e74b9f3fe17bbb8/60de0010e7d3a500124b29f7.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Maria Konnikova is a New York Times best-selling author, journalist and psychologist who in 2018 while researching her newest book, The Biggest Bluff, became an international poker champion and the winner of over $300,000 in tournament earnings, inadvertently turning herself into a professional poker player.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In this podcast:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The role that luck plays in our lives</li><li>What Maria has learned about life from playing poker</li><li>Why we shouldn’t take life for granted</li><li>Where she gets her inspiration to write from</li><li>How COVID-19 is revealing our true colours</li><li>The power of language and communication in business</li><li>How chance affected her life</li><li>The value of human connections</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><p><br></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/562852/the-biggest-bluff-by-maria-konnikova/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Biggest Bluff</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Vesna Lucca"}