Betting On Everything
Betting On Everything  
Podcast: The Brian Lehrer Show
Published On: Tue Jan 13 2026
Description: Jonathan Cohen, historian and the author of Losing Big: America’s Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling (Columbia Global Reports, 2025), talks about how prediction markets, where people bet on world events, elections or...almost anything, are rising in popularity, and the risks that may come with these lightly-regulated markets.