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	Podcast:		NonProphets
	Episode:		Ep. 59: Predictit (Will Jennings Interview)
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:00:00
	Publish Date:		2018-05-27 09:34:11
	Description:		Episode 59 of the NonProphets podcast, in which Atief, Robert, and Scott talk to Will Jennings, Head of Public Engagement at Predictit, about their political and economic prediction market. Will also worked for 5 years in the White House during the administration of President Obama, and was the Spokesperson for the Vice Presidential Campaign off Senator Senator Tim Kaine.We talk about going to the prediction markets for news and information (11:07); why some questions take so long to close? hint - Government shutdown and FOIA (18:37); Challenges in using crowd source markets for long-term predictions (27:15); producing the questions (42:05); Predictit data for research (46:19); and Lessons learned (47:27). As always, you can reach us at nonprophetspod.wordpress.com or at nonprophetspod@gmail.com.(recorded 4/25/2018)
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