{"podcast":{"title":"Hacked","slug":"hacked-1089107","podcast_index_feed_id":1089107,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/hackedpodcast","website_url":"https://www.hackedpodcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0c76db20-2061-11ea-96ff-033d17178dbd/image/5ed4fa16d32770a32d2149c338668e46.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Hacked","episode_count":152,"summary":"Strange tales of hacking, tech, internet grifters, AI, and security with Jordan & Scott. Are internet hitmen really a thing? What does someone do with a crypto wallet full of millions and a lost password? Did a Minecraft scammer really hack the president? Hacked is a technology show about people hacking things together and apart, with your old pals Jordan Bloemen and Scott Francis Winder. Get at us via get@hackedpodcast.com.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacked-1089107"},"episode":{"title":"The Bad \"Bet\"","slug":"the-bad-bet","published_at":"2026-05-15T18:57:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacked-1089107/the-bad-bet","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacked-1089107","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV5467253619.mp3?updated=1778818519","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV5467253619.mp3?updated=1778818519","summary":"Or the very good bet, depending on how you think about it. In this episode, we start by discussing the strange, fast-moving world of prediction markets — platforms where you can bet real money on whether a head of state gets removed from power, whether a country gets invaded, whether the Fed raises rates — and where the prices themselves are supposed to be the point, a real-time probability signal generated by the crowd. Then we get to the case that just blew a very large hole in that theory: a Polymarket account called \"Burdensome-Mix\" that turned $33,000 into $409,881 in about a week, betting on the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — and the active-duty Green Beret who allegedly made those trades while participating in the raid that made them pay out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Or the very good bet, depending on how you think about it. In this episode, we start by discussing the strange, fast-moving world of prediction markets —…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5332,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hacked-1089107/episodes/the-bad-bet/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacked-1089107/the-bad-bet.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}