Most of us are risk illiterate—but we can fix that

We all hit the same pitfalls when gauging risk: we underestimate it, overestimate it, and misunderstand key information.

In the first episode of RISK, we meet Sam Antar, former white collar criminal. Then we travel to the world’s first Center for Risk Literacy in Berlin to learn why most of us are "risk illiterate" and how, precisely, we can change that.

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PRODUCER
Meghan McDonough

EDITOR
Eduardo Araújo
Meghan McDonough

CAMERA
Meghan McDonough
Molly Rubin
Emily Watson

ART DIRECTOR
Arielle Ray

SENIOR PRODUCER
Emily Watson

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Jacob Templin

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