The Rachel Maddow Show: Episode, May 18, 2026

Mon, May 18EpisodeHistory onlyThe Rachel Maddow Show

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18 words · 5 settled yes

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultProbabilityMarket
Election Yes59%n=8 from settlement history–
Prison / Camp Yes53%n=6 from settlement history–
Constitution / Constitutional / Unconstitutional Yes51%n=3 from settlement history–
Corrupt / Corruption Yes51%n=13 from settlement history–
Elon / Musk Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Ballroom No57%n=3 from settlement history–
Oil / Gas / Gasoline No54%n=7 from settlement history–
Healthcare No–new new word, no probability yet–
Iran / Iranian No–new new word, no probability yet–
Cuba / Cuban No37%n=4 from settlement history–
Redistrict / Redistricted / Redistricting No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Epstein No36%n=12 from settlement history–
Afford / Affordable / Affordability No35%n=3 from settlement history–
Ceasefire No31%n=5 from settlement history–
Russia / Russian No28%n=5 from settlement history–
Crypto / Cryptocurrency / Bitcoin No28%n=3 from settlement history–
Israel / Israeli No24%n=6 from settlement history–
AI / Artificial Intelligence No23%n=6 from settlement history–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 15:46 UTC.

Transcript

No transcript source yet. The results above are how the venues settled the markets.

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