James Talarico: Interview, Oct 20, 2026

Tue, Oct 20InterviewHistory onlyJames Talarico

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14 words · 7 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
Republican Yes74%n=7 from settlement history–
Corrupt / Corruption Yes67%n=4 from settlement history–
Billionaire Yes54%n=7 from settlement history–
Healthcare Yes45%n=6 from settlement history–
Data Center Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Paxton Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Trump Yes40%n=8 from settlement history–
ICE No55%n=3 from settlement history–
Oil / Gas / Gasoline No55%n=3 from settlement history–
Jesus / God No48%n=5 from settlement history–
Afford / Affordable / Affordability No46%n=7 from settlement history–
Endorse / Endorsed / Endorsement No42%n=3 from settlement history–
Abortion No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Israel / Israeli No24%n=7 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 21, 2026 13:45 UTC.

Transcript

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

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