3 Takeaways™
Lynn Thoman
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3 Takeaways™ features insights from the world’s best thinkers, business leaders, writers, politicians, scientists and other newsmakers. Each episode ends with 3 key takeaways to help you understand the world in new ways that can benefit your life and career. Hosted by Lynn Thoman. A global top 1% podcast.
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S1E305 Once Upon a Stranger: Can Small Talk Lead to a Bigger Life? (#305)
What if those brief conversations - with a barista, a neighbor, or someone sitting next to us - matter far more than we realize?Gillian Sandstrom, a University of Sussex psychologist and author of…
S1E304 Former Secretary of Energy - Why Clean Energy Alone Won’t Keep the Lights On (#304)
The wind stops blowing. The sun goes down.What happens next?Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz explains why the transition to clean energy may be far more complicated than most people…
S1E303 The Religious Cult Behind North Korea’s Power (#303)
We think of North Korea as a communist dictatorship. But Jonathan Cheng, the Wall Street Journal’s China Bureau Chief and former Korea Bureau Chief, says that misses the real story.He argues North…
S1E302 Why America May Not Be Ready for the Wars of the Future (#302)
When people think about war, they picture missiles and mushroom clouds.But what if the greatest threats today are the ones most people never see coming?Christine Wormuth, former U.S. Secretary of the…
S1E301 The Global Power Shift No One Is Talking About – And Who’s Driving It (#301)
Most people see the world as the U.S. vs. China.But the real power shift is happening elsewhere.Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security and a former senior advisor at the…
S1E300 AI, Inflation, and the Dollar: The Hidden Forces Shaping the Economy Right Now (#300)
Inflation, interest rates, AI, tariffs, the dollar…Most people treat them as separate stories but actually, they’re not.Former Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jason Furman explains how these…
S1E299 Did Apple Accidentally Help Build China’s Manufacturing Empire? (#299)
“We trained a whole country.”It sounds like an exaggeration.It’s not - according to Patrick McGee, author of Apple in China.So what actually happened in China?
S1E298 Cleveland Clinic CEO: The Future of Medicine Is Already Here (#298)
Dr. Tom Mihaljevic, CEO of Cleveland Clinic and a leading heart surgeon, explains how medicine is already changing in ways most people don’t see.He has spent his career performing complex heart…
S1E297 The Hidden Iran Risk No One Is Talking About (#297)
Iran briefly showed it could choke off a waterway carrying nearly a fifth of the world’s oil.That’s the visible threat.The real risk may be something else entirely.Former Deputy National Security…
S1E296 Scientists May Soon Design Entirely New Life Forms (#296)
We’re entering a world where life itself could become programmable.What if creating new forms of life becomes as simple as writing code? Geneticist Adrian Woolfson explains how close we are — and why…
S1E295 After the War: 3 Surprising Truths About the Middle East - with Ambassador Dan Kurtzer (#295)
Is the war with Iran actually a turning point for the Middle East?Dan Kurtzer - former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Egypt, advisor to presidents, peace negotiator and Princeton professor - has seen…
S1E294 Former Tesla president on The 5 Step Algorithm Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)
Love him or hate him, Elon Musk has upended entire industries - from cars to rockets - by doing things differently.Jon McNeill, former president of Tesla, reveals the thinking behind Tesla and SpaceX…
S1E293 The Quiet War: How Countries Fight Without Firing a Shot (#293)
A few paragraphs from Washington once stopped oil tankers in their tracks halfway around the world - no navy, no missiles. Eddie Fishman, who helped design and implement U.S. sanctions and economic…
S1E292 The Hidden Plastic Inside Us (And Why It’s Rising Fast) (#292)
Scientists are finding tiny fragments of plastic inside the human body - including the brain.Dr. Matthew Campen of the University of New Mexico explains how they get there - and why the biggest…
S1E291 Government by Deal: What Happens When Everything Becomes Negotiable? (#291)
The government feels louder and faster than ever: executive actions, constant disruption, everything happening at once. But Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute argues that all this…
S1E290 Why Quantum Computing Changes What’s Possible with Princeton Dean of Engineering Andrew Houck (#290)
The rules of quantum physics aren’t just strange - they’re usable. Particles can exist in multiple states at once. Observation can reshape reality. Now, scientists are turning those quirks into…
S1E289 Six Ways the Constitution Keeps Leaders in Check with Cass Sunstein (#289)
The Constitution isn’t just a statement of ideals. It’s a framework for power - built to divide authority so that no single institution can fully control the law.But that design has a consequence: it…
S1E288 The Winner’s Curse: Why “Winning” Often Means You Just Lost with Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler (#288)
We all love the thrill of winning - the house, the promotion, the deal. But as Nobel laureate Richard Thaler explains, some of our biggest “wins” are actually the moments we set ourselves up to lose.…
S1E287 The American Dream is Now a Coin Flip: Here's Why and What We Can Do (#287)
The American Dream promises that hard work leads to a better life. But for many children today, that promise depends less on effort and more on where they grow up.Raj Chetty, a Harvard professor and…
S1E286 Why Innocent People Plead Guilty (#286)
Federal Judge Jed Rakoff has spent decades inside the justice system - as a prosecutor, a defense attorney, and now a judge. In this conversation, he challenges how we think justice works and…
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3 Takeaways™ has published 306 episodes since July 2020, covering topics in Business, Courses.
3 Takeaways™ is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 23m.
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