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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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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…
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…
S1E285 The Surprising Science of Why We Laugh (#285)
We think laughter is a response to something funny.A joke. A punchline. A light moment.But listen closely to real conversations, and laughter shows up in places that are far more important than we…
S1E284 A Smarter, More Hopeful Future of Work - If We Get Artificial Intelligence Right (#284)
Elon Musk and Geoffrey Hinton warn of an AI-driven job apocalypse.MIT’s David Autor, one of the world’s leading thinkers on how technology reshapes work, says the real danger lies somewhere else.The…
S1E283 Presidential Power: How It Grows and What Comes Next (#283)
Jack Goldsmith, who once ran the Justice Department office that advises presidents on what they can and can’t legally do, takes on some of the hardest questions about the limits of the president’s…
S1E282 Why Most New Year’s Resolutions Fail by March - and the Science of What Actually Works (#282)
Most people quit their New Year's resolutions by March. The reason why might surprise you.University of Chicago professor Ayelet Fishbach has spent decades studying why we fail at goals. Her finding:…
S1E281 Highlights of 2025 (#281)
Some insights change how you see the world.From the White House to the frontiers of AI drug discovery, we’ve gathered the most powerful moments from a year of extraordinary conversations. This 2025…
S1E280 Dr. David Agus on The Hopeful Science of a Longer, Healthier Life (#280)
Dr. David Agus, Professor of Medicine and Engineering at the University of Southern California and Founding CEO of the Ellison Medical Institute, treats presidents, CEOs and cultural icons and has…
S1E279 What US Ambassador to China Nick Burns Saw That Terrified Him (#279)
Nicholas Burns spent 2021 to 2025 in Beijing as US Ambassador to China, witnessing up close the forces shaping the world's most dangerous rivalry.Sitting across from Xi Jinping and living in China,…
S1E278 Three Science-Backed Changes That Will Help You Sleep Better - Starting Tonight (#278)
Sleep shapes your mood, memory, immune system, and long-term health, yet most of us aren’t getting enough. Harvard Medical School and Mass General Brigham sleep scientist Dr. Elizabeth Klerman shares…
S1E277 What Happened When My Daughter Was Born Looking White - And I Wasn’t (#277)
In a Paris hospital delivery room, Thomas Chatterton Williams, writer for The Atlantic and author of Self-Portrait in Black and White, held his newborn daughter for the first time. Blonde hair. Blue…
S1E276 The Thermostat in Your Brain: Pushing Past Your Limits with Nick Thompson (#276)
What if fatigue, fear, and even failure aren’t real limits, but signals from the brain trying to protect us?Nick Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic and former Editor-in-Chief of Wired reveals the…
S1E275 The Surprising Science of Why Life Gets Better with Age with Stanford’s Laura Carstensen (#275)
We’re told youth is life’s peak — but what if that story is wrong?Stanford psychologist Laura Carstensen reveals how time itself reshapes what we value and how we find meaning. Her research offers…
S1E274 The Genetic Revolution Has Begun - George Church on What Comes Next (#274)
We’ve entered a new age. Where nature once took a million years to make a few genetic changes, scientists can now make billions in an afternoon — and even imagine adapting humans for life beyond…
S1E273 Your Brain, For Sale: The Hidden Ways AI Can Manipulate You with Cass Sunstein (#273)
AI doesn’t just predict our behavior — it can shape it.Cass Sunstein, Harvard professor and co-author of Nudge, reveals how artificial intelligence uses classic tools of manipulation — from scarcity…
S1E272 What Putin Really Wants — with Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul (#272)
When Vladimir Putin first rose to power, few expected him to become the world’s most confrontational autocrat. Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, who has studied and worked with Putin…
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