3 Takeaways™
Hosted by Lynn Thoman
About this Show
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.
Latest Episodes
Joy is a Risk Worth Taking (#324)
What if joy isn’t a reward for when life goes well, but the thing that helps us survive when it doesn’t?Psychologist and Stanford lecturer Kelly McGonigal reveals that joy is not the same as happiness, and that many of us quietly push it away without realizing it.In this episode, you’ll learn:Why...
Greenland, Russia, and The Cold War for the Arctic (#323)
As Arctic ice melts, the struggle for the frozen north is beginning to resemble a new Cold War.Russian submarine activity is rising. China is mapping the seabed and expanding its icebreaker fleet. And Greenland sits at the center of a growing contest over shipping routes, critical minerals, energ...
How a 500 Year Old Map Still Distorts Our World (#322)
The world map we grew up with makes Greenland and Africa look the same size. The problem? Africa is actually an astonishing 14 times larger.The even larger problem? There's no such thing as an accurate map. They all distort how we see the world. Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones are comedia...
America, War, and the Myths We Still Believe (#321)
What if one of the things Americans believe most deeply about America simply isn’t true?Americans have a powerful story about who they are and why America acts when it does.Historian Robert Kagan, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, says America's own history tells a very different...
Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines (#320)
What if AI becomes easier to talk to than another person?And what happens to us when it does?MIT professor Sherry Turkle has spent decades studying what technology does to the way we think, work, and love. Now she says there are two parts of our lives we should never let AI into.She discusses:Why...
Mark Cuban: What Everyone Is Getting Wrong About AI (#319)
Mark Cuban told people that television would eventually be delivered over the internet. Everybody thought he was an idiot.Now, Cuban is making another prediction that runs counter to what we all believe, but this time it's about A.I.Few people have made as many big bets across as many indust...
Can Anyone Stop a President From Starting a War? (#318)
What if the president can act before Congress has time to stop him?As former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, former General Counsel of the Department of Defense, and a member of the National Security Council, Jeh Johnson has advised presidents on war, terrorism, cyber threats, and some of th...
Angela Duckworth: Grit Isn't Enough (#317)
What if trying harder is sometimes exactly the wrong thing to do?Angela Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania psychologist, MacArthur Fellow, and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Grit, has spent years studying achievement. In her new book, Situated, she explores why perseverance alone i...
Why Doing the “Right Thing” Can Make Everything Worse (#316)
What can we do when doing the morally “right” thing produces worse outcomes?And what if some of society’s strongest moral instincts are preventing us from solving problems we all agree are terrible?Alvin Roth is a Stanford professor and Nobel Prize-winning economist whose work has helped redesign...
The Hidden Weakness in America's AI Lead (#315)
Could America build the world’s best AI and still lose the AI race?What if the biggest threat to America’s lead isn’t China’s technology, but our own fear of using it?Katrina Mulligan is Head of National Security Partnerships at OpenAI and previously served in senior roles at the Department of De...
Your Brain Is Hiding the Truth From You (#314)
What if your brain isn’t showing you the world as it truly is?Journalist, professor, and author of "A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness" Michael Pollan explores one of the deepest questions of all: why do we experience anything in the first place? He discusses:What consciousne...
Putin’s Real Enemy Isn’t Ukraine (#313)
Why would the world’s largest country risk everything to destroy a smaller neighbor?What is it about Ukraine that poses a greater threat to Vladimir Putin than any army?Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum has spent decades studying Russia, Ukraine, and authorit...
The Wild True Stories Behind History's Greatest Art Thefts (#312)
How does someone steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and simply walk away? And how did an even more brazen crew rob the same museum in broad daylight last year with just a cherry picker and some power tools?The real stories are stranger than Hollywood and best-selling author Noah Charney knows th...
Alphabet (Google) Chairman John Hennessy on The Future of AI, Human Intelligence, and Leadership (#311)
Artificial intelligence could change almost everything.John Hennessy thinks we're still asking the wrong questions.As Chairman of Alphabet and one of the pioneers of modern computing, Hennessy has helped shape some of the biggest technology revolutions of the past half century. He explains w...
How Charisma Really Works (#310)
Why do some people instantly draw us in?Olivia Fox Cabane reveals that charisma is not a gift. It is a skill - and most of us misunderstand what creates it.In this episode, you’ll learn:The three qualities that make someone charismaticWhy introverts can be highly magneticHow people judge you befo...