3 Takeaways™
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3 Takeaways™

by Lynn Thoman

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.

100 episodes
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1
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)
20:16 Mar 24, 2026
2
The Quiet War: How Countries Fight Without Firing a Shot (#293)
21:20 Mar 17, 2026
3
The Hidden Plastic Inside Us (And Why It’s Rising Fast) (#292)
21:41 Mar 10, 2026
4
Government by Deal: What Happens When Everything Becomes Negotiable? (#291)
25:24 Mar 3, 2026
5
Why Quantum Computing Changes What’s Possible with Princeton Dean of Engineering Andrew Houck (#290)
17:58 Feb 24, 2026
6
Six Ways the Constitution Keeps Leaders in Check with Cass Sunstein (#289)
20:45 Feb 17, 2026
7
The Winner’s Curse: Why “Winning” Often Means You Just Lost with Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler (#288)
22:33 Feb 10, 2026
8
The American Dream is Now a Coin Flip: Here's Why and What We Can Do (#287)
24:29 Feb 3, 2026
9
Why Innocent People Plead Guilty (#286)
21:14 Jan 27, 2026
10
The Surprising Science of Why We Laugh (#285)
19:44 Jan 20, 2026
11
A Smarter, More Hopeful Future of Work - If We Get Artificial Intelligence Right (#284)
20:48 Jan 13, 2026
12
Presidential Power: How It Grows and What Comes Next (#283)
24:43 Jan 6, 2026
13
Why Most New Year’s Resolutions Fail by March - and the Science of What Actually Works (#282)
16:51 Dec 30, 2025
14
Highlights of 2025 (#281)
33:27 Dec 23, 2025
15
Dr. David Agus on The Hopeful Science of a Longer, Healthier Life (#280)
23:35 Dec 16, 2025
16
What US Ambassador to China Nick Burns Saw That Terrified Him (#279)
24:29 Dec 9, 2025
17
Three Science-Backed Changes That Will Help You Sleep Better - Starting Tonight (#278)
17:39 Dec 2, 2025
18
What Happened When My Daughter Was Born Looking White - And I Wasn’t (#277)
16:48 Nov 25, 2025
19
The Thermostat in Your Brain: Pushing Past Your Limits with Nick Thompson (#276)
17:32 Nov 18, 2025
20
The Surprising Science of Why Life Gets Better with Age with Stanford’s Laura Carstensen (#275)
16:28 Nov 11, 2025
21
The Genetic Revolution Has Begun - George Church on What Comes Next (#274)
15:32 Nov 4, 2025
22
Your Brain, For Sale: The Hidden Ways AI Can Manipulate You with Cass Sunstein (#273)
23:56 Oct 28, 2025
23
What Putin Really Wants — with Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul (#272)
19:30 Oct 21, 2025
24
Our Dollar, Your Problem: How U.S. Power Shapes — and Shakes — the World (#271)
20:12 Oct 14, 2025
25
The Surprising Truth About Grief, Loss and Resilience (#270)
15:07 Oct 7, 2025
26
AI Will Transform the World—But Who Decides How? (#269)
14:05 Sep 30, 2025
27
Why 199 of 200 Projects Fail: The Iron Law That Dooms Even the Smartest Ideas (#268)
18:09 Sep 23, 2025
28
David Brooks: Why America’s Decline Story Is 75% Bonkers (#267)
21:09 Sep 16, 2025
29
3 Habits That Separate Great Communicators from Everyone Else (#266)
19:47 Sep 9, 2025
30
America’s Edge: More Barriers or More Innovation? (#265)
20:18 Sep 2, 2025
31
Space: The Invisible Infrastructure Behind Modern Life — And Its Growing Risks (#264)
20:54 Aug 26, 2025
32
Inside the Hook Model: Secrets Companies Use to Keep You Scrolling and How To Break Free (#263)
17:01 Aug 19, 2025
33
Zanny Minton Beddoes on America, China, and a World in Flux (#262)
20:49 Aug 12, 2025
34
No Way Out with Former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Greg Mankiw (#261)
15:57 Aug 5, 2025
35
From Bits to Brains: How AI Sees, Talks, and Learns (#260)
18:52 Jul 29, 2025
36
Hype vs. Reality: Crypto and Stablecoins (#259)
16:26 Jul 22, 2025
37
The Long Game: How to Build Wealth in Turbulent Times with Blackstone President Jon Gray (#258)
19:06 Jul 15, 2025
38
Goodbye Baby Boom—Hello Population Bust: How a 60% Drop Could Change Everything (#257)
15:21 Jul 8, 2025
39
The Knowledge Illusion: How Overconfidence Shapes Our Lives (#256)
17:49 Jul 1, 2025
40
The Surprising Science Behind Falling—and Staying—in Love (#255)
14:03 Jun 24, 2025
41
Former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on What Xi and Putin Are Really Like Behind Closed Doors (#254)
32:34 Jun 17, 2025
42
Editing Life Itself: A Conversation with David Liu, the Scientist Who’s Rewriting DNA and the Future (#253)
22:52 Jun 10, 2025
43
This Is Your Brain on Beauty — And It's Powerful (#252)
16:09 Jun 3, 2025
44
Why America’s Poorest State Is Richer Than France (#251)
18:10 May 27, 2025
45
The U.S. Alone Can’t Compete with China. Here’s What Absolutely Can. (#250)
21:22 May 20, 2025
46
The 50% Enigma: Why Trump’s Vote Mirrors the Past (#249)
15:31 May 13, 2025
47
Swipe, Tap, Ghost: The New Rules of Human Connection (#248)
20:03 May 6, 2025
48
Your Brain’s Being Hijacked: The Hidden Psychology Behind Everyday Decisions (#247)
16:31 Apr 29, 2025
49
How Your DNA Interacts With the World Around You (#246)
17:58 Apr 22, 2025
50
Don’t Believe the Doom: American Workers Are Moving Up (#245)
16:20 Apr 15, 2025
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