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.
287 episodes transcribedLearn about Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman’s latest findings on “noise” and how there is more noise and flaws in human judgement than you think — Find...
Tom Friedman, author, New York Times columnist, and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, talks about the world getting flatter and more fragile; abolishin...
We all think we know what’s right and wrong but we don’t because right/wrong changes over time. Our great grandchildren might be shocked by people eat...
Learn how scarcity of anything — money, food or social connections — affects our daily lives and leads us astray. Scarcity reduces both intelligence a...
Find out why Harvard’s Chair of Astronomy Avi Loeb says we are not alone in the universe and that there are more intelligent and sophisticated civiliz...
Find out why platform companies dominate traditional businesses and why 7 of the 10 largest companies in the world are platform companies. Learn how t...
Jorge Castañeda, former foreign minister of Mexico, provides a unique perspective on America and the world, including American interventions abroad, A...
Find out what the good life actually looks like based on Harvard's 75 year study of over 700 men from when they were teenagers through old age, w...
Find out from CEO of Marriott Arne Sorenson, head of the world’s largest hotel chain, and one of the world’s best leaders (as a “CEO of the Year” and...
Find out what President Biden can accomplish internationally and what an activist US policy looks like from Ambassador Nicholas Burns, former Under Se...
Find out how Democratic and Republican judges’ decisions differ and how judges’ decisions can be predicted based on whether they are Democrats or Repu...
John Cleese opens up about how he gets his best ideas and how everyone can be more creative. He also provides insights on comedy and humor.
We are at an inflection point in artificial intelligence today. Find out what the next 3 waves of artificial intelligence will bring — including creat...
Find out the 3 keys to success for campaigns; who has the best polls (Fox News); what the biggest shifts in the electorate are; what he's watchin...
Find out how what America is looking for in a leader has changed. In addition, not only are there doubts about the mechanics and logistics of the U.S....
Find out how group identity has caused bitter partisanship in the U.S. and the failure of U.S. policies in Vietnam and other countries, from an origin...
Get an inside account from former Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, who’s known Putin for nearly 30 years, on what Vladimir Putin is really like,...
Find out why Americans don’t elect a president by popular vote, how the U.S. ended up with the convoluted system of voting it has today, and why it’s...
Find out from former ambassador to both Israel and Egypt, Dan Kurtzer, why Bahrain and the UAE really signed agreements with Israel, the surprising re...
Most people believe that taking better care of the planet means reducing consumption, learning to share and reuse, and restraining growth. Is that arg...
