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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.

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Business

Former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Alan Blinder on Cryptocurrencies, Soft Landings and What's Really Happening with the US Economy Now. (#132)

Episode Date: February 14, 2023

The one and only Alan S. Blinder, former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve and member of President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisors, shines a br...

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Liespotting — An Expert Reveals How To Know When You’re Being Deceived. Honestly. (#131)

Episode Date: February 7, 2023

There’s an epidemic of deception taking place, and while some lying has a valid function, it helps to know when you’re being deceived. Expert Pamela M...

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Classified: The Complex and Bizarre World of Government-Imposed Racial Classification. Listen, and Learn. (#130)

Episode Date: January 31, 2023

At a time when government-imposed racial and ethnic classifications are increasingly used to determine peoples’ rights, it’s important for them to mak...

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General David Petraeus Continues His Brilliant Analysis of the Ukraine War — Plus China, Cyber and Other Threats (#129)

Episode Date: January 24, 2023

Former CIA Director and General David Petraeus (Ret.) continues his brilliant, in-depth analysis of the Ukraine war, including whether or not Putin wi...

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Former CIA Director David Petraeus Provides His Expert, Riveting Take on the Russia Ukraine War (#128)

Episode Date: January 17, 2023

Former CIA Director and General David Petraeus (Ret.), one of the most brilliant military leaders of our generation, talks as only he can about the Uk...

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The Good Life Unpacked: Discovering What Makes Us Thrive with the Heads of Harvard's 80-Year Study (#127)

Episode Date: January 10, 2023

Unlock the secrets to a fulfilling life with Bob Waldinger and Marc Shulz, the heads of Harvard's 80-Year Study of Adult Development, the longest...

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How to Change: An Expert on the Science of Personal Change Reveals Proven, Powerful Strategies (#126)

Episode Date: January 3, 2023

Deep personal change that enables you to achieve your goals is absolutely possible. The key: Identify what’s standing in your way, then employ strateg...

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Which are the 10 Most Powerful and Compelling Takeaways of 2022? Listen and Find Out. (#125)

Episode Date: December 27, 2022

3 Takeaways features revealing conversations with the world’s foremost thinkers, business leaders, writers, politicians, scientists and other newsmake...

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Former Senator Phil Gramm Explodes the Myth of American Inequality in an Eye-Opening Conversation (#124)

Episode Date: December 20, 2022

According to former Senator Phil Gramm, inequality in the U.S. is grossly overstated largely because it fails to take into account massive government...

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The U.S. and the Holocaust: What did America Know and Do During the Greatest Atrocity of Our Time with Ken Burns' Co-Directors (#123)

Episode Date: December 13, 2022

What was America’s response to the Holocaust? What did we know and not know, do and not do, as the catastrophe unfolded? These questions resonate toda...

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Superabundance: Separating Fact From Myth About Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet (#122)

Episode Date: December 6, 2022

Contrary to conventional wisdom, we are not living in an age of dwindling resources. Generations of people have been taught that the world's rapi...

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Chip War: the Fight for the World's Most Vital Technology and the Staggering Vulnerability of the U.S. (#121)

Episode Date: November 29, 2022

The world as we know it relies on computer chips, and the most important ones are made largely in Taiwan. This renders the U.S. shockingly vulnerable...

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How Worried Should We Be About Dysfunctional Government? A Gifted Constitutional Expert Weighs In (#120)

Episode Date: November 22, 2022

Congressional gridlock has created a vacuum that undermines key principles of the Constitution, raising concerns about the country’s future. Yet const...

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Why the Lies We Tell in Public Are So Destructive with Duke's Timur Kuran (#119)

Episode Date: November 15, 2022

Hiding what we really think can have devastating social consequences, and helps explain the rise of Donald Trump, why Harvey Weinstein got away with i...

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Complicit: When Good People Turn a Blind Eye to Rape, Thievery, and Fraud. With Harvard’s Max Bazerman (#118)

Episode Date: November 8, 2022

Countless people knew what Harvey Weinstein, Elizabeth Holmes, and the Catholic Church were doing – but remained silent. Why do good people allow the...

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A Mind-Blowing Look at How Our Brains Create Our Reality. With Renowned Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett (#117)

Episode Date: November 1, 2022

Our brains run the show and determine how we relate to the world. Discoveries from the front lines of neuroscience show our brains are creators (as op...

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What Does the Work of The Future Look Like? With MIT Professor David Autor (#116)

Episode Date: October 25, 2022

Why will tech and automation never lead to the demise of human work? What qualifies as “good” work? What role will robots and AI play in the fast-appr...

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The Person You Mean To Be and A More Just Future with Social Scientist Dolly Chugh (#115)

Episode Date: October 18, 2022

It’s counter-intuitive but true: letting go of being a good person is key to becoming a better one, and often times it starts with acknowledging our u...

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Is This Time Different? Eight Centuries of Financial Folly with Famed Economist Ken Rogoff (#114)

Episode Date: October 11, 2022

Harvard economics professor and former IMF Chief Economist Ken Rogoff is one of the world’s preeminent economic thinkers. Here he brilliantly dissects...

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Why Having Too Little Makes People Perform Worse and Become More Impatient, Impulsive and Careless: Princeton Behavioral Scientist Eldar Shafir (repost) (#113)

Episode Date: October 4, 2022

Learn how scarcity of anything - money, food or social connections - affects our daily lives and leads us astray. Scarcity reduces both intelligence a...

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