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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Greenland, Russia, and The Cold War for the Arctic (#323)
Oct 13, 2026
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…
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How a 500 Year Old Map Still Distorts Our World (#322)
Oct 06, 2026
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…
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America, War, and the Myths We Still Believe (#321)
Sep 29, 2026
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…
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Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines (#320)
Sep 22, 2026
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…
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Mark Cuban: What Everyone Is Getting Wrong About AI (#319)
Sep 15, 2026
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…
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Can Anyone Stop a President From Starting a War? (#318)
Sep 08, 2026
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…
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Angela Duckworth: Grit Isn't Enough (#317)
Sep 01, 2026
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…
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Why Doing the “Right Thing” Can Make Everything Worse (#316)
Aug 25, 2026
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…
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The Hidden Weakness in America's AI Lead (#315)
Aug 18, 2026
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…
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Your Brain Is Hiding the Truth From You (#314)
Aug 11, 2026
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…
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Putin’s Real Enemy Isn’t Ukraine (#313)
Aug 04, 2026
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…
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The Wild True Stories Behind History's Greatest Art Thefts (#312)
Jul 28, 2026
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…
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Alphabet (Google) Chairman John Hennessy on The Future of AI, Human Intelligence, and Leadership (#311)
Jul 21, 2026
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…
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How Charisma Really Works (#310)
Jul 14, 2026
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…
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Beyond Silicon Valley: Where the Next Breakthroughs Will Come From (#309)
Jul 07, 2026
Everyone knows where the last generation of great technology companies came from. The more interesting question is where the next generation will. Mehran Gul spent years studying the world's most…
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The Psychology of Influence with Robert Cialdini (#308)
Jun 30, 2026
Dr. Robert Cialdini, author of Influence - 5 million copies sold, and one of the most important books Warren Buffett says he's ever read - has spent decades studying why people say yes. He reveals…
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Mark Cuban: The Hidden Companies Controlling Healthcare, the Future of AI, and Why Not Me? (Part 2) (#307)
Jun 23, 2026
Most people think healthcare is broken by accident. Mark Cuban says it isn't. In part two of our conversation, he explains the hidden companies who really control healthcare, where AI is headed, and…
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Mark Cuban: The NBA Thought It Was in the Basketball Business. It Was Wrong. (Part 1 of 2) (#306)
Jun 16, 2026
The NBA thought it was selling basketball. Mark Cuban thought it was selling something else. That insight shaped how he has built companies, evaluated opportunities, and challenged entire industries…
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Once Upon a Stranger: Can Small Talk Lead to a Bigger Life? (#305)
Jun 09, 2026
What if those brief conversations - with a barista, a neighbor, or someone sitting next to us - matter far more than we realize? Gillian Sandstrom, a University of Sussex psychologist and author of…
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Former Secretary of Energy - Why Clean Energy Alone Won’t Keep the Lights On (#304)
Jun 02, 2026
The wind stops blowing. The sun goes down. What happens next? Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz explains why the transition to clean energy may be far more complicated than most people…
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The Religious Cult Behind North Korea’s Power (#303)
May 26, 2026
We think of North Korea as a communist dictatorship. But Jonathan Cheng, the Wall Street Journal’s China Bureau Chief and former Korea Bureau Chief, says that misses the real story. He argues North…
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Why America May Not Be Ready for the Wars of the Future (#302)
May 19, 2026
When people think about war, they picture missiles and mushroom clouds. But what if the greatest threats today are the ones most people never see coming? Christine Wormuth, former U.S. Secretary of…
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The Global Power Shift No One Is Talking About – And Who’s Driving It (#301)
May 12, 2026
Most people see the world as the U.S. vs. China.But the real power shift is happening elsewhere. Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security and a former senior advisor at the…
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AI, Inflation, and the Dollar: The Hidden Forces Shaping the Economy Right Now (#300)
May 05, 2026
Inflation, interest rates, AI, tariffs, the dollar… Most people treat them as separate stories but actually, they’re not. Former Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jason Furman explains how these…
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Did Apple Accidentally Help Build China’s Manufacturing Empire? (#299)
Apr 28, 2026
“We trained a whole country.” It sounds like an exaggeration. It’s not - according to Patrick McGee, author of Apple in China. So what actually happened in China?
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Cleveland Clinic CEO: The Future of Medicine Is Already Here (#298)
Apr 21, 2026
Dr. Tom Mihaljevic, CEO of Cleveland Clinic and a leading heart surgeon, explains how medicine is already changing in ways most people don’t see. He has spent his career performing complex heart…
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The Hidden Iran Risk No One Is Talking About (#297)
Apr 14, 2026
Iran briefly showed it could choke off a waterway carrying nearly a fifth of the world’s oil. That’s the visible threat. The real risk may be something else entirely. Former Deputy National…
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Scientists May Soon Design Entirely New Life Forms (#296)
Apr 07, 2026
We’re entering a world where life itself could become programmable. What if creating new forms of life becomes as simple as writing code? Geneticist Adrian Woolfson explains how close we are — and…
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After the War: 3 Surprising Truths About the Middle East - with Ambassador Dan Kurtzer (#295)
Mar 31, 2026
Is the war with Iran actually a turning point for the Middle East? Dan Kurtzer - former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Egypt, advisor to presidents, peace negotiator and Princeton professor - has…
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Former Tesla president on The 5 Step Algorithm Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)
Mar 24, 2026
Love him or hate him, Elon Musk has upended entire industries - from cars to rockets - by doing things differently. Jon McNeill, former president of Tesla, reveals the thinking behind Tesla and…
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