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3 Takeaways™

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.

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Oct 20, 2020 · 23 min
Yale Professor, Amy Chua: On How Group Identity and a Failure to Realize Its Importance Has Caused the Rise of Partisanship and the Failure of U.S. Foreign Policy (#12)
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 original thinker who has received support from across the political spectrum. Learn how children as young as 4 years old identify with groups and consistently display systematic, unconscious bias toward other groups. Learn how America can move forward.
Oct 13, 2020 · 21 min
Former Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul: What Vladimir Putin Is Really Like and What He Wants Now (#11)
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, what he wants now, what's going on in Russia and U.S. relations, and when regime change will happen in Russia.
Oct 6, 2020 · 17 min
Harvard Professor, Alex Keyssar: On What Could Go Wrong With Voting in the 2020 U.S. Election and When Congress Picks the President (#10)
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 been so hard to change it.
Sep 29, 2020 · 27 min
Former Ambassador to Israel and Egypt, Dan Kurtzer: An Inside Perspective on Israel and the Middle East (#9)
Find out from former ambassador to both Israel and Egypt, Dan Kurtzer, why Bahrain and the UAE really signed agreements with Israel, the surprising reasons they’re great for Israel, and if we’ll see a peace agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia soon.
Sep 22, 2020 · 24 min
MIT Professor, Andrew McAfee: On Prospering From Fewer Resources & Getting More From Less (#8)
Most people believe that taking better care of the planet means reducing consumption, learning to share and reuse, and restraining growth. Is that argument correct? Find out from Andrew McAfee, director of MIT’s Digital Initiative, why it's not true.
Sep 15, 2020 · 34 min
Former Google CEO, Eric Schmidt: On AI, Tech, COVID-19, and Making the World A Better Place (#7)
Find out how former Google CEO Eric Schmidt sees the future of artificial intelligence (AI) and tech. As leader of NY Governor Cuomo's COVID-19 task force, he also provides insights on the world post-COVID, as well as the opportunities and talent that he is investing in through Schmidt Futures and his new podcast Reimagine.
Sep 8, 2020 · 32 min
Former Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff: On National Security Issues Today (#6)
Michael Chertoff, a former Secretary of Homeland Security, federal prosector, judge and Assistant U.S. Attorney General, provides a unique perspective on national security issues today, including using federal troops in cities, criminal justice, immigration, terrorism and health threats.
Sep 1, 2020 · 26 min
Founder of Khan Academy, Sal Khan: On Scaling to One Billion Students (#5)
Find out how the founder of Khan Academy built the world’s largest online learning platform, what he is doing now, and how he is reimagining education.
Aug 21, 2020 · 30 min
JetBlue Chairman, Joel Peterson: Leadership and Building a Winning Culture (#4)
Learn how to inspire others, navigate through crises, and launch new ventures from the man who helped build JetBlue and served as advisor to hundreds of other companies, including seven start-ups which are now worth over $1 billion.
Jul 31, 2020 · 35 min
Harvard Law Professor, Richard Lazarus: The Century’s Biggest Environmental Law Case and What It Took to Win (#2)
Environmental lawyer and activist Richard Lazarus talks about The Paris Agreement and its legacy, his new book The Rule of Five, the current administration’s undoing of EPA acts, and offers a poignant reminder of the difference one person can make.
Jul 31, 2020 · 31 min
Richard McGregor: China’s Secretive Ruling Chinese Communist Party (#3)
Richard McGregor, former Financial Times bureau chief, tells how China’s secretive ruling Communist party is “like God,” and how it is responsible for China’s economic rise, human rights record, turbulent history, and relations with the U.S. Learn what the Party and its leader, Xi Jinping, want now.
Jul 29, 2020 · 24 min
Founder of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck: Why People Are Wrongfully Convicted and What We Can Do About It (#1)
Founder of the Innocence Project Barry Scheck, answers all questions related to wrongful convictions. Barry Scheck has freed hundreds of wrongfully convicted people from jail, many of whom spent decades in jail for crimes they didn’t commit. Wrongful convictions are not an aberration but a result of the way the system is designed. What can we do to reduce wrongful convictions and free innocent people from jail? Tune in to find out. Also check out the Netflix series The Innocence Files, which is based on Barry Scheck and his work.
Jul 27, 2020 · 1 min
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3 Takeaways features intimate conversations and insights from the world’s best thinkers, business leaders, writers, politicians, scientists and other newsmakers. Each episode ends with the 3 key takeaways the leading figure has learned over their career. Hosted by Lynn Thoman.