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  • Joy is a Risk Worth Taking (#324)

    October 20, 2026 · 19 min

    What if joy isn’t a reward for when life goes well, but the thing that helps us survive when it doesn’t? Psychologist and Stanford lecturer Kelly McGonigal reveals that joy is not the same as happiness, and that many of us quietly push it…

  • Greenland, Russia, and The Cold War for the Arctic (#323)

    October 13, 2026 · 19 min

    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. And Greenland sits at the center of a…

  • How a 500 Year Old Map Still Distorts Our World (#322)

    October 6, 2026 · 19 min

    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 accurate map. They all distort how we see…

  • America, War, and the Myths We Still Believe (#321)

    September 29, 2026 · 20 min

    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 Kagan, a senior fellow at the Brookings…

  • Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines (#320)

    September 22, 2026 · 23 min

    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, and love. Now she says there are two…

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  • Mark Cuban: What Everyone Is Getting Wrong About AI (#319)

    September 15, 2026 · 23 min

    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 believe, but this time it's about…

  • Can Anyone Stop a President From Starting a War? (#318)

    September 8, 2026 · 19 min

    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 Security Council, Jeh Johnson has advised…

  • Angela Duckworth: Grit Isn't Enough (#317)

    September 1, 2026 · 18 min

    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 spent years studying achievement. In…

  • Why Doing the “Right Thing” Can Make Everything Worse (#316)

    August 25, 2026 · 16 min

    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 terrible? Alvin Roth is a Stanford professor…

  • The Hidden Weakness in America's AI Lead (#315)

    August 18, 2026 · 23 min

    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 National Security Partnerships at OpenAI…

  • Your Brain Is Hiding the Truth From You (#314)

    August 11, 2026 · 21 min

    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 questions of all: why do we experience anything…

  • Putin’s Real Enemy Isn’t Ukraine (#313)

    August 4, 2026 · 20 min

    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 historian and The Atlantic writer Anne…

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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. A global top 1% podcast.