3 Takeaways Podcast
1) What Happened When My Daughter Was Born Looking White - And I Wasn’t (#277)
In a Paris hospital delivery room, Thomas Chatterton Williams, acclaimed writer for The Atlantic and author of Self-Portrait in Black and White, held his newborn daughter for the first time. She had b...Show More
2) The Thermostat in Your Brain: Pushing Past Your Limits with Nick Thompson (#276)
What if fatigue, fear, and even failure aren’t real limits — but signals from the brain trying to protect us? Nick Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic and former Editor-in-Chief of Wired reveals the surpri...Show More
3) The Surprising Science of Why Life Gets Better with Age with Stanford’s Laura Carstensen (#275)
We’re told youth is life’s peak — but what if that story is wrong? Stanford psychologist Laura Carstensen reveals how time itself reshapes what we value and how we find meaning. Her research offers pr...Show More
4) The Genetic Revolution Has Begun - George Church on What Comes Next (#274)
We’ve entered a new age. Where nature once took a million years to make a few genetic changes, scientists can now make billions in an afternoon — and even imagine adapting humans for life beyond Earth...Show More
5) Your Brain, For Sale: The Hidden Ways AI Can Manipulate You with Cass Sunstein (#273)
AI doesn’t just predict our behavior — it can shape it. Cass Sunstein, Harvard professor and co-author of Nudge, reveals how artificial intelligence uses classic tools of manipulation — from scarcity...Show More
6) What Putin Really Wants — with Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul (#272)
When Vladimir Putin first rose to power, few expected him to become the world’s most confrontational autocrat. Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, who has studied and worked with Putin fo...Show More
7) Our Dollar, Your Problem: How U.S. Power Shapes — and Shakes — the World (#271)
For decades, the dollar has been one of America’s most powerful weapons — and a major source of global influence, in ways few fully realize. It doesn’t just shape trade and finance; it also gives the ...Show More
8) The Surprising Truth About Grief, Loss and Resilience (#270)
Grief and trauma are part of being human, yet most of us have little idea what to expect. We picture them as overwhelming, endless, and all-consuming. But what if that story is wrong? Columbia profess...Show More
9) AI Will Transform the World—But Who Decides How? (#269)
Artificial intelligence isn’t just another invention — it may be humanity’s first non-biological species. Craig Mundie, former Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer and co-author of Genesis wi...Show More
10) Why 199 of 200 Projects Fail: The Iron Law That Dooms Even the Smartest Ideas (#268)
What do kitchen renovations, Olympic Games, and nuclear power plants have in common? Most of them fail — spectacularly. World-renowned expert Bent Flyvbjerg explains why 199 out of 200 big projects go...Show More