Talks at Google (videos of the past month: 01/27-02/28/2017)

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42:32 Scott Sonenshein: "Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less [...]" | Talks at Google Conventional wisdom says that the more resources we have—bigger budgets, larger teams, or more experience—the more we can do. In this talk, Scott Sonenshein challenges this belief with over a decad...
1:28:41 Black Genius in the Digital Age | Talks at Google Google’s Decoding Race Series - is the first step of a longer-term strategy - intended to inform and empower Googlers to have open and constructive conversations on race, and its intersections.
A...
44:26 James Bessen: "Learning by Doing: The Real Connection between Innovation, Wages, and Wealth" Today’s great paradox is that we feel the impact of technology everywhere—in our cars, our phones, the supermarket, the doctor’s office—but not in our paychecks. In the past, technological advancem...
30:46 Allison Williams, Daniel Kaluuya: "Get Out" | Talks at Google Actors Allison Williams and Daniel Kaluuya stop by Google to Talk their latest film "Get Out" - the directorial debut of Jordan Peele.
More about the film: When a young African-American man visits...
37:02 Pharrell Williams & Janelle Monae: "Hidden Figures" | Talks at Google Hidden Figures cast member Janelle Monáe (plays Mary Jackson) and Executive Producer Pharrell Williams, visited Google Atlanta to chat about their new film with computer science students from histo...
1:09:05 Diego Porqueras: "Designing a 3D Printer" | Talks at Google Diego Porqueras invented the Bukobot and Bukito 3D printers. Bukobot’s wildly popular Kickstarter campaign raised four times the requested funds, helping Diego open a Southern California hackerspac...
58:38 Colin Cantwell: "CoreFires" | Talks at Google Colin Cantwell is an original Star Wars ship designer (X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Death Star) and recent author of the book CoreFires. CoreFires is a look into a new galaxy where space freighters move su...
40:43 Laurie Notaro: "Crossing the Horizon: A Novel" | Talks at Google Laurie Notaro is the New York Times best-selling author of the humor memoirs The Idiot Girls Action Adventure Club, Autobiography of a Fat Bride, I Love Everybody and Housebroken. Crossing the Hori...
59:13 "Programming and Prejudice: Can Computers Be Racist?" | Talks at Google Google’s Decoding Race Series - is the first step of a longer-term strategy - intended to inform and empower Googlers to have open and constructive conversations on race, and its intersections. Af...
26:39 Van Jones: "Decoding Race" | Talks at Google Google’s Decoding Race Series - is the first step of a longer-term strategy - intended to inform and empower Googlers to have open and constructive conversations on race, and its intersections.
53:04 Thomas L. Friedman: "Thank You for Being Late" | Talks at Google Thomas L. Friedman, three times Pulitzer Prize winner and award winning NYT columnist joined us in London to discuss his new work, which looks to understand the tectonic movements that are reshapin...
57:39 Jerry Kaplan: "Making Machine Learning Great Again" | Talks at Google Jerry Kaplan spoke with Google's Clément Wolf about the growing worries about the political impact of automation on society, and increasing calls for platforms to try to address precieved threats t...
53:58 Abraham Conlon: "The Adventures of Fat Rice" | Talks at Google Talks at Google hosted Abraham Conlon, co-founder of the Chicago restaurant Fat Rice, and co-author of The Adventures of Fat Rice: Recipes from the Chicago Restaurant Inspired by Macau, for a talk ...
55:10 Pedro Ripol Sampol: "Cruzar el Atlántico a Remo" | Talks at Google Pedro Ripol shared with us his incredible experience on how he trained and got prepared to cross the Atlantic Ocean on a rowing boat during 2 months without any kind of support.
He tells us how h...
50:16 Gregg Treinish: “Unlocking Solutions to Pressing Environmental Issues” | Talks at Google Gregg Treinish is the Executive Director and founder of Adventure Scientists, a 501 c.3 nonprofit that addresses the world’s environmental challenges where access to physical data is crucial to res...
42:16 Mike Rizzo: "Washington Beer" | Talks at Google Mike Rizzo is a homebrewer, beer podcast host, historian and author. He researched the long history of beer in Washington State and compiled it into the book "Washington Beer: A Heady History of Ev...
53:01 Luana Genot: "Sim à Igualdade Racial (Yes To Racial Equality)" | Talks at Google Luana Génot is the executive director of the Identities of Brazil Institute (ID_BR), which is a non-profit organization pioneering the promotion of human rights at a social, political, and professi...
47:00 James Gleick: "Time Travel: A History" | Talks at Google In his previous books Chaos: Making of a new Science and The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood, bestselling author James Gleick became known for lucid and accessible explanations of complex...
59:14 Amy Kurzweil: "Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir" | Talks at Google Ray Kurzweil, best-selling author, recipient of The National Medal of Technology, and a director of engineering at Google, in conversation with his daughter Amy Kurzweil, New Yorker cartoonist and ...
59:26 Mark Duplass | Talks at Google Mark Duplass stopped by Google to Talk about his career, approaching creative collaboration, how he finds inspiration, and why you shouldn't wait for the cavalry.
From acting (“The League” “Mindy ...
1:24:36 The Responsibility and Role of White People in Responding to Racism | Talks at Google When it comes to conversations on race and racism, white racial identity and experiences are rarely centered. Instead, it is treated as “normal,” “universal,” and “or un-discussable”. With the ever...
56:38 Mike McHargue: "Science Mike: The Hope of God in an Age of Science" | Talks at Google Can you believe in God, love Jesus, and use your brain at the same time? Science Mike talks about his journey from life in a Southern Baptist church, to closet Atheism and eventually back to a love...
1:16:43 Daniel Dennett: "From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds" | Talks at Google How did we come to have minds?
For centuries, this question has intrigued psychologists, physicists, poets, and philosophers, who have wondered how the human mind developed its unrivaled ability t...
50:35 Dr. Harry Barry: "Flagging Anxiety & Panic" | Talks at Google In Flagging Anxiety & Panic, Dr. Harry Barry provides a comprehensive view on the differences between anxiety and panic, their main causes, the role of our brains and body when dealing with them, t...
59:39 Dr. Brett Finlay: "Let Them Eat Dirt" | Talks at Google In the two hundred years since we discovered that microbes cause infectious diseases, we’ve battled to keep them at bay. But a recent explosion of scientific knowledge has led to undeniable evidenc...
55:42 Amuda Goueli: "Lo que de Verdad Importa" | Talks at Google Amuda Goueli joins us in our Madrid Google office as a speaker for Lo que de verdad importa foundation.
About Amuda Goueli:
Amuda Goueli (born in Nubia, Egypt), founder of Destinia.com, Onlinetra...
36:22 Sean Hardie: "Just Imagine" | Talks at Google What happens to the imagination in an age of technology? One of the unintended consequences of the tsunami of technological - and cultural - change that has swept over us in recent decades, is the ...
33:54 Carolyn Phillips: "The Dim Sum Field Guide" | Talks at Google Carolyn Phillips, food writer, scholar and artist, joins us in the Teaching Kitchen to celebrate Chinese New Year. Watch her demonstrate a recipe from her cookbook "All Under Heaven" while she talk...
55:26 Robert Reich: "Preparing Our Economy for the Impact of Automation & AI" | Talks at Google Professor Reich comes to Google to discuss the impact of automation & artificial intelligence on our economy. He also provides a recommendation on how we can ensure future technologies benefit the ...
47:41 Shaun MacGillivray: "Dream Big" & "National Park Adventure" | Talks at Google Producer and President of MacGillivray Freeman Films, Shaun MacGillivray, shares behind-the scenes experiences about two of the company’s most recent IMAX and giant-screen films: “National Parks Ad...
46:48 Helen Russell: "Leap Year" | Talks at Google Helen Russell came into Google to share her year of self-improvement, overhauling every area of her life, learn how to embrace change, and become a lean, mean decision-making machine. Recorded in L...
54:31 Max Stossel: "The Art of Storytelling in the Modern Day" | Talks at Google Max Stossel is an award winning storyteller/filmmaker/poet with a unique style of storytelling. His work consistently goes viral ("Subway Love" and "Stop Making Murderers Famous"), has been feature...
51:40 Alberto Peláez: "Crónicas de Guerra" | Talks at Google Alberto Peláez joins us in our Madrid Google office to talk about all his experience as a war journalist
About Alberto Peláez:
Alberto Peláez (Madrid, Spain, February 22, 1964) is a journalist, w...
45:09 Dianna Cowern: "Become YouTube's 'Physics Girl'" | Talks at Google Dianna Cowern, known to millions of YouTube viewers as Physics Girl (https://www.youtube.com/user/physicswoman), shares why she is passionate about physics and how she turned that passion into a ca...
47:41 Tom Selleck & Kevin Wade: "Blue Bloods" | Talks At Google Star Tom Selleck and Executive Producer Kevin Wade stop by the NYC Google office to discuss the CBS drama, Blue Bloods.
Tom Selleck stars as Frank Reagan, the New York Police Commissioner, and pa...
57:58 Jeremy McCarter: "Hamilton, Hope, and Change" | Talks At Google Talks at Google hosted Jeremy McCarter, co-author of HAMILTON: THE REVOLUTION and the forthcoming book YOUNG RADICALS, for a talk on December 15th, 2016.
Jeremy McCarter is the co-author of HAMILT...
37:35 Allison Gilbert: "How to Harness Loss to Drive Happiness, Spark Creativity..." | Talks at Google Allison Gilbert is one of the most thought-provoking and influential writers on grief and resilience. In this stirring Google Talk, she reveals the secret and essential factor for harnessing loss t...
55:38 Miroslav Volf: "Flourishing: Why We Need Religion in a Globalized World" | Talks at Google More than almost anything else, globalization and the great world religions are shaping our lives, affecting everything from the public policies of political leaders and the economic decisions of i...
55:45 Sushi Nakazawa: "How 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi' Changed Two Men's Lives" | Talks at Google Chef Daisuke Nakazawa made his public debut in 2011 in the acclaimed documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” as the protege of renowned chef Jiro Ono. Nakazawa’s appearance in this documentary spurred a...
51:27 Nick Hornby: Ministry of Stories | Talks at Google Nick Hornby joined us in London to talk about writing, his career, and his role as co-founder of the Ministry of Stories. We were also joined by Ben Payne from the charity. Recorded in London, Nove...
46:19 Omar Saif Ghobash: "Letters to a Young Muslim" | Talks at Google Talks at Google was delighted to host Omar Saif Ghobash, the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Russia since 2008. Ghobash studied law and mathematics in Oxford and London and began his care...
57:00 Akinori Uno: "A Healthier and Stronger Body" | Talks at Google Uno Akinori, ex champion bodybuilder (70kg) in 2011 and current personal trainer, shares his experience as a champion bodybuilder and challenges faced during competitions. He also advises on meals ...

53:14 Will Moy: "Post post-truth - Fact Checking at Full Fact" | Talks at Google Will Moy is the Director of Full Fact, a UK-based independent factchecking charity. He appears regularly on TV, radio, and at events to discuss Full Fact's work, and to recount a factchecker's way ...
1:00:41 Mario Batali: "Big American Cookbook" | Talks At Google Mario Batali returns to Talks at Google to talk about his latest book, "Big American Cookbook: 250 Favorite Recipes from Across the USA."
Mario Batali's delicious deep dive into American Regional ...
42:12 Rebecca Katz: "Clean Soups: Simple Nourishing Recipes for Health & Vitality" | Talks at Google Rebecca Katz, accomplished chef and national speaker who has worked with the country's top wellness leaders, joins us in the Teaching Kitchen to present her newest cookbook, "Clean Soups". Watch he...