Talks at Google (videos of April 2017)

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39:06 HBO's "Silicon Valley" | Talks at Google What happens when Pied Piper comes to Google? Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanjiani, Amanda Crew, Zach Woods, and Martin Starr Talk Season 4 of HBO's Silicon Valley, and the lines between reality and...
45:30 Off Broadway's "The View UpStairs" | Talks at Google The View UpStairs "TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY!" (Time Out New York). This provocative new musical pulls you inside the UpStairs Lounge, a vibrant '70s gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The ...
48:40 Bill Griffin: "This Wish" | Talks at Google Bill Griffin's website Crowdwish sets out to collate (and fulfill in some way) the world's hopes, dreams and desires. Crowdwish actions one wish every 24 hours and has actioned over 1,000 wishes.
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45:59 Ayesha Keller and Ruha Said: "Personal Insights into the Syrian Refugee Crisis" | Talks at Google Ayesha grew up in Scotland and travelled to Lesvos in November 2015. She helped set up the NGO that ran the biggest independent camp on the island, and then went on to pilot new dignified housing p...
27:13 Beau Kilmer, Ph.D.: "Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know" | Talks at Google Beau Kilmer, Senior Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation and co-author of "Marijuana Legalization, What Everyone Needs to Know" spoke at Google LAX on Wednesday, March 29, 2017.
Some topics a...
47:17 Rachael O'Meara: "Pause: Harnessing the [...] Power of Giving Yourself a Break" | Talks at Google Join Rachael O'Meara, sales executive at Google and author of Pause as she shares her personal experience leading up to her burn out and her reassessment of her priorities and life path.
- Experi...
59:13 Catherine Mayer: "Attack of the Fifty Foot Women" | Talks at Google If gender equality promises benefits to everyone, not just to women, why aren’t we embracing it? And how can we speed the pace of change?
In 2015, journalist Catherine Mayer founded the Women’s E...
51:09 Ella Mills: "Deliciously Ella with Friends" | Talks at Google Ella Mills is an award winning cookery author and entrepreneur. She writes the popular blog, deliciouslyella.com, and is a champion of eating well. Her first book came out in January 2015 and has b...
50:50 Derek Thompson: "Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction" | Talks at Google What makes an idea or product popular? That's the big question that Derek Thompson investigates in his new book, Hit Makers. Thompson draws on stories of hits from pop culture history, from the imp...
52:08 Nadim Saad: "The Working Parents' Guide: To Raising Happy and Confident Children" | Talks at Google Working parents often battle with time pressure and guilt of being away from their children. Talks at Google welcomed parenting coach Nadim Saad to discuss how time-poor parents can make family lif...
52:02 Mr. Eazi: "The Meteoric Rise of Afrobeats" | Talks at Google Mr. Eazi, the Nigerian-born, Ghanaian-raised, international recording artist that took the music world by storm with his megahit single Skin tight visited Google for an interactive Q&A session. Wh...
45:01 Jack Viertel: "The Secret Life of the American Musical" | Talks at Google Americans love musicals. Americans invented musicals. Americans perfected musicals. But what, exactly, is a musical? Nobody knows this better than Jack Viertel, who helped bring shows such as “Hair...
50:08 Chef Chris Cheung: "East Wind Snack Shop" | Talks at Google Chris Cheung is the chef and owner of East Wind Snack Shop in Brooklyn, known for delicious dumplings, baos, and as one of the last standing Taoishan Tea Houses in existence in NYC, as well as the ...
1:08:08 Currey Cook: "Lambda Legal: Representing LGBTQ Youth" | Talk at Google Legal is a national non-profit committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of LGBTQ people through impact litigation, education and public policy work. Join us as Currey Cook, direc...
55:10 Prof. Peter Adamson: "Philosophy in the Islamic World" | Talks at Google Peter Adamson is Professor of Philosophy King's College London and LMU Munich, whose primary areas of interest are late ancient philosophy and Arabic philosophy. In addition to his research he is t...
55:19 Olivia Fox & Judah Pollack: The Net and The Butterfly: [...] Breakthrough Thinking | Talks at Google Olivia Fox Cabane and Judah Pollack comes to Google for an interview about their latest book, “The Net and The Butterfly.” Drawing on their extensive coaching and training practice with top Silicon...
55:38 Agapi Stassinopoulos: "Wake up the the Joy of You: 52 Meditations and [...] " | Talks at Google With warmth and wisdom from a lifetime of spiritual seeking, inspirational force Agapi guides you through letting go of what doesn’t work for you and finding what does. You’ll cultivate the buildin...
51:49 Broadway's "In Transit" | Talks at Google Performance and Q&A with cast and creatives of Broadway's first a cappella musical.
A new musical about that time in your life when your career is a work in progress, your love life makes you hate...
1:09:04 Yann Arthus Bertrand: "HUMAN" | Talks at Google Yann Arthus-Bertrand describes his creative process and what led him to create his latest documentary HUMAN and his next movie WOMAN. Yann Arthus-Bertrand gives deep insight into his work and what...
59:15 Traci Des Jardins, Tanya Holland, Joanne Weir: "[...] Recipes for Success" | Talks at Google In celebration of Women's History Month, FoodTalks welcomes award-winning women chefs Traci Des Jardins, Tanya Holland and Joanne Weir to dish on their recipes for success. Panelists join moderator...
47:46 Ryan Williams: "The Influencer Economy: How to Launch, Share, and Thrive"" | Talks at Google Ryan explains his step-by-step guide to launching your product in the new economy. He teaches how to build a core community around your idea, collaborate with key influencers to grow your product b...
44:24 Simone Giertz: "The Making of Sh*tty Robots" | Talks at Google Simone Giertz is, in her words, YouTube's Queen of Sh*tty Robots, Breaker of Transistors, Mistress of Malfunction, and Mother of Terrible Inventions. Simone is really good at building really bad th...
57:08 Meir Kryger: "The Mystery of Sleep: Why a Good Night's Rest Is Vital [...]" | Talks at Google Everyone needs a good night’s sleep, and many of us will experience some difficulty sleeping or staying awake. Dr. Kryger’s latest book The Mystery of Sleep is for a general audience, citing exampl...
1:02:26 James Rigato: "Mabel Gray" | Talks at Google Chef James Rigato, owner of Detroit hotspot Mabel Gray and "cheftestant" on season 12 of Top Chef, joins us to discuss how his humble upbringings shaped his persona in the kitchen, the importance ...
59:15 Jerry Buting: "A Conversation on Justice" | Talks at Google Jerry Buting, criminal defense attorney, stops by Google to discuss justice and the American criminal justice system. Jerry, along with attorney Dean Strang, defended Steven Avery in a 2005 crimina...
24:55 Atsuhisa Matsumura: "Diamond Dining CEO" | Talks at Google Ever been to or heard of themed restaurant such as Vampire Cafe, Kawaii Monster Cafe or Warayakiya in Japan? Atsuhisa Matsumura, CEO of Diamond Dining group who runs these restaurants as part of hi...
1:05:02 Rep. Byron Rushing: "Slavery and Emancipation in the Invention of Massachusetts" | Talks at Google As part of Black History Month, Google invited MA State Rep & Majority Whip Byron Rushing to give a talk on any topic relevant to the black experience. In this talk, Rep. Rushing delves into the le...
1:10:41 Abdoulaye and Ibrahim Barry: "The ADLaM Story: The Alphabet for Our People [...]" | Talks at Google Ibrahima and Abdoulaye Barry are two brothers from Guinea in West Africa. They are the creators of the ADLaM alphabet for the Fulani and other African languages. They currently live in Portland, Or...
58:11 Alison Levine: "On the Edge: Leadership Lessons from Mount Everest [...]" | Talks at Google Alison Levine served as the team captain of the first American Women's Everest Expedition, climbed the highest peak on every continent, and skied to both the north and south poles. She is the autho...
52:13 Anthony Myint and Karen Leibowitz "The Perennial" | Talks at Google ANTHONY MYINT and KAREN LEIBOWITZ are husband-and-wife co-founders of The Perennial, an award-winning San Francisco restaurant and bar dedicated to making food the delicious solution to climate cha...
58:34 Nadia Lopez: "The Bridge to Brilliance: How One Principal in a Tough [...] | Talks at Google The Bridge to Brilliance: How One Principal in a Tough Community Is Inspiring the World
In 2015, Nadia Lopez was struggling as the principal and founder of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, a middle scho...
52:18 Dorothie & Martin Hellman: "Peace, True Love.... and Cryptography" | Talks at Google Turing Award winner Martin Hellman, along with his wife Dorothie, discuss their book, “A New Map for Relationships: Creating True Love at Home & Peace on the Planet,” and how they went from being m...
52:34 Robbert Dijkgraaf: "The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge" | Talks at Google Robbert Dijkgraaf, Director and Leon Levy Professor of the Institute for Advanced Study since 2012, is a mathematical physicist who has made significant contributions to string theory and the advan...
54:41 Denise Herzing: "Dolphin Communication: Cracking the Code" | Talks at Google Scientists have struggled to understand dolphin vocalizations, but new computer tools to both track dolphins and decode their complex vocalizations are now emerging. Dr. Denise Herzing has been stu...
37:06 Mary Little: "Intent and Serendipity" | Talks at Google Shortly after graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, Mary Little’s work entered the permanent collections of the Vitra Design Museum in Basel and Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. It...
27:58 Dr. Delaney Ruston: "Screenagers: Growing Up In The Digital Age" | Talks at Google Filmmaker and Stanford trained physician Dr. Delaney Ruston visited Google MTV to talk about her film "Screenagers: Growing Up In The Digital Age".
"Screenagers: Growing Up In The Digital Age" pro...
43:42 Jami Attenberg: "All Grown Up" | Talks at Google From the New York Times best-selling author of The Middlesteins comes a wickedly funny novel about a thirty-nine-year-old single, childfree woman who defies convention as she seeks connection.
Abo...
47:24 Sir Peter Bazalgette: " The Empathy Instinct" | Talks at Google Sir Peter Bazalgette in conversation with VP Comms, Peter Barron. Sir Peter was instrumental in creating the independent TV production sector in the United Kingdom. He was Chief Creative Officer at...
48:33 Come From Away: Broadway Cast and Creatives | Talk at Google COME FROM AWAY is the breathtaking new musical that played record-breaking engagements in La Jolla, Seattle, Washington D.C., and Toronto. Written by Canadians Irene Sankoff and David Hein, this is...
55:23 Orgyen Chowang: "Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness" | Talks at Google In this talk, meditation master and author Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche presents instruction and guided meditation based on his book Our Pristine Mind: A Practical Guide to Unconditional Happiness. He i...
52:32 Harold Davis: "The Photographer's Black & White Handbook" | Talks at Google The Photographer’s Black & White Handbook is your complete guide to making and processing stunning black and white photos in the digital era. You’ll find inspiration, ideas, techniques, and tools t...
1:32:50 Bamboo Ceilings? Model Minorities? Let's Talk About It! | Talks at Google Panelists Quyen Dinh, Valarie Kaur, and Phil Yu join moderator Lorrie Ma in a conversation that guides us into a deeper understanding of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) experiences, the ...
1:03:03 Steve McCurry: "A Life of Photography" | Talks at Google Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic figures in contemporary photography for more than thirty years. In collaboration with the Boardwalk Gallery show, Steve will join us to discuss his li...
54:20 Coss Marte and Shane Ennover: "Conbody: From Convict to Conbody" | Talks at Google Convict to Conbody takes you through the journey of Coss Marte, former drug kingpin, and Shane Ennover, former "serial," bank robber and their journey before, during and after prison. After being i...
1:03:14 Jim O'Shaughnessy: "What Works on Wall Street" | Talks at Google What it takes to be a successful active investor. Hint, it’s much harder than you think.
Contrast active and passive equity investing. Risk/rewards.
Conclusion—Investors who do not have the follow...
56:08 Joel Greenblatt: "The Little Book that Beats the Market" | Talks at Google Joel Greenblatt is a managing partner of Gotham Capital, a hedge fund that he founded in 1985 and Gotham Asset Management, a manager of hedge funds and long/short mutual funds. He is the former Cha...
49:45 Jessica Williams & Phoebe Robinson: "2 Dope Queens" | Talks at Google 2 Dope Queens is a podcast hosted by the Daily Show's Jessica Williams, and Broad City's Phoebe Robinson.
Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson stop by Google to talk about the upcoming third seas...
50:02 Brenna Hassett: "Built on Bones" | Talks at Google Archaeologist Brenna Hassett's book BUILT ON BONES explores how humans came to live in cities and the impacts of our decision to settle down - from new diseases to fad diets.
In her talk, Brenna e...
1:00:26 Michael Breus: "The Power of When" | Talks at Google The advice from Dr. Michael Breus' recent book advises the best time to do everything--from drink your coffee to have sex or go for a run--according to your body's chronotype.
Most advice centers...
58:11 Mo Abudu: "Being Bold in Entrepreneurship" | Talks at Google Mo Abudu has achieved success in various fields; as an Executive in ExxonMobil for nearly a decade, as the promoter behind the Protea Hotel Oakwood Park, as well as the Founder of Vic Lawrence & As...
28:02 Keith Devlin: "Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover [...]" | Talks at Google In 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci has quite literally affected the ...