Talks at Google (videos of May 2017)

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51:17 Daniel Suarez: "Change Agent" | Talks at Google New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez talks about his novel "Change Agent" at Google Los Angeles.
CHANGE AGENT explores a near future world where synthetic biology and rampant genetic ed...
51:33 Dr. Brian Glass, NASA Ames: "Roving and Drilling in 'Mars on Earth'" | Talks at Google The Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) project recently completed a second field season in the Atacama Desert (Chile) testing a mobile robot equipped with a 1 meter drill and three...
47:27 Donny McCaslin: "'Beyond Now' and David Bowie's 'Blackstar'" | Talks at Google Talks at Google hosted Donny McCaslin, a three-time GRAMMY® nominated saxophonist and composer. Featured on David Bowie‘s Blackstar, McCaslin & his band are known as “David Bowie’s last band”. Do...
51:06 Winifred M. Reilly: "It Takes One to Tango" | Talks at Google Winifred M. Reilly discusses her book "It Takes One to Tango". It is a groundbreaking guide that shows how one determined partner—acting alone—can spark lasting, significant change in a marriage, o...
55:21 Ed Finkler: "Stronger Than Fear: Mental Health in the Developer Community" | Talks at Google Talks at Google hosted Ed Finkler, founder and chairman of Open Sourcing Mental Illness, a non-profit 501c3 dedicated to raising awareness and supporting those with mental illness in the tech indus...
26:23 Niall Mellon: "The Education Crisis in South Africa and How We Can Help" | Talks at Google Niall J. Mellon is an Irish entrepreneur, property developer and founder of the Niall Mellon Township Trust, which provided homes to impoverished communities in South Africa's townships. Now he run...
59:33 G. Love: "Love Saves The Day" | Talks at Google Genre bending G. Love & Special Sauce, a group that coined the term “hip-hop blues”, returns to their rock ‘n’ roll roots with their most recently released album, “Love Saves The Day”.
In this vi...
23:32 Jeffrey Brown, Neerja Naik, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado: "SOLD" & "The India & Nepal Project" Director Jeffrey Brown, actress Neerja Naik and the Founder of Courageous Girls Silvia Vasquez-Lavado joined us at Google SFO to discuss their film SOLD and The India & Nepal Project. Moderated by ...
46:13 Barbara Lynch: "Out of Line: A Life of Playing with Fire" | Talks at Google Barbara Lynch is the owner of many of Boston's most celebrated restaurants such as Drink, B&G Oysters, Sportello, and Stir Boston. She was named one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People i...
56:52 Thom Bond: "Teaching Compassion at Scale" | Talks at Google Thom Bond, founder New York Center for Nonviolent Communication (NYCNVC), visited Google MTV to discuss the Compassion Course Online (compassioncourse.org). Since 2011, more than 12,000 people in 1...
58:51 Andrea Nguyen: "The Pho Cookbook [...] | Talks at Google FoodTalks welcomes author, teacher and consultant Andrea Nguyen to showcase her latest cookbook "The Pho Cookbook: Easy to Adventurous Recipes for Vietnam’s Favorite Soup and Noodles." Hosted in th...
55:52 Alexander Rossi, Conor Daly, & Ric Flair: "The Greatest Spectacle In Racing" | Talks at Google Alexander Rossi, the winner of the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 joins fellow IndyCar driver Conor Daly and wrestling legend Ric Flair to discuss the everything from racing, to partying in ...
52:39 Neil Gibson: "How Comics Help your Memory and your Career" | Talks at Google Neil Gibson is the founder and editor-in-chief of British comic publisher TPub and writes a few of their titles. He is very passionate about good comics and believes that the medium is one of the m...
43:33 Jay Chandrasekhar: "Mustache Shenanigans: Making of Super Troopers [...]" | Talks at Google Talks at Google hosts Jay Chandrasekhar, director, actor, writer and comedian, to offer behind-the-scenes commentary on the making of the cult classic Super Troopers.
Get his book here: https://g...
54:35 Finale Doshi-Velez: "A Roadmap for the Rigorous Science of Interpretability" | Talks at Google With a growing interest in interpretability, there is an increasing need to characterize what exactly we mean by it and how to sensibly compare the interpretability of different approaches. In thi...
47:02 Prof. Rana Mitter: "Modern China" | Talks at Google For this talk about Modern China Talks at Google welcomes Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China in Oxford, fellow of St. Cross College, and author of Oxford University ...
1:18:23 Danielle Seybold and Jaclyn Long: "Mindful Approach to Positive Discipline" | Talks at Google This is a 90-minute talk by Mindful Parenting experts Danielle Seybold and Jaclyn Long who share advice drawing on handling the challenges of parenting.
Danielle draws upon mindfulness skills and...
47:25 Benji Bennett: "Love, Loss and Inspiration" | Talks at Google Benji, the #1 bestselling and award winning children’s author, began to write for children after the sudden loss of his 4 year old son Adam in 2007. This tragic event inspired Benji to quit his jo...
52:22 Russell Brand & Bob Roth: "Meditation, Comedy, New Fatherhood, Recovery, and Life" | Talks at Google Comedian, actor, and best-selling author Russell Brand has been practicing Transcendental Meditation for nearly 10 years. He says the technique has been instrumental in fostering creativity, apprec...
23:59 Timothy Zahn: "Star Wars: Thrawn" | Talks at Google Timothy Zahn is talking about his new Star Wars novel, Thrawn. In this definitive novel, readers will follow Thrawn’s rise to power—uncovering the events that created one of the most iconic villai...
1:01:18 Carine McCandless: "'The Wild Truth' and the Socialization of Domestic Violence" | Talks at Google Carine McCandless – sister of literary icon Christopher McCandless – visits Google to discuss how social media in today's world aids in perpetuating domestic violence. Carine also shares the true s...
54:16 Eric H Chudler and Lise Johnson: "Brain Bytes" | Talks at Google Eric H. Chudler has a PhD's in Psychology from University of Washington where he is Executive Director of the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering. Lise Johnson has a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engi...
54:17 Midway Production Team: "The Story of Chicago Hip-Hop" | Talks at Google Talks at Google hosted members of the production team behind Midway: The Story of Chicago Hip-Hop, a feature-length documentary film and archival project that tells the story of the evolution, stru...
51:27 Sarah Robb O'Hagan: "Extreme You: Step Up. Stand Out. Kick Ass. Repeat." | Talks at Google Executive, activist and entrepreneur, Sarah Robb O’Hagan has been described by the media as everything from “Superwoman undercover” to the “Pied Piper of Potential.” She is a high-energy combinatio...
21:58 Antonio Carluccio: "Vegetables" | Talks at Google Antonio Carluccio is widely recognized as one of Italy’s greatest food ambassadors. Having moved to London in 1975, Antonio setup and ran the Neal Street Restaurant and then the first Carluccio’s C...
1:03:45 Nikole Hannah-Jones: "Modern Day Segregation: How & Why Public Schools [...]" | Talks at Google Modern Day Segregation: How & Why Public Schools are (Still) Divided by Race The Problem We All Live With
Nikole Hannah-Jones (http://nikolehannahjones.com) is an award-winning investigative repor...
45:40 Mayim Bialik: "Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular" | Talks at Google Actress, author, and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik (Blossom, Big Bang Theory) discusses her new book "Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular".
About the book:
Mayim Bialik, star of The...
43:56 Jon Morris: "The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains" | Talks at Google Jon Morris has been writing humor and culture-related content for more than decade. His long-running blog on failed, ignored and just plain weird comic books, Gone&Forgotten, contains more than eig...
34:25 Arnell Milhouse: "Rebooting Emerging Domestic Markets" | Talks at Google Arnell Milhouse is the founder and Executive Director of IntraCity Geeks and the co-founder of CareerDevs. Born in one of the toughest inner-city neighborhoods in the country, his life was rebooted...
51:52 Off-Broadway's "The Whirligig" | Talks at Google Cast members Zosia Mamet, Norbert Leo Butz, and Dolly Wells, along with director Scott Elliott and writer Hamish Linklater join us for a Q&A discussion about their Off-Broadway show.
About the sho...
33:29 St. Lawrence String Quartet: "Haydn Discovery Series" | Talks at Google (with even less music) The St Lawrence String Quartet performs world-wide and has been ensemble in residence at Stanford University since 1998. In this program, based on their "Haydn Discovery Series", the quartet talks ...
1:06:52 Thomas Friedman: "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century" | Talks at Google Eric Schmidt moderates a discussion with Thomas Friedman about the then-current book, "The World is Flat." This Talk was recorded in 2005.
Robin Williams also took the stage during the Q&A. You c...
50:16 Rahat Fateh Ali Khan: "Sufi Music Heritage Discussion & Performance" | Talks at Google We welcome Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (RFAK) for a “Talks at Google” event and performance at Google's global headquarters.
Building on a 600-year-old cultural legacy of Sufi music, RFAK is world-...
50:47 Gabriel Garzon Montano: "Jardín: Performance and Talk" | Talks at Google Gabriel Garzón-Montano, Brooklyn native and emerging artist, recently released his new album on Stones Throw Records: Jardín, in which Gabriel sings of the struggles and uncertainties of the many-l...
41:47 Jon Rapping: "Restoring Humanity in the Criminal Justice System" | Talks at Google Jonathan Rapping is an American criminal defense attorney, professor of law at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School and Harvard Law School, and founder and president of Gideon's Promise. He received ...
59:38 Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi: "Walkaway & the Collapsing Empire" | Talks at Google Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi stop by the Googleplex to discuss their most recent books, and each other.
Cory Doctorow's "Walkaway"
Fascinating, moving, and darkly humorous, Walkaway is a multi-ge...
1:31:29 Aswath Damodaran: "The Value of Stories in Business" | Talks at Google The world of investing/finance is divided into two camps. In one, you have the number-crunchers, who believe that the only things that matter are the numbers and that imagination/creativity are dan...
46:12 Peter Godfrey Smith: "Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins..." | Talks at Google Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
A philosopher dons a wetsuit and journeys into the depths of consciousness.
Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher o...
1:04:47 Krishna Das: "The Art of Kirtan" | Talks at Google Krishna Das is a world-famous Grammy nominated kirtan singer. The New York Times has even referred to him as "the Pavarotti of kirtan". Check out his amazing music on his YouTube channel here.
On...
50:51 Deaf Spotlight Presents SKIN, a Theatrical Production in ASL | Talks at Google  The cast of Deaf Spotlight’s theatrical production, SKIN, performs an excerpt from the play and then discusses the production itself, experiences being on the stage, behind the stage, and how they ...
59:32 Slava Vakarchuk: "Innovations That Pushed Boundaries" | Talks at Google Slava Vakarchuk is the frontman of Okean Elzy, one of the most popular rock bands in Eastern Europe. His impact, however, extends beyond music. He is a mentor to young songwriters, a former UN Good...
49:28 Ari Afsar & Joseph Morales: "Hamilton Chicago Company" | Talks at Google Hamilton Chicago Company members Ari Afsar (Eliza Hamilton) and Joseph Morales (Alexander Hamilton alternate) join us for a discussion about Hamilton: An American Musical. Ari Afsar is a singer/so...
1:37:38 Latinx Experiences: Latinx in America and at Google | Talks at Google Latinx? Latin@? Latino/a? Afro-Latin@ Hispanic? When it comes to defining Latinx identity in the United States today, the one common thread is its sheer complexity. We will:
- Deconstruct what it ...
54:02 Barry Strauss: "[...] Applying Lessons from Ancients to Modern Business Culture" | Talks at Google Alexander the Great, Hannibal and Julius Caesar were three of history’s most disruptive leaders. Alexander and Caesar each conquered an empire and Hannibal revolutionized the art of warfare, using ...
45:59 Tomofumi Fujimaru: "CEO of Papilles" | Talks at Google Tomofumi Fujimaru, CEO of Papilles, an Osaka-based wine purveyor and distributor with wine (and dine) stores across Osaka and Tokyo, shares his experience working as a sommelier in Japan, Europe an...
51:26 Cast & Creatives from Broadway's "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" | Talks at Google Cast and creatives from Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 discuss the evolution and success of Broadway's newest hit musical. Composer/creator Dave Malloy, director Rachel Chavkin, and star...
56:40 William McDonough: "Design as Optimism" | Talks at Google As a part of Google’s Environment Day on April 25th, we invited architect, designer, thought leader, and author William McDonough to Google NYC for a talk on "Design as Optimism." Moderated by Mary...
2:06:17 Women Behind Bars | Talks at Google This Women & Girls Behind Bars forum is a key event in our ongoing series of criminal justice conversations at Google. This powerful gathering centers on the lived experiences of incarcerated and f...
50:52 Aaron Draplin: "Pretty Much Everything" | Talks at Google Esquire. Ford Motors. Burton Snowboards. The Obama Administration. While all of these brands are vastly different, they share at least one thing in com­mon: a teeny, little bit of Aaron James Drapl...
53:20 Oliver Chittenden: "Head Talks" | Talks at Google Oliver Chittenden joins us to talk about his journey, from his breakdown to setting up Head Talks – headtalks.com – a not-for-profit online platform showcasing videos from celebrities and professio...
43:26 Gonzalo Guzman & Stacy Adimando: "Nopalito: A Mexican Kitchen" | Talks at Google Gonzalo Gonzalez Guzman is the chef /owner of Nopalito in San Francisco, California and author of “Nopalito ~ A Mexican Kitchen”. Nopalito is a vibrant neighborhood Mexican kitchen, celebrating the...
53:56 Evelyn Cusack: "There's Great Drying Out" | Talks at Google Evelyn Cusack talks about The Irish Weather System and how to survive it.
Award winning Meteorologist Evelyn Cusack, is the Deputy Head of Forecasting at Met Éireann and has been appearing on Iris...
58:42 Phil Keoghan: "The Amazing Race" | Talks at Google Talks at Google hosted Phil Keoghan, host and a producer of CBS’s ten-time Emmy Award-winning reality series, THE AMAZING RACE, for a talk on April 17th, 2017.
Join in as Phil takes us inside The...
33:31 Bonnie Rochman: "The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing [...]" | Talks at Google The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids--and the Kids We Have
Bonnie Rochman is an award winning health and science writer. Her work has appeared in Time magaz...
50:25 Xenia Rubinos: "Black Terry Cat" | Talks at Google Hear Xenia Rubinos discuss and perform selections from her acclaimed second album “Black Terry Cat” at Google’s NY office.
Using only her bass guitar and phenomenal voice, Xenia demonstrates why...
42:45 Lizz Winstead: "Lady Parts Justice League" | Talks at Google As co-creator and former head writer of The Daily Show and co founder of Air America Radio, Lizz Winstead has helped changed the very landscape of how people get their news.
Winstead also brought ...
30:17 Isaac Lidsky: "Eyes Wide Open" | Talks at Google Isaac Lidsky began losing his eyesight at the age of thirteen, eventually losing his sight entirely by the time he was twenty-five. He thought blindness would mean an end to his early success and h...
43:44 Kelly Hoey: “Build Your Dream Network” | Talks at Google Kelly Hoey is the author of 'Build Your Dream Network', a book with fresh new approaches to mastering networking in a world where everyone is posting, liking, and friending fast and furiously, but ...
37:09 Alison Bing: " High-impact Travel" | Talks at Google Be sure to check out the Lonely Planet app on iOS and Google Play: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/guides
Alison Bing has filled 45 Lonely Planet travel guidebooks with solid recommendations, leaving...
51:26 Verily presents Grand Rounds with Michael J. Fox & Todd Sherer, PhD | Talks at Google Learn more about the patient experience of Parkinson’s disease and the research efforts toward a cure with this special Verily Grand Rounds & Talks at Google event featuring Michael J. Fox and Todd...
1:00:56 Cheech Marin: "Cheech is Not My Real Name... But Don't Call Me Chong!" | Talks at Google The long-awaited memoir from a counterculture legend.
Cheech Marin came of age at an interesting time in America and became a self-made counterculture legend with his other half, Tommy Chong. Th