Talks at Google

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Where great minds meet. Talks at Google brings the world's most influential thinkers, creators, makers, and doers all to one place. You can watch every episode at YouTube.com/TalksAtGoogle. DISCLAIMER: The views or opinions expressed by the guest speakers are solely their own and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Google, Inc. The comments on this channel belong only to the person who posted them. We do, however, reserve the right to remove off-topic or inappropriate comments. Also, the materials presented in the episodes are licensed to Google by the speaker(s). Google does not endorse any products or technology presented by the guest speakers.

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Ep8 - JL Collins | The Simple Path to Wealth

JL Collins shares his refreshingly unique and approachable take on investing. The author of "The Simple Path to Wealth: Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life", Collins offers easy-to-understand, effective tips and resources to help you invest with confidence. In this interview with Googler Rachel Smith, he discusses topics including: how to think about money and investing to build wealth, how to avoid debt, how to simplify the world of retirement accounts and much more. H...

Oct 02, 2018•59 min•Ep. 8

Ep7 - Ryan Reynolds | Deadpool

Ryan Reynolds, star and producer of "Deadpool", comes to Google to discuss the process of bringing the Merc with a Mouth to life. Based upon Marvel Comics' most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the...

Sep 25, 2018•29 min•Ep. 7

Ep6 - Arno Michaelis & Pardeep Kaleka | The Gift of Our Wounds: A Sikh and a Former White Supremacist Find Forgiveness After Hate

One Sikh. One former Skinhead. Together, an unusual friendship emerged out of a desire to make a difference."One Sikh. One former Skinhead. Together, an unusual friendship emerged out of a desire to make a difference. When white supremacist Wade Michael Page murdered six people and wounded four in a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin in 2012, Pardeep Kaleka was devastated. The temple leader, now dead, was his father. His family, who had immigrated to the U.S. from India when Pardeep was young, had done ev...

Aug 30, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 6

Ep5 - Noam Chomsky

For the past forty years Noam Chomsky's writings on politics and language have established him as a preeminent public intellectual and as one of the most original and wide-ranging political and social critics of our time. Among the seminal figures in linguistic theory over the past century, since the 1960s Chomsky has also secured a place as perhaps the leading dissident voice in the United States. "For the past forty years Noam Chomsky's writings on politics and language have established him as...

Aug 21, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 5

Ep4 - Michael Pollan | How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan has written 5 New York Times best sellers including Food Rules ; In Defense of Food ; and The Omnivore's Dilemma . In this talk, he shares insights and answer questions about psychedelics based on research done for his book How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence . Get the book here: https://goo.gl/x37Cpr Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video....

Aug 14, 2018•47 min•Ep. 4

Ep3 - Irene Zisblatt | The Fifth Diamond: The Story of Irene Weisberg Zisblatt

The Fifth Diamond tells the story of Irene Weisberg Zisblatt. This story moves from her childhood in Hungary through her terrifying coming of age as a prisoner in Nazi death camps and continues on to her life in America. The lack of bitterness with which Irene tells of her experience, with her straight for worth style, adds power to what is essentially a testament to the triumph of the human spirit faced with the dehumanizing ordeal of life in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Irene found that believing stron...

Aug 03, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 3

Ep2 - Emily Lakdawalla | The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job

Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor of the Planetary Society and self-described "Planetary Evangelist," and Googler Scott Maxwell, a former JPL engineer, engage in a delightful discussion about her new book, The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job . Taking over four years to write, this book is an in-depth exploration of the incredible design and engineering of the most complex robot ever built by NASA, including all of the obstacles and solutions that one would ...

Aug 03, 2018•54 min•Ep. 2

Ep1 - Frank Abagnale | Catch Me If You Can

Frank Abagnale, Renowned Cybersecurity And Fraud Prevention Expert, Bestselling Author & Subject of Catch Me If You Can. His transformation from one of the world's most notorious con men to an international cybersecurity expert trusted by the FBI has been mythologized in film and literature – but the takeaways he shares are the real deal. Frank's contributions to the world of security are immeasurable. He has become a hero to hundreds of public and private sector organizations for his indisp...

Aug 01, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 1

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