Anthony Daniels discusses his experiences of the epic cinematic adventure that has influenced pop culture for more than 40 years. As C-3PO, Anthony is the only actor to appear in all 11 Star Wars films, and from his first meeting with George Lucas to the final, emotional days on the set of The Rise of Skywalker, Anthony shares his unique perspective on a story that has touched an innumerable amount of people all over the world. Get the book here: https://goo.gle/2qdCx5w. Visit YouTube.com/Talksa...
Jan 07, 2020•42 min•Ep. 73
Yalitza Aparicio is a Mexican actress who made her on-screen debut as Cleo in Alfonso Cuarón's 2018 drama "Roma", which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Time magazine has named her one of the '100 most influential people in the world' in 2019, and she has more recently graced the cover of Vogue Mexico setting history, and is an activist fighting for gender equality. Before Cuarón selected Aparicio to play Cleo, Yalitza had just finished her teaching degree and was living ...
Dec 23, 2019•46 min•Ep. 72
David Sinclair, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, discusses his new book "Lifespan", which distills his cutting-edge research findings on the biological processes underpinning aging. Sinclair describes lifestyle hacks we can undertake now to combat aging, as well as future scientific breakthroughs that promise to slow down—and even reverse—the aging process. Get the book: https://goo.gle/2LXCd2P Moderated by Sam Phippen. Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video....
Dec 17, 2019•57 min•Ep. 71
This episode welcomes writer, director and award-winning actor Edward Norton to talk about his long acting career and new film, Motherless Brooklyn, a story about a private detective afflicted with Tourette's syndrome who tries to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend. Alongside his work in cinema, Norton is an environmental activist and social entrepreneur. He is a trustee of Enterprise Community Partners, a non-profit organization for affordable housing, serves as president of the Ame...
Dec 10, 2019•52 min•Ep. 70
In this talk, Andrew shares the three habits that create magnetic human beings. They are simple to do, yet seldom done well. He demonstrates how you can become more magnetic and build deeper relationships with customers by asking for and using feedback, posing more questions, and listening with your heart. This talk is dynamic, inspiring, emotional and authentic. About Andrew: Andrew Sykes is an internationally renowned keynote-speaker, the founder and CEO of Habits at Work, and part of the Facu...
Dec 03, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 69
In a special Talks at Google event, members of the Freestyle Love Supreme cast discuss the current show on Broadway, and the amazing future of the FLS Academy. About the show: More than 15 years after its inception, Freestyle Love Supreme — the original hip-hop musical phenomenon from Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale — arrives on Broadway. Every performance, the crew takes the crowd on a freestyle, hip-hop, improvisational, never-before-seen comedy ride. See it for the firs...
Nov 26, 2019•58 min•Ep. 68
In this follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews shares reflections on her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music , and Victor/Victoria . This event is moderated by Eric Schmidt. Get the book here: https://goo.gle/31CbuNU In Home, the number one New York Times international bestseller, Julie Andrews recounted her difficult childhood and her emergence as an acclaimed singer and performer on the stage. With this second memoir, Home ...
Nov 19, 2019•59 min•Ep. 67
A performance and Q&A from the Broadway cast of Mean Girls, the Musical! Panelists include: Erika Henningsen (Cady), Reneé Rapp (Regina), Krystina Alabado (Gretchen), Kate Rockwell (Karen), Grey Henson (Damian), and Kyle Selig (Aaron). About the show: Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the wild and vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The ...
Nov 12, 2019•51 min•Ep. 66
We are joined by author Mark Manson for a fireside chat and audience Q+A to discuss his new book, Everything is F-ed , a follow on to The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F-k . Mark hit something in the cultural Zeitgeist with his first book, which “gave shape to the ever-present, low-level hum of anxiety that permeates modern living” and that book that became an international phenomenon, selling millions of copies worldwide while becoming the #1 bestseller in 13 different countries. Get a copy of the...
Nov 05, 2019•45 min•Ep. 65
With just 10 years left to achieve the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals are once again in the spotlight. But this time, there is a sense of urgency. Amid growing threats from climate change and the frantic search for sustainable answers to an array of related global problems, one critical solution has come to the forefront: gender equality. A recent study, in fact, found that the most impactful tool for addressing global warming would involve boosting the education ...
Oct 29, 2019•46 min•Ep. 64
Caltech research professor, theoretical physicist, accomplished author & podcaster Sean Carroll will talk quantum physics and the validity of the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics by discussing some of the themes in in his new book, “Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime”. Before jumping into the MWI, Sean Carroll provides an approachable introduction to quantum physics. He discusses the history of the field, notable theories and their lim...
Oct 22, 2019•59 min•Ep. 63
What is going to cause our extinction? How can we save ourselves and our future? End Times is a compelling work of skilled reportage that peels back the layers of complexity around the unthinkable--and inevitable--end of humankind. From asteroids and artificial intelligence to volcanic super-eruptions to nuclear war, 15-year veteran science reporter and TIME editor Bryan Walsh provides a stunning panoramic view of the most catastrophic threats to the human race. In End Times , Walsh examines thr...
Oct 15, 2019•48 min•Ep. 62
This is a special talk with Alex Pang, critically acclaimed author, scientific history researcher, writer, and lecturer. Alex is passionate about helping people to balance work and life -- while becoming more productive in the process -- through deliberate rest. He is the author of a three-book series on work optimization, which recognizes the value of rest in creative and prolific lives, blending science and history to better understand how we can live and work better in the digital age. More i...
Oct 08, 2019•53 min•Ep. 61
Avengers: Endgame co-director Joe Russo discusses his movie in celebration of the in-home release. He chats during the “We Love You 3000” tour which was created as a way to thank the fans who have invested so deeply in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) -- making it the single most successful franchise in film history! About the film: Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Endgame,” the climactic conclusion to an unprecedented, 11-year cinematic journey in which the Avengers take one final stand against Th...
Oct 01, 2019•41 min•Ep. 60
"Everyone teaches us how to save. Nobody teaches us how to spend!" Personal finance expert Ramit Sethi shares highlights from his New York Times bestselling book, " I Will Teach You To Be Rich" . Ramit writes about money, business, and psychology for a million readers each month at iwillteachyoutoberich.com. Ramit's advice has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and the Tim Ferris podcast. Ramit’s book, I Will Teach You To Be Rich, is a two-time New York Times ...
Sep 24, 2019•51 min•Ep. 59
Meet Alex, a photographer on a holiday with his family in the south of France. Meet Abe, a music producer with a baby on the way. Two men–both fathers, husbands, and sons–take us on a journey you will never forget. The finest actors of their generation, Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (Sunday In The Park With George) and Tony Award® nominee Tom Sturridge (1984), had audiences roaring to their feet at the sold-out engagement at The Public Theater. Now Sea Wall/A Life, from the visionary cr...
Sep 17, 2019•56 min•Ep. 58
Dr. Junella Chin and Wendy Nguyen provide medical and consumer perspectives about CBD applications in modern medicine and culture, and co-host the popular Artemis Radio Podcast ( https://goo.gle/2GJ8asR ). Wendy Nguyen is a former banker who quit to start her successful fashion blog & YouTube channel, " Wendy's Lookbook ". She opened Artemis, the only minority woman-owned CBD shop in New York. Her local shop in the West Village curates 25 high quality CBD brands. Nguyen became an entrepreneu...
Sep 10, 2019•55 min•Ep. 57
Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why its absence is so damaging to our health. Compared to the other basic drives in ...
Sep 03, 2019•57 min•Ep. 56
Robert Greene returns to Google to explore his latest and most monumental work yet, "The Laws of Human Nature" . In the talk, Robert discusses how to detach from one's emotions to better understand intrinsic motivations in order to make better decision and master self-control. In addition to his latest book, Robert has authored the 5 international bestsellers " The 48 Laws of Power ", " The Art of Seduction ", " The 33 Strategies of War ", " The 50th Law ", and " Mastery ". Get this book here: h...
Aug 27, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 55
Heidi Schreck, Mike Iveson, Thursday Williams, and Rosdely Ciprian from the Broadway production of What the Constitution Means to Me discuss their groundbreaking play. The play was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Direct from its revolutionary Off-Broadway run, "WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME" has arrived on Broadway for a limited engagement. This boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of American wome...
Aug 20, 2019•54 min•Ep. 54
According to the 2018 World Happiness Report, the world’s happiest countries tend to have high values for six critical variables found to support well-being: income, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom, trust and generosity. Denmark is consistently among the top 3, while the USA are slipping down the rankings. So what is happiness? What are the important factors for governments to take into consideration when working to increase happiness and quality of life among their populations?...
Aug 13, 2019•56 min•Ep. 53
If you think the world is coming to an end, think again. People are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, Steven Pinker believes the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? In this elegant assessment of the human condition in the third millennium, cognitive scientist and public intellectual Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headl...
Aug 06, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 52
Comedy Sex God is a hilarious, profound, enlightening romp around the fertile mind of stand-up stand out, podcast king, and HBO superstar Pete Holmes. Pete Holmes is a comedian. Maybe you've seen his show, Crashing, on HBO. Maybe you know him from his podcast You Made It Weird. Or The Pete Holmes Show! Or his videos with FrontPage Films. Maybe you saw his hour special Nice Try, The Devil, or his half-hour Comedy Central Presents. Or on Conan. Or Jimmy Fallon. Or maybe you saw him on VH1. Or hear...
Jul 30, 2019•58 min•Ep. 51
Surgeon, public health researcher, and MacArthur fellow Atul Gawande discusses his #1 NY Times bestseller, "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. " Modern medicine has transformed the dangers of birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should do. Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reve...
Jul 23, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 50
Michio Kaku is a world-renowned physicist, futurist, and author of numerous bestselling books including Beyond Einstein , Parallel Universes , The Future of the Mind, and Physics of the Impossible . In this talk, he discusses the groundbreaking first image of a black hole as well as a range of topics related to his latest book, The Future of Humanity , in which he explores how humanity might gradually develop a sustainable civilization in outer space. Get the book here: https://goo.gl/CGQTSp Vis...
Jul 16, 2019•41 min•Ep. 49
We will are joined by Aaron Sorkin, Jeff Daniels, Gideon Glick, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Gbenga Akinnagbe Jackson as they discuss their box office record-shattering play, To Kill A Mockingbird. Jeff, Gideon, and Celia are all nominated for 2019 Tony Awards for their performances in this production. Tickets and info via https://tokillamockingbirdbroadway.com/ Read Gbenga's NYTimes OpEd here: https://goo.gle/2JTBkYB Moderated by Ben Fried, Google CIO. Visit http://g.co/TalksAtGoogle/TKAM to watch ...
Jul 09, 2019•54 min•Ep. 48
Everything we’ve previously been taught about negotiation is wrong: people are not rational; there is no such thing as ‘fair’; compromise is the worst thing you can do; the real art of negotiation lies in mastering the intricacies of No, not Yes. These surprising tactics—which radically diverge from conventional negotiating strategy—weren’t cooked up in a classroom, but are the field-tested tools FBI agents used to talk criminals and hostage-takers around the world into (or out of) just about an...
Jul 02, 2019•53 min•Ep. 47
Join Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live, The Skeleton Twins, Hod Rod, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Tropic Thunder) as he discusses his hit show Barry, now streaming on HBO Go and HBO Now. About the show: Disillusioned at the thought of taking down another "mark," depressed, low-level hit man Barry Berkman seeks a way out. When the Midwesterner reluctantly travels to Los Angeles to execute a hit on an actor who is bedding a mobster's wife, little does Barry know that the City of Angels may be his sanc...
Jun 25, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 46
Dr. Sophie Bostock is a Sleep Evangelist at Sleepio, whose research interests include the links between sleep, well-being, health and performance. She has been awarded an NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellowship, collaborates with colleagues at the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at the University of Oxford, and has featured as a sleep expert for the BBC, The Times, ITV, and TEDx. Sleep is a cornerstone of mental health and well-being. Yet as the case for sleep grows, so do the temptatio...
Jun 18, 2019•56 min•Ep. 45
New York Times–bestselling author Sloane Crosley discusses Look Alive Out There—a brand-new collection of essays filled with her trademark hilarity, wit, and charm. The characteristic heart and punch-packing observations are back, but with a newfound coat of maturity. Sloane gives an inside look into how she writes her stories which include scaling active volcanoes, crashing shivas, befriending swingers, and squinting down the barrel of the fertility gun. Please visit https://goo.gle/2XZtn7Z to ...
Jun 11, 2019•47 min•Ep. 44
