Talks at Google

Arianna Huffington & Marina Khidekel discuss Thrive Global and their book "Your Time to Thrive: End Burnout, Increase Well-Being, & Unlock Your Full Potential with the New Science of Microsteps". Eschewing trendy self-care fixes or the latest health fads, "Your Time to Thrive" is the revolutionary guide to living and working based on microsteps–tiny, science-backed changes. With chapters dedicated to sleep, nutrition, movement, focus and prioritization, communication and relationships, unplugging and recharging, creativity and inspiration, and purpose/meaning, "Your Time to Thrive" shares practical, usable, research-supported mini-habits that will yield huge benefits and empower people to truly thrive in all parts of their lives. Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.

Talks at Google sits down with New York Times bestselling author Eoin Colfer, to discuss his book "Highfire". Eoin is best known for being the author of the Artemis Fowl series. Highfire is a clever genre-bending fantasy novel set in the modern day bayous of Louisiana. Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.

Research scientist Janelle Shane discusses her new book "You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place". "You look like a thing and I love you" is one of the best pickup lines ever . . . according to an artificial intelligence trained by scientist Janelle Shane, creator of the popular blog AI Weirdness. We rely on AI every day for recommendations, for translations, and to put cat ears on our selfie videos. We also trust AI with matters of life and death, on the road and in our hospitals. But how smart is AI really... and how does it solve problems, understand humans, and even drive self-driving cars? In this episode Shane delivers a smart, often hilarious introduction to the most interesting science of our time, explaining how these programs learn, fail, and adapt—and how they reflect the best and worst of humanity. Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.

Actress Gillian Anderson and journalist Jennifer Nadel, friends for more than a decade, have created the road map they wish they'd had for how to live a meaningful life. "We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere" is an uplifting, inspirational, and intensely practical manual for change, providing nine universal principles that offer a path for dealing with life's inevitable emotional and spiritual challenges. It's for anyone who wants to see her own life and the world around her change for the better. By combining tools that are psychological, political and spiritual, "We" takes readers on a life-changing journey. It asks: Why are so many of us—and our daughters—still, in the 21st century, locked in depression and addiction, self-criticism, and even self-harm? How much more effective and powerful would we all be if we replaced our current patterns of competition, criticism, and comparison with collaboration, cooperation, and compassion? Event moderated by Laura Slabin. Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.

Dan Carlin's podcasts, Common Sense and Hardcore History, have been have collecting listeners, accolades and awards since his move from radio to the internet in 2005. Weaving his penchant for political commentary with a deep knowledge and passion for history, Carlin has used his distinctive voice and style to become one of the greatest storytellers in the world. Originally published in Oct. 2017, Here is Dan Carlin, The New Golden Age of Oral Historical Storytelling Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.

Professor Ayellet Tal is a professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Israeli Institute of Tech. Technology is the symbol of our age, nevertheless, some fields have been left out of the revolution. One of these is archaeology, where many tasks are still performed manually - from the initial excavations, through documentation, to restoration. It turns out that some of these activities are classical computer vision tasks, such as puzzle solving, shape completion and edge detection. In this talk, Professor Tal describes some of the techniques her team has developed to replace manual restoration and documentation. Originally published in January, 2020. Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.

Harvard researcher Avriel Epps-Darling and Logan Browning, the star of the Netflix series Dear White People discuss the positives and pitfalls of the increased democratization of media, the content recommendation systems that propagate it, and the online platforms that support the creative economy. This wide ranging dialogue creates space for us to discuss the impact that the democratization of media has on society, how technology is reshaping the creative economy, and how creatives, technologists, and researchers can ensure that this democratization happens responsibly. Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video. Moderated by Francis Roberts.

In this episode, Patrisse Cullors discusses her new book "When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir", a poetic memoir and reflection on humanity. Necessary and timely, her story asks us to remember that protest in the interest of the most vulnerable comes from love. Leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement have been called terrorists, a threat to America. But in truth, they are loving women whose life experiences have led them to seek justice for those victimized by the powerful. In this meaningful, empowering account of survival, strength, and resilience, Patrisse Cullors and Asha Bandele seek to change the culture that declares innocent black life expendable. Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.

Peter Kim is a cofounder at SBLY (formerly Shareably), a company he started with his longtime friend Kevin Chen in their apartment living room after graduating college. SBLY, formerly known as Shareably, has been using media and technology to build digital brands and audiences since 2015. This episode is part of a 4-part miniseries called PubCast, a series that explores the stories of website creators and app developers who've turned their passions into digital businesses. Hear from founders about how they got started, their challenges growing, and their tips for entrepreneurs. To provide feedback about the PubCast series of podcast episodes, visit https://g.co/talksatgoogle/pubcast. Interested in learning how you can grow your digital business with Google? Learn more about AdSense, Ad Manager, and AdMob solutions.

Angela Ford, is the Founder and Executive Director of The Obsidian Collection Archives, a national, non-profit organization focused on getting the works of African – American newspapers and small archives into the marketplace and onto the Internet. Angela Ford and her team have now successfully endeavored to make over 250,000 images, articles, and other information available to the public, after being hidden for decades. Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.