Talks at Google
548 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★ - 113 ratingsThe Talks at Google podcast - where great minds meet.
Talks at Google brings the world’s most influential thinkers, creators, makers, and doers all to one place. Every episode is taken from a video that can be seen 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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Ep238 - Payal Kadakia | LifePass: Drop Your Limits, Rise to Your Potential
May 03, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBPayal Kadakia visits Google to discuss her book "LifePass: Drop Your Limits, Rise to Your Potential". Payal is the Founder of ClassPass, a fitness and wellness membership service that was acquired by Mindbody in October 2021. Prior to its acquisition, ClassPass had been valued at over $1 billion, with members logging more than 100 million hours of workouts across 30,000 partner studios in over 30 countries. Payal’s book introduces what she calls the LifePass method, her distinctive way o...
Ep237 - Chris Taylor | How Star Wars Conquered the Universe
April 29, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 99.9 MBIn anticipation of May the 4th, Chris Taylor unearths the human-scale stories that have gone into the making of the galactic-sized legend that is Star Wars, and describes how and why it has been such an astonishing success. In a richly detailed narrative, Taylor traces the history of the series from its difficult birth through four drafts, a disastrous first cut, and many sequels and spin-offs. Today, he shows that Star Wars finds itself at a crossroads, with a new company holding the reins...
Ep236 - Siobhan Haughey | The Athletic Mindset
April 26, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBSiobhan Haughey visits Google to discuss her career as the first Hong Kong swimmer to win an Olympic medal and the first Hong Kong athlete to win two Olympic medals in any sport. She also shares advice on health and wellbeing to inspire us in these times of uncertainty and isolation. Irish-Chinese swimmer Siobhan Bernadette Haughey was born in Hong Kong and graduated from the University of Michigan in 2019 with a degree in psychology. She won two silver medals for the Women’s 100-meter a...
Ep235 - Idina Menzel | Broadway Legend & Vocal Sensation
April 22, 2022 07:00 - 57 minutes - 78.7 MBThis week, Broadway legend Idina Menzel visits Google to discuss her career, her personal life, and her new album "idina." She first rose to fame for her role as ‘Maureen’ in the popular Broadway musical RENT. Her career continued to take off when she won a Tony Award for her role as ‘Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West,’ in the smash hit musical, WICKED. But it was her role as ‘Elsa’ in Disney’s Oscar-winning film Frozen, the second highest grossing animated film of all time, that truly ...
Ep234 - Oliver Roeder | Seven Games: A Human History
April 19, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 84 MBCheckers. Backgammon. Chess. Go. Poker. Scrabble. Bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In his book Seven Games, game theorist Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the ways their design makes them pleasurable. Roeder introduces thrilling competitors, such as evangelical minister Marion Tinsley, who across forty years lost only three games of checkers; Shusai, the Master, th...
Ep233 - Dan Shapiro | Negotiating the Nonnegotiable
April 15, 2022 07:00 - 57 minutes - 78.7 MBWe all struggle with interpersonal conflict at some point in our lives. In his book Negotiating the Nonnegotiable, Harvard negotiation expert Daniel Shapiro introduces a groundbreaking method to bridge the toughest divides--whether with family members, colleagues, or in the polarized world of politics. He reveals the hidden power of identity in fueling conflict, and presents a practical framework to reconcile even the most contentious situations. For anyone struggling with conflict, this...
Ep232 - Dr. Moogega Cooper | Limitless: The Real Life Guardian of the Galaxy
April 12, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBPlanetary protection engineer Dr. Moogega Cooper, also known as “Dr. Moo” visits Google to discuss her work with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory team, and as the planetary protection lead of the famed NASA 2020 Mars mission. Dr. Moo is an integral part to the ongoing mission to discern whether Mars could be habitable for humans and that we don’t harm what’s already there, working as a real life ‘Guardian of the Galaxy’. She shares leadership lessons learned from her inspirational journey t...
Ep231 - Susan Cain | Quiet
April 08, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MBIn her book Quiet, author Susan Cain shows how dramatically we undervalue introverts, and how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal in the twentieth century and explores its far-reaching effects. She also talks to Asian-American students who feel alienated from the brash, backslapping atmosphere of American schools, and questions the dominant values of American business culture, where forced collaboration can stand in the way of innovation and where the leader...
Ep230 - Moshe Bar | Mindwandering: How It Can Improve Your Mood and Boost Your Creativity
April 05, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBResearch has revealed that our brains are inherently noisy. Certain regions are always grinding away at involuntary activities like daydreaming, worrying about the future, and self-chatter. Daydreaming and ruminating can tug your attention away from the present and contribute to anxiety and depression. Bringing his groundbreaking research to the forefront, cognitive neuroscientist Moshe Bar argues that we can become aware of when our minds wander, directing them to stimulate creativity, inc...
Ep229 - Dan Ariely | Predictably Irrational
April 01, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBGoogle welcomes behavioral economist and "Predictably Irrational" author Dan Ariely as part of our Modern Romance series. He discusses the paradox of choice in the "Age of Tinder," why a canoe is the best place to test your long-term compatibility, and other research-based insights and advice for modern dating and relationships. Dan Ariely has been fascinated by irrationality in human endeavors such as dating ever since he overcame severe injuries sustained in an explosion. The range of ...
Ep228 - Chiquis Rivera | Unstoppable: How I Found My Strength Through Love and Loss
March 29, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 88.1 MBJanney Marin Rivera—better known as Chiquis—is an artist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and television personality. She first captivated audiences on reality shows with her late mother, Jenni Rivera, and their family. Chiquis launched her music career in 2014, making her musical debut on international television at the Premios Juventud. Her 2015 memoir, Forgiveness, was an instant New York Times bestseller, and in 2020, Chiquis won her first Latin Grammy for her album Playlist. This week...
Ep227 - Luvvie Ajayi Jones | How to Become a Professional Troublemaker
March 25, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBIn celebration of #IamRemarkable Week, Luvvie Ajayi Jones visits Google to discuss her New York Times bestselling book Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual. With humor and honesty, and guided by the influence of her professional troublemaking Nigerian grandmother, Luvvie walks us through what we must get right within ourselves before we can do the things that scare us; like how to use our voice for a greater good, and how to put movement to the voice we've been silencing - bec...
Ep226 - Guneet Monga | You Shine, I Shine - Women Empowerment
March 22, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MBGuneet Monga is an Indian film producer, a BAFTA nominee and amongst the first producers from India to be inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Most recently, she was the recipient of the second highest civilian honor of France, the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. She is the founder of Sikhya Entertainment, a Mumbai-based production house that carved an unprecedented space in the Indian film industry by producing films that focused on heartland stori...
Ep225 - Kelly McGonigal | The Willpower Instinct
March 18, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 77.9 MBPsychologist Kelly McGonical explores what influences us to procrastinate, why we fail to resist temptation, and teaches that small interventions can have large, positive outcomes. Based on her wildly popular course "The Science of Willpower," her book “The Willpower Instinct” is the first book to explain the science of self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health, happiness, and productivity. Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psyc...
Ep224 - Nicole Lapin | Becoming Super Woman
March 15, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MBFor so long, we’ve been told that success means having it all and doing it all. But working more and harder is holding us back, not moving us forward. In Becoming Super Woman, New York Times bestselling author Nicole Lapin redefines what it means to be a woman who "has it all"—and shows you how to find lasting success by your own definition, on your own terms. Nicole candidly shares her own story of career burnout and an emergency hospitalization that prompted her to take her mental heal...
Ep223 - Kati Morton | Identify, Understand, and Cope with PTSD and Emotional Stress
March 11, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBWe hear the terms trauma and PTSD more and more these days. Yet many people still believe that trauma can only result from experiences that are particularly extreme. But trauma is an emotional response that can stem from a wide variety of upsetting experiences, leaving us feeling anxious, weighed down by negative emotions or memories, or feeling like we lack security. As a licensed therapist, Kati Morton addresses this challenge by asking, “If we don’t have an understanding of trauma and...
Ep222 - Shaz Kahng | The Superpowers of Ceiling Smashers
March 08, 2022 08:00 - 55 minutes - 75.7 MBShaz Kahng has been a scientist, a consulting partner, an e-commerce expert, an executive at Nike, and a brand & marketing strategist. She eventually became the CEO of multiple companies in the apparel, retail, footwear, sports, and technology sectors. Frustrated by the lack of successful, inspirational female business leaders in fiction, Shaz wrote and published a novel about women succeeding with smarts, scruples, and style. In this Talk, Shaz discusses her book The Closer, the first boo...
Ep221 - Jess Phoenix | Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life
March 04, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBVolcanologist and natural hazards expert Jess Phoenix has dedicated her life to scientific exploration. Her career path—hard-earned in the still male-dominated world of science—has shoved her headlong into deep sea submersibles, congressional races, glittering cocktail parties at Manhattan’s elite Explorers Club, and innumerable pairs of Caterpillar work boots. It has also inspired her to devote her life to making science more inclusive and accessible. As part of her mission to learn as ...
Ep220 - Dr. Gabby Wild | World Wildlife Day
March 01, 2022 08:00 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBIn honor of World Wildlife Day, wildlife veterinarian Dr. Gabby Wild visited Google to discuss her latest book, National Geographic Kids’ "Wild Vet Adventures: Saving Animals Around The World". Dr. Wild travels the continents to meet some of Earth's most incredible creatures, including regal lions, playful pandas, fearsome Gila monsters, and creepy tarantulas. She teaches young readers about animal anatomy and behaviors, diets, families, the dangers they face in the wild, the special human-...
Ep219 - Baratunde Thurston | How To Be Black
February 25, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBBaratunde Thurston visits Google to discuss his book, How To Be Black. Drawing from his 30-plus years of personal expertise in being black, this satirical guide to racial issues includes helpful essays like “How to Be the Black Friend,” “How to Speak for All Black People,” and “How To Celebrate Black History Month.” Audacious, cunning, and razor-sharp, How to Be Black exposes the mass-media’s insidiously racist, monochromatic portrayal of black culture’s richness and variety. Fans of "Stuff...
Ep218 - Iddris Sandu | Black Creatives in Technology
February 22, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 91.1 MBPaving the way for those who might one day be deemed architectural technologists, Iddris Sandu is a pioneering young technologist seeking to level the playing field for fellow African youth & other marginalized groups. Having worked with the likes of creatives such as Jay-Z, Nipsey Hussle, Louis Vuitton, & Off-White's Virgil Abloh, Iddris has been making waves since before he turned 18. Not only is Iddris breaking ground in the use of emerging technology in creative spaces, but also in crea...
Ep217 - John McWhorter | Talking Back, Talking Black
February 18, 2022 08:00 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBLinguists have been studying Black English as a speech variety for years, arguing to the public that it is different from Standard English, not a degradation of it. Yet false assumptions and controversies still swirl around what it means to speak and sound “black.” In his first book devoted solely to the form, structure, and development of Black English, linguist John McWhorter clearly explains its fundamentals and rich history while carefully examining the cultural, educational, and politi...
Ep216 - Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga | African Innovation
February 15, 2022 20:00 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBAfrica has often been regarded as a recipient of science, technology, and innovation (or STI) rather than a maker of them. In the book “What Do Science, Technology, and Innovation Mean from Africa?“, scholars from a range of disciplines show that STI in Africa is not merely the product of “technology transfer” from elsewhere, but the working of African knowledge. Their contributions focus on African ways of looking, meaning-making, and creating. The authors see Africans as intellectual agen...
Ep215 - Dr. Damon Tweedy | Black Man in a White Coat
February 11, 2022 08:00 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBWhen Damon Tweedy began medical school, he envisioned a bright future where his segregated, working-class background would become largely irrelevant. Instead, he found that he had joined a new world where race was front and center. The recipient of a scholarship designed to increase black student enrollment, Tweedy soon met a professor who bluntly questioned whether he belonged in medical school, a moment that crystallized the challenges he would face throughout his career. Making matters w...
Ep214 - Stephanie Hicks, PhD | The First Time I Realized I Was Black
February 08, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MBStephanie Hicks, PhD is a Lecturer at the Program on Intergroup Relations at the University of Michigan and completed her master’s degree and PhD in Educational Policy Studies – Social Foundations at the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Stephanie sat down with Google to unpack what it means to be Black in America and discusses the catalysts, realizations and misperceptions of the Black experience through the lens of her own personal experiences and her studies o...
Ep213 - Belva Davis | Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism
February 04, 2022 08:00 - 54 minutes - 74.9 MBBelva Davis is a history-maker, an award-winning journalist, and a pioneering feminist. She has traveled the world reporting on politics, terrorism, racial and gender issues, and the role of art and culture in increasing human understanding. From her hardscrabble beginnings in the Deep South during the Great Depression, she broke into journalism and made the move from segregated newspaper and radio work, becoming the first black woman hired as a commercial television news reporter on the We...
Ep212 - Jordan Clarkson | 2020-21 NBA's 6th Man of the Year
February 01, 2022 08:00 - 48 minutes - 67.3 MBThis week, Jordan Clarkson visits Google to discuss his NBA career & how his Filipino-American heritage has shaped his journey along the way. After foregoing his senior year in college to enter the 2014 NBA draft, Jordan Clarkson was selected by the Washington Wizards with the No. 46 overall pick and was immediately traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. In his first year, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, a rarity for a second round pick. In 2018 Clarkson was traded to the Cleve...
Ep211 - Mingyur Rinpoche | Happiest Man on Earth
January 28, 2022 08:00 - 54 minutes - 75.1 MBBorn in 1975 in the Himalayan border regions between Tibet and Nepal, Mingyur Rinpoche is among the generation of Tibetan lamas trained outside of Tibet, and he's also a gifted meditator. His brain activity has been measured during meditation, earning him the nickname of "happiest man on earth." He fuses scientific and spiritual considerations, explaining meditation as a physical as well as a spiritual process. Mingyur gknows from experience that meditation can change the brain. He exper...
Ep210 - Mo Gawdat | Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
January 25, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBThis episode we speak with author & entrepreneur Mo Gawdat about his book "Scary Smart." Artificial intelligence is smarter than humans. It can process information at lightning speed and remain focused on specific tasks without distraction. AI can see into the future, predicting outcomes and even use sensors to see around physical and virtual corners. So why does AI frequently get it so wrong? The answer is us. Humans design the algorithms that define the way that AI works, and the pr...
Ep209 - Cary Elwes | Inconceivable Tales from the Making of "The Princess Bride"
January 21, 2022 08:00 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBCary Elwes stoped by YouTube Headquarters for a discussion about his book, "As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride." This first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film is filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Goldman, producer Norman Lear, an...
Ep208 - Ibtihaj Muhammad | Breaking the Barriers: Revival of Women’s Voices
January 18, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBIn celebration of #IamRemarkable Week, Ibtihaj Muhammad discusses her journey, values and career as an award winning fencing athlete and Olympian. Ibtihaj Muhammad is an entrepreneur, activist, speaker and Olympic medalist in fencing. A 2016 Olympic bronze medalist, 5-time Senior World medalist and World Champion, in 2016, Ibtihaj became the first American woman to compete in the Olympics in hijab. In 2017, Mattel announced their first hijabi Barbie, modeled in Ibtihaj’s likeness, as par...
Ep207 - Dr. Temple Grandin | The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
January 14, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBWhen Temple Grandin was born in 1947, autism had only just been named. Today it is more prevalent than ever, with one in 88 children diagnosed on the spectrum. Our thinking about it has undergone a transformation in her lifetime: Autism studies have moved from the realm of psychology to neurology and genetics, and there is far more hope today than ever before thanks to groundbreaking new research into causes and treatments. Now, Dr. Temple Grandin reports from the forefront of autism science...
Ep206 - Neal Brennan | Unacceptable
January 11, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes - 72.8 MBNeal Brennan is an Emmy nominated writer, director, producer, standup comedian, and co-creator of Comedy Central’s legendary Chappelle’s Show. This week, Neal visits Google to discuss his career journey and his comedy show Unacceptable. In his new theatrical comedy show Neal Brennan: Unacceptable, Neal meticulously examines his own defects, attempting to understand his baffling inability to fit into a group and the alienation that comes along with it. Incorporating true stories from childh...
Ep205 - Ravi Agrawal | India's Smartphone Revolution
January 07, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 92.2 MBForeign Policy managing editor and former CNN South Asia bureau chief Ravi Agrawal takes us on a journey across India, through remote rural villages and massive metropolises, to highlight how one tiny device - the smartphone - is effecting staggering changes across all facets of Indian life. The rise of smartphones, and with them access to the internet, has caused nothing short of a revolution in India. In the West, technological advances have progressed step-by-step - from dial-up Inter...
Ep204 - Dr. Jane Goodall | Reasons for Hope
January 04, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 86.1 MBIn celebration of #IamRemarkable Week, Dr. Jane Goodall discusses her podcast "Hopecast", and the moral and spiritual convictions that have driven her during her career journey as a researcher. For the past 30 years, Dr. Goodall has been speaking about the threats facing chimpanzees, other environmental crises, and her reasons for hope that humankind will solve the problems it has imposed on the earth. In July 1960, Dr. Jane Goodall began her landmark study of chimpanzee behavior in what...
Ep203 - Steven Pinker | Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
December 21, 2021 08:00 - 59 minutes - 81.2 MBCan reading a book make you more rational? Can it help you understand why there is so much irrationality in the world? These are the goals of Rationality, Steven Pinker’s follow-up to to his book Enlightenment Now. In the 21st century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding—and at the same time, appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that developed vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year also produce so much fake news, medical quackery, and conspiracy th...
Ep202 - Alex Guarnaschelli | The Home Chef: Recipes to Know by Heart
December 17, 2021 08:00 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MBFew American chefs, much less female chefs, can say they’ve run Michelin-starred restaurants abroad. Chef Alexandra Guarnaschelli can make such a boast, having embarked on a culinary journey in France that saw her working in some of that country’s top restaurants, including esteemed chef Guy Savoy’s eponymous three-star kitchen. In 2003, Guarnaschelli became the executive chef at Butter Restaurant in New York City, which provided the opportunity for her to develop a menu based on her own cho...
Ep201 - Katie Couric | Going There | Talks at Google
December 14, 2021 16:12 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBAward-winning journalist Katie Couric discusses her recent book "Going There", the fast-paced, emotional, riveting story of a thoroughly modern woman, whose journey took her from humble origins to superstardom. Katie Couric is a New York Times best-selling author and a co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer. Since its launch in 2008, Stand Up To Cancer has raised more than $600 million to support cutting edge collaborative science, and its research has contributed to nine new FDA approved therap...
Ep201 - Katie Couric | Going There
December 14, 2021 16:12 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBAward-winning journalist Katie Couric discusses her recent book "Going There", the fast-paced, emotional, riveting story of a thoroughly modern woman, whose journey took her from humble origins to superstardom. Katie Couric is a New York Times best-selling author and a co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer. Since its launch in 2008, Stand Up To Cancer has raised more than $600 million to support cutting edge collaborative science, and its research has contributed to nine new FDA approved therap...
Ep200 - Dan Harris | 10% Happier
December 10, 2021 08:00 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MBNightline anchor Dan Harris embarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers a way to get happier that is truly achievable. After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure, involving a disgraced pastor, a mysterious self-help guru, and a gaggle of brain scientists. Even...
Ep199 - Sanjay Gupta | World War C: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic
December 07, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBSanjay Gupta, MD discusses "World War C: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One", his new book that offers the unvarnished story behind the pandemic, including insights about the novel virus’s behavior, and practical tools to ready ourselves for what lies ahead. Dr. Sanjay Gupta is CNN’s multiple Emmy Award–winning chief medical correspondent and the host of the acclaimed podcasts Coronavirus: Fact vs Fiction and Chasing Life, America’s go-to resource for ad...
Ep198 - Dava Newman | Mars and Beyond: Exploring Today for Tomorrow
December 03, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBNASA is on a journey to Mars, and we are closer to reaching the Red Planet with human explorers than we have ever been in our history. Across the country, and around the world, NASA and its partners are working right now on the technologies and missions that will enable human “boots on Mars” in the 2030s. Humanity is currently testing advanced technologies for the next giant leaps of space exploration. From solar electric propulsion to cutting edge life support systems, to the first crops ...
Ep197 - Carlo Rovelli | Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
November 30, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBIn 1925, a young student named Werner Heisenberg retreated to an island archipelago on the north coast of Germany called Helgoland to escape a terrible bout of hay fever. On the treeless, pollen-free island, Heisenberg made crucial breakthroughs for the creation of quantum mechanics, setting off a century of scientific revolution. Full of alarming ideas such as ghost waves, distant objects that seem to be magically connected, and cats that appear to be both dead and alive, quantum physics ha...
Ep196 - Horatiu Boeriu | How BMWBLOG Drove Their Way to Journalistic Success | PubCast
November 23, 2021 07:31 - 25 minutes - 47 MBHoratiu Boeriu is the CEO and Founder of BMWBLOG, a Chicago-based website dedicated to automotive journalism with a focus on the BMW brand. Horatiu built his website from a passion project into a respected media outlet in the car industry and has grown his audience to several million car enthusiasts. This episode is part of a miniseries called PubCast that explores the stories of website creators and app developers who've turned their passions into digital businesses. Hear from founders ...
Ep196 - Horatiu Boeriu | How BMW Blog Drove Their Way to Journalistic Success | PubCast
November 23, 2021 07:31 - 25 minutes - 47 MBHoratiu Boeriu is the CEO and Founder of BMW Blog, a Chicago-based website dedicated to automotive journalism with a focus on the BMW brand. Horatiu built his website from a passion project into a respected media outlet in the car industry and has grown his audience to several million car enthusiasts. This episode is part of a miniseries called PubCast that explores the stories of website creators and app developers who've turned their passions into digital businesses. Hear from founders...
Ep195 - Paul Husbands | Amplifying Caribbean Artists on the World Stage | PubCast
November 19, 2021 07:31 - 24 minutes - 46.6 MBPaul Husbands is the CEO and Founder of Selecta Charts, a first of its kind music streaming platform for Caribbean artists. Since its launch, Selecta Charts has drawn thousands of listeners and propelled hundreds of Caribbean artists to new heights. This episode is part of a miniseries called PubCast 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...
Ep194 - Jeff Hawkins & Subutai Ahmad | A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
November 16, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBBestselling author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer Jeff Hawkins joins computational neuroscience researcher and software technologist Subutai Ahmad to discuss the recent book "A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence" and how those concepts are being applied to Machine Learning. For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create intelligence? Jeff Hawkins and his team discovered that the brain uses map...
Ep193 - Christeen Skinner | Bringing Astrology Online and Building an Audience from Zero | PubCast
November 12, 2021 07:31 - 30 minutes - 56.3 MBChristeen Skinner is the Director of City Scopes, an astrology focused company founded in 1998 in London. Since then, the company has grown to offer a variety of astrology sites, training courses, books and more. Christeen now focuses more of her time to expand into other areas where she uses astrology to predict financial markets. This episode is part of a miniseries called PubCast that explores the stories of website creators and app developers who've turned their passions into digital...
Ep192 - Todrick Hall | Femuline
November 09, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBTodrick Hall visits Google to discuss his fourth studio album and most personal work to date, Femuline. Femuline finds Todrick sharing the spotlight with some of music’s biggest names, including Nicole Scherzinger, Tyra Banks, longtime LGBTQ+ ally Chaka Khan, and R&B legend Brandy. Todrick Hall’s resume reads like a Wikipedia entry for “Major Pop Culture Events Of The 21st Century.” He’s worked with everyone from Taylor Swift to Beyoncé to Pentatonix, going from national fame on American I...
Ep191 - Chef Dennis Littley | Helping the World Create Restaurant-Quality Food at Home | PubCast
November 05, 2021 07:31 - 28 minutes - 52.6 MBChef Dennis Littley got his start as a classically trained chef and kindled his passion for teaching by creating a Culinary Program at the high school he worked at. Now living in Florida, Chef Dennis works full time on his food and travel site, Ask Chef Dennis, helping millions of people create restaurant-quality meals at home. This episode is part of a miniseries called PubCast that explores the stories of website creators and app developers who've turned their passions into digital bus...