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The 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.

Jan 31, 2020

This episode is with neuroscientist and sleep diplomat Matthew Walker on how your brain, heart, immune system, and genetics can be negatively affected by even an hour less of sleep each night, and how to sleep better for a longer, healthier life.

Dr. Matthew Walker is a former Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical...


Jan 28, 2020

Andrew McAfee is the Co-Founder & Co-Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, & a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He studies how digital technologies are changing the world & how people & businesses will work, interact, & prosper in an era of profound...


Jan 24, 2020

In this episode, editor-in-Chief of HuffPost Lydia Polgreen interviews journalist and novelist Ta-Nehisi Coates on the enduring legacy of slavery in the US and the inspiration for his new book, The Water Dancer.

One of America’s most prolific writers on race and culture, Ta-Nehisi Coates just debuted his first novel,...


Jan 21, 2020

Justine Shanti Alexander is Regional Ecologist for the Snow Leopard Trust. She has spent the last eight years dedicated to snow leopard conservation from China to Mongolia, India, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan. In this Talk at Google, Justine discusses her snow leopard research & her work with local communities that share...


Jan 17, 2020

What are the real chances Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, or Donald Trump will win the 2020 US Presidential Election? This episode features expert statistician Nate Silver weighs the advantages and disadvantages each candidate brings to the race and gives his early prediction on who has the best chances of...