Talks @ Google
December 20, 2022 9:27 PM   Subscribe

Talks at Google (RSS) (podcast RSS).

Catch Me if You Can. 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read. God is Not Great. Leaving with Meaning, Purpose & Wisdom. Conan O'Brien. Lady Gaga. Ryan Reynolds.
posted by MollyRealized (8 comments total)

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re: the hitchens one, here's another that popped up from the intelligence squared debate over whether "the catholic church is a force for good in the world."
posted by kliuless at 10:04 PM on December 20, 2022 [1 favorite]


Oh hey, Randall Munroe did a talk about "What If? 2" a couple months ago, I bet that's fun!
posted by brainwane at 3:01 AM on December 21, 2022 [3 favorites]


It'd be really interesting to analyze the overlaps and gaps between these talks and TED talks. Seems like very similar vibes but I bet the differences would be telling in some way.
posted by potrzebie at 5:25 AM on December 21, 2022 [1 favorite]


And yes, Randall Munroe is a very funny and engaging speaker. There's a talk for the first What If as well.
posted by potrzebie at 5:26 AM on December 21, 2022 [1 favorite]


I helped organize a few of these back when I was at Google. It started out as Author@Google but evolved as others (scientists, musicians, chefs, etc.) were added. I haven't watched one in a while but the early ones were much more like book readings or TV interviews than TED talks.

The invitee would usually stick around after, so I got to meet people like Salmon Rushdie, Mary Roach, and Lewis Lapham. It was one of the great perks of working there that didn't get much press.
posted by CheeseDigestsAll at 6:00 AM on December 21, 2022 [4 favorites]


Seems like very similar vibes but I bet the differences would be telling in some way.

Well, to start with, I don't believe Jesse Ventura ever gave a TED Talk.
posted by Thorzdad at 7:47 AM on December 21, 2022


This predates these slickly produced videos but Leslie Jordan at Google some 15 years ago was nice.

Seeing Vic Gundotra on stage with Conan O'Brien here was unwelcome.
posted by Nelson at 7:54 AM on December 21, 2022 [1 favorite]


Recent talk by Sean Carroll going into the math of general relativity. Earlier one about the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
posted by Prof. Danger at 10:40 AM on December 21, 2022 [1 favorite]


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