Ep482 - Broadway's Wicked
Laurel Harris and Alexandra Socha, who respectively play Elphaba and Glinda in Broadway's Wicked, visit Google to celebrate 20 years of the hit musical. Wicked looks at what happened in the land of Oz...
17 Syys 202459min
Ep481 - Mary Pilon | Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game
Author Mary Pilon visits Google to discuss her book, "The Monopolists". The book reveals the unknown story of how the classic board game Monopoly came into existence, the reinvention of its history by...
13 Syys 202444min
Ep480 - Ferris Jabr | Becoming Earth
Acclaimed science writer Ferris Jabr visits Google to discuss his book "Becoming Earth: How our Planet Came to Life." One of humanity's oldest beliefs is that our world is alive. Though once ridiculed...
10 Syys 202433min
Ep479 - Adrienne Mayor | The Amazons
Professor Adrienne Mayor of Stanford visits Google to discuss her book, "The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World". This book is the first comprehensive account of warr...
6 Syys 202459min
Ep478 - Nadina Galle | The Nature of our Cities
Ecological engineer Dr. Nadina Galle visits Google to discuss her book "The Nature of our Cities: Harnessing the Power of the Natural World to Survive a Changing Planet." The book describes her journe...
3 Syys 202442min
Ep477 - Alexander Meyer | Ancient Greece & Rome: Time & Culture
Professor Alexander Meyer visits Google to share the ways ancient Greeks and Romans kept time and their reasons for doing so. He discusses various time-keeping artifacts and works of literature to sho...
30 Elo 20241h 12min
Ep476 - Kara Loewentheil | Take Back Your Brain
Master Certified life coach Kara Loewentheil visits Google to discuss her book "Take Back Your Brain: How A Sexist Society Gets in Your Head – and How to Get It Out," Her book weaves cognitive psychol...
27 Elo 202432min
Ep475 - Robert Frank | The Economic Naturalist
Author Robert Frank visits Google to discuss his book "The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas". Why do the keypads on drive-up cash machines have Braille dots? Why are...
23 Elo 202456min
