Ep418 - Michael D. Smith | Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World
Michael Smith visits Google to discuss his book "The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World." For too long, our system of higher education has been defined by scarcity: sca...
6 Feb 202447min
Ep417 - Matt Parker | Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension
Math is boring, says the mathematician and comedian Matt Parker. Part of the problem may be the way the subject is taught, but it's also true that we all, to a greater or lesser extent, find math diff...
2 Feb 202448min
Ep416 - Andrew Keen | The Cult of the Amateur
Andrew Keen visits Google to discuss his book "The Cult of the Amateur." The book discusses the grave consequences of today's new participatory internet and reveals how it threatens our values, econom...
30 Jan 20241h 2min
Ep415 - Ray Jackendoff | The Peculiar Logic of Value
Ray Jackendoff visits Google to discuss "The Peculiar Logic of Value", which centers on how humans conceptualize systems of value. Jackendoff hypothesizes that value is conceptualized as an abstract ...
26 Jan 20241h
Ep414 - Lily Gladstone | Elevating Inspired Natives
Lily Gladstone visits Google to discuss her journey, her career, and to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. Lily was raised on the Blackfeet Reservation in Northwestern Montana and is from the B...
23 Jan 202458min
Ep413 - Sri M | Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master - A Yogi's Autobiography
Sri M is a spiritual guide, social reformer and educationist. His transformational journey – from a young boy to a living yogi – is a fascinating story. He recently completed a Walk of Hope – a 15 mon...
19 Jan 20241h 5min
Ep412 - Nick Lane | The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
Nick Lane visits Google to discuss his new book "Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death." What brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end? For decades, biology has been dominated...
16 Jan 202444min
Ep411 - George Saunders | The Braindead Megaphone
Acclaimed author George Saunders visits Google to discuss his book "The Braindead Megaphone." "The Braindead Megaphone", George Saunders's first foray into nonfiction, is comprised of essays on litera...
12 Jan 202447min
