Guardians of the Galaxy | Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana & Vin Diesel
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Back in 2014, Marvel produced the first Guardians of the Galaxy based on the comic of the same name. The movie was a stunning success, becoming the third-highest grossing film of the year and nominated for two Academy Awards. The trilogy was then completed in 2023. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, and Vin Diesel talk about the original movie and their roles, what it’s like to be action figures, and who would win in a battle royale. Originally published in August 2014. Watch this episode at .
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Big Vegan Flavor | Nisha Vora
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Nisha Vora is a cookbook author and content creator known for her innovative approach to vegan cooking. She discusses her second cookbook, Big Vegan Flavor, with over 150 recipes to help you master the art of vegan cooking. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 2012 and working as a lawyer, Nisha switched out her casebooks for cookbooks to follow her dream in the food world. She created a cooking website called Rainbow Plant Life, and has amassed over 2 million followers across her blog and social channels. She’s worked with brands like Instagram and Pure Wow, and her work has been...
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Flexin' In My Complexion | Fashion Designer Kheris Rogers
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Kheris Rogers, designer and CEO of the fashion brand, Flexin' in my Complexion, was inspired to start her brand at just 11 years old, after years of being bullied in school because of her dark skin complexion. She is the world’s youngest designer to ever showcase at New York Fashion week. She’s partnered with Nike and Lebron James, and her clothing line has been worn by celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg, Lupita Nyong’o, and Alicia Keys. Originally published in April 2020. Watch this episode at .
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The Venture Mindset | Ilya Strebulaev
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Ilya Strebulaev has devoted two decades to studying how venture capitalists approach decision-making, and the reasons behind the successes and failures of corporate innovations. He joins Google to discuss his book, “The Venture Mindset,” a playbook on how to adapt to a rapidly changing world, make smarter bets, launch new ventures, and transform traditional organizations into hubs for innovation. Ilya is an international expert in venture capital, private equity, and financing innovation. Among his many achievements, he’s been a professor at Stanford University’s Graduate School...
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Netflix's Somebody Feed Phil | Phil Rosenthal
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Phil Rosenthal is the creator, executive producer, writer, and host of "Somebody Feed Phil," the Netflix show with 7 seasons – and counting – that combines Phil’s love of food and travel with his unique brand of humor. Phil has traveled to countless destinations around the world to take in the local cuisine and culture, including Kyoto, Mumbai, Oaxaca, Iceland, New York, and many others. Somebody Feed Phil has garnered two Primetime Emmy nominations and won two Critics Choice Real TV awards. Phil has also been nominated twice for Male Star of the Year and won in 2021. Phil also has a...
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40 Years of Tetris | Henk Rogers
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The Tetris game has become one of the world’s top-selling video game brands with hundreds of millions of products sold, and that number is still growing today. In 1988, having published numerous computer games from around the world in the Japanese market, Henk discovered the Tetris game at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. A year later, he licensed the rights to Nintendo, where it would go on to make their handheld platform, the Game Boy, the most popular portable game system of its time. Today, Henk is the Chairman of the Board of the Tetris Company; the Blue Planet...
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Modern Love Revised & Updated | Daniel Jones
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Modern Love is a weekly New York Times column, created and edited by Daniel Jones since 2004. As it rose to popularity, it expanded into a podcast, a television show, and a book. In all its forms, Modern Love talks about relationships, feelings, betrayals, and revelations. Daniel Jones joins Google to talk about the anthology, “Modern Love, Revised and Updated: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption,” a collection of the column’s most popular, provocative, and unforgettable essays, including stories from the hit Amazon television series. Originally published in November 2019. Watch...
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The History and Power of Hairdressing | Elizabeth Block
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Award-winning author and historian Elizabeth L. Block joins Google to discuss her book, “Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of Hairdressing.” She explores the diverse history of women’s hair, from the cultural power of hair in 19th century America to the untold stories of business owners and trendsetters. Through her research, we see the places and spaces of hair that allow a new understanding of its immense cultural power. Elizabeth is an art historian and a Senior Editor in the Publications and Editorial Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. She holds a PhD...
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How to Fall in Love with Anyone | Mandy Len Catron
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Mandy Len Catron is known for her wildly popular Modern Love essay in the New York Times, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This." She popularized the 36 questions that are said to make people fall in love. Mandy’s essay inspired her book of the same name. In the book, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This," Mandy deconstructs her own personal canon of love stories through a series of candid and vulnerable essays. She dives all the way back to 1944, when her grandparents first met in a coal mining town in Appalachia, to her own dating life as a professor in Vancouver, drawing insights...
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Doug Melville | Invisible Generals
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Doug Melville discusses his book, "Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America’s First Black Generals." The book takes us on a journey from post-Civil War America to modern-day Europe and Asia, introducing readers to prominent yet hidden heroes, inspired by Doug’s own story. In 2011, Doug was thrilled to be invited to an advanced screening of George Lucas’ “Red Tails,” a fresh take on America’s first Black aerial squadron, the Tuskegee Airmen. However, that excitement faded quickly when he realized the film had fictionalized the story to the...
info_outlineThe Tetris game has become one of the world’s top-selling video game brands with hundreds of millions of products sold, and that number is still growing today. In 1988, having published numerous computer games from around the world in the Japanese market, Henk discovered the Tetris game at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. A year later, he licensed the rights to Nintendo, where it would go on to make their handheld platform, the Game Boy, the most popular portable game system of its time.
Today, Henk is the Chairman of the Board of the Tetris Company; the Blue Planet Alliance, which aims to end the use of carbon-based fuel; Blue Startups, one of Hawaii’s first venture accelerators; the International MoonBase Alliance; and Blue Planet Research, where he develops his dream projects.
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