Moritz joins Google to talk about the intersection of gaming and AI. A lifelong gamer, Moritz spent his teenage years competitively playing Blizzard’s Diablo 2, culminating in a #1 global ranking among over 12 million players in 2003. The first in his family to graduate high school, he traded the digital swords and armor that he earned in-game to afford his college tuition – two decades before digital asset trading entered the mainstream.

Now, Moritz is a Senior Partner and the Head of Gaming and Interactive Media at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm with more than $29 billion in assets under management and over 200 exists across the US, Europe, and Asia. In both 2023 and 2024, founders selected Lightspeed as the #1 lead investor in the gaming industry.

Moritz has been recognized in Forbes 30 Under 30, Capital’s 40 Under 40, and the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders. In his personal time, he’s an avid Ironman and Ultramarathon athlete. He’s completed the World Marathon Challenge, running 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days, and the 257km Marathon des Sables. With his races, he has raised over $250,000 for research to cure depression.

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Tens of thousands of people take the online qualification exam for Jeopardy! every year. But only 0.4% of hopefuls will appear on the show. But even after a nine-game winning streak and a victory in the Tournament of Champions, Jeopardy! champion and fan favorite Buzzy Cohen maintains that he wasn’t actually the smartest contestant in the bunch – he just “trained smarter" than his competitors. Buzzy adopted quirky strategies and obsessive techniques, from wearing suits every day to studying while hanging from a chin-up bar. Once he realized how much could be accomplished with great preparation, he became a prep fanatic – testing his theories on everything from deadlifting to tap dancing.

Buzzy joins Google to discuss his Audible Original book, “Get Ready: A Champion’s Guide to Preparing for the Moments That Matter". He reveals the eccentric yet effective training method he developed to prepare for the show, and empowers listeners to apply these techniques to train for their own challenges.

Originally published in August 2020. Watch this episode at youtube.com/TalksAtGoogle.

Headspace’s mission is to provide every person with access to lifelong mental health support. Headspace CEO Tom Pickett and Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Jenna Glover join Google to discuss the benefits of incorporating mindfulness practices into your personal and professional life. They share strategies to improve focus, reduce stress, enhance well-being, and boost productivity.

Before joining Headspace, Tom’s prior roles include his time as the Chief Revenue Officer at Doordash, the CEO of digital media company Crunchyroll, and over a decade at Google. Before entering the corporate world, he graduated from TOPGUN and served for nearly a decade as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy.

Dr. Jenna Glover is a licensed psychologist who previously served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and Director of Psychology Training at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Her clinical work focuses on utilizing motivational interviewing and acceptance-based therapies across a range of internalizing disorders.

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Guy Raz is widely considered to be one of the pioneers of podcasting. He’s created some of the most popular podcasts in the world, including How I Built This, TED Radio Hour, Wow in the World, The Great Creators, and Wisdom from the Top. Collectively, his shows reach 19 million listeners per month.

Guy joins Google to discuss his book, "How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs". The book shares stories and insights from over 200 innovators on their journey to entrepreneurship.

Originally published in October 2020. Watch this episode at youtube.com/TalksAtGoogle.

Board-certified psychiatrist, researcher, and award-winning content creator Dr. Judith Joseph joins Google to discuss her book, “High Functioning: Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy.” Dr. Joseph draws on original research, client cases, and her own personal struggles with high-functioning depression to demystify this poorly understood condition. Her five simple tools – The Five V’s – will help you understand the science of your happiness and empower you to reclaim your life and joy.

Dr. Joseph is the chair of the Women in Medicine initiative at Columbia University, a Clinical Assistant Professor in child and adolescent psychiatry at NYU, and Principal Investigator at Manhattan Behavioral Medicine. She was awarded with the Congress Proclamation Award by the US House of Representatives in 2023 for her social media advocacy and mental health research. In 2024, she taught a Workplace Mental Health Course to the Executive Office of the President of the United States.

She uses her platform of over 1 million followers to educate her community about mental health topics. She also trains doctors at NYU about how to use various forms of media to educate the public about mental health issues.

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You’ve definitely heard of marketing – but what about neuromarketing? Neuromarketing is the use of neuroscience to address marketing – more specifically, to address the limitations of common tools like A/B testing and market research. According to Prince Ghuman and Dr. Matt Johnson, neuromarketing is the future of marketing. They join Google to discuss their book, “Blindsight: The (Mostly) Hidden Ways Marketing Reshapes our Brains.” The book gives you the ability to see the unseeable when it comes to marketing, so that you can consume on your own terms.

Originally published in May 2021. Watch this episode at youtube.com/TalksAtGoogle.

There’s a building in North London, built from equal parts brick and tahini, with walls coated in olive oil and floors stained with spice. This is the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen, where a group of individuals meet and eat, cook and write, tear and share and gather with just one motive: to create good food with good ingredients, and to share it with the world.

Chef and author Noor Murad joined the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen in 2018, eventually becoming its head and the writer of its books, “Shelf Love” and “Extra Good Things.” Bahrain-born, London-based and New York-trained, Noor’s own recipes have been featured in the New York Times, and she’s cooked on BBC's Saturday Kitchen. Her Middle Eastern roots have a strong influence on her cooking, with Arabic, Indian, and Persian flavors making a prominent appearance in her recipes.

Noor joins Google to discuss her book “Lugma: Abundant Dishes & Stories from my Middle East.” Lugma is an Arabic word that means, “a bite.” The book offers over 100 recipes as an ode to the food she grew up eating—traditional flavors and modern dishes from Bahrain, the surrounding Middle East, and beyond.

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Asma Khan is an Indian-born British chef and a social change advocate in the food industry. She joins Google to discuss her book, “Monsoon: Delicious Indian recipes for every day and season,” a masterclass in the flavors of Indian cookery.

Originally born in Calcutta, Asma’s journey into the culinary world was not straightforward. She initially pursued academia before moving to Cambridge in 1991 to join her husband. Her passion for cooking began mainly to combat homesickness.

Asma's culinary career began in earnest in 2012 with a supper club in her home, evolving into a pop-up in a Soho pub and eventually leading to the opening of her restaurant, Darjeeling Express, in June 2017. Her restaurant is known for its unique blend of street food, comfort food from Calcutta, and royal dishes from her Mughlai heritage. The food is cooked by an all-women team who began, like Asma, as home cooks.

In addition to her restaurant, Asma gained recognition as the first British chef featured on Netflix's "Chef's Table." Her episode was part of the series' sixth season and nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Documentary section. Business Insider named her number 1 on their 2019 list of the "100 Coolest People in Food and Drink." Asma was also included in TIME 100 as one of the most influential people of 2024.

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