Episodes 45
Avg. Duration 21m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 4.7 (134)
Since Nov 2020
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
69%
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An award-winning podcast from Google about the unseen world of data centers.

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The Next Leap for Intelligence

Mar 11, 2026 21m

In our season finale, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Google’s founder of the Paradigms of Intelligence (Pi) team, offers a provocative take on what intelligence actually is, and what it could become. He…

New Frontiers in Farming

Mar 04, 2026 23m

In an era of climate instability, two innovators are using AI to reimagine agriculture from the soil up.  Anastasia Volkova, CEO of Regrow Ag, traces her path from a family farm in Ukraine to…

The AI-Energy Nexus

Feb 25, 2026 26m

As AI models become more powerful, their appetite for energy is soaring — creating a high-stakes tension between technological progress and sustainability.  In this episode, Lucia Tian, Google’s Head…

Coding the Future

Feb 18, 2026 17m

While educators continue to debate AI’s role in the classroom, one nonprofit is showing just how powerful this technology can be in the hands of young women around the world. Tara Chklovski, CEO of…

Leaps in Logistics

Feb 11, 2026 22m

Warehouses have long been “black boxes” where inventory disappears and logistics break down. But autonomous robots are finally illuminating the shadows. Oana Jinga, co-founder of Dexory, tells us how…

Anatomy of a Modern Data Center

Feb 04, 2026 21m

Behind the scenes of the intelligence revolution, data centers are working nonstop to turn ambitious, world-changing AI ideas into real solutions. In this episode, Google’s Partha Ranganathan — one…

Reimagining Manufacturing

Jan 28, 2026 19m

Manufacturing has traditionally been defined by rigid assembly lines. But Alphabet’s moonshot spinoff Intrinsic is demonstrating how factories built around flexible, intelligent robotics can rewrite…

Supercharging Creativity

Jan 21, 2026 19m

The collision of AI and artistry has ignited intense debate about the future of creative work, the value of originality, and what it means to make something truly human. In this episode, Mira Lane,…

Mapping New Medicines

Jan 14, 2026 21m

Traditional drug discovery is a gamble where 90% of trials fail. But Recursion CEO Chris Gibson is using AI to shift the odds in humanity's favor. In this episode, Gibson explains how his Salt Lake…

The Era of AI Innovation

Jan 07, 2026 27m

AI’s meteoric rise can feel unprecedented, but it follows a familiar story. Just as the steam engine and electric motor rewired entire economies in the 1800s, today’s AI boom is setting off another…

Season 5: the dawn of a new era

Dec 17, 2025 2m Trailer

Artificial intelligence is reshaping every corner of the global economy — and none of it is possible without the invisible infrastructure powering it: data centers.In Season 5 of Where the Internet…

Chasing Arrows

Nov 06, 2024 30m

Plastics production has doubled in the last two decades, clogging up our oceans and showing up in our organs. The massive growth in plastics production is also increasing CO2 output and driving up…

Invisible Threats

Oct 30, 2024 35m

Last March, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket into space from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It carried more than 40 payloads on board, including a satellite called MethaneSAT, which…

Growing a Better Food System

Oct 23, 2024 35m

Dwane Roth is a fourth-generation farmer growing corn, wheat, sorghum, and sunflower in southwestern Kansas. Back in 2016, the state of Kansas launched a three-year pilot designed to test the latest…

Keeping the Lights On

Oct 16, 2024 39m

In January 2024, winter storm Gerri swept across the Midwest, bringing subzero temperatures with it. In Omaha, Nebraska, just as everyone was turning up the heat, the city’s four thermal power plants…

Data on Fire

Oct 09, 2024 40m

According to NASA, nearly two-thirds of all Western wildfires recorded over the past 75 years occurred in just the last two decades. Firefighters and fire researchers are seeing this trend first…

A Preview of Season 4: Resilience

Sep 25, 2024 2m Trailer

Where the Internet Lives is back for a fourth season. In past episodes, we’ve taken you on tours of data centers, talked to people who run the supercomputers that make up the internet, and showed you…

Machine Learning Unlocks a New Era for Music

Jul 12, 2023 24m

Hanoi Hantrakul is a musician and research scientist who works on audio and artificial intelligence. He is a former AI resident at Google working on creative applications of machine learning for…

A Finnish Paper Town Becomes a Digital Hub

Jun 28, 2023 18m

Mikko Green is an operations manager at Google's data center in Hamina, Finland. In 2012, when Mikko applied to work at the facility, he was excited about the prospect of moving back to the country…

From Despair to a Dream Job in the Trades

Jun 14, 2023 18m

Sarah Hess is one of a million union workers in the U.S. construction industry. But she’s a rare woman in the field. About 90% of the construction workforce is male – a number that hasn't changed…

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