Start with something familiar. Ask a question. Follow it with another. Then think about what the same idea could mean for the knowledge inside a school district, organization, or community.
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Creator • Public SourcesTaylor Swift — In Her Own Words
Creativity, songwriting, ownership, resilience, and a remarkable career.
This experiment brings together a curated collection of Taylor Swift interviews, speeches, conversations, and other first-person public material. Instead of searching across hours of video, explore recurring ideas in her own words and trace answers back to the source material.
SongwritingCreative ProcessOwnershipResilienceCareer Evolution
Try it like this:“What has Taylor said about handling sadness and turning difficult emotions into creativity?”
Then follow with: “Show me in the original video where Taylor discusses this specifically, and give me a link that takes me directly to that moment.”
That second question matters: it moves you from an AI summary back to the actual source and the exact moment where the idea was discussed.
Use NotebookLM in a web browser for the best experience with timestamped video links. A Google account is required to use NotebookLM. A personal Google account is recommended, since access through school or work accounts may depend on organizational settings.
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Creator • Mixed Public SourcesHarry Styles — Across the Years
Creativity, fame, identity, growth, and life after One Direction.
This experiment brings together interviews, conversations, articles, videos, and other public sources from different stages of Harry Styles' career. Instead of searching through them one at a time, ask a question and let AI find connections across the collection.
CreativityFameOne DirectionGoing SoloGrowthPrivacy
Try it like this:“How has Harry's definition of success changed since he left One Direction?”
Or try: “What has Harry said about dealing with fame while trying to have a normal life?”
Keep the conversation going: ask follow-up questions, compare what he said at different points in his career, or explore a topic that matters to you.
A Google account is required to use NotebookLM. A personal Google account is recommended, since access through school or work accounts may depend on organizational settings. Some source material includes direct links back to original videos when available.
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Creator • Public SourcesDolly Parton — A Lifetime of Wisdom
Songwriting, resilience, faith, business, generosity, and staying true to yourself.
This experiment brings together Dolly Parton interviews, speeches, conversations, and other public sources from across her remarkable career. Ask about hardship, creativity, success, faith, philanthropy, aging, or the choices that shaped her life—and follow important ideas back to the original moments.
SongwritingResilienceFaithBusinessGenerosityAuthenticity
Try it like this:“What has Dolly said about being made fun of or underestimated, and how did she respond?”
Then follow with: “Show me where Dolly talks about that in the original video.”
Listen to the source: when a timestamp companion is available, the notebook can take you directly to the moment Dolly discusses it.
Use NotebookLM in a web browser for the best experience with timestamped video links. A Google account is required to use NotebookLM. A personal Google account is recommended, since access through school or work accounts may depend on organizational settings.
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Author • Ideas & Public SourcesMalcolm Gladwell — A Thinking Notebook
Ideas, human behavior, systems, success, failure, and changing your mind.
This experiment brings together Malcolm Gladwell talks, interviews, podcasts, and other public sources across different stages of his career. Use it less like a biography and more like a conversation with a body of ideas—especially the places where Gladwell questions conventional wisdom or revisits his own earlier thinking.
Human BehaviorSystemsEducationSuccessBeing WrongChanging Your Mind
Try it like this:“What has Malcolm Gladwell changed his mind about over his career, and what caused him to reconsider those ideas?”
Or ask: “Show me a video where Malcolm discusses David and Goliath.”
Go beyond the summary: the timestamp companions can take you directly to the relevant moment in the original video.
Use NotebookLM in a web browser for the best experience with timestamped video links. A Google account is required to use NotebookLM. A personal Google account is recommended, since access through school or work accounts may depend on organizational settings.
Faith • Public SermonsChurch of the Resurrection — Sermon Collection
Finding the sermon—and the exact moment—you need.
A sermon may contain exactly the perspective someone needs, but that idea can be hidden inside an hour-long video or somewhere across years of messages. This experiment brings a large collection of Church of the Resurrection sermons together so you can describe what is on your mind, ask a question, and let AI help find the most relevant ideas.
FaithLife QuestionsAdam HamiltonSermonsSearchable Video
Try it like this:“I’m worried about something I can’t control. What has Adam Hamilton said in these sermons that might help me think about it differently?”
Then follow with: “Show me in the original sermon video where this is discussed specifically, and give me a link that takes me directly to that moment.”
That is the experiment: instead of remembering a sermon title or searching through hours of video, start with the question you actually have.
Use NotebookLM in a web browser for the best experience with timestamped video links. A Google account is required to use NotebookLM. A personal Google account is recommended, since access through school or work accounts may depend on organizational settings.
Independent experiments: K12 Focus is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Dolly Parton, Malcolm Gladwell, Church of the Resurrection, or the people and organizations represented in these public-source collections. These experiments are intended to demonstrate ways AI can help people explore publicly available knowledge.
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