Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Learn to connect better with others in every area of your life. Immerse yourself in spirited conversations with people who know how hard it is, and yet how good it feels, to really connect with other people – whether it’s one person, an audience or a whole country. You'll know many of the people in these conversations – they are luminaries in our culture. Some you may not know. But what links them all is their powerful ability to relate and communicate. It's something we need now more than ever.
Episodes
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Nov 29, 2022 • 41min
Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone: Married – and loving it.
The dynamic couple is writing, producing and acting in hit movies and TV series all while being the parents of two daughters. Alan wonders if this requires special communication skills!
Nov 22, 2022 • 33min
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 19 trailer
Alan and Executive Producer Graham Chedd chat about and play excerpts from Alan's conversations with some of the guests in the new season, beginning next week. Guests include actors Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone; programmer and leader in internet law Kathy Kleiman; and NASA technologist Les Johnson.
Nov 15, 2022 • 42min
Lindy Elkins-Tanton: What’s at the Core?
In her riveting memoir, A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman, Lindy Elkins-Tanton writes of the unconventional path she has taken to becoming the leader of a deep space mission that may reveal secrets of a place we can never visit – the core of our own planet.
Nov 8, 2022 • 43min
James Zimring: Fuzzy thinking and the Big Whopper
Too many of us instinctively feel that a quarter pound hamburger is bigger than a third of a pound. And that’s just one of the mistakes we make in too quickly sizing up situations — sometimes jumping to disastrous conclusions.
Nov 1, 2022 • 42min
Scott Hershovitz: Little Kids Asking Big Questions
The philosopher's kids were asking surprisingly deep questions, so Scott Hershovitz was inspired to write a book, subtitled Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids. Their adventures are surprisingly entertaining.
Oct 25, 2022 • 42min
Gregory Berns: Does your dog know you better than you know yourself?
Neuroscientist Greg Berns, who scanned dogs' brains to find out if they love their humans, now has a new book, The Self Delusion, that challenges what we humans know about ourselves.
Oct 18, 2022 • 41min
John and Julie Gottman: Welcome to the Love Lab
Decades of research with thousands of couples have enabled husband and wife John and Julie Gottman to predict whether relationships will prosper – or wither. And why.
Oct 11, 2022 • 41min
Kate Marvel: Human fingerprints on Hurricane Ian
After exactly predicting the almost unprecedented damage Ian would cause, climate scientist Kate Marvel argues the time for questioning the role of global warming in triggering extreme weather events is over. The case is closed. It’s time for action.
Oct 4, 2022 • 40min
Jay Baruch: In the ER, your story matters
Physician Jay Baruch has learned from experience that diagnosing a patient in the emergency room requires more than clinical tests. It requires listening to their story.
Sep 27, 2022 • 41min
Ken Auletta: Power and Abuse in the Movie Business
How was Harvey Weinstein able to continue his abuse of women for so long – over four decades? Journalist Ken Auletta explores the enabling “culture of silence” in his book Hollywood Ending.
