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.
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Mar 1, 2022 • 39min
Michael Keaton: From Standup to Drama
His outstanding career acting in both movies and television – most recently his highly praised performance in the Hulu series Dopesick – had its beginning in standup comedy. “It was an opportunity to have a stage for 15 minutes and… perform.”Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Feb 22, 2022 • 40min
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 16 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 actor Michael Keaton, poet Billy Collins, and astronaut (and space oddity) Chris Hadfield.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Feb 15, 2022 • 44min
Kate Crawford: Artificial Intelligence – neither artificial nor intelligent
Twenty years of exploring the technical, social and environmental impact of AI has convinced Kate Crawford that we should be much more skeptical about where AI is useful – and concerned about where it is harmful.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Feb 8, 2022 • 39min
Stephon Alexander: Einstein, Coltrane… and the Universe
His jazz informs his physics and his physics informs his jazz, as cosmologist Stephon Alexander seeks a new understanding of the Universe.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Feb 1, 2022 • 42min
Mary Roach: When Animals Break the Law
An author with a thing for one syllable titles – Stiff, Gulp, Bonk – Mary Roach’s latest book, Fuzz, is a quirky exploration of how animals are indifferent to laws made for people, laws like manslaughter, breaking and entering, home invasion, jaywalking, littering. They may not care, but we do.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Jan 25, 2022 • 44min
Thor Hanson: How Nature Struggles with a Warming Planet
From lizards that cling on for dear life during hurricanes to bees that can’t find flowers, plants and animals are trying to cope with climate change – and both inspiring and warning us to take action.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Jan 18, 2022 • 41min
Nancy Padilla-Coreano: Knowing Your Place
How do we instantly sense whether someone has more or less power than we have – and change our behavior as a result?Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Jan 11, 2022 • 43min
Robin Dunbar: Circles of Friendship
Dunbar’s Number is the most people you can have meaningful relationships with. But that number – 150 – is only one of the many circles of friends and acquaintances in your life. And one of those circles, according to Robin’s research, can determine how long you’ll live.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Jan 4, 2022 • 40min
Bianca Jones Marlin: Preparing Kids for Survival
How is it that the experience of stress or trauma can be passed on from one generation to the next, even without contact between them?Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Dec 28, 2021 • 42min
Kate Bowler: Living With The Certainty of Uncertainty
Surviving some of the hardest of times has given Kate Bowler insights that are valuable to the rest of us who can't know what tomorrow will bring. And she’s funny, too.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
