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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Dec 21, 2021 • 35min
Diego Bohórquez: Gut to Brain – Listen Up!
The discovery of a direct and instant connection between your stomach and your brain has brought a whole new dimension to the notion of a “gut feeling.”Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Dec 14, 2021 • 45min
Mel Brooks: On Love, Life and Punchlines
At 95, Mel tells it like it was in his new book, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show BusinessSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Dec 7, 2021 • 43min
Max Brooks: How Zombies May Save Us
Best-selling books like The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z made Max Brooks famous. They also led to his becoming an advisor to the Modern War Institute at West Point. There he’s helping shape a survival guide for a future where cyberwar becomes more threatening than war on the battlefield.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Nov 30, 2021 • 29min
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 15 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 zombie expert Max Brooks; neuroscientists Diego Bohórquez and Bianca Jones Marlin; and author Kate Bowler.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Nov 23, 2021 • 41min
Holland Taylor: The Role of a Lifetime She Wrote Herself
Emmy and Tony nominee Holland Taylor wrote and performed a one-woman show called Ann, bringing to life on the stage the woman she most admired, former Texas governor Ann Richards. And she came up with a smash hit. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Nov 16, 2021 • 38min
Marcia Rieke: Peering Back to the Cosmic Dawn
Next month her camera will be hurled a million miles into space, from where it will be seeking the first stars in the universe. On board the James Webb Space telescope, her infrared camera will also be checking the atmospheres of planets beyond the solar system, looking for signs of life.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Nov 9, 2021 • 45min
The LaPook Effect: Empathy for doctors
Jon LaPook, Chief Medical Correspondent for CBS News, is on a mission to help doctors be more empathetic with patients. And his communication skills are turning out to be contagious.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Nov 2, 2021 • 41min
Karl Deisseroth: Lighting up The Brain
With the invention of new ways to explore the brain, Karl Deisseroth has revolutionized neuroscience – work that has just now been recognized with the highest honor in medical research, the Lasker Award.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Oct 26, 2021 • 41min
Lee McIntyre: Talking to Science Deniers
Taking a deep dive into the alternative reality of people convinced that the earth is flat, Lee McIntyre learned valuable lessons about how – and how not – to talk to those who persist in denying science.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Oct 19, 2021 • 42min
Marin Alsop: A Woman Who Leads
The first female conductor of a major American symphony orchestra, Marin Alsop explains to Alan just what a conductor contributes to a performance; how her right and left hands have different roles; why oboists have to be treated differently from horn players; and the success of an innovative program to bring the joys of classical music to kids.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
