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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Aug 3, 2021 • 41min
Michio Kaku: Seeking the Mind of God
The physicist and best-selling author argues that “the mind of God” can be found in “a symphony of strings – cosmic music resonating through hyperspace.”Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Jul 27, 2021 • 42min
Cynthia Kenyon: Living Longer?
Her breakthrough discovery of a gene that doubles the lifespan of a tiny worm offers the possibility of extending the lifespan of people.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Jul 20, 2021 • 45min
Paul Rudd: In the Moment with Ant-Man
Paul Rudd and Alan Alda talk acting, from being spontaneous and "in the moment," to odd ways to learn lines.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Jul 13, 2021 • 48min
Sue Black: Forensic Supersleuth
She finds justice among the bones. Like helping to convict the genocidal murderers of Kosovo. And, she's just been made a Baroness!Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Jul 6, 2021 • 44min
Dan Lieberman: Why You Hate Exercise
Don’t feel bad about taking the elevator instead of the stairs. Blame evolution for not preparing you for voluntary physical activity. But, says anthropologist Dan Lieberman, there are ways to make exercise rewarding as well as healthy.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Jun 29, 2021 • 38min
Herman Pontzer: Burn Those Calories Better
Studying the lifestyle of hunter-gatherers has led to the surprising discovery that dieting simply to lose weight misses the real benefits of cutting calories.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Jun 22, 2021 • 44min
Helen Mirren: Queen of Stage and Screen
The wonderful Helen Mirren is as honest and searching in conversation as she is in the rich characters she’s brought to us in performance after performance. She’s just as thoughtful and fun as you’d expect her to be.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Jun 15, 2021 • 44min
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 13 Trailer
Alan and Clear+Vivid’s executive producer Graham Chedd preview the new season.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Jun 8, 2021 • 44min
Neil Shubin: Why Would a Fish Have Fingers?
And if it comes to that, wrist, elbows, and lungs? Neil Shubin found that fish in 375 million-year-old rocks in the Canadian Arctic. It was the earliest known evidence of what Neil calls the Great Transition, when life was about to emerge from water to land.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Jun 1, 2021 • 42min
Anna Deavere Smith: She’s Been Hundreds of People
Using her voice, her body, and a close observation of speech patterns, Anna Deveare Smith has chronicled our times with staged portraits of the people who lived them.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
