Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda podcast

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

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  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.

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.

 

#395

Alex "Sandy" Pentland: Shared Wisdom

The computer scientist talks with Alan about the explosive growth of AI, through a lens of... more

09 Dec 2025

38 MINS

38:37

09 Dec 2025


#394

Jelani Cobb: Journalism at a Crossroads

The Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism talks about how social media is overtaking t... more

02 Dec 2025

36 MINS

36:42

02 Dec 2025


#393

The MASH Gang: How a Television Show Changed Us

MASH changed Alan’s life as well as the lives of the rest of the MASH cast. In this revisi... more

25 Nov 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:38

25 Nov 2025


#392

Michael J Fox: Looking Back with Attitude

Alan revisits a conversation he had with Michael seven years ago, at a time when Fox had b... more

18 Nov 2025

44 MINS

44:45

18 Nov 2025


#391

Bill McKibben: Tomorrow Will be Sunny

A confident prediction from the man who first brought our warming planet to public attenti... more

11 Nov 2025

40 MINS

40:19

11 Nov 2025


#390

Kate Marvel: Feeling For Our Planet

In a surprising shift in how we communicate about the climate crisis, Kate Marvel explores... more

04 Nov 2025

37 MINS

37:16

04 Nov 2025


#389

Justin Evans: Data Heroes

Data: dry and boring, right? Not in the hands of Justin Evans, a data expert himself, who ... more

28 Oct 2025

38 MINS

38:13

28 Oct 2025


#388

Melanie Kaplan: Travels With a Beagle

After adopting a beagle that had spent the first four years of his life as an experimental... more

21 Oct 2025

38 MINS

38:48

21 Oct 2025


#387

Erica Chenoweth: A Better Way to Protest?

Not only are non-violent protests more effective than armed resistance, but a surprisingly... more

14 Oct 2025

36 MINS

36:18

14 Oct 2025


#386

Nicky Clayton: Why Crows Are “Feathered Apes”

With long memories and the ability to figure out what other crows are thinking  – then plo... more

07 Oct 2025

36 MINS

36:04

07 Oct 2025


#385

Steven Pinker: When You Know That I Know That You Know…

It then becomes “common knowledge,” and can be both beneficial – like cementing friendship... more

30 Sep 2025

39 MINS

39:05

30 Sep 2025


#384

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 31 Trailer

Alan and Executive Producer Graham Chedd look ahead to next season and some unexpected con... more

23 Sep 2025

31 MINS

31:23

23 Sep 2025


#383

Leanne Guy: A New Eye on Space

Perched on a mountain top in Chile, the new Vera Rubin Observatory’s telescope will view t... more

16 Sep 2025

34 MINS

34:55

16 Sep 2025


#382

Michael Osterholm: Can We Stop The Big One?

With lessons learned from the Covid pandemic, he points to how we might better tackle the ... more

09 Sep 2025

39 MINS

39:55

09 Sep 2025


#381

Herman Pontzer: Diversity: Humanity’s Superpower

Unlike most other land animals, we can live almost anywhere – from deserts, to mountains, ... more

02 Sep 2025

41 MINS

41:08

02 Sep 2025