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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda podcast

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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.

 

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#320

Cady Coleman: Sharing Space

Sharing her experiences of three space missions – including 159 days as the only woman on the 6-person crew of the International Space Station – Cady Coleman also shares lessons about getting along:valuable insights for the rest of us down here on earth. ... Read more

23 hrs Ago

39 MINS

39:29

23 hrs Ago

#319

Charles Duhigg: Connecting and Communicating

Alan and the author of a new book called Supercommunicators share their thoughts on what makes a great conversation.  The result? A great conversation! ... Read more

25 Jun 2024

39 MINS

39:47

25 Jun 2024

#318

When Small is Big News

The world of the very small is very different from the one we are familiar with. (Gold for instance turns red.) Chad Mirkin and Robert Langer’s skills in crafting this bizarre micro-world into medical breakthroughs earned them the 2024 Kavli Prize in nanotechnology. ... Read more

18 Jun 2024

38 MINS

38:28

18 Jun 2024

#317

David Charbonneau and Doris Tsao: Looking for Something Familiar

He is searching space for planets that are something like ours. She is searching brains to discover how we recognize things. They are both 2024 Kavli laureates – Charbonneau awarded the prize for astrophysics, Tsao for neuroscience. ... Read more

12 Jun 2024

40 MINS

40:56

12 Jun 2024

#316

David Jewitt and Jane Luu: Is Pluto All Alone Out There?

That was the question two determined astronomers set out to answer. A frustrating five-year search revealed that Pluto, long thought to be a small, lonely planet on the outer fringes of the solar system, is in fact part of a huge ring of debris left over from the solar system’s birth. ... Read more

04 Jun 2024

38 MINS

38:25

04 Jun 2024

#315

Carla Shatz and Marcus Raichle: Brainwaves

Between them these two neuroscientists changed the way we think of our brains. Their insights are now opening new ways to tackle the problems our brains face as they age, including neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.  ... Read more

28 May 2024

41 MINS

41:23

28 May 2024

#314

Fred Guttenberg and Joe Walsh: Two Dads Defending Democracy

Once sworn enemies in TV appearances and on social media, Fred Guttenberg and Joe Walsh got together privately and realized there is much that unites them. They are now on a tour of college campuses hoping to share their success in bridge-building with others divided by hate. ... Read more

21 May 2024

40 MINS

40:52

21 May 2024

#313

Craig Venter: Oceans of Genes

Aboard his 100 ft sailboat, the geneticist famed for his work deciphering human genes spent 15 years sailing the world’s oceans, discovering millions of unknown genes in the microbes that live there – genes that could lead to new sources of energy, food and medicine. ... Read more

14 May 2024

37 MINS

37:38

14 May 2024

#312

Adam Moss: What Makes it Art?

After a successful career as an award-winning magazine editor, Adam Moss decided to put it all aside to pursue a passion for painting. He became pretty good; but something was missing. His struggle to understand what that something was led him to his new book, The Work of Art. ... Read more

07 May 2024

40 MINS

40:31

07 May 2024

#311

Kelly and Zach Weinersmith: A Second Home on Mars?

Should we be planning to establish settlements on the moon and Mars? To many, including a couple of billionaires, the idea has become almost an obsession. An unlikely husband and wife duo has spent years digging deeply into plans to colonize space. Their conclusion: not so fast.  ... Read more

30 Apr 2024

41 MINS

41:19

30 Apr 2024

#310

Rebecca Boyle: Moonstruck

We exist because of the moon. Rebecca Boyle relates the amazing story of how the moon, born of a cataclysmic collision with an infant earth, has shaped our history, our evolution, and even our very existence. ... Read more

23 Apr 2024

40 MINS

40:40

23 Apr 2024

#309

Doris Kearns Goodwin: In the Rooms Where it Happened

Her new book tracks the momentous events of the 1960s when her husband, Dick Goodwin, worked closely with both JFK and LBJ, and Doris worked with LBJ, as the two very different presidents shaped the future. ... Read more

16 Apr 2024

41 MINS

41:39

16 Apr 2024

#308

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 25 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 newspaper editor Adam Moss; science journalist Rebecca Boyle; and writers Kelly and Zach Weinersmith. ... Read more

09 Apr 2024

21 MINS

21:11

09 Apr 2024

#307

Stephen Dubner: Feynman on Our Mind

Stephen Dubner, host of Freakonomics Radio, has long been fascinated by the great physicist Richard Feynman. As has Alan. Stephen has devoted a year to making a remarkable podcast series on Feynman, and Alan has played Feynman on the stage for a year. They compare notes on what they’ve come to learn about him. ... Read more

02 Apr 2024

39 MINS

39:51

02 Apr 2024

#306

Remembering Frans de Waal

In this special episode of Clear and Vivid we reflect on Frans’ life-long commitment to revealing how much we humans have in common with our primate cousins. ... Read more

27 Mar 2024

16 MINS

16:16

27 Mar 2024

#305

Justice Stephen Breyer: Understanding What They Meant

When interpreting the Constitution, the dangers of relying solely on the words and what they meant at the time, without taking into account the purpose and values expressed in those words. ... Read more

26 Mar 2024

39 MINS

39:55

26 Mar 2024

#304

Shohini Ghose: Women’s Time and Space

A leading physicist herself, Shohini Ghose has wonderful stories about the trials and triumphs of the many mostly unsung women whose work helped open up the universe. ... Read more

19 Mar 2024

39 MINS

39:55

19 Mar 2024

#303

Tali Sharot: Take Another Look

We can get used to things to the point where even something we once thought wonderful can lose its luster. More sinister, we can also get used to the drip, drip of falsehoods till we become dulled to their danger. How to overcome habituation, and even take advantage of it. ... Read more

12 Mar 2024

41 MINS

41:48

12 Mar 2024

#302

Keith Houston: There’s More to Writing Than Words.

The intriguing stories behind the often weird and baffling origins of punctuation and other symbols we use to communicate. And it’s not just commas, colons and periods. There are pilcrows, octothorps, interrobangs and a whole menagerie more. ... Read more

05 Mar 2024

38 MINS

38:32

05 Mar 2024

#301

Terry Greiss: Acting to Connect

The Irondale Ensemble Project, a theater company rooted in improvisation, created a program to help police and community build trust and mutual understanding through theater games. ... Read more

27 Feb 2024

39 MINS

39:52

27 Feb 2024