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.

 

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Edda Fields-Black: The Harriet Tubman you didn’t know

The remarkable and little-known story of how Harriet Tubman played a critical role in a da... more

Yesterday

36 MINS

36:34

Yesterday


#410

Gary Marcus: Is AI mostly hype?

For over 20 years he has been a relentless critic of the extravagant claims made for the c... more

24 Mar 2026

37 MINS

37:17

24 Mar 2026


#409

Shermin Kruse: When empathy becomes a strategy

Her mother’s skillful use of empathy to defuse a potentially dangerous encounter on the st... more

17 Mar 2026

37 MINS

37:58

17 Mar 2026


#408

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 33 Trailer

Alan and Executive Producer Graham Chedd look ahead to the new season with clips from epis... more

10 Mar 2026

26 MINS

26:34

10 Mar 2026


#407

Carol Burnett: A favorite conversation

At age 92, Carol Burnett still graces our screens with her presence and humor. Alan revisi... more

03 Mar 2026

35 MINS

35:34

03 Mar 2026


#406

Adam Frank: Are there aliens out there? Probably. But UFOs – not so much

It’s highly likely that life – maybe even intelligent life – has evolved elsewhere in the ... more

24 Feb 2026

37 MINS

37:31

24 Feb 2026


#405

David Baron: When Martians were real

…at least according to a bold-face December 1906 headline in the New York Times. This was ... more

17 Feb 2026

36 MINS

36:25

17 Feb 2026


#404

Rebecca Goldstein: Why it matters to matter

A philosopher and novelist, she has spent 40 years pondering why we all have a longing to ... more

10 Feb 2026

38 MINS

38:46

10 Feb 2026


#403

Steve Ramirez: Forget about it

Experiments with mice have shown it’s possible to tinker with and even erase a memory. The... more

03 Feb 2026

37 MINS

37:46

03 Feb 2026


#402

Michael Shermer: Want to know the truth?

These days, despite the internet providing us access to every imaginable source of informa... more

27 Jan 2026

36 MINS

36:45

27 Jan 2026


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Loretta Ross: Better than calling out? Calling in

She has spent over 50 years fighting racism, sexism and sexual violence, often fiercely. N... more

20 Jan 2026

37 MINS

37:31

20 Jan 2026