Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
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S34 Chris Duffy: How laughter connects us
Finding humor in the many absurdities of everyday life – including our own foolishness – can help us see things in new ways, foster understanding… above all, mend our ability to connect with others.…
S33 Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 34 Trailer
Alan and Executive Producer Graham Chedd look ahead to season 34. Episodes include one of Alan’s favorite topics – humor, and its power to connect; finding joy in unexpected places; why telling…
S33 Roger Rosenblatt: Aging well
Alan revisits a conversation with his old friend to compare notes on staying happy when old, as Roger’s new book, More Rules for Aging: Making the Most of Your Ridiculous, Wondrous Life, hits the…
S33 Sonja Lyubomirsky: Lost that loving feeling?
In her new book she argues that if you want to feel more loved, you don't need to change yourself, you don't need to change the other person (which is sure to backfire!). You just need to change the…
S33 Julia Minson: Disagreeing agreeably
Wondering why she and her husband got into frequent spats while practicing competitive ballroom dancing led her to a career in social psychology with a focus on disagreements; not just on why and how…
S33 Ina Garten: Cooking to connect
In her cookbooks and TV shows the Barefoot Contessa uses her early fascination with science to create meals that are not only great to eat but are also ways to connect and communicate. Hosted by…
S33 Jon LaPook: Empathic medicine
CBS News’ medical correspondent, he also heads the Empathy Project, creating Hollywood-quality short films that train healthcare providers to be more humane and help empower patients to be effective…
S33 Valerie Fridland: Yes, you have an accent
Whether it’s the accent that hints at your hometown, your group, your social status or your ethnicity, the sounds we say reveal a lot about who we are and where we’ve been – even for those who might…
S33 David Haskell: When the world burst into bloom
Flowering plants were late to evolve, but once they did, they took over most of the planet, connecting and communicating with a network of other living things and making possible our own evolution.…
S33 Michael Pollan: The mystery and marvel of consciousness
Best known for his writings on food – and for his crisp summation of advice for healthy eating – “Eat food. Not too much. Mainly plants” – he has now taken a deep and very personal dive into the…
S33 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 daring raid that in 1863 freed some 700 slaves from rice plantations along South Carolina’s Combahee River.…
S33 Gary Marcus: Is AI mostly hype?
For over 20 years he has been a relentless critic of the extravagant claims made for the current generation of AI based on Large Language Models, or LLMs. But he is even more concerned about what may…
S33 Shermin Kruse: When empathy becomes a strategy
Her mother’s skillful use of empathy to defuse a potentially dangerous encounter on the streets of Tehran when she was nine has stayed with her ever since. It led to her developing the concept of…
S33 Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 33 Trailer
Alan and Executive Producer Graham Chedd look ahead to the new season with clips from episodes on empathy – both helping defuse a dangerous situation in Tehran and its role in the very different…
S32 Carol Burnett: A favorite conversation
At age 92, Carol Burnett still graces our screens with her presence and humor. Alan revisits a 2019 conversation that explores with her what made The Carol Burnett Show a comedy masterpiece and…
S32 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 universe. But that aliens bother to hang out in our skies, or are even able to get here...Really? Hosted by…
S32 David Baron: When Martians were real
…at least according to a bold-face December 1906 headline in the New York Times. This was in the middle of a decades-long fascination with the idea that Martians not only exist but were much smarter…
S32 Rebecca Goldstein: Why it matters to matter
A philosopher and novelist, she has spent 40 years pondering why we all have a longing to matter. She’s talked with dozens of people about their own need to matter, and tells their stories in her new…
S32 Steve Ramirez: Forget about it
Experiments with mice have shown it’s possible to tinker with and even erase a memory. The goal for neuroscience now is to apply the science to help people struggling with PTSD and other mentally…
S32 Michael Shermer: Want to know the truth?
These days, despite the internet providing us access to every imaginable source of information, the truth is harder than ever to find. A conversation about how to sort truth from fiction and why,…
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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda has published 421 episodes since May 2018, covering topics in Comedy, Science.
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