Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

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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.

  • 37 minutes 27 seconds
    Dean-David Schillinger: The Power of Patients’ Stories

    Eliciting the story behind a patient’s visit to the hospital can lead to better diagnosis and treatment than medical tests alone – and also reveals much of what needs fixing in health care today.

    24 December 2024, 4:30 am
  • 40 minutes 53 seconds
    Kristin Andrews: Is that spider conscious?

    Alan’s fleeting thought while chasing a spider around the floor sparked a conversation with an animal minds expert who argues that many more creatures than we imagine are conscious. What could this mean for our relationship with the rest of the animal kingdom – including those that annoy us and those we eat?

    17 December 2024, 4:30 am
  • 39 minutes 5 seconds
    John Pollack: The Surprising Power of Puns and Analogies

    Good analogies led to cheaper cars and Apple computers; bad ones to lives wasted and lost. And while puns might not always make you smile (or grimace), they helped pave the way for written language.

    10 December 2024, 4:30 am
  • 35 minutes 38 seconds
    Jasmin Graham: She’s Down with Sharks

    As a Black graduate student disillusioned with academia, she founded Minorities in Shark Science (MISS). She now pursues her passion for sharks and outreach to a public fearful of sharks as a successful independent researcher.

    3 December 2024, 4:30 am
  • 36 minutes 1 second
    Craig Foster: Life Lessons from an Octopus

    For most of us who live in the “tame” modern world, a reminder of how we can refresh ourselves by experiencing the wild world – even the wild world of our backyard or city streets.

    26 November 2024, 4:30 am
  • 39 minutes 46 seconds
    Joshua Greene: Games That Build Bridges

    His research figuring out how our brains make moral judgments has led to two on-line games: One aimed at overcoming political animosity (and that’s fun to play!); the other to satisfy both your head and your heart when you donate to charity.

    19 November 2024, 4:30 am
  • 38 minutes 46 seconds
    Dan Heath: In Someone Else’s (Working) Shoes

    Most of us have no idea how others – even our friends and neighbors – spend their days at work. What’s it really like to be a plumber, a marriage counselor, an ice cream truck owner, an author of mystery novels? In his podcast Dan Heath talks to workers in dozens of different jobs to find out What It’s Like to Be.

    12 November 2024, 5:30 am
  • 39 minutes 39 seconds
    Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods: How to Raise a Great Dog

    The puppy kindergarten at Duke University is discovering how to spot a future great service dog while the dog is still a puppy. And it turns out that what makes a great service dog can also make your dog great.

    5 November 2024, 4:50 am
  • 39 minutes 56 seconds
    Backstage at The West Wing

    How the acclaimed TV series came to be and what it has come to mean since, as recalled in a new book by cast members Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack. Including stories you’ve probably never heard before.

    29 October 2024, 3:30 am
  • 24 minutes 54 seconds
    Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 27 trailer

    Alan and executive producer Graham Chedd look ahead to season 27. In a nostalgic look back at the TV series The West Wing, Alan recalls the scariest moments of his career; we visit a puppy kindergarten to spot future service dogs; a doctor tells stories that vividly illustrate the shortcomings of the health care system; and we meet a woman who can read our history as Earthlings. All that and more…

    22 October 2024, 3:30 am
  • 36 minutes 39 seconds
    Lynnae Quick: Could an Icy Moon Harbor Life?

    Her doctoral thesis led to her becoming a member of the team behind yesterday’s successful launch of NASA’s Clipper mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa. Her contribution could help find out if beneath its thick ice crust, Europa is friendly to life.

    15 October 2024, 4:15 am
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