Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
Summary: 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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Podcasts:
Gilbert Gottfried, along with co-host and fellow pop culture fanatic Frank Santopadre, sit down with Alan for a candid and spirited conversation, as Alan takes an affectionate look back at his life in theatre, television, and film.
David Flink was diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD in grade school, but that didn't stop him -- he learned to think differently about learning and now he teaches others.
In this episode, Pardis Sabeti and Alan Alda talk about her scientific work, as they discover that the best way to tackle any challenge is with empathy, humanity, and a whole lot of fun.
Steven Johnson has written a dozen books about how we come up with ideas and how we make decisions -- in this playful episode, Steven and Alan Alda talk about the transformative nature of ideas and what sort of environments best give rise to creativity.
Alan Alda and leading mathematician, Steven Strogatz, take you on a guided journey through the beautiful world of numbers, helping you see the world through the window of mathematics.
Alan and Steven Strogatz continue their conversation with this special bonus feature about a math problem that Alan doesn't quite understand - yet.
Alan Alda asks Jonathan Haidt about his research into the moral foundation of our politics --- they delve into understanding what makes us happy and how we can overcome our natural tendency toward self-righteousness, in order to learn from those whose morality (and politics) differs from our own.
Alan Alda talks with famed researcher and author, Michael Tomasello, about something we don’t think about much, but that may be at the very heart of relating and communicating: shared attention.
Sarah Vowell is a true American satirist who writes about history from all sorts of strange and interesting angles -- in this conversation, Alan Alda and Sarah explore the intricacies of writing for all sorts of media and how to think, with clarity, about how to write for each audience.
MIT professor, author, and clinical psychologist, Sherry Turkle, speaks with Alan Alda about how our constant connectedness isn't always the best thing for us -- and what we can do to disconnect from our technology to reconnect with our humanity.
In this conversation with Alan Alda, Stephen talks about his latest books about Greek mythology and how these ancient myths help us know and understand our modern selves.
In this special Valentine's Day special, Dr. Ruth and Alan Alda talk about sex and how to communicate with your partner below and above the covers!
M*A*S*H is back for a one-time, exclusive episode with all your familiar friends -- join Alan Alda, Loretta Swit, Jamie Farr, Mike Farrell, and Gary Burghoff for an intimate and candid conversation about their personal experiences of being part of one of the most beloved TV shows of all time; and the lessons they learned about how to connect, communicate, and to relate with one another in the process
In this delightful episode, Alan Alda talks with Sheila Nevins about her life, how she feels about aging, the #MeToo movement, sex, divorce, documentaries, storytelling, and just about everything else!
The M*A*S*H episode you've all been waiting for is almost here! Coming February 5th to Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts. Subscribe and listen for free at AlanAlda.com
