Conny Aerts and George Whitesides: Starquakes and Tiny, Tiny Factories
She listens to quakes in stars far, far away, to help predict if they host earth-like planets. He makes it possible to build factories so small you can’t even see them. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWiz...
7 Jun 202241min
Huda Zoghbi and Christopher Walsh: Hunting Genes that Damage our Brains
Two of the winners of the just-announced Kavli Prizes in neuroscience on what inspired their breakthrough research. And how their discoveries may help not only those with rare, devastating brain disor...
1 Jun 202247min
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 17 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 classical pianist Emanuel...
31 Mai 202232min
Ardem Patapoutian and Emmanuelle Charpentier: Touching the Horizon
Ardem Patapoutian discovered more about our sense of touch than we ever knew and Emmanuelle Charpentier co-invented the most powerful biomedical tool we’ve ever had. Celebrating two past winners of th...
24 Mai 202239min
Mike Brown and Millie Dresselhaus: Exploring the very big and the very small
Mike Brown, the man who demoted Pluto, is now hot on the trail of a new planet 9, much bigger than Earth and way beyond Neptune. And the brilliant career of his fellow Kavli Prize winner, Millie Dress...
17 Mai 202243min
Kashmir Hill: Reporting from the Future
Putting herself as she says, “inside the tech worlds to come,” reporter Kashmir Hill explores how the technology that’s making our lives easier is also eroding our privacy. Her experiences are both am...
10 Mai 202242min
David Linden: How Come You’re So Special?
While filling out an on-line dating app – listing his traits and those of an ideal partner – neuroscientist David Linden began to wonder what makes each of us unique. Why is even each person in a pair...
3 Mai 202245min
Bette Midler: How She Became Divine
The multitalented singer, actor, songwriter, author tells Alan how her childhood in Hawaii shaped not only her career but also now moves her to bring nature back to the city of New York. Hosted by Sim...
26 Apr 202240min
