Carl Safina on the Thoughts and Feelings of the Other Animals
Do animals – other than we humans – have thoughts, feelings? Are their emotions similar to ours? Carl Safina is an ecologist who explores our relationship with the living world—and how it could be bet...
4 Feb 202045min
Siddhartha Mukherjee on Getting Personal with Our Genes
Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee is the author of the best-selling book, “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer." The book won a Pulitzer Prize and became the basis for a Ken Burns documentary se...
28 Jan 202043min
Lisa Kaltenegger: Looking for Life on Other Earths
Is there life in the universe beyond planet Earth? It's the question everyone, including Alan Alda, wants to understand. In this episode, Alan asks Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger, the head of the world-renown C...
21 Jan 202043min
Jo Handelsman on the Surprising News That the Earth is Running Out of Dirt
What do microbes, the soil, and climate change all have in common? Dr. Jo Handelsman studies microbes at the University of Wisconsin. She researches the vast array of microbes that live on us or in us...
14 Jan 202044min
All Shook Up: Dr. Lucy Jones on How to Tell People the Big One is Coming
Dr. Lucy Jones is a seismologist, who has a talent for translating the scary uncertainties of earthquakes into a language the rest of us can relate to. She is now putting her communication skills to w...
7 Jan 202043min
Human Connection Through Nature: Discussing Seven Worlds, One Planet
In this special bonus episode of Clear+Vivid, BBC America’s Executive Director Courtney Thomasma and Executive Producer of Seven Worlds, One Planet’s Jonny Keeling speak with Alan Alda about the surge...
23 Dec 201918min
Jamil Zaki on Empathy and How to Hack It
Dr. Jamil Zaki is a Stanford scientist who has a way for you to sharpen you empathy skills. It’s a little like going to the gym to strengthen your muscles and improve your flexibility. In fact, he cal...
17 Dec 201947min
Ben Stiller on Directing and His Escape at Dannemora
How does an actor adapt to becoming a director? In this episode, Alan Alda and Ben Stiller compare notes about the delicate art of communicating director to actor, actor to director, and actor to acto...
10 Dec 201950min
