Dr. Robert Sapolsky: What Does It Take to Really Understand Our Decisions?
What can animals teach us about our own decision-making process? Every summer for 25 years, Dr. Robert Sapolsky has been studying baboons on the plains of Africa, where he's learned a surprising amoun...
24 Sep 201946min
Brian Greene: Can the Rest of Us See the Beauty of Nature That Scientists See?
How can scientist’s better bring their complex and deep understanding of nature up to the surface? How can they help us see the marvels they see and revel in the hidden beauty of nature? Brian Greene ...
17 Sep 201946min
Yo-Yo Ma: On Bringing the World Together - Through Listening
Can music be a story? And, can that story, and the emotions it stirs in us, be something that can unite us? In this conversation, Alan Alda explores this idea with his friend Yo-Yo Ma. Alan has just ...
10 Sep 201938min
Laura Brown: How Did She Become a Badass Woman? And what is it?
Laura Brown is the Editor in Chief of InStyle Magazine. Recently, she had the graceful chutzpa to feature Alan Alda in her magazine as a badass. Alan had no idea what that meant, so he couldn’t let it...
3 Sep 201946min
Melinda Gates: Can Listening Change the World?
When someone wants to make the world a better place – and actually has the means to do it – you wonder: How do they go about it? What are their guiding principles? What works and what doesn’t? In this...
27 Aug 201946min
Producer's Cut: Exclusive Sneak Peek at Season 5
Season 5 of Clear+Vivid® with Alan Alda starts on Tuesday, August 27th! Listen to the exclusive producer's cut of the official trailer to meet some of Alan’s next guests — including Melinda Gates, Yo-...
20 Aug 201944min
Katie Couric on How to Make People Truly Care and Engage
How do you engage a national audience and bring attention to a cause? Katie Couric’s decision to allow her colonoscopy to be broadcast live on television was but one highlight in an extraordinary care...
13 Aug 201947min
Katharine Hayhoe on How to Talk About Climate Change
Is there a way to bring up the climate crisis and not lose friends and disinfluence people? Katharine Hayhoe has found ways to communicate about a topic that desperately needs good communicating – the...
6 Aug 201945min
