
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

Henry Schleiff on How to Lead a TV Network, Have an Impact, and Still Have Fun
There's a difference between communication and communications, with an "S." The way we look at it, communicating is connecting with people; and communications with an "S" is the technical way you reac...
30 Juli 201942min

Dr. Eric Topol on How Artificial Intelligence Can Improve the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Your visit to the doctor isn’t what it used to be. Now, there are more options for doctors to consider, and much less time for them to decide on them. Dr. Eric Topol, one of our country’s leading visi...
23 Juli 201943min



















