312 episodes

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.

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda Alan Alda

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.6 • 452 Ratings

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.

    Adam Moss: What Makes it Art?

    Adam Moss: What Makes it Art?

    After a successful career as an award-winning magazine editor, Adam Moss decided to put it all aside to pursue a passion for painting. He became pretty good; but something was missing. His struggle to understand what that something was led him to his new book, The Work of Art.

    • 40 min
    Kelly and Zach Weinersmith: A Second Home on Mars?

    Kelly and Zach Weinersmith: A Second Home on Mars?

    Should we be planning to establish settlements on the moon and Mars? To many, including a couple of billionaires, the idea has become almost an obsession. An unlikely husband and wife duo has spent years digging deeply into plans to colonize space. Their conclusion: not so fast.

    • 41 min
    Rebecca Boyle: Moonstruck

    Rebecca Boyle: Moonstruck

    We exist because of the moon. Rebecca Boyle relates the amazing story of how the moon, born of a cataclysmic collision with an infant earth, has shaped our history, our evolution, and even our very existence.

    • 40 min
    Doris Kearns Goodwin: In the Rooms Where it Happened

    Doris Kearns Goodwin: In the Rooms Where it Happened

    Her new book tracks the momentous events of the 1960s when her husband, Dick Goodwin, worked closely with both JFK and LBJ, and Doris worked with LBJ, as the two very different presidents shaped the future.

    • 41 min
    Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 25 trailer

    Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 25 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 newspaper editor Adam Moss; science journalist Rebecca Boyle; and writers Kelly and Zach Weinersmith.

    • 21 min
    Stephen Dubner: Feynman on Our Mind

    Stephen Dubner: Feynman on Our Mind

    Stephen Dubner, host of Freakonomics Radio, has long been fascinated by the great physicist Richard Feynman. As has Alan. Stephen has devoted a year to making a remarkable podcast series on Feynman, and Alan has played Feynman on the stage for a year. They compare notes on what they’ve come to learn about him.

    • 39 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
452 Ratings

452 Ratings

JN-JA ,

Wonderfully thought-provoking

I have yet to find an episode I didn’t find deeply interesting. I was somewhat disappointed that the conversation with Ken Auletta didn’t include Woody Allen when they discussed whether reviling Harvey Weinstein means rejecting his work. It’s much easier to separate the person from the product when that person isn’t either the writer, the director, or an actor (let alone all three). Alan is in two Woody Allen movies that I always loved, in large part because of Alan’s performances, but after watching the HBO docuseries about Dylan Farrow’s abuse allegations, I’m not sure I can really enjoy either Crimes and Misdemeanors or Manhattan Murder Mystery anymore.

Audie87 ,

Love this!

Love this podcast and love Alan Alda! I have always liked science and The topics are all very interesting, but my favourites are the space ones (the Chris Hadfield ep is my fave). The science-y terminology and language that is used is somewhat simplified and this is a podcast that everyone could understand what is being discussed. 5 stars!

Northapple ,

Wow!

One of those brilliant and rare podcasts that make a person smarter every time they tune in. What a remarkable show!

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