309 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
    • 4.7 • 3.4K 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.

    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
    Remembering Frans de Waal

    Remembering Frans de Waal

    In this special episode of Clear and Vivid we reflect on Frans’ life-long commitment to revealing how much we humans have in common with our primate cousins.

    • 16 min
    Justice Stephen Breyer: Understanding What They Meant

    Justice Stephen Breyer: Understanding What They Meant

    When interpreting the Constitution, the dangers of relying solely on the words and what they meant at the time, without taking into account the purpose and values expressed in those words.

    • 39 min
    Shohini Ghose: Women’s Time and Space

    Shohini Ghose: Women’s Time and Space

    A leading physicist herself, Shohini Ghose has wonderful stories about the trials and triumphs of the many mostly unsung women whose work helped open up the universe.

    • 39 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
3.4K Ratings

3.4K Ratings

glimadoll ,

Fantastic podcast!

Alan has fascinating guests and does an outstanding job of interviewing them.

bunyipp ,

Alan is a great listener

Alan is always prepared and listens carefully to his guests. I especially enjoyed listening to Tom Hanks discuss his novel about the movie business.

SmokeeBS ,

Well done and entertaining

It’s so refreshing to listen to a beautifully produced podcast that is equally informative and entertaining. Alan is an excellent host and asks questions that the normal person is thinking about. Also I appreciate the guests aren’t the usual Hollywood people but scientists, writers and all around interesting people.

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