306 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.

    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
    Tali Sharot: Take Another Look

    Tali Sharot: Take Another Look

    We can get used to things to the point where even something we once thought wonderful can lose its luster. More sinister, we can also get used to the drip, drip of falsehoods till we become dulled to their danger. How to overcome habituation, and even take advantage of it.

    • 41 min
    Keith Houston: There’s More to Writing Than Words.

    Keith Houston: There’s More to Writing Than Words.

    The intriguing stories behind the often weird and baffling origins of punctuation and other symbols we use to communicate. And it’s not just commas, colons and periods. There are pilcrows, octothorps, interrobangs and a whole menagerie more.

    • 38 min
    Terry Greiss: Acting to Connect

    Terry Greiss: Acting to Connect

    The Irondale Ensemble Project, a theater company rooted in improvisation, created a program to help police and community build trust and mutual understanding through theater games.

    • 39 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
3.4K Ratings

3.4K Ratings

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.

c55r ,

It’s lovely

Sincere. Enlightened. Wrapped in kindness and curiosity. It’s lovely.

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