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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

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.

Copyright: © 2021 Alan Alda

Latest Episodes:

Joy Behar: Her third act Oct 13, 2026

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Standup comedian, long time co-host of ABC’s The View, she is now entering what she calls her third act – as a playwright, with her play My First Ex-Husband, a hit in New York and London.

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Kelly McGonigal: Why joy is so joyful Oct 06, 2026

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Joy is not just a fleeting emotion or feeling. It's an entire response system that includes changes in your body and your brain, preparing you to take in the good in life. And that response is even stronger when you can share joy with another person.

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Patrick McEnroe: Calling the shots Sep 29, 2026

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The younger brother of tennis champion John – and himself ranked number three in the world in doubles – he shares connecting and communicating secrets, both on the court and in his present career as a tennis commentator.

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Dame Sue Black: Science on trial Sep 22, 2026

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Britain’s best known expert witness tells of trials where crime scene evidence has led not only to successful prosecutions but also in too many cases to people being punished for crimes they didn’t commit.

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Antonio Damasio: Consciousness starts in a surprising place Sep 15, 2026

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Rather than being a feature of our complex brains, he argues that consciousness begins in the feelings and emotions generated by our bodies.

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Lisa Margulis: Music shares our daydreams Sep 08, 2026

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Letting your mind wander while listening to music can open you up to rewarding daydreams. Surprisingly, there is a good chance that your musical daydream is shared by others.

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Joanna Stern: A year living with bots Sep 01, 2026

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She spent twelve months trying out the best and the worst that AI has to offer, from the creepy (an AI boyfriend), to the helpful (an AI-powered mammogram) to the weird (a robot masseuse) and the downright annoying (a stuffed animal toy that wouldn’t shut up).

You can find Joanna's book, I AM NOT A ROBOT, at her site: https://joannastern.com/

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 35 Trailer Aug 25, 2026

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Alan and executive producer Graham Chedd introduce season 35 of Clear and Vivid. Topics include how music inspires daydreams, the mind games of championship tennis, a year living with robots, the challenges of an expert witness and the sheer joy of joy.

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Yael Schonbrun: It’s not what you say… Aug 18, 2026

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There is more to successful communication than picking the right words. We need to understand that our understanding of others is shaped by factors we are mostly unaware of, ranging from our upbringing to how well we slept.

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Tom Levenson: Anti-vaxxers are living in the past Aug 11, 2026

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Opposition to vaccines goes back to their invention. And while doubts about vaccine safely may have been justified 300 years ago, those same doubts have lingered among those opposing vaccines today – vaccines that are overwhelmingly safe and have saved millions of lives.

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