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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

By: Alan Alda
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 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.Alan Alda Science Social Sciences
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  • Nicky Clayton: Why Crows Are “Feathered Apes”

    Nicky Clayton: Why Crows Are “Feathered Apes”
    Oct 7 2025

    With long memories and the ability to figure out what other crows are thinking – then plot to outdo them, using what Nicky Clayton calls “sleight of beak” – crows are at least as smart as chimpanzees, despite having very different brains.


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    36 mins
  • Steven Pinker: When You Know That I Know That You Know…

    Steven Pinker: When You Know That I Know That You Know…
    Sep 30 2025

    It then becomes “common knowledge,” and can be both beneficial – like cementing friendships or empowering peaceful protests – or destructive, causing a run on toilet paper or splitting society into silos, each with their own common knowledge.


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    39 mins
  • Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 31 Trailer

    Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 31 Trailer
    Sep 23 2025

    Alan and Executive Producer Graham Chedd look ahead to next season and some unexpected connections between our first guests. They include best-selling author Steven Pinker, and how you know that I know that you know that I know; psychologist Nicky Clayton and why crows are so smart; Erica Chenoweth and the power of peaceful protest; climate scientist Kate Marvel on why she gets emotional in her new book; and journalist Melanie Kaplan, who with her beagle Hammy explore together the murky world of animal experimentation.


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    31 mins
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