Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
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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...
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Matt Kaplan: They were right after all
Vivid stories of scientists whose claims were ignored or ridiculed, from Galileo to Kati Karikó – the woman whose work was critical in developing the...
Roxanne Khamsi: You are mutating – and that’s (mostly) a good thing
Mutations sound scary. But the DNA that shaped us is has been mutating since we were born. Some mutations are bad for our health while others are help...
Lawrence O’Donnell: Inventing Arnie Vinick
Today an MS NOW host, in 2004 he was writer/producer on the popular NBC series The West Wing tasked with introducing a new character – a Republican Se...
Walter Isaacson: Are these truths still self-evident?
On the eve of our nation's 250th, Walter Isaacson takes a deep dive into the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence. It's what he calls "t...
Kate Bowler: Joy is surprising
A decade on from being diagnosed with a deadly cancer – and eight years since her first visit with Clear and Vivid – she tells of the many ways she h...
Dhruv Khullar: The doctor has stories
As AI takes an increasing role in medical decisions, a physician employs stories to tell how the role of our doctors is changing
Hosted by Simpl...
Chris Duffy: How laughter connects us
Finding humor in the many absurdities of everyday life – including our own foolishness – can help us see things in new ways, foster understanding… abo...
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 34 Trailer
Alan and Executive Producer Graham Chedd look ahead to season 34. Episodes include one of Alan’s favorite topics – humor, and its power to connect; fi...
Roger Rosenblatt: Aging well
Alan revisits a conversation with his old friend to compare notes on staying happy when old, as Roger’s new book, More Rules for Aging: Making the Mos...
Sonja Lyubomirsky: Lost that loving feeling?
In her new book she argues that if you want to feel more loved, you don't need to change yourself, you don't need to change the other person (which is...
Julia Minson: Disagreeing agreeably
Wondering why she and her husband got into frequent spats while practicing competitive ballroom dancing led her to a career in social psychology with...
Ina Garten: Cooking to connect
In her cookbooks and TV shows the Barefoot Contessa uses her early fascination with science to create meals that are not only great to eat but are als...
Jon LaPook: Empathic medicine
CBS News’ medical correspondent, he also heads the Empathy Project, creating Hollywood-quality short films that train healthcare providers to be more...
Valerie Fridland: Yes, you have an accent
Whether it’s the accent that hints at your hometown, your group, your social status or your ethnicity, the sounds we say reveal a lot about who we are...
David Haskell: When the world burst into bloom
Flowering plants were late to evolve, but once they did, they took over most of the planet, connecting and communicating with a network of other livin...
Michael Pollan: The mystery and marvel of consciousness
Best known for his writings on food – and for his crisp summation of advice for healthy eating – “Eat food. Not too much. Mainly plants” – he has now...
Edda Fields-Black: The Harriet Tubman you didn’t know
The remarkable and little-known story of how Harriet Tubman played a critical role in a daring raid that in 1863 freed some 700 slaves from rice plant...
Gary Marcus: Is AI mostly hype?
For over 20 years he has been a relentless critic of the extravagant claims made for the current generation of AI based on Large Language Models, or L...
Shermin Kruse: When empathy becomes a strategy
Her mother’s skillful use of empathy to defuse a potentially dangerous encounter on the streets of Tehran when she was nine has stayed with her ever s...
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 33 Trailer
Alan and Executive Producer Graham Chedd look ahead to the new season with clips from episodes on empathy – both helping defuse a dangerous situation...
Carol Burnett: A favorite conversation
At age 92, Carol Burnett still graces our screens with her presence and humor. Alan revisits a 2019 conversation that explores with her what made The...
Adam Frank: Are there aliens out there? Probably. But UFOs – not so much
It’s highly likely that life – maybe even intelligent life – has evolved elsewhere in the universe. But that aliens bother to hang out in our skies, o...
David Baron: When Martians were real
…at least according to a bold-face December 1906 headline in the New York Times. This was in the middle of a decades-long fascination with the idea th...
Rebecca Goldstein: Why it matters to matter
A philosopher and novelist, she has spent 40 years pondering why we all have a longing to matter. She’s talked with dozens of people about their own n...
Steve Ramirez: Forget about it
Experiments with mice have shown it’s possible to tinker with and even erase a memory. The goal for neuroscience now is to apply the science to help p...
Michael Shermer: Want to know the truth?
These days, despite the internet providing us access to every imaginable source of information, the truth is harder than ever to find. A conversation...
Loretta Ross: Better than calling out? Calling in
She has spent over 50 years fighting racism, sexism and sexual violence, often fiercely. Now in her 70’s, her experiences have led her to move past an...
Marc Abrahams: Laugh… then Think
The Ig Nobel prizes are awarded every year in a ceremony that is as charming as it is ridiculous, awarding research that itself may seem ridiculous at...
Elena Hoicka: What makes a baby laugh?
Babies find things funny long before they understand language – surprising even the author of the most detailed study to date of when and how babies a...
Marlo Thomas: That Girl who changed Television
Almost 60 years ago she defied television conventions with her depiction of a young woman succeeding on her own in the big city. And for the last 30 y...
Morgan McSweeney aka Dr. Noc: Earning trust, delivering truths
In the almost six years since the beginning of the pandemic he’s developed an on-line personality that’s an exuberant mix of medical expert and next-d...
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 32 Trailer
Alan and executive producer Graham Chedd look ahead to the new season, which includes episodes on how babies who giggle become socially smarter; prize...
Alex "Sandy" Pentland: Shared Wisdom
How technological innovation has shaped our culture, with lessons from history and even from bees. And how these lessons can help tame and curate the...
Jelani Cobb: Journalism at a Crossroads
The Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism talks about how social media is overtaking traditional newspapers and television as most people’s source...
The MASH Gang: How a Television Show Changed Us
MASH changed Alan’s life as well as the lives of the rest of the MASH cast. In this revisit of a free-wheeling conversation recorded in 2019 Alan, and...
Michael J Fox: Looking Back with Attitude
Alan revisits a conversation he had with Michael seven years ago, at a time when Fox had been grappling with Parkinson’s Disease for 27 years and Alan...
Bill McKibben: Tomorrow Will be Sunny
A confident prediction from the man who first brought our warming planet to public attention some 35 years ago. Energy from solar and wind is now chea...
Kate Marvel: Feeling For Our Planet
In a surprising shift in how we communicate about the climate crisis, Kate Marvel explores the feelings evoked by her research. Her new book tackles w...
Justin Evans: Data Heroes
Data: dry and boring, right? Not in the hands of Justin Evans, a data expert himself, who set out to show that data is not only the lifeblood of today...
Melanie Kaplan: Travels With a Beagle
After adopting a beagle that had spent the first four years of his life as an experimental subject in a laboratory, she set out – with Hammy the beagl...