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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
Episodes
  • David Haskell: When the world burst into bloom

    David Haskell: When the world burst into bloom
    Apr 14 2026

    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 living things and making possible our own evolution.


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    37 mins
  • Michael Pollan: The mystery and marvel of consciousness

    Michael Pollan: The mystery and marvel of consciousness
    Apr 7 2026

    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 taken a deep and very personal dive into the nature of consciousness.


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    37 mins
  • Edda Fields-Black: The Harriet Tubman you didn’t know

    Edda Fields-Black: The Harriet Tubman you didn’t know
    Mar 31 2026

    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 plantations along South Carolina’s Combahee River.


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    37 mins
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A pleasure to hear Alan Alda's humor while exploring this powerful topic with Rabbi Leder.

Simply Wonderful!

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I have been listening to this podcast while I walk every morning, I thought it might be time to give a quick review! I love this podcast because the guests and topics are varied and so interesting! Alan’s comfortable and insightful style brings out great things in every conversation. Just a great way to start my day.

Always engaging and entertaining

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Listening to these intimate conversations between smart, evolved, thoughtful and interesting people never gets old. Or at this point, even optional in my life - that’s how much I get out of this podcast. All of them unique in every way too! Thank you for the inspiration, the motivation, and most of all - at times even restoring my faith in human kind.

Seriously do yourself a favor, listen to ALL!

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I could have listened to this for another 12 hours. It was just a lovely homecoming at the end the there was a disappointment and a longing to give each of them a hug of thanks.

A much to short family reunion

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Been an Alan Alda fan as long as I can remember,so listening to him talk is just so cozy. The fact that I learn while indulging makes it worth all five stars. I hope this goes on for ages more

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