Clear+Vivid with 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.

Recent Episodes
  • Carl Zimmer: The Living Sky
    Apr 22, 2025 – 00:39:33
  • John Leguizamo: Meticulously Spontaneous
    Apr 15, 2025 – 00:35:47
  • Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 29 Trailer
    Apr 8, 2025 – 00:28:18
  • Bill Pullman: From a Stage Fall to Curtain Calls
    Apr 1, 2025 – 00:41:36
  • Alison Wood Brooks: Talking About Talk
    Mar 25, 2025 – 00:42:56
  • Kafui Dzirasa: An Electrical Path to Mental Health?
    Mar 18, 2025 – 00:39:00
  • Shannon Vallor: The AI Illusion
    Mar 11, 2025 – 00:41:21
  • Malcolm Gladwell: Tipping Points Old and New
    Mar 4, 2025 – 00:39:25
  • Ann Patchett: Bel Canto Revisited
    Feb 25, 2025 – 00:42:09
  • Matt Strassler: What Are You Made Of?
    Feb 18, 2025 – 00:35:54
  • Julie Sedivy: How Language Shapes Us
    Feb 11, 2025 – 00:41:10
  • Mala Murthy: From a Fly’s Brain to Yours
    Feb 4, 2025 – 00:37:27
  • Brenda Wineapple: When Evolution Was on Trial
    Jan 28, 2025 – 00:37:57
  • Daniel Levitin: Music as Medicine
    Jan 21, 2025 – 00:40:46
  • Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 28 trailer
    Jan 14, 2025 – 00:36:32
  • Marcia Bjornerud: The Wisdom of Rocks
    Jan 7, 2025 – 00:32:37
  • Matt Abrahams: Off the Cuff and in the Zone
    Dec 31, 2024 – 00:40:22
  • Dean-David Schillinger: The Power of Patients’ Stories
    Dec 24, 2024 – 00:37:27
  • Kristin Andrews: Is that spider conscious?
    Dec 17, 2024 – 00:40:53
  • John Pollack: The Surprising Power of Puns and Analogies
    Dec 10, 2024 – 00:39:05
  • Jasmin Graham: She’s Down with Sharks
    Dec 3, 2024 – 00:35:38
  • Craig Foster: Life Lessons from an Octopus
    Nov 26, 2024 – 00:36:01
  • Joshua Greene: Games That Build Bridges
    Nov 19, 2024 – 00:39:46
  • Dan Heath: In Someone Else’s (Working) Shoes
    Nov 12, 2024 – 00:38:46
  • Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods: How to Raise a Great Dog
    Nov 5, 2024 – 00:39:39
  • Backstage at The West Wing
    Oct 29, 2024 – 00:39:56
  • Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 27 trailer
    Oct 22, 2024 – 00:24:54
  • Lynnae Quick: Could an Icy Moon Harbor Life?
    Oct 15, 2024 – 00:36:39
  • Terry Szuplat: Speak Your Mind
    Oct 8, 2024 – 00:38:46
  • Steve Martin: Portrait of the Artist
    Oct 1, 2024 – 00:38:31
  • Ayana Johnson: We Can Do This!
    Sep 24, 2024 – 00:40:30
  • Frank Barry: Taking the Lincoln Highway to America
    Sep 17, 2024 – 00:37:07
  • Randy Fertel: Improv Everywhere
    Sep 10, 2024 – 00:37:32
  • Roger Rosenblatt: Wounds and Other Blessings
    Sep 3, 2024 – 00:35:36
  • Lisa Kaltenegger: Alien Hunter
    Aug 27, 2024 – 00:37:58
  • Mark Rank: As Luck Would Have It
    Aug 20, 2024 – 00:40:16
  • Anne Curzan: Say What? Says Who?
    Aug 13, 2024 – 00:40:37
  • Mo Rocca: Late Comebacks
    Aug 6, 2024 – 00:38:27
  • Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 26 trailer
    Jul 30, 2024 – 00:21:25
  • David Toomey: Want to play?
    Jul 23, 2024 – 00:36:50
  • Sanjana Curtis: Sprinkling Stardust on TikTok
    Jul 16, 2024 – 00:38:03
  • Chris French: Would you believe it?
    Jul 9, 2024 – 00:41:00
  • Cady Coleman: Sharing Space
    Jul 2, 2024 – 00:39:29
  • Charles Duhigg: Connecting and Communicating
    Jun 25, 2024 – 00:39:47
  • When Small is Big News
    Jun 18, 2024 – 00:38:28
  • David Charbonneau and Doris Tsao: Looking for Something Familiar
    Jun 12, 2024 – 00:40:56
  • David Jewitt and Jane Luu: Is Pluto All Alone Out There?
    Jun 4, 2024 – 00:38:25
  • Carla Shatz and Marcus Raichle: Brainwaves
    May 28, 2024 – 00:41:23
  • Fred Guttenberg and Joe Walsh: Two Dads Defending Democracy
    May 21, 2024 – 00:40:52
  • Craig Venter: Oceans of Genes
    May 14, 2024 – 00:37:38
Recent Reviews
  • 19274547476375
    Big Fan
    I was always a fan of M.A.S.H and Alan so I decided to check it out but I was surprised with this. Very informative and captivating keep it up 👍
  • TMD, author of DTB :)
    Insightful and Engaging
    I enjoy listening to this show. The conversations flow nicely, plus I like that connection and communication are emphasized. Thank you for the insights. - Tamara Miller Davis
  • brooklinerob
    Listen and Learn
    Alda loves learning and you will may also What an inspiring gift for curious minds.
  • tanyamara
    The best in every way
    Alan Alda is a great actor, a wonderful conversationalist, and a beautiful human who cares. It comes through in every episode.
  • AnnMarieSB
    Big fan of this podcast in Santa Barbara Calf.
    I’ve supported Alan Alda’s work for years. In fact I still have the recording when he recorded my voice mail! 😀
  • bunyipp
    Alan is a great listener
    Alan is always prepared and listens carefully to his guest. Charles Duhigg’s insights into communicating with others and Alan’s experiences created a fascinating conversation.
  • Matt Kas
    Outstanding
    The conversations are fascinating. Great listen!!!
  • cjhwomx
    Calming & stimulating
    Alan Alda brings us a wonderful respite from the tumultuous world around us. Entertaining, inquisitive, and caring. Thank you.
  • Kycle
    Just found this podcast, playing catch up
    I have loved Alan Alda since childhood. I love his interviewing style, his guests, insights. I’m just so delighted to have found this!
  • EttuZeke
    Outstanding
    Outstanding!! Alda is a wonderful host. He is gracious and intelligent and repeatedly presents the most interesting content with the most fascinating guests. I am never disappointed with his podcast.
  • Jet Screamer0769
    Doris Kearns Goodwin!!
    Could there be two more incredible minds in one place at the same time? 🤯🤯 GIVE IT A LISTEN! Thank you, Mr. Alda, for ALWAYS being such a beacon of reason in an ocean of static. You seem to always deliver the goods with this podcast; bringing us a civilized and thoughtful dialog on the state of our national discourse. A rare bird, indeed. Wishing you good health and many more years of intellectual stimulation.
  • glimadoll
    Fantastic podcast!
    Alan has fascinating guests and does an outstanding job of interviewing them.
  • 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.
  • lesssmart
    With Kate Cohen
    Loved this conversation. Much to process. Wish I had been bright and courageous enough to have these insights when my family was young.
  • BeckyBrussels
    Heartwarming and informative
    What a great listen! Thanks for calm, incisive interviews. Alan Alda is a much beloved actor and a kind, decent person.
  • Pen4321
    My favorite podcast!
    Brilliant….my favorite podcast!
  • RespectisGood
    Pulls you in.
    I highly recommend this podcast! Alan Alda’s interview style is brilliant. He asks intelligent guests questions that receive fun, surprising answers. Opened doors of my brain that I hadn’t realized were shut. Take a listen!
  • mittsykat
    Interesting and entertaining
    If you only listen to one podcast, this should be the one. Alan Alda is an engaging interviewer (of course) with a variety of guests and compelling topics covered in a pleasant conversational style. Very clear and vivid indeed. I learn so much listening. And I love the 7 questions!
  • kwagtoo
    Thought provoking, inspiring, with a touch of silly!
    The producers of this show put together interviews with people I’ve never heard of, about complex topics I can barely fathom - yet somehow in the skilled hands of the one and only Alan Alda it’s captivating, fascinating, and fun! Each episode is a painlessly enlightening nugget that makes me think and feel and laugh.
  • katep3000
    Amusing and smart
    There is nobody like Alan Alda who can conduct interviews with philosophers, scientists and authors. He engages with the topic and makes me question my world. I usually laugh out loud—The interviews are delightful even though the topics are quite serious.
  • Nikki11678
    The nature of consciousness
    I love this show by Alda! In the latest episode, Alan Lightman said nobody has been able to describe consciousness but this is not true. Scientists live in their own bubble and don’t realize there is a whole body of work on the study of consciousness. The great transcendence of the mind is to accept the reality that consciousness is us as a subject not an object. Rupert Spira describes it best in The Nature of Consciousness.
  • Mediaman44
    Always gets me thinking
    I have enjoyed the podcast immensely. It has helped me to see things differently and to relate in different ways. I especially love the questions at the end that Alan asks.
  • knitmaniac
    You’re never too old to learn
    I so much enjoy clear and vivid! I’m enlightened by many of the conversations, especially science based subjects. The conversation about the mice and the stomach-brain connection!
  • benton798
    Simply outstanding
    Clear and vivid, bring stories that are educational, as well as entertaining. Alan knows how to ask the right questions to keep the conversation going. It’s just an excellent production, and I enjoy it very much.
  • hellowilbur135
    He knows
    What’s there to say except that Alan knows his audience. Thank you for the laughs, for making us think, and for advocating for clear communication and the sciences for all these years
  • artmerc86
    Scientists should form a labor union.
    That’s all.
  • Maxcraft430
    I’m 15 and I love your podcast.
    Science is my favorite subject and I’ve had a “You tube” channel called “Gravity Max” since I’m 10. I teach people about astrophysics, astronomy, math and science with my videos that I research, write, produce, and create the graphics and music for myself. I would love to be a guest on your show and talk about that. Since I’m 10 I’ve been trying to get more people to love science the way I do. I also just wrote and published my first book called “A Truly Dead Rock”. It would be such an honor to talk to you and your audience of science lovers about both and about trying to communicate about science to a sometimes uninterested world as a child and now a teenager in high school. Thank you and your producers for considering me.
  • Jagsgirl1
    Delightful!
    I am delighted to have found this podcast. Entertaining, educational, and enlightening.
  • SLT jersey grl
    Sherry from New Jersey
    Loved the chat with bots very informative . I always enjoy your show . Thank you mr Alda . I always recommend your show to people .
  • BaldEagle_77
    Such a great find!
    I recently found this and wish I would have heard it sooner. It is so wonderful that Alan is doing a podcast that is entertaining and educational at the same time. If everyone would take a few minutes every day to work on communicating better, this world could be so much better! Thank you Alan for doing this!!!
  • 666oclock
    Perfect!
    Alan Alda is a national treasure! This podcast is as comforting as any of his movies, and as informative and inspiring as anything on NPR! The perfect mix of insightful and humanistic, just like Alan himself! We love you, AA! Thanks so much for being such an authentic heart and voice. We hear it and we cherish it forever! 💜
  • schlenky1
    Matt Parker
    This is sooo informative! It’s Alan Alda so the delivery of information IS SO CLEAR AND VIVID!!!!! He needs to get Matt Parker on the podcast! I’m dying to know the answers to his questions!!!
  • communitynewspodcast
    Alan Alda is my absolute favorite.
    I think you should interview the co hosts "Paul and Sasha" from "Community News with Paul and Sasha" podcast. Their satirical, serial, episodic, comedy for the past 4 years is a kind of communication I would love to hear you interview them about. They have created so much great content and lighthearted comedy out of so much tragedy. Please consider having them on your amazing show.
  • karma means
    I don’t have words to express
    The intelligence, vulnerability wit that lead to valuable insights on so many aspects of life. I’m grateful for this collaboration led by Alan. Thank You. Oh please listen to Fr Gregory Boyle
  • r.cromer
    Thought-Provoking & (thankfully) non-argumentative!
    Alan and his team do a fantastic job of bringing in guests from all areas of work. There is such a variety of topics that everyone will be able to find something that interests them. Alan is very good at hosting these discussions and obviously has done his research prior to the interview. He is able to have conversation and not debate which is also a refreshing change from most of what is out there!
  • please get sophie
    M*A*S*H fan, always have and always will be!
    I have loved M*A*S*H ever since I saw the intro of the first episode and I just found out that Alan Alda has a podcast?! Yes please I love it so far! Keep it up! Doing amazing!
  • ??inky
    Animals are love
    I love animals and Alan ! I’m so happy he started this podcast.there’s nothing more attractive and interesting than a person that keeps seeking knowledge.
  • jojo noe
    Great show!
    Alan Alda a wonderful interviewer -his endless curiosity is very refreshing!
  • rook4077
    My hero my idol
    I haven’t even started listening to this podcast I’m currently rewatching mash the show that my great grandfather used to sneak me out of bed for when I was young to watch with him because he knew Hawkeye was my favorite. I’m rewatching all seasons yet again because Hawkeye was my hero growing up with his impeccable sense of humor and pride as well as humility the character he played is the reason I tried to join the military. Though I sadly got discharged in basic in 2011. To this day I watch mash to calm me down and to laugh and relax. I’m only 29. This man is more of a American icon than Betty white. And I can’t wait to listen to this podcast.
  • theirmomm
    Favorite
    I love this Podcast. I’ve always loved Alan Alda and to hear him talk about science and interview so many interesting people is awesome. Definitely a favorite
  • REZNIL JANNERY
    Wonderful
    Insightfun
  • Glacier1975
    Oh, so many pods. Oh, don’t miss the best one.
    There is not one conversation that won’t internet you. One person after another largely unknown to me. I LOVE this pod. And of course. Alan Alda. What a guy. And he really values women and equality. As a side benefit.
  • kathhath
    Ads
    The interviews are great but the ads can be loud, annoying and jarring. It seems like the company who airs this podcast could choose ads that weren’t so crazy making.
  • Dailey Commentary
    Insights, Information and More
    Alan Alda is arguably the kindest podcast host alive. His knowledge and ability to share it with simplicity is amazing. I look forward to his interviews every Tuesday when I listen. I really consider myself fortunate to learn so much from him and his guest. He is pure American Treasure and so is this podcast. Give it a listen. You will not be disappointed.
  • Pkmkell
    What a great podcast!!!
    Mr. Alda has such great talents as an interviewer, and podcast host. It’s informative, and a joy to hear a warm, friendly and familiar voice conducting insightful interviews. Regardless of my familiarity with his guests, I learn something(s) new and interesting with each interview. Thank you, Mr. Alda!
  • Sunny Wunder
    Clear and Vivid with Alan Alda and Saul Perlmutter
    Exceptional and inspiring.
  • IwannaBnice
    Thank you Mr Alda
    You’re a Mench
  • CreativeCompass
    Love Alan Alda!!
    I love listening to Alan’s voice, he has amazing guests, his topics are so essential. Definitely one of the best podcasts ever!!
  • Gurusy
    Wonderful
    Alan Alda brings a special gift to the art of interviewing, informative and caring, he brings our the best in his guests. He is also smart enough to listen to what his guests are saying and letting them finish their thoughts before commenting, a rare gift in and interviewer. I also enjoy the 7 questions at the end. Kudos Hawkeye ❤️❤️
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