The 10 Best Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda Podcast Episodes
1) Christian Picciolini on Escaping the Neo-Nazi Movement and Helping Others Leave It Behind
Christian Picciolini is the author of “White American Youth: My Descent Into America’s Most Violent Hate Movement – And How I Got Out.” His story helps the rest of us understand what leads an ordinary...Show More
2) Judge Judy on How to Figure Out Who’s Telling the Truth
Every day, 10 million Americans watch Judge Judy on TV. Her style is direct and to the point. Her job is to know how to quickly separate fact from fiction. She talks with Alan about justice and what i...Show More
3) Robert Stickgold – Why do we dream?
We not only need to sleep, we need to dream, too. Robert Stickgold explains why we must go to the movies every night when we sleep – it’s to make sense of our waking world. And it’s all in his book Wh...Show More
4) Robin Dunbar: Circles of Friendship
Dunbar’s Number is the most people you can have meaningful relationships with. But that number – 150 – is only one of the many circles of friends and acquaintances in your life. And one of those circl...Show More
5) Betty White and Alan Alda Fall Desperately in Love
She's a Golden Girl, a national treasure, and a true character of great character. The one and only Betty White joins Alan Alda this week as our special guest. At time when love and humor are needed m...Show More
6) Madeleine Albright on the Uses and Abuses of Empathy and Power
Empathy is a powerful tool and, when mixed with politics, it can be used to help the greater good. But, it also has a dark side. In this episode, Alan Alda speaks with former Secretary of State Madele...Show More
7) Life on Venus?
She studies what may be the most disgusting molecule known to humankind. And that’s made Clara Sousa-Silva a key member of the team that may have detected life in the clouds of Venus. Her foul (and le...Show More
8) Kavli Prize winners 2020
Alan checks out this year’s Kavli Prizes and discovers how figuring out why hot peppers are hot could lead to new pain killing drugs; how putting a tiny black hole in your gas tank would give you a mi...Show More
9) Brian Greene is a Grateful Collection of Particles
Alan sits down with physicist Brian Greene in front of a virtual audience to talk about how Brian sees himself (and you and me) as nothing more than an ephemeral cluster of particles in a dying univer...Show More
10) He Knows a Lot About Very Little Things
The little things Carl Zimmer knows a lot about are genes, parasites and viruses. And he knows how to talk about them in a way that will stay with you forever. In this episode, Alan Alda and Carl Zimm...Show More