Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMark Rank: As Luck Would Have It
Season 26
Chance events not only change lives, they can change history – as when a soviet sailor’s briefly stuck foot prevented a potential nuclear catastrophe…
1 year, 11 months ago
Anne Curzan: Say What? Says Who?
Season 26
Over time, the meaning of words often changes. The history of these changes suggests they're inevitable and that some of us (like our host) could be …
1 year, 11 months ago
Mo Rocca: Late Comebacks
Season 26
Older people, says Mo Rocca, have better stories. And he tells many of them – stories of people as different as Colonel Sanders and Henri Matisse – i…
1 year, 11 months ago
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 26 trailer
Season 26
Alan and Executive Producer Graham Chedd chat about and play excerpts from Alan's conversations with some of the guests in the new season, beginning …
1 year, 11 months ago
David Toomey: Want to play?
Season 25
Most creatures play– even octopuses, pigs, crows and bees. But play is much more than fun and games. Play teaches life skills and empathy – even mora…
1 year, 11 months ago
Sanjana Curtis: Sprinkling Stardust on TikTok
Season 25
An astrophysicist brings the universe down to earth. In brief captivating videos she tells the stories of how everything our world is made of – inclu…
2 years ago
Chris French: Would you believe it?
Season 25
When we experience things that seem beyond explanation, are they evidence of the supernatural? Or instead, a quirk of our brains? A skeptical but ope…
2 years ago
Cady Coleman: Sharing Space
Season 25
Sharing her experiences of three space missions – including 159 days as the only woman on the 6-person crew of the International Space Station – Cady…
2 years ago
Charles Duhigg: Connecting and Communicating
Season 25
Alan and the author of a new book called Supercommunicators share their thoughts on what makes a great conversation. The result? A great conversatio…
2 years ago
When Small is Big News
Season 25
The world of the very small is very different from the one we are familiar with. (Gold for instance turns red.) Chad Mirkin and Robert Langer’s skill…
2 years, 1 month ago