Podcast Episodes

Kate Klonick: Can Social Media Not Be So Anti-Social?

Season 19

Kate watched up close as Facebook struggled to moderate its content. And that makes her the perfect guest to unravel the chaos surrounding Elon Musk’…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone: Married – and loving it.

Season 19

The dynamic couple is writing, producing and acting in hit movies and TV series all while being the parents of two daughters. Alan wonders if this re…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 19 trailer

Season 19

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 …

3 years, 8 months ago

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Lindy Elkins-Tanton: What’s at the Core?

Season 18

In her riveting memoir, A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman, Lindy Elkins-Tanton writes of the unconventional path she has taken to becoming…

3 years, 8 months ago

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James Zimring: Fuzzy thinking and the Big Whopper

Season 18

Too many of us instinctively feel that a quarter pound hamburger is bigger than a third of a pound. And that’s just one of the mistakes we make in to…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Scott Hershovitz: Little Kids Asking Big Questions

Season 18

The philosopher's kids were asking surprisingly deep questions, so Scott Hershovitz was inspired to write a book, subtitled Adventures in Philosophy …

3 years, 8 months ago

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Gregory Berns: Does your dog know you better than you know yourself?

Season 18

Neuroscientist Greg Berns, who scanned dogs' brains to find out if they love their humans, now has a new book, The Self Delusion, that challenges wha…

3 years, 9 months ago

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John and Julie Gottman: Welcome to the Love Lab

Season 18

Decades of research with thousands of couples have enabled husband and wife John and Julie Gottman to predict whether relationships will prosper – or…

3 years, 9 months ago

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Kate Marvel: Human fingerprints on Hurricane Ian

Season 18

After exactly predicting the almost unprecedented damage Ian would cause, climate scientist Kate Marvel argues the time for questioning the role of g…

3 years, 9 months ago

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Jay Baruch: In the ER, your story matters

Season 18

Physician Jay Baruch has learned from experience that diagnosing a patient in the emergency room requires more than clinical tests. It requires liste…

3 years, 9 months ago

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