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Marin Alsop: A Woman Who Leads
Season 14
The first female conductor of a major American symphony orchestra, Marin Alsop explains to Alan just what a conductor contributes to a performance; h…
4 years, 9 months ago
Scott Small: The Point of Forgetting
Season 14
An eminent physician caring for patients with memory loss, Scott Small was a surprised as you will be to discover that not all forgetting is bad – in…
4 years, 9 months ago
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer: When Politics are a Peril
Season 14
The authority of the court to be a check on the other two branches of our government, Justice Breyer says, rests on its ability to be regarded by the…
4 years, 9 months ago
Roger Rosenblatt: A Writer on Writing
Season 14
Alan and his friend, best-selling author Roger Rosenblatt, explore what makes a good piece of writing. Turns out to be very similar to what makes a g…
4 years, 9 months ago
Mayim Bialik: How Acting Led to Science and Science to Acting
Season 14
With a schedule impossible for anyone not named Mayim Bialik, she shares with Alan how acting and science have intertwined throughout her extraordina…
4 years, 10 months ago
Kevin Bacon’s Six Degrees
Season 14
After finding himself the subject of a trivia parlor game called Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, the actor turned the concept of how we’re all connected …
4 years, 10 months ago
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 14 Trailer
Season 14
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 …
4 years, 10 months ago
Dennis Overbye: Reporting the Universe
Season 13
Few people have the same knack for explaining the unexplainable as Dennis Overbye, who for over 20 years has been illuminating the mysteries of the u…
4 years, 10 months ago
Robert Lefkowitz: A Soldier of Science
Season 13
Nobel prizewinner Bob Lefkowitz tells the story of an extraordinary group of young physicians chosen to work at the National Institutes of Health dur…
4 years, 11 months ago
Hank Greely: The Experiment that Shocked Science
Season 13
When a Chinese doctor changed the genes of two baby girls he thought he’d be acclaimed. Instead, his experimental treatment alarmed scientists and et…
4 years, 11 months ago