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Robert Stickgold – Why do we dream?
Season 11
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 sen…
5 years, 6 months ago
Anthony Fauci - The Soldiers of Science who saved our lives
Season 11
They did their military service, not in Vietnam, but in the world's largest research hospital – and over the years their work has saved millions of l…
5 years, 6 months ago
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 11 Trailer
Season 11
An in-depth preview of the upcoming eleventh season of Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda.
Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Hosted by S…
5 years, 6 months ago
Two Actors Talk Acting
Season 10
Two old friends who have played together on stage and on camera have a chat. And not only discover new things about each other’s approach to acting, …
5 years, 7 months ago
How oskar the gene invented sex
Season 10
A leading scientist who studies how genes make bodies, Cassandra Extavour almost became a musician and still sings professionally. She works with an …
5 years, 7 months ago
Testaments to Writing
Season 10
The author of The Handmaid's Tale and its sequel, The Testaments, lets us in on her process of storytelling, involving both a “panoramic view ” and r…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Ever Fonky Lowdown
Season 10
In his new album, The Ever Fonky Lowdown, Wynton Marsalis offers a passionate musical take on what ails our democracy. His conversation with Alan als…
5 years, 7 months ago
What poker can teach us about life
Season 10
In exploring the role that chance plays in our lives – and how to understand and control it – psychologist and author Maria Konnikova set out to lear…
5 years, 7 months ago
How to Make Funny People Funnier
Season 10
As a 12-year-old, multiple Emmy winner Alan Zweibel decided that Rob in TV’s The Dick van Dyke show led the life he wanted to live. Since then he’s w…
5 years, 8 months ago
Life on Venus?
Season 10
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 det…
5 years, 8 months ago