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Steven Pinker – Talking About Talking
Season 8
Steven Pinker and Alan explore the words we use that bind us together, even when asking someone to pass the guacamole. A conversation that explores t…
6 years, 1 month ago
The MASH Gang – Confined to Quarters
Season 8
Alan gets Loretta Swit and Mike Farrell on the horn to see how they’re doing during the lockdown. It’s like old times again.
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6 years, 1 month ago
Jennifer Doudna and the Power of CRISPR
Season 8
The co-inventor of the powerful gene editing tool called CRISPR, Jennifer Doudna describes for Alan her hopes for new treatments and possibly even cu…
6 years, 1 month ago
Kavli Prize winners 2020
Season 8
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 t…
6 years, 1 month ago
Kip Thorne Listened – and the Universe Chirped
Season 8
He’s a Nobel and Kavli prizewinner for his role in what’s been described as one of humanity’s greatest scientific achievements – the detection of rip…
6 years, 1 month ago
Brian Greene is a Grateful Collection of Particles
Season 8
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 …
6 years, 2 months ago
He Knows a Lot About Very Little Things
Season 7
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 yo…
6 years, 2 months ago
"Houston, do we ever have a problem!" Alan Alda Talks with NASA's Chief Scientist
Season 7
It’s a problem when you have so many worlds to explore at once. How long until we colonize Mars? Can we turn the Sahara Desert into a Garden of Eden …
6 years, 2 months ago
How Lack of Diversity and Inclusion in Science Hurts Us All
Season 7
Unconscious bias is a widely used term and, too often, not well understood. It can be devastating for those it impacts. And coming to grips with unco…
6 years, 2 months ago
Thinking Globally - Fareed Zakaria and Alan Alda
Season 7
Fareed Zakaria, the noted journalist, broadcaster, and author, talked with Alan Alda on this episode of Clear+Vivid back in February, before the coro…
6 years, 3 months ago