Learn to connect better with others in every area of your life. Immerse yourself in spirited conversations with people who know how hard it is, and yet how good it feels, to really connect with other people – whether it’s one person, an audience or a whole country. You'll know many of the people in these conversations – they are luminaries in our culture. Some you may not know. But what links them all is their powerful ability to relate and communicate. It's something we need now more than ever.
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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 15 Trailer
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 next week. Guests include zombie expert Max Brooks; neuroscientists Diego Bohórquez and Bianca Jones Marlin; and author Kate Bowler. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Max Brooks: How Zombies May Save Us
Best-selling books like The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z made Max Brooks famous. They also led to his becoming an advisor to the Modern War Institute at West Point. There he’s helping shape a survival guide for a future where cyberwar becomes more threatening than war on the battlefield. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Mel Brooks: On Love, Life and Punchlines
At 95, Mel tells it like it was in his new book, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Diego Bohórquez: Gut to Brain – Listen Up!
The discovery of a direct and instant connection between your stomach and your brain has brought a whole new dimension to the notion of a “gut feeling.” Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Kate Bowler: Living With The Certainty of Uncertainty
Surviving some of the hardest of times has given Kate Bowler insights that are valuable to the rest of us who can't know what tomorrow will bring. And she’s funny, too. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Bianca Jones Marlin: Preparing Kids for Survival
How is it that the experience of stress or trauma can be passed on from one generation to the next, even without contact between them? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Robin Dunbar: Circles of Friendship
Dunbar’s Number is the most people you can have meaningful relationships with. But that number – 150 – is only one of the many circles of friends and acquaintances in your life. And one of those circles, according to Robin’s research, can determine how long you’ll live. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Nancy Padilla-Coreano: Knowing Your Place
How do we instantly sense whether someone has more or less power than we have – and change our behavior as a result? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Thor Hanson: How Nature Struggles with a Warming Planet
From lizards that cling on for dear life during hurricanes to bees that can’t find flowers, plants and animals are trying to cope with climate change – and both inspiring and warning us to take action. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
Mary Roach: When Animals Break the Law
An author with a thing for one syllable titles – Stiff, Gulp, Bonk – Mary Roach’s latest book, Fuzz, is a quirky exploration of how animals are indifferent to laws made for people, laws like manslaughter, breaking and entering, home invasion, jaywalking, littering. They may not care, but we do. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid
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