Best Alda Communication Training Podcasts (2025)

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Stephen Hall: Snakes: Do they Deserve Our Dread? 36:34

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Along with revelations about snake sex, their contributions to medicine, that flickering tongue and why slithering is a secret to their success, Stephen Hall goes at least some way to convincing Alan that snakes – “the ultimate other” – deserve our respect as well as our dread.By Bobi NYC

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Kyra Davis Lurie: Reimagining Gatsby 38:28

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She’s had a love-hate relationship with F. Scott Fitzgerald since she was a teenager. And she’s now written a wonderful new take on The Great Gatsby, reimagining the story with a cast of the Black elite in post-war Los Angeles.By Bobi NYC

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Robert Sapolsky: Why Do We Do That? 39:49

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An old friend of Clear and Vivid is back to enlighten Alan on some of the oddities of human behavior – both good and bad – and to talk about his entertaining new podcast, Father Offspring Interviews, hosted by his daughter.By Bobi NYC

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Bob Odenkirk: Comedy? Action? Drama? Better Call Bob! 37:37

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From his long running role as Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, to his recent Broadway appearance in Glenngary Glen Ross, and his new incarnation as an off-beat action hero in the movies Nobody and Nobody 2, Bob Odenkirk does it all.By Bobi NYC

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Tara Roberts: Diving for Stories 38:51

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With her Black scuba-diving companions she has sought to reveal the appalling cost in lives lost in sunken slave ships, while at the same time honoring those lives by telling their stories.By Bobi NYC

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Roger Rosenblatt: Rules for Aging 38:48

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Alan joins his old friend to compare notes on staying happy when old; and Roger shares tips from a forthcoming book, including some that may seem counterintuitive – like don’t use common sense, believe everyone, and don’t pay attention to people in your way.By Bobi NYC

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Tina Fey: The Return of The Four Seasons 39:49

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Tina Fey’s reimagining of a movie Alan made over 40 years ago has been a big hit for Netflix. She and Alan have fun talking about how she went about updating the story for a new generation.By Bobi NYC

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If Robots Had a Podcast 31:42

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Alan lets bots mostly run the show to see how much they can do and still be under human control. For a while, it seems to go well, but then dangers start to emerge— and it gets a little scary.By Bobi NYC

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 30 Trailer 28:50

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Alan and Clear and Vivid’s executive producer Graham Chedd chat about and play clips from some of the shows coming up in season 30. Guests include actor Bob Odenkirk, scuba diver Tara Roberts, and some AI chatbots.By Bobi NYC

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Carly Anne York: Taking “Silly Science” Seriously 41:00

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Research often derided for being a waste of money has led to world-changing breakthroughs, ranging from GPS to Ozempic.By Bobi NYC

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Paul McCartney: Dreams, Dickens… and Oobleys 1:02:18

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To celebrate Sir Paul’s 83rd birthday June 18th we are reprising a wonderful conversation recorded five years ago. Alan and Paul exchange their experiences writing and performing; and McCartney demonstrates how some of the Beatles’ greatest hits began with what he calls “oobley” chords on the piano.By Bobi NYC

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Itzhak Perlman: Encore! Encore! 46:12

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Reaching back to the first season of Clear and Vivid, a replay of the July 2018 episode when the violin virtuoso tells Alan why he likes to talk to his audience as well as play for them; why he plays Bach very differently from Tchaikovsky; and why the first time he played the Stradivarius that was to become his 30 years later, “I thought that I'd d…

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Adam Kucharski: What’s True to You? 39:54

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In a world awash with misinformation, how do we know what’s true? How can we be certain about anything? It turns out one of the most effective ways began with a polite disagreement over the best way to pour a cup of tea.By Bobi NYC

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Noah Wyle: Learning from The Pitt 40:58

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Playing attending physician “Robby” Robinavitch in the hit HBO Max series The Pitt has given him insights into how the harrowing world of the emergency room could be improved in real life.By Bobi NYC

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Mario Livio: Hello? Anybody Out There? 40:31

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The recent discovery on a distant planet of a chemical that could be a sign of life has this astrophysicist intrigued if not convinced. But if it turns out to be real it would mean that not only are we not alone – “It would really mean that our Galaxy is teeming with life.”By Bobi NYC

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Colman Domingo: Magnetic. Fearless. Unstoppable. 40:38

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Now starring in the Netflix series The Four Seasons – based on Alan’s 1981 movie – he’s won an Emmy and has been nominated for two Oscars and two Tony awards. In 2024, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. And you surely didn’t miss him at this year’s Met Gala!By Bobi NYC

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Eric Topol: Live Longer, Better 40:19

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While promises of extending the human lifespan to 125 and beyond are premature, recent breakthroughs in the early detection of killer diseases of the major organs and brain offer a healthier old age – especially when paired with behavioral changes that Dr Topol calls “Lifestyle+.”By Bobi NYC

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Sarah Bell: Alexa’s Ancestors 36:34

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AI generated voices like Alexa and Siri are now so much a part of our everyday experience that disembodied chatbots that talk are edging ever closer to being accepted as real. And not for the first time: attempts to generate artificial human voices date back over two centuries.By Bobi NYC

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Carl Zimmer: The Living Sky 39:33

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Stories of the discovery that the air is full of invisible life – and how that discovery was tragically overlooked when the covid pandemic struck.By Bobi NYC

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John Leguizamo: Meticulously Spontaneous 35:47

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His far-reaching career acting, writing and producing on television and film spans voicing a sloth in the movie Ice Age to hosting a PBS series on the untold history of Latinos in the US. He’s fast talking, funny, outspoken and possesses a rare quality in his acting – on display in his new movie Bob Trevino Likes It.…

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 29 Trailer 28:18

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Alan and Clear and Vivid’s executive producer Graham Chedd chat about and play clips from some of the shows coming up in season 29. Guests include actor John Leguizamo, science writer Carl Zimmer, and astrophysicist Mario Livio.By Bobi NYC

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Bill Pullman: From a Stage Fall to Curtain Calls 41:36

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A chat with an actor who does it all. After recovering from a near fatal fall on stage as his career was beginning, Bill Pullman has not only had a busy and award-winning career on stage, screen and television, he’s also getting into science communication – while working on a one-man play and making hard cider for his friends and neighbors.…

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Alison Wood Brooks: Talking About Talk 42:56

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How the letters in the acronym TALK can have a profound effect on the next conversation you have.By Bobi NYC

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Kafui Dzirasa: An Electrical Path to Mental Health? 39:00

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A psychiatrist, engineer and neuroscientist, Kaf Dzirasa is researching ways to reengineer the brain to make it better able to cope with stress and so improve mental health.By Bobi NYC

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Shannon Vallor: The AI Illusion 41:21

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Artificial intelligence is poised to reshape our world, in many ways for the better. But the gains come with great risks – above all that its seductive appeal lulls us into believing that AI machines know better than we do.By Bobi NYC