Best Alda Communication Training Podcasts (2024)

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Rebecca Boyle: Moonstruck 40:40

11m ago40:40

40:40

We exist because of the moon. Rebecca Boyle relates the amazing story of how the moon, born of a cataclysmic collision with an infant earth, has shaped our history, our evolution, and even our very existence.By Bobi NYC

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Doris Kearns Goodwin: In the Rooms Where it Happened 41:39

3d ago41:39

41:39

Her new book tracks the momentous events of the 1960s when her husband, Dick Goodwin, worked closely with both JFK and LBJ, and Doris worked with LBJ, as the two very different presidents shaped the future.By Bobi NYC

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 25 trailer 21:11

10d ago21:11

21:11

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 newspaper editor Adam Moss; science journalist Rebecca Boyle; and writers Kelly and Zach Weinersmith.By Bobi NYC

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Stephen Dubner: Feynman on Our Mind 39:51

23d ago39:51

39:51

Stephen Dubner, host of Freakonomics Radio, has long been fascinated by the great physicist Richard Feynman. As has Alan. Stephen has devoted a year to making a remarkable podcast series on Feynman, and Alan has played Feynman on the stage for a year. They compare notes on what they’ve come to learn about him.…

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Remembering Frans de Waal 16:16

22d ago16:16

16:16

In this special episode of Clear and Vivid we reflect on Frans’ life-long commitment to revealing how much we humans have in common with our primate cousins.By Bobi NYC

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Justice Stephen Breyer: Understanding What They Meant 39:55

28d ago39:55

39:55

When interpreting the Constitution, the dangers of relying solely on the words and what they meant at the time, without taking into account the purpose and values expressed in those words.By Bobi NYC

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Shohini Ghose: Women’s Time and Space 39:55

1M ago39:55

39:55

A leading physicist herself, Shohini Ghose has wonderful stories about the trials and triumphs of the many mostly unsung women whose work helped open up the universe.By Bobi NYC

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Tali Sharot: Take Another Look 41:48

1M ago41:48

41:48

We can get used to things to the point where even something we once thought wonderful can lose its luster. More sinister, we can also get used to the drip, drip of falsehoods till we become dulled to their danger. How to overcome habituation, and even take advantage of it.By Bobi NYC

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Keith Houston: There’s More to Writing Than Words. 38:32

1M ago38:32

38:32

The intriguing stories behind the often weird and baffling origins of punctuation and other symbols we use to communicate. And it’s not just commas, colons and periods. There are pilcrows, octothorps, interrobangs and a whole menagerie more.By Bobi NYC

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Terry Greiss: Acting to Connect 39:52

2M ago39:52

39:52

The Irondale Ensemble Project, a theater company rooted in improvisation, created a program to help police and community build trust and mutual understanding through theater games.By Bobi NYC

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Robert Sapolsky: You Have No Choice 41:02

2M ago41:02

41:02

You may think you were free to choose that chocolate ice cream over the vanilla. But maybe the choice was made for you before you were even born – that the free will you believe you are exercising in your everyday decisions is an illusion.By Bobi NYC

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Tom Hanks: Making a Book About Making a Movie 38:48

2M ago38:48

38:48

And what a book it is, a rich sprawling novel called The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, which Tom himself describes as a “primer on the long slog of bringing an idea from somebody’s head to a theater near you.”By Bobi NYC

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Paul Bloom: Can AI be Moral? 41:57

3M ago41:57

41:57

Why can’t AI bots be made to be good, to be moral, so they’ll help us and not do harmful or terrible things? But just whose moral values would we want them to have? And what if they become too moral?By Bobi NYC

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Eric Schmidt: AI: The Good, the Bad and the Scary. 40:21

3M ago40:21

40:21

He was for many years the CEO of Google where he had a bird’s eye view of the dramatic evolution of artificial intelligence. And while he is alarmed by the many dangers of AI, especially its ability to create fake people in this election year, he is also enthusiastic about the huge opportunities he sees for AI benefitting medicine, education and th…

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Fei-Fei Li: The Godmother of AI 42:34

3M ago42:34

42:34

She earned that unofficial title from her peers through her pioneering work harvesting big data to power AI, leading to the recent breakthroughs such as ChatGPT and its many successors. Her personal story is inspiring, from her childhood in China to risking her scientific career on a research gamble that might well have failed. And like a real godm…

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 24 trailer 31:38

3M ago31:38

31:38

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 computer scientist Fei-Fei Li; former CEO of Google Eric Schmidt; and actor Tom Hanks.By Bobi NYC

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Cynthia Breazeal: Her Robots Have Warmth! 40:06

4M ago40:06

40:06

Their social, communicative and emotional skills allow her robots to seamlessly collaborate with us. A pioneer in the field of social robotics, Cynthia Breazeal is now turning her focus to ensuring we understand the limits and risks of the artificial intelligence that powers those robots – that we become “AI literate.”…

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Abraham Amiri: From Afghanistan to the Stars 40:36

4M ago40:36

40:36

An unquenchable passion for astronomy born from gazing at the stars from a rooftop as a child led to his setting up a nationwide program in astronomy in Afghanistan. Escaping the wrath of the Taliban for the sin of teaching young women about the universe, he is now a graduate student at UCLA.By Bobi NYC

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Steve Inskeep: Lessons from Lincoln 38:18

4M ago38:18

38:18

A new book takes a fresh look at Abraham Lincoln’s life by recounting sixteen face-to-face encounters Lincoln had with people who differed with him, sometimes vehemently. The book not only reveals his skills as a master politician in a deeply divisive time, but also has lessons for today.By Bobi NYC

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Leslie Odom Jr: Bursting Out 38:19

4M ago38:19

38:19

A Tony winner for his performance as Aaron Burr in Hamilton, he is now starring on Broadway in the hit play Purlie Victorious. One of the secrets to his success: letting go.By Bobi NYC

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Kate Cohen: Asks if You Need God to be Good 41:20

4M ago41:20

41:20

It took her years to admit to family and friends that she was a non-believer. But she found that pretending to believe wasn’t working. Her book is“We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe, And Maybe You Should Too."By Bobi NYC

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Peter Hotez: The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science 41:05

5M ago41:05

41:05

In his new book, the doctor familiar on TV in his white coat and bow tie tells how his attempts to correct lies about covid vaccines led to death threats; while the lies themselves led to some 200,000 unnecessary deaths among those refusing vaccination.By Bobi NYC

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Heather Cox Richardson: She’ll Write You a Letter 41:40

5M ago41:40

41:40

Two million of us get a letter in our inboxes every morning with a calm, clarifying take on what happened yesterday— from the perspective of a historian, yet written with the intimacy of a friend.By Bobi NYC

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David Brooks: How to Know a Person 42:50

5M ago42:50

42:50

Columnist and author David Brooks tells how he’s changed over his 60 something years – in part through the books he’s written exploring how people see themselves and others. He shares the insights he’s gained into truly knowing the people around us.By Bobi NYC

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Marcus du Sautoy: Around the World in 80 Games 40:50

5M ago40:50

40:50

Enjoy playing games? You’ll enjoy them even more once renowned mathematician, Oxford University professor and avid game player Marcus du Sautoy tells Alan why they so fascinate us. And Alan tells Marcus about his favorite game – one even Marcus didn’t know.By Bobi NYC

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Alda Communication Training Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

Alan Alda

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Rebecca Boyle: Moonstruck 40:40

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Doris Kearns Goodwin: In the Rooms Where it Happened 41:39

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 25 trailer 21:11

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Stephen Dubner: Feynman on Our Mind 39:51

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Remembering Frans de Waal 16:16

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Justice Stephen Breyer: Understanding What They Meant 39:55

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Shohini Ghose: Women’s Time and Space 39:55

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Tali Sharot: Take Another Look 41:48

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Keith Houston: There’s More to Writing Than Words. 38:32

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Terry Greiss: Acting to Connect 39:52

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Robert Sapolsky: You Have No Choice 41:02

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Tom Hanks: Making a Book About Making a Movie 38:48

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Paul Bloom: Can AI be Moral? 41:57

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Eric Schmidt: AI: The Good, the Bad and the Scary. 40:21

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Fei-Fei Li: The Godmother of AI 42:34

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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - Season 24 trailer 31:38

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Cynthia Breazeal: Her Robots Have Warmth! 40:06

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Abraham Amiri: From Afghanistan to the Stars 40:36

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Steve Inskeep: Lessons from Lincoln 38:18

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Leslie Odom Jr: Bursting Out 38:19

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Kate Cohen: Asks if You Need God to be Good 41:20

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Peter Hotez: The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science 41:05

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Heather Cox Richardson: She’ll Write You a Letter 41:40

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David Brooks: How to Know a Person 42:50

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Marcus du Sautoy: Around the World in 80 Games 40:50

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