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Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

by Alan Alda

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 features psychologist Kelly McGonigal discussing the nature of joy and its biological and social dimensions. Based on the episode description, McGonigal explores joy as more than a momentary emotion—framing it as a comprehensive response system involving measurable changes in the body and…

Worth it if you're interested in the science of positive emotion and how social connection enhances wellbeing, and you enjoy Alan Alda's conversational interviewing style.

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