Alan Alda Wants Us To Have Better Conversations
Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain Media
4.6 • 40.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2018
⏱️ 41 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | brace yourself |
| 0:03.0 | The holiday season is in full swing Marsha could you be a darling and pass me another cookie? |
| 0:07.8 | That means trying not to eat too many sugar cookies. Wow. What's that cookie number four? |
| 0:12.7 | And trying not to get into arguments with relatives across the dinner table. Okay, no body shaming at the dinner table |
| 0:20.3 | This is my table and I'll shame whoever I want me |
| 0:23.0 | Find me me Marsha still mad at her wife right away with the secretary |
| 0:26.2 | How dare you |
| 0:28.2 | If that sounds like your life today show my view of you |
| 0:34.3 | It's a 2018 episode about miscommunication with tips on how to banish bickering over the holidays |
| 0:41.6 | We hope you enjoy |
| 0:52.4 | We all experienced miscommunications |
| 0:54.4 | They can range from hilarious to disastrous |
| 0:59.3 | The actor Alan Alda yes that Alan Alda from mash and the West Wing and 30 Rock |
| 1:05.5 | Once to help us all communicate better and I've noticed that the more empathy I have the less annoying other people are |
| 1:13.0 | Now fighting miscommunication might seem like an ironic choice for an actor whose comedy career has been built on all the funny |
| 1:20.6 | Consequences of people misunderstanding one another but more recently Alan has shifted his focus toward helping |
| 1:28.2 | Scientists and the rest of us say what we mean mean what we say and listen better to one another |
| 1:34.7 | I take the conversation with Alan at a live event in Washington DC about his new book if I understood you |
| 1:42.2 | What I have to look on my face Alan Alda welcome to Hidden Brain. Thank you |
| 2:12.2 | I want to start by asking you about an episode in your life some years ago you were sitting in a dentist chair and |
| 2:19.2 | The dentist had a very sharp instrument a couple of inches from your mouth. What happened next? |
| 2:24.8 | He stuck it in and carved my gums, but before he did that |
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