Alan Alda: Why Empathy Can Save Science, Politics and Diplomacy

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🗓️ 1 June 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In an interview with Chuck Todd for 1947: The Meet the Press Podcast, Alan Alda explains how he built a second career for himself as a communications expert, and why M*A*S*H shouldn't be remade for the modern era.

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, we invite you to meet the press.
0:03.6	Meet the press.
0:04.9	Meet the press.
0:09.4	Welcome to 1947, the Meet the Press podcast.
0:12.6	My guest today is actor Alan Alda.
0:14.8	You of course know him from many roles, including MASH,
0:18.2	and his Emmy Award-winning run, even on the West Wing.
0:21.2	But he has something of a second career as an advocate
0:23.7	for science and communication,
0:26.2	and actually the combination of the two.
0:27.9	In 2009, the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science
0:32.0	was established at Stony Brook University on Long Island
0:34.6	to help professionals who work in complex fields communicate
0:38.7	more clearly with everyday people, like idiots like me.
0:42.5	So his new book is called,
0:43.8	If I understood you what I have this look on my face,
0:48.0	you can just imagine what it's look is,
0:49.4	or go look at the book right now.
0:50.8	It compiles lessons and stories from his work with the center.
0:54.4	Alan Alda, welcome to 1947, sir.
0:57.0	Thank you.
0:58.3	I feel like I've gone back in time.
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