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This special episode of Clear and Vivid is brought to you by the Aala and Alda Center for

Communicating Science at Stony Brook University in New York.

When scientists talk to the public, when they teach, when they collaborate with others outside

of their field, when they try to raise funds, or when they try to change public policy,

it's urgent that they communicate as well as they can.

Helping scientists around the world to be clear and vivid is the specialty of the Aala and Alda

Center for Communicating Science.

I'm Alan Alda and this is Clear and Vivid, conversations about connecting and communicating.

A lot of what I do in my life, including this podcast, had its roots in TV shows.

For 11 years as the host of Scientific American Frontiers on PBS,

I interviewed hundreds of scientists.

But even before that, there was a show that began in 11-year run in 1972.

More than 35 years after the camera stopped rolling.

Mashi is still shown on screens around the world.

And it certainly still lives in the hearts of those who made it.

The idea that good communication depends on how we relate to the other person

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