Sarah Bell: Alexa’s Ancestors
29 April - 36 minsAI generated voices like Alexa and Siri are now so much a part of our everyday experience that disembodied chatbots that talk are edging ever closer to being accepted as real. And not for the first time: attempts to generate artificial human voices date back over two centuries.
Series Episodes
Carl Zimmer: The Living Sky
Stories of the discovery that the air is full of invisible life – and how that discovery was tragically overlooked when the covid pandemic struck.
39 mins
22 April Finished
John Leguizamo: Meticulously Spontaneous
His far-reaching career acting, writing and producing on television and film spans voicing a sloth in the movie Ice Age to hosting a PBS series on the untold history of Latinos in the US. He’s fast talking, funny, outspoken and possesses a rare quality in his acting – on display in his new movie Bob Trevino Likes It.
35 mins
15 April Finished
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda: Season 29 Trailer
Alan and Clear and Vivid’s executive producer Graham Chedd chat about and play clips from some of the shows coming up in season 29. Guests include actor John Leguizamo, science writer Carl Zimmer, and astrophysicist Mario Livio.
28 mins
8 April Finished
Bill Pullman: From a Stage Fall to Curtain Calls
A chat with an actor who does it all. After recovering from a near fatal fall on stage as his career was beginning, Bill Pullman has not only had a busy and award-winning career on stage, screen and television, he’s also getting into science communication – while working on a one-man play and making hard cider for his friends and neighbors.
41 mins
1 April Finished
Alison Wood Brooks: Talking About Talk
How the letters in the acronym TALK can have a profound effect on the next conversation you have.
42 mins
25 March Finished
