Alan Alda: Stay Curious
Everything Happens with Kate Bowler
Everything Happens Studios
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
We don’t usually have repeat guests on this podcast… except we’re making an exception for the wonderful and wise Alan Alda. Alan Alda, of course, is an award-winning actor, writer, director, and podcast host. You probably know and love him as Hawkeye on M*A*S*H or Senator Arnie Vinick on The West Wing. He is endlessly curious on just about every topic—which makes him the perfect person to talk to about empathy, learning across differences (and disagreement), and how we might age into new hobbies and careers.
In this conversation, Alan and Kate discuss:
- Tricks for staying curious as we age
- How to talk to someone you disagree with
- How Alan hopes to destigmatize Parkinson’s Disease
- The difference between empathy and compassion and how to practice these important skills
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| 0:00.0 | Well, this is a very special day. |
| 0:03.0 | My name is Kate Bowler, and this is Everything Happens. |
| 0:07.0 | About six years ago, right at this time, I had just started this podcast and I had not a single living clue what I was doing. |
| 0:22.0 | If you go back, you listen to some of those first few |
| 0:25.5 | episodes you can probably hear just my nerves exploding through your earphones. I |
| 0:31.6 | really knew what I wanted. What I wanted was not to feel so lonely in my illness. I really wanted to feel like I could connect with people. I guess what I really was hoping for was community and better language for what happens when life comes undone. And frankly I was tired of thinking about my own problems. |
| 0:58.0 | I wanted to hear about someone else's. I wanted to learn from someone else's and as it turns out I didn't |
| 1:06.2 | want to stop learning. Since then we have had over 160 episodes. How is that even possible? That's 160 conversations with |
| 1:19.2 | wise and funny and kind people who really get it. |
| 1:25.0 | And I thought just to celebrate this big milestone |
| 1:28.0 | six birthday of everything happens, |
| 1:31.5 | I wanted to bring back one of my very first guests. |
| 1:35.5 | And lucky for me, he is chock full of wisdom and wit, and there's just so much |
| 1:40.9 | to learn from this incredible person. |
| 1:44.0 | But before we get to the conversation, which you will love, let me take a quick break to tell |
| 1:49.8 | you about some of the sponsors of the show that will continue to make everything happen here and |
| 1:54.5 | everything happens. |
| 1:55.5 | We'll be right back. |
| 1:57.0 | Alan Alda is an award-winning actor, writer, director, and podcast host. |
| 2:10.0 | You probably know and love him as Hawkeye on Nash and Senator Arnie Vinnick on the West Wing, or his |
| 2:16.7 | incredible films like The Aviator or Crimes and Misdemeanors. |
| 2:21.0 | He has been nominated for everything, just everything. |
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