11 Aug 2015

Feature interview - Alan Alda

From Afternoons, 3:06 pm on 11 August 2015

Alan Alda photo suppliedActor Alan Alda isn't a doctor, but he played one on TV for 11 years using medical jargon most of us can't understand as Hawkeye on MASH.

Now he helps doctors and scientists connect with the public and explain important scientific concepts by teaching them improv. He runs The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science.

Alan Alda talks to Jesse Mulligan about making science simple.