Contains digital video of American actor and author Alan Alda's appearance on May 2, 2018 in Alumni Arena as part of the 2017-2018 Distinguished Speakers Series.

Introduction music "Surely, I Love You." Introduction for the speaker by the Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Liesl Folks (05:50), followed by Alan Alda speech (09:15). Speech topics include: medical story (09:30), using improvisation and communication to connect people to science (13:00), three stages of love (23:15), summons a volunteer named Anna from the audience for a demonstration (35:05), summons second volunteer named Heath from the audience (44:10), final story (49:45). Speech followed by question and answer session moderated by Liesl Folks. Questions include: Erie County Health Commissioner Gail Burstein asks about strategies for health communication in the opioid epidemic? (52:45); What are your thoughts on artificial intelligence? (56:50); How do we build artificial machines that are also able to explain their decisions to us? (58:20); Do you think a candidate like Arnold Vinnick from the West Wing could be elected today? (59:40); How can we use new technology as tools for good? (1:00:35); Am I right in interpreting that as empathy? (1:02:50); What was the most eye-opening scientific communication fact you’ve discovered? (1:05:40); How do you make people understand the value of scientific communication? (1:08:10); Are the skills more difficult to relay to a hostile audience? (1:10:45); Which of your media roles have you enjoyed most? (1:13:30); What are you afraid of? (1:16:06); How has what you learned influence your daily life? (1:18:05); What scientist would you have liked to meet? (1:21:10); How can we combat mistrust of the scientific community? (1:22:45); conclusion remarks (1:25:55); What has been the best part of your long and industrious career? (1:26:45) Video ends (1:28:31).