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Alan Alda discusses Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself.

Six-time Emmy Award-winning actor of M*A*S*H, West Wing, ER and best-selling author Alan Alda, discusses his new memoir Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself.

You wouldn’t know that Alan Alda felt nervous in advance of addressing this audience of neuroscientists. In his trademark style, Alda chats up the crowd like an old friend, sharing anecdotes involving one of his great pursuits: “I love to talk to scientists,” he says.

A conversation with actor and author Alan Alda about his book "Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned", his memoir about show business.

He's one of America's most recognizable and acclaimed actors-a star on Broadway, an Oscar nominee for The Aviator, and the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, during his eleven years on M*A*S*H.

He's one of America's most recognizable and acclaimed actors-a star on Broadway, an Oscar nominee for The Aviator, and the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, during his eleven years on M*A*S*H.

Actor and bestselling author Alda faces tough questions as he looks back on paths his life has taken--from the turbulence of the 1960s through the ache of September 11th and beyond.