Season 2026
Malala Yousafzai joins Steve Burns for an intimate, wide-ranging conversation about surviving the Taliban, winning the Nobel Peace Prize at 17, and growing up under a global spotlight as "the bravest girl in the world."
The legendary Bill Nye joins Steve Burns for an honest, fun, and - occasionally unsettling - conversation about one deceptively simple question: how do people decide what's true?
In this episode of Alive with Steve Burns, Steve sits down with journalist and firearms expert Stephen Gutowski for a calm, clear-eyed conversation about how guns came to occupy such a powerful place in American life.
Daryl Davis shares his incredible experience of engaging right-wing extremists with Steve—and how he convinced hundreds of them to change their minds through listening and conversation.
In this episode, Steven talks with death doula Alua Arthur about how to prepare for the end of life before it becomes an emergency, and why doing so is one of the most generous things you can do for the people you love.
Social scientist Richard Reeves joins the show for a clear-eyed, data-driven conversation about why so many men feel untethered—and why the loudest online answers are mostly wrong.
In this episode, Steve talks with historian and writer Molly Worthen about the strange, magnetic force we call charisma and why it’s having such a moment right now. Why aren’t facts more persuasive? When does inspiration slide into manipulation? And how do you know when a story is moving you or using you?








