The Arik Korman Show

Barney Frank represented the Fourth Congressional District of Massachusetts for nearly four decades and chaired the House Financial Services Committee from 2007 to 2011. He was a leading co-sponsor of the 2010 Dodd–Frank Act, a sweeping reform of the U.S. financial industry. He is the first member of congress to enter a same-sex marriage while serving in office. Congressman Frank is a regular comm...

Brian Carter is the founder and winemaker at Brian Carter Cellars. Brian Carter Cellars Managing Partner Mike Stevens served on the marketing committee for the Washington Wine Commission. Brian Carter Cellars is featured this weekend at Taste Washington, the nation’s largest single-region wine and food event. Taste Washington brings together over 225 wineries, 70 restaurants and 60 culinary exhibi...

Damian Kulash and Tim Nordwind founded OK Go, an alternative rock band originally from Chicago, now based in LA. They are known for their often quirky and elaborate music videos. The band's video for "Here It Goes Again" won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video in 2007. OK Go was in Seattle to perform at the Neptune Theater. Their latest album is “Hungry Ghosts,” which came out last year.

Caspar Babypants makes high quality, thoughtful, simple, acoustic sing along songs for parents and kids of all ages to enjoy together. Caspar Babypants is better known as Chris Ballew, the twice Grammy-nominated songwriter and lead singer for the four-time platinum rock band The Presidents of the United States of America. Caspar Babypants just released a new album of lullabies called “Night Night!...

Sasha Martin is an award-winning writer and blogger who spent almost four years cooking her way around the world. Her work has been featured on NPR and CNNGo as well as in Whole Living, Bon Appetit, The Smithsonian and The Huffington Post. Sasha’s website, Global Table Adventures, is a go-to hub for foodies around the world. Her new book is “Life from Scratch: a Memoir of Food, Family and Forgiven...

John Medina is the author of the New York Times bestseller "Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School." His latest book is a must-read for parents and early-childhood educators: "Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five." Dr. Medina is an affiliate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington School of Medicin...

David J. Morris is an author, former Marine infantry officer and journalist who has covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for Slate, Salon, the Los Angeles Times and The Nation. He is also a frequent guest on NPR. David’s new book is “The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.”

Leighton Meester is an actress and singer/songwriter. She starred as Blair Waldorf on The CW series Gossip Girl and appeared in films such as Country Strong, The Roommate, Monte Carlo, The Oranges and That's My Boy. Leighton recently co-starred in Life Partners and stars Like Sunday, Like Rain coming out March 6. She went into Broadway in 2014, starring as Curley's wife alongside James Franco and...

Cirque du Soleil is a major Québec-based organization providing high-quality artistic entertainment. The company has close to 4,000 employees, including 1,300 artists from more than 50 different countries. Cirque du Soleil has entertained nearly 150 million spectators in more than 300 cities in over forty countries on six continents. Amelie Robitaille is the publicist and "Black" is an amazing Yo-...

Arwen Elys Dayton began her career as a teenage staff writer at a foundation that produced Peabody Award–winning educational shows for PBS. She now spends months doing research for her stories, which has taken her around the world. Arwen’s new book is “Seeker,” the first novel in a trilogy, which has been optioned for film by Columbia Pictures. Arwen lives with her husband and their three children...

Mindi Abair is a two-time Grammy-nominated saxophonist, vocalist, author, and President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the organization that puts on The Grammys. Mindi has toured and/or recorded with Aerosmith, Gregg Allman, Trombone Shorty, Joe Perry, Booker T. Jones, Max Weinberg, the Backstreet Boys, Duran Duran, Mandy Moore, Josh Groban, Adam...

David J. Linden is a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of “The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God.” His second book was “The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good.” And now Dr. Linden has released “Touch: The Science...

Nazila Fathi is a journalist, translator and commentator on Iran who reported from Iran for nearly two decades... until 2009, when threats from the Iranian government forced her into exile. From 2001 until 2009, Nazila was based in Tehran as the only full-time New York Times correspondent in Iran, writing over 2000 articles. Before that, she wrote for TIME magazine. Nazila’s new book is "The Lonel...

Stephen Palumbi is Professor of Biology and Director of the Hopkins Marine Station at Stanford University. His film projects include the BBC series “The Future Is Wild” and the History Channel’s “Life After People.” Dr. Palumbi is author of “The Death and Life of Monterey Bay” and “The Evolution Explosion.” Anthony Palumbi, Stephen’s son, is a science writer and novelist whose work has appeared in...

Wes Moore is an American author, businessman, and U.S. Army veteran. His first book, "The Other Wes Moore," became an instant New York Times bestseller. Currently he is the host of "Beyond Belief" on the Oprah Winfrey Network. His new book is "The Work: My Search for a Meaningful Life." Wes was in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle, presented by Town Hall, the Elliott Bay Book Company, an...

Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman is beloved for his charm as well as his talent. Mr. Perlman is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond not only to his remarkable artistry, but also his irrepressible joy of making music. He is a Seattle favorite... and was in town last week to perform with... and conduct... the Seattle Symphony.

David Domke is professor and chair for the Department of Communication at the University of Washington and author of "God Willing? Political Fundamentalism in the White House, the War on Terror, and the Echoing Press," as well as the award-winning book "The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America." Prior to academia, Professor Domke worked as a journalist for the Orange Cou...

Matt Taibbi served as a contributing editor for Rolling Stone for ten years and is the author of five previous books, including New York Times bestsellers The Great Derangement and Griftopia. Matt’s latest book is The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap. He is here in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle, presented by Town Hall and University Book Store, as part of the C...

Allen Leech is an Irish stage, television and film actor. Allen came to international attention as Marcus Agrippa on the HBO historical drama "Rome" and is best known for his role as Tom Branson in "Downton Abbey." Graham Moore is an American screenwriter and author best known for his New York Times Best Seller debut novel "The Sherlockian." Graham is also known for writing the #1 Black List scree...

Cary Elwes is an English actor and best-selling author, known for his roles in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Days of Thunder, Twister, Glory, and as Dr. Lawrence Gordon in Saw. But Cary is best known for his leading role as Westley in The Princess Bride, ranked by the American Film Institute as one of the top 100 Greatest Love Stories of all time. Cary’s new book is “As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales...

E. O. Wilson is an American biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist, and author. Dr. Wilson is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and a New York Times bestseller for "The Social Conquest of Earth" and "Letters to a Young Scientist." Dr. Wilson’s latest book is The Meaning of Human Existence . He was in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle as part of The Seat...

Shane Harris is an American journalist and Senior Correspondent at The Daily Beast, specializing in coverage of America's intelligence agencies. Shane's new book is @War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex, about the impact of cyberspace as the American military's "fifth-domain" of war. Shane was in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle, presented by Town Hall and University Book Stor...

Stand up mathematician Matt Parker is the author of “Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension.” Originally a math teacher from Australia, Matt now lives in London and works both as a stand-up comedian and the Public Engagement in Mathematics Fellow at Queen Mary University of London. Matt is in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle, Presented by Town Hall and University Book Store, as p...

Oscar-nominee Sebastian Junger is an American journalist, most famous for the best-selling book "The Perfect Storm" and his award-winning chronicle of the Afghanistan war in his documentary films "Restrepo" and "Korengal," and his book "War." In his latest film, "The Last Patrol," Sebastian Junger gathers a group of veterans - two longtime soldiers and a war photographer - for the first leg of a 3...

French Director Michel Hazanavicius is best known for his 2011 film "The Artist," which won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director. His wife, actor Berenice Bejo, is known in the US for playing Christiana in 2001's "A Knight's Tale" and Peppy Miller in "The Artist." Michel and Berenice's new film is "The Search." They were in Seattle for SIFF's annual French Cinema Now celebration. Info at SIFF...