The Arik Korman Show

Valerie Plame is the CIA covert operative whose cover was exposed by several members of the Bush administration in 2003, ending her career as an undercover agent. Now she is writing a series of international thrillers, featuring undercover CIA agent Vanessa Pierson. “Blowback” was released last year and her new novel is “Burned.” Valerie Plame is in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle, pre...

Salon.com columnist Thomas Frank is a historian of culture and ideas… and analyzes trends in American electoral politics and propaganda, advertising, popular culture, mainstream journalism and economics. Tom is also founder of The Baffler, a magazine of cultural, political, and business criticism. Thomas Frank and current Baffler editor John Summers came to the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seat...

Joshua Wolf Shenk is the author of "Lincoln's Melancholy," a New York Times Notable Book. Josh is a contributor to the Atlantic, Harper's, The New Yorker and serves on the general council of The Moth. Josh's new book is "Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs."

Laurence Steinberg is a professor of psychology at Temple University, author of the leading textbook on adolescence, as well as over 350 articles and a dozen books. Dr. Steinberg has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Psychology Today and is a regular guest on NPR. His latest book is "Age of Opportunity: Lessons From the New Science of Adolescence."

Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal Dancer James Moore is from San Francisco. He arrived at PNB in 2004 and stars in George Ballanchine's "Jewels," which runs September 26 through October 5 at the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Get tickets at PNB.org. James talk about his fitness routine, why he rides a Harley and why straight men get into ballet.

Internationally acclaimed British documentary maker Dan Reed is best known for his “Terror Trilogy” for HBO: three films that explore high-profile urban terrorist sieges, including a theatre in Moscow, luxury hotels and a Chabad centre in Mumbai, and now a shopping mall in Nairobi. Dan Reed was in Seattle to present his documentary “Terror at the Mall: The Nairobi Siege” at SIFF Cinema as part of...

Nate Ball is a mechanical engineer, entrepreneur, TV host, pole vaulter and beatboxer. You've seen Nate hosting the PBS Kids show "Design Squad" since it first aired in 2007. He has appeared on "Myth Busters," a History Channel special on Batman technology and the PBS Nova series "The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers." Nate is also author of the "Alien in My Pocket" science adventure books...

Acrobat Elena Gatilova spent 15 years mastering her skills in Ukraine as a rhythmic gymnast and became the world champion. After finishing her professional sporting career, Elena left Ukraine to perform all over the globe. She was a principal character in the Las Vegas show Zumanity and has appeared in Playboy, Vanity Fair and the movie LoveSick. Elena now stars in Teatro ZinZanni's "When Sparks F...

David Rose is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and instructor at the MIT Media Lab. His research focuses on making our physical environment an interface to digital information. His new book, Enchanted Objects, focuses on the future of the internet of things, and how these technologies will impact the ways we live and work.

Dreya Weber is an acclaimed actress, musician, aerialist and choreographer. As an aerial choreographer, Dreya created P!nk’s amazing 2014 and 2010 Grammy performances of Try and Glitter in the Air. Dreya has choreographed for Michael Jackson, Cher, Madonna, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Kylie Minogue, Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, and, of course, P!nk. Dreya now stars in "When Sparks Fl...

Filmmaker Richard Linklater is known for films such as "Slacker," "Dazed and Confused," "A Scanner Darkly," "School of Rock" and "Before Sunrise." His new film "Boyhood" won the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Film at the 2014 Seattle International Film Festival and opens July 25 at the Landmark Harvard Exit in Seattle. Hear Richard talk about the importance of being in the moment and much more...

Dr. Heather Evans is an academic surgeon investigating new uses of health information technology to improve early detection and treatment of healthcare associated infections. Dr. Evans describes her new app called mPOWEr: the mobile post-operative wound evaluator... and guides me on a real-time test drive of Google Glass.

Author and Journalist Robert Bryce writes on energy and politics for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and Atlantic Monthly. He regularly appears on the BBC, PBS and CNBC. Robert's latest book is "Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper: How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong" and he was here to speak at Town Hall Seattle.

Mathematician Jordan Ellenberg teaches at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Slate and Wired. His latest book is “How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking” and he was here to speak at Town Hall Seattle. Jordan Ellenberg talks about ideal airport arrival time, the joy of uncertainty and how better to argu...

Dr. Christopher Murray is Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), a groundbreaking research organization that compiles global health data on a revolutionary scale. Dr. Murray discusses global obesity, China as a microcosm of the world and how far the developing world's health care lags behind ours.

You've seen Danielle Panabaker in "Friday the 13th," "The Ward," "Piranha 3DD" and TV shows "Shark," "Bones" and "Justified." Look for her in "The Flash" this fall on the CW. Danielle's latest film is "Time Lapse," which had its North American premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival.

Biologist Nicholas Money says we need a more objective exploration of nature, one in which "humans disappear from view." Professor Money's latest book is "The Amoeba in the Room: Lives of the Microbes." In this interview, he tackles how much power microbes have, whether life exists on other planets and what happens when we die.

Oscar-winning writer and filmmaker John Ridley won the 2014 Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for "12 Years a Slave." His latest film, "Jimi: All Is By My Side," which he wrote and directed, opens the 2014 Seattle International Film Festival. And actress Hayley Atwell, known for her work in "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Cassandra's Dream," stars as Jimi Hendrix's girlfriend Kathy E...

Seattle-based singer/songwriter V. Contreras has been called the love child of Dusty Springfield and Nancy Sinatra with a splash of the Ronettes. She plays a benefit for Oso this Friday at The Triple Door and her website is musicofv.com. V. shares her songwriting process, how to create a stage persona and where she draws the line.

World-class Violinist Hilary Hahn travels the globe performing with top orchestras and conductors and has built a reputation championing contemporary music. Hilary is a two-time Grammy winner and was nominated for an Oscar. She visited Seattle to perform at the University of Washington's Meany Hall as part of the UW World Series.

Statistics phenom Nate Silver is the editor-in-chief of ESPN's FiveThirtyEight blog and a special correspondent for ABC News. His book, "The Signal and the Noise," was named by Amazon.com as the #1 best nonfiction book of 2012. Nate was in Seattle to speak at the University of Washington's Meany Hall for the Performing Arts.

Did you know that China recruited African-American jazz men to perform in Shanghai, saved thousands of Jewish lives from the Nazis and attempted to save 100,000 more Jewish lives by establishing a permanent resettlement zone for Jews next to Burma? Award-winning author Nicole Mones tells these amazing stories in her new historical novel, "Night in Shanghai."

Simon Sinek has the second most viewed TED talk of all time and is the author of the bestselling business book "Start With Why." Simon's latest book is "Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't" and he came to speak at Town Hall Seattle. Simon shares how each of us can lead a happier, more fulfilled work life.

H. Keith Melton is a founding member of the Board of Directors for the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC and the author of several nonfiction spy books. Keith visited Seattle to launch the SPY: The Secret World of Espionage exhibit at the Pacific Science Center. Keith talks about modern spy tools, how and where spies are used... and whether James Bond could do his job in real life.

Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd unknowingly walked across the Iranian border, were accused of espionage and thrown into solitary confinement. Their compelling memoir is "A Sliver of Light" and they speak tonight at Town Hall Seattle. Shane, Josh and Sarah describe their ordeal, dispell myths about solitary confinement in America and offer advice for international travelers.