The Arik Korman Show

Dava Sobel is the author of five books, including the New York Times bestsellers Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter, and The Planets. She is a former New York Times science reporter and a longtime contributor to The New Yorker, Audubon, Discover, and Harvard Magazine. Her new book is The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars. Dava was in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle, presented by Town Hall and University Book Store, as part of the Science series.

Jay Inslee is an American politician, attorney and member of the Democratic Party who has served as the 23rd Governor of Washington since January 2013. As Washington state grapples with how to solve the McCleary education funding lawsuit, Governor Inslee highlights his education priorities for the upcoming legislative session.

Susan Casey, author of New York Times bestsellers The Wave and The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks, is the former editor-in-chief of O, The Oprah Magazine. She has appeared in Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Outside, and National Geographic.
Susan’s newest book is Voices in the Ocean: A Journey Into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins. She was in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle, presented by Town Hall and University Book Store, as part of the Science series.

Emily Witt has written for The New Yorker, n+1, The New York Times, and the London Review of Books. She studied at Brown University, Columbia University, and the University of Cambridge, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Mozambique. Her new book is Future Sex: A New Kind of Free Love. Emily was in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle, presented by Town Hall and University Book Store, as part of the Arts & Culture series.

Alison Gopnik is a professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. Her writing on psychology and cognitive science has appeared in Science, The Times Literary Supplement, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, New Scientist, Slate and The Atlantic. Her body of work also includes four books and over 100 journal articles. She has frequently appeared on TV and radio including The Charlie Rose Show and The Colbert Report. Her newest book is The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children. Professor Gopnik was in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle, presented by Town Hall and Elliott Bay Book Company, as part of the Civics series.

Laura Jennings is a global technology leader, innovator, venture capitalist and, most recently, the Founder of Knack, an online purveyor of fine gifts. During her 12-year career with Microsoft, Laura led the strategic direction of some of Microsoft’s most well known products, including MSN and Exchange, and was responsible for the launch of the original Microsoft Office product. Post Microsoft, Laura served as Principal with global venture capital firm Atlas Ventures, managing their offices in Silicon Valley and Seattle. Check out Knack at KnackShops.com

Soprano Marcy Stonikas is a rising star in the opera world. She has sung the leading role at Seattle Opera in works such as Tosca, The Consul, Ariadne auf Naxos, Fidelio, and Turandot. Marcy stars as Gertrude, the mother in Seattle Opera’s Hansel and Gretel by Englebert Humperdinck. Catch performances through October 30th. Info at Seattle Opera.org.

Sasha Lane is an American actress, who made her film debut in American Honey, written and directed by Andrea Arnold. Sasha grew up in Dallas. Prior to becoming an actress, she worked as a waitress at a restaurant in Frisco, Texas, and was also a stand-out athlete on basketball, track, and field teams. She attended Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, but moved to LA to pursue her acting career. American Honey opens this Friday, October 7.

Benjamin Bergen is a professor of cognitive science at the University of California, San Diego, where he directs the Language and Cognition Laboratory. He writes for the Huffington Post and Psychology Today, and appears on NPR’s Morning Edition, the Brain Science Podcast, and elsewhere.
Benjamin’s new book is What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves. He was in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle, presented by Town Hall and University Book Store, as part of the Arts & Culture series.

Cathy O’Neil is a data scientist and author of the blog Mathbabe.org. She earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard and taught at Barnard College before moving to the private sector, where she worked for the hedge fund D.E. Shaw. She then worked as a data scientist at various start-ups, building models that predict people’s purchases and clicks. Cathy started the Lede Program in Data Journalism at Columbia University and is the author of Doing Data Science. She appears weekly on the Slate Money podcast. Her new book is Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy. Cathy O’Neil is in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle tonight at 7:30pm, presented by Town Hall and Elliott Bay Book Company as part of the Civics series.