The Arik Korman Show

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at The New York Times and the author of The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, about the science of habit formation in our lives, companies and societies, which spent over 60 weeks on The New York Times bestseller lists. He has appeared on This American Life, N.P.R., The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, and Frontline. His new book is Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business. Charles 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.

Craig Robinson is an actor, stand-up comedian, and singer. He is best known for his role as Darryl Philbin on The Office, and his roles in the films Pineapple Express, Zack and Miri, Hot Tub Time Machine and This Is the End. Craig’s newest film is Morris From America, featured at the Seattle International Film Festival. It opens this Friday, August 26th.

Susan Conrad is an adventurer, writer, educator, and speaker. She's also an accomplished paddler. Her tenacious exploration by sea kayak has fueled her stories and images of the natural world for decades. Her articles and photographs have appeared in Sea Kayaker, Canoe and Kayak, Adventures Northwest, and Figure magazines. Countless newspapers, guidebooks, and historical journals also feature Susan’s work. Her new memoir is Inside: One Woman's Journey Through the Inside Passage. Info at SusanMarieConrad.com

Mary Roach is the New York Times best-selling author of STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, SPOOK: Science Tackles the Afterlife, BONK: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, PACKING FOR MARS: The Curious Science of Life in the Void and GULP: Adventures in the Alimentary Canal. Her new book is GRUNT: The Curious Science of Humans at War. Mary Roach was in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle, presented by University Book Store.

Viggo Mortensen made his film acting debut in Peter Weir's 1985 thriller Witness, and went on to appear in many notable films, including The Lord of the Rings, Eastern Promises, The Indian Runner, Carlito's Way, Crimson Tide, Daylight, The Portrait of a Lady, G.I. Jane, A Perfect Murder, A Walk on the Moon, and 28 Days.
Actor, writer and director Matt Ross is best known for his role as Alby Grant in the HBO series, Big Love, Gavin Belson in HBO series Silicon Valley and as Eddie Scott in the 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck, earning him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. He also played Charles Montgomery on the first and fifth seasons of FX's series American Horror Story.
Matt wrote and directed the feature film 28 Hotel Rooms and his new film is Captain Fantastic, starring Viggo Mortensen, which he also wrote and directed.
Viggo and Matt were in the Northwest for the Seattle International Film Festival. Captain Fantastic opens this Friday, July 15th.

Ed Boland has nearly 25 years of professional experience in education. He started by teaching swimming to five-year olds and art history to senior citizens. He served as an admissions officer at his alma mater, Fordham, and later at Yale. He taught English in China as a Princeton in Asia fellow immediately after the Tianamen Square massacre. He was a fundraiser for Barnard College, the all-women’s school affiliated with Columbia. He is now a senior administrator at the nation’s premier educational access program, which places gifted students of color at leading private schools. His first book, The Battle for Room 314: My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York City Public School was released in February. It was named one of Publishers Weekly’s Top 10 Current Events Books for the spring. Ed is in the Northwest to speak at Town Hall Seattle Tuesday, June 28 at 7pm, presented by Town Hall and University Book Store, as part of the Civics series. Info at TownHallSeattle.org

Lydia Millet is an American novelist and conservationist. Her third novel, My Happy Life, won the 2003 PEN Center USA Award for Fiction, and she has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize as well as a Guggenheim fellow, among other honors. Lydia has written books and stories that range from the philosophical to the satirical, on matters including the inventors of the atom bomb, political culture under George H.W. Bush, the discovery of mermaids in a coral reef and the crises of extinction and climate change. She lives in the desert outside Tucson, Arizona with her two children and works for the Center for Biological Diversity. Lydia's latest novel is Sweet Lamb of Heaven. Info at LydiaMillet.net

Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times best-selling author of 29 books and a former foreign correspondent for the International Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald and The Philadelphia Inquirer. His 1997 book, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, was an international bestseller and was translated into more than 15 languages. His book Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea was the non-fiction winner of the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. His newest book is Paper: Paging Through History. Mark 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.

Angela Duckworth is an American psychologist. In her late twenties, Angela left a demanding job as a management consultant to teach math to seventh graders in the New York City public schools. Several years in the classroom taught her that effort was tremendously important to success. To begin to solve the mystery of why some people work so much harder and longer than others, Angela entered the PhD program in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is now a professor. She is also a 2013 MacArthur fellow and founder and scientific director of the Character Lab. Angela’s new book is GRIT: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. She was in the Northwest to speak at Seattle University, presented by Town Hall, Elliott Bay Book Company, and Seattle University, as part of the Civics series.

Samantha Montgomery, also known as Princess Shaw, is a singer whose a capella YouTube performances were discovered by Israeli music producer Kutiman. Her song "Give It Up" has more than 2.6 million views. Samantha's story is the subject of the new documentary Presenting Princess Shaw, featured at the 2016 Seattle International Film Festival. It opens in theaters, on demand, on Amazon Video and on iTunes May 27th.