The Arik Korman Show

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 argue with your spouse.

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 Etchingham.

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."