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The Arik Korman Show — 380 episodes

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Hacks to Boost Your Memory, Focus, Problem-Solving, and Much More

2

Alex Stewart on Avallé Wines and Taste Washington

3

Hala Alyan on Parenting, Multiculturalism, and the Middle East

4

The Case for American Power

5

Former U.S. Education Secretary John B. King on Teachers Who Change Our Lives

6

Martha Barnette on Friends with Words

7

Amanda Morgan and Christopher D'Ariano on the Ballet World and AfterTime

8

Selfhood in the Digital Age

9

Robert Macfarlane on Whether Rivers Are Alive

10

William Shatner and Neil deGrasse Tyson on The Universe Is Absurd

11

How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships

12

The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali

13

Sameer Pandya on Our Beautiful Boys

14

Tyler and JJ Williams on Kiona Vineyards and Taste Washington

15

The Science of Racism

16

The Science-Backed Strategy to Uncovering and Harnessing Your Innate Talents

17

The Untamed Dynasty That Shaped a Nation

18

A Life of Language Love

19

A Father’s Memoir of Heartbreak, Parenting, and Love

20

A True Crime Natural History, with Eels

21

Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World

22

How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap

23

Luke Raley of the Seattle Mariners

24

Daniela Rus on Our Bright Future with Robots

25

Adam Gopnik on All That Happiness Is

26

Derek Black's Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism

27

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on Chain Gang All Stars and the Power of Student Voice

28

How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully

29

Kayta Apekina on Family, Identity, and Intergenerational Trauma

30

How to Find Balance and Reclaim Your Life

31

Washington Wine Legend Dick Boushey

32

Jamie Peha on Washington Wine Now and in the Future

33

Prachi Gupta on the Myth of the Model Minority

34

Nell Greenfieldboyce on the Science of Life

35

A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars

36

Life Lessons from the Early Greeks

37

David Brooks on How to Know a Person

38

What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things

39

Amy Schneider on the Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life

40

Wynton Marsalis on the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Future of Jazz

41

How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

42

Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance

43

The Transmission of Knowledge from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

44

What It Means to Be a Man Today

45

Adrienne Brodeur on Little Monsters

46

A Sightseer’s Guide to the Universe

47

Winemaker Ellie Zeron on Red Mountain

48

Former FBI Director James Comey

49

How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything

50

The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America and the Woman Who Stopped Them

51

Egg: A Dozen Ovatures

52

The Mystery of Mastery

53

Lessons in Acceptance, Love, and Letting Go

54

Shae and Greg Frichette on Washington Wine

55

Crystal Pite on Choreography and Kidd Pivot

56

How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World

57

Hidden in the Open

58

Why Koalas Are Remarkable

59

Sofi Tukker on Wet Tennis and the Freak Fam

60

One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism

61

The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants

62

Virginia Johnson on Dance Theatre of Harlem and Life as a Principal Ballerina

63

Lewis Black on Standup Comedy and the State of the World

64

Evgeny Afineevsky on Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

65

Barack Obama's Chief Speechwriter on How to Move Our Country Forward

66

Navigating Love and Loss of Our Pets

67

Anya Kamenetz on How COVID Changed Children’s Lives

68

How to Engage Students in Our Democracy

69

Sloane Crosley on Relationships, Screens, and New York City

70

Inflation Now and Then

71

Washington Wine and the Red Mountain AVA

72

The Past and Future of Written Language

73

Journalist Putsata Reang on Living at the Edges

74

Putin, Trump, and Why Authoritarian Strongmen Are Dangerous

75

Filmmaker Daniel Roher on Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny

76

Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America

77

One Woman’s Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children

78

Coders and the Remaking of the World

79

How to Use Fine Art to Solve Real-Life Problems

80

Ballet Dancer Noelani Pantastico on Living in the Here and Now

81

Maeve Higgins on Friendship During a Pandemic

82

How to Build Unshakable Confidence

83

The Neuroscience of Navigation

84

ABC News Anchor Diane Macedo on The Sleep Fix

85

Why People Behave Badly in Graduate School

86

The Underground Railroad and Learning Unbiased History

87

Nine Months, Six Continents, Three Teenagers

88

Giulio Boccaletti on Climate Change and How We Manage Water

89

The Politics of a Darkening America

90

The Redemption of Bobby Love

91

When Nature Breaks the Law

92

Journalist Eric Garcia on Changing the Autism Conversation

93

Our Bodies Have the Power

94

The Strange Science of Perspiration

95

Tragedy in Paradise and the Wildfires of the West

96

Gregory Brown on Colonialism and the Story of the Land

97

A Headhunter's Strategies to Get Hired Now

98

An American in China

99

The Power of Awareness

100

Brian Broome on Masculinity and Being Yourself

101

Peter Ho Davies on Truths about Fatherhood

102

Renée Felice Smith and Chris Gabriel on Choosing the Harder Path

103

Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph on How to Be a Great Entrepreneur

104

Dr. Jennifer Ashton on Resilience in the Pandemic Era

105

Shankar Vedantam on the Self-Deceiving Brain

106

Life in Israel and Palestine Up Close and Personal

107

Louis Chude-Sokei on Identity and Biafra

108

Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar on Crazy Stories About Racism

109

How the Hunger for Land Ownership Shaped the Modern World

110

There’s Nothing Like a Black Salesman on a Mission

111

Robert Macfarlane on Journeys in Unquiet Places

112

Sabaa Tahir on Good, Evil, and the Importance of Diversity in Art

113

Sophia Lillis on Family, Acting, and the COVID Pandemic

114

The Art of Being Indispensable at Work

115

Stanley Donwood on Art, COVID, and the End of the World

116

Robert Macfarlane on Nature in the Time of COVID

117

Mychal Denzel Smith on Standing Up for Democracy

118

How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation

119

In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration

120

The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II

121

Congressman Eric Swalwell on the Impeachment of Donald Trump

122

Novelist Lydia Millet on How Systemic Crises Impact Our Kids

123

COVID-19: Short Term and Long Term

124

Race, Equity, and What Belonging Means

125

Race, Diversity, and Silicon Valley

126

Rediscover Your Childlike Wonder to Unleash Inspiration, Meaning, and Joy

127

Why We Are More Powerful Than We Believe

128

The FBI, The CIA, and the Truth about America's "Deep State"

129

Divergent author Veronica Roth on Chosen Ones and COVID-19

130

Barack Obama's Campaign Manager David Plouffe

131

COVID-19 and Decoding Four Billion Years of Life

132

Rahm Emanuel on Why Mayors Are Now Running the World

133

Rockstar Astrophysicist Brian Greene on The End of Time

134

Long Shadows Wine Master Gilles Nicault

135

A Dad's Message to his Boys

136

One Kid’s Extraordinary Journey

137

How College Makes or Breaks Us

138

Felicia Day on Facing Your Fears and Unleashing Creativity

139

Unlocking the Power of Emotions

140

Adrienne Brodeur on why it's important to be a Parent, not a Friend

141

Travel Legend Paul Theroux on the Real Mexico

142

Young Adult Author Nic Stone on Race and Class

143

Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast

144

Questions Kids Have About Death

145

What's Under the Earth and Climate Change

146

Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist

147

Imagining a Post-Climate Change Society

148

How Safe Are We in Cyberspace?

149

Truths About Being a Foster Parent

150

Astronaut Renaissance Man Story Musgrave

151

Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China

152

Environmental Icon Bill McKibben on Humanity's Future

153

Esther "Woj" Wojcicki on How to Raise Successful People

154

Elle King on Shake the Spirit

155

Uncovering Our Hidden Racial Bias

156

Internet Activist Cory Doctorow on How to Change the World

157

How Voice Computing Will Transform the Way We Live

158

Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

159

Rockstar Winemaker Kerry Shiels of Cote Bonneville Winery

160

How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

161

Political Thriller Writer Mark Greaney on How Safe the World Is

162

Podcaster and YouTuber Gaby Dunn on Money

163

Henry Winkler: Everybody Is Somebody

164

Lindsey Jordan on the road as Snail Mail

165

Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It

166

Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth

167

Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change

168

The Life and Times of Black Holes

169

Disney Animator Kira Lehtomaki on Ralph Breaks the Internet

170

Anna Todd, bestselling author of the After series

171

Skateboarding Stars of the film Mid90s

172

How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History

173

Cirque du Soleil VOLTA Hair Suspension Artist Danila Bim

174

Temple Grandin on Helping Our Kids Become Inventors

175

The Power of Transcendental Meditation

176

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America

177

Science Icon Freeman Dyson

178

Bo Burnham and Elsie Fisher on Eighth Grade

179

How Teens Saved Humanity

180

Why Our Kids Can't Do What We Want Them to Do

181

The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

182

The Amazing Journey of Coffee from Yemen

183

An Ode to Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

184

Steven Pinker on How Science Can Move Our Society Forward

185

The Art of Screen Time

186

Cannibalism, Fatherhood, and Why Our Brains Are Getting Smaller

187

Cairdeas Winery and Taste Washington 2018

188

Amy Chua on Political Tribes

189

Robert Reich on The Common Good

190

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris on how Adverse Childhood Experiences affect us

191

David Cay Johnston on What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America

192

Rockstar Tenor Ben Bliss on Opera and Reality TV

193

Our Brain on Autopilot and How Blind People See

194

Inside the Mind of a Mathematician

195

The Conscious Music Journey of Singer/Songwriter Trevor Hall

196

The Martian author Andy Weir on Artemis

197

Coco and Life at Pixar

198

Chris Matthews on Bobby Kennedy

199

Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning

200

What Makes Us Curious

201

Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

202

Our Trails: History and Metaphor

203

Brain Science on Living as Long as Possible

204

How to be a Badass at Making Money

205

A Journey Through Anxiety

206

Liberal Arts and the Future of Technology

207

A Young Doctor on Residency and Obamacare

208

Lessons from Jim Jones and the Kool Aid

209

Zoe Lister-Jones on Band Aid

210

How our Pets Teach us about Love, Loss, and Personal Growth

211

Writer/Director Jenée LaMarque on Relationships

212

Sam Elliott and Brett Haley on The Hero

213

Rising Latvian Star Elina Vaska

214

Crime and Punishment in Black America

215

Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

216

The Science Behind Hits

217

Popcorn and Rebuilding Technology from Scratch

218

Dancer and Cultural Icon Misty Copeland

219

Washington Wine Master Bob Betz

220

Why Time Flies

221

Service Design, Strategy, and the Art of Customer Delight

222

Michael Lewis on the Friendship That Changed Our Minds

223

Finding the Lost City of the Monkey God

224

The Secret Life of Fat

225

Dava Sobel on Curiosity, Storytelling, and Modern Astrophysics

226

Washington Governor Jay Inslee on 2017 Education Priorities

227

The Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins

228

Emily Witt on Future Sex

229

Alison Gopnik on Parenting as a Verb

230

Microsoft's Early Days and Technology's Future

231

Rising Opera Star Marcy Stonikas

232

Sasha Lane, star of American Honey

233

What Swearing Reveals About Us

234

How Big Data Threatens Democracy

235

The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business

236

Craig Robinson on Parenting, Diversity and Spamalot

237

One Woman's Journey Through the Inside Passage

238

The Curious Science of Humans at War

239

Viggo Mortensen and Matt Ross on Parenting Off the Grid

240

What Every Teacher Needs to Know

241

Lydia Millet on Writing a Psychological Thriller

242

Paper and How We Create Technology

243

Angela Duckworth on GRIT

244

Presenting Princess Shaw

245

Juan Williams on the Modern Founding Fathers

246

Garry Marshall on Mother's Day

247

Lenore Skenazy on Free Range Kids

248

Neil Pasricha on The Happiness Equation

249

Col Solare Winemaker Darel Allwine

250

All the Single Ladies

251

Sonia Shah on Pandemics

252

Adam Grant on Originals

253

The Story of Autism

254

Our Brain is not wired for Modern Politics

255

Hacking how we Sense the World

256

Soprano Juliana Rambaldi on Opera, Creativity and Teatro Zinzanni

257

World Class Rock Climber Alex Honnold

258

Cheryl Strayed is Brave Enough

259

The Future of Work

260

Celebrity Chef Chris Cosentino is Offal Good

261

Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs

262

How to Make your Work and your Marriage better

263

Robert Reich on Fixing Capitalism for the Rest of Us

264

Hit Songs affect your brain like Doritos

265

Computer Algorithms in Politics, Sports and Dating

266

Choosing Hope after Sandy Hook

267

You can beat Real Life Challenges like a Video Game

268

How to Organize Your Life

269

Behind the scenes at Pacific Northwest Ballet with Jerome and Laura Tisserand

270

Salman Rushdie on Dreams and the Power of Literature

271

Serbian-born blues phenom Ana Popović

272

Pat Mills on Child Actors and Guidance Counselors

273

How Babies Learn Language

274

Bassist and Singer Esperanza Spalding

275

Technology will not save Humanity

276

The Godfather of British Blues

277

How your Brain reacts to Injury and PTS

278

What Cooking and Math have in common

279

Jason Schwartzman and Patrick Brice

280

Simple Rules for Work, Life and Money

281

Football, Fine Wine and Your 401k

282

Colin Hanks on Tower Records

283

Can we stop Robots from Taking our Jobs?

284

How to Make Love Last and Marriage Work

285

How to Make Yourself Stand Out

286

We are Completely Wrong about China

287

Phantom of the Opera behind the scenes

288

Joseph Stiglitz on Income Inequality

289

Laila Ali on We Day

290

Actress / Model Lily Collins on We Day

291

YouTube stars Lennon & Maisy on We Day

292

Social activist Spencer West on We Day

293

Hannah Simone on We Day

294

Kweku Mandela on We Day

295

The Amazing Resilience of Janiva Magness

296

We are Evolving Ourselves

297

Dr. Scott Sampson of Dinosaur Train

298

Barney Frank on How Politics Works

299

Brian Carter Cellars at Taste Washington

300

OK Go on Multimedia Creativity & Success

301

Chris Ballew is Caspar Babypants

302

Cooking a Life from Scratch

303

Sleep is More Important than we Thought

304

What it's really like to have PTSD

305

Leighton Meester on "Heartstrings"

306

Inside the Cirque Du Soleil Kurios tent

307

Katniss and Tris, move over for Quin

308

Grammy Nominated Saxophonist Mindi Abair

309

Why Touch is so Important

310

What it's like to Live in Iran

311

The Extreme Life of the Sea

312

How to Find Your Life's Purpose

313

Itzhak Perlman on the Joy of Music

314

Selma and our Eroding Voting Rights

315

Our Two-Tier System of Justice

316

Behind "The Imitation Game"

317

Cary Elwes on The Princess Bride

318

E.O. Wilson on the Meaning of Human Existence. Really.

319

Hackers, Cyberspace & the Future of War

320

Math, Magic and How to find True Love

321

Sebastian Junger on War and Manhood

322

French Cinema Royalty on Life and Film

323

Former CIA Operative Valerie Plame

324

Are we living in "The Matrix?"

325

To Move Mountains, it Just Takes Two

326

Embrace... don't fear... Adolescence

327

Pacific Northwest Ballet's James Moore

328

What to do in a Terrorist Attack

329

Why Iron Man is cooler than Batman

330

Olympics vs. Circus with Elena Gatilova

331

MIT's David Rose on Enchanted Objects

332

The Joy of Aerial Entertainment and P!nk

333

Director Richard Linklater on "Boyhood"

334

Google Glass, Apps and Modern Medicine

335

Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper

336

How Math actually helps us in Life

337

Nearly One-Third of the World Overweight

338

Actress Danielle Panabaker on Time Lapse

339

Microbes Rule the World

340

John Ridley and Hayley Atwell at SIFF

341

Inside singer/songwriter V. Contreras

342

Classical Violinist Hilary Hahn

343

Nate Silver on Politics, Sports and Life

344

China, like you've Never Heard Before

345

YOU have power to become a Great Leader

346

Spies are Everywhere... Thank Goodness

347

Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran

348

Questions are More Valuable than Answers

349

You are Likely Part Neanderthal

350

World's Biggest Show Odysseo By Cavalia

351

Venus in Fur and Gender Dynamics

352

Suspended Animation is Real

353

Big Data as a Lens on Human Culture

354

Speaking to a Chimpanzee in Project Nim

355

Director Joseph Kahn on movies for Teens

356

Being in the same room as the Dalai Lama

357

"We Live in Public" with Ondi Timoner

358

Professional Tennis Up Close & Personal

359

Davis Guggenheim, "Waiting for Superman"

360

Arik Korman interviews Sloane Crosley

361

Brain Guru John Medina on Kids Today

362

Pacific Northwest Ballet's Maria Chapman

363

The Amazing Joseph Gordon-Levitt

364

Lily Verlaine, Queen of Burlesque

365

Arik Korman interviews Gary Oldman

366

Sex & Death w/Opera Singer Ani Maldjian

367

Arik Korman interviews Melissa Etheridge

368

Matthew Lewis, a.k.a. Neville Longbottom

369

Seattle Storm Superstar Sue Bird

370

Arik Korman interviews Dennis Haysbert

371

Brain Cancer Rock Star Doctor Jim Olson

372

Donald Johanson, the man who found Lucy

373

Arik Korman interviews The Tiger Mom

374

Arik Korman interviews Emile Hirsch

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Arik Korman interviews The Bloggess

376

Meet the First Female Thunderbirds Pilot

377

Arik Korman interviews Carrie Fisher

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Arik Korman interviews Jared Diamond

379

Arik's Wikileaks interview w/Alex Gibney

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Arik Korman interviews Dr. Brian Greene