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Multiple Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner and philanthropist, APB’s Jane Seymour has proven her talents in virtually all media, including the Broadway stage, motion pictures and television. During this quarantine, Jane was forced to find new talents, so she learned new skills she never had time to invest in before.

APB speaker Kevin Pearce went from being an Olympic gold medal hopeful to suffering a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) that nearly took his life during a training run for the Olympics. Now, ten years later, Pearce sat down with TODAY to share his story about reclaiming his identity and how he has since found new purpose with his social movement and foundation, Love Your Brain. By drawing from his own unwavering optimism, the love of his family, and the support of numerous healthcare professionals and caregivers, Kevin uses his foundation to show how others can make the same, amazing progress he did.

Nobel Laureate and APB speaker President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was recently selected for the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Known as “Africa’s Iron Lady,” Johnson Sirleaf earned international acclaim for leading Liberia through the Ebola Crisis and through reconciliation and recovery following her nation’s decade-long civil war. “Prime Minister Clark and President Sirleaf were selected through a process of broad consultation with Member States and world experts. I cannot imagine two more strong-minded, independent leaders to help guide us through this critical learning process.” said Dr. Tedros in his speech.

By now you have seen those videos of musicians in their living rooms appearing in a grid, Zoom style, singing together in perfect sync. CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and New York Times bestselling author David Pogue explains how it’s done.

Award-winning essayist and critic, frequent college speaker and best-selling author William Deresiewicz has a new book coming out on July 28th! The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech is a researched warning explaining how the digital economy threatens artists' lives and work—the music, writing, and visual art that sustain our souls and societies.

For years, CNN political analyst, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and APB speaker Carl Bernstein has revealed the inner workings of government and politics, and told the hidden stories of Washington and its leaders. Bernstein’s most recent article details why Trump’s phone calls are alarming to US officials.

APB speaker John Quiñones is an ABC news veteran as well as the host of What Would You Do? on ABC with a new season premiering July 7th  at 10|9c. What Would You Do? is the highly-rated, hidden camera ethical dilemma newsmagazine, and Quiñones has literally become “the face of doing the right thing” to millions of fans. The bystanders on this hidden camera show are forced to make tough calls when directly faced with situations of racism, violence, hate crimes and other cultural issues going on everyday.

Creator and host of the popular podcast Terrible Thanks for Asking, and the speaker with the 4th most popular TED Talk of 2019, Nora McInerny specializes in difficult conversations: death, loss, illness, mental health, trauma, change, and how to move forward with grief with resilience, joy, love and humor. She recently joined Marc Maron on his podcast, WTF.

APB speaker and Political Economy Professor at Brown University, Mark Blyth, discusses anger, politics and economics in his latest book Angrynomics. Mark Blyth and Eric Lonergan have written a book for anyone anxious, worried, or angry about the inconsistency between how they experience the world with the increasing day to day pressures they face and the model used by economic elites and politicians to explain and justify it. 

New York Times best-selling author and high performance expert, APB speaker David Epstein, merges stories from the worlds of sports, business, medicine and education, shedding light on the paths to peak performance. David works with clients to customize his virtual events to their needs using innovative tools such as Prezi to showcase a one-of-a-kind keynote.