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Social activist and contributing editor to Vanity Fair Monica Lewinsky will be producing FX’s latest installment of Impeachment: American Crime Story, which will focus on President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial. About her involvement with the production, Lewinsky said, “I am privileged to have this opportunity,” and that after 20 years, she is finally able to tell her part of the story. She hopes that her experience will highlight the narrative of powerful people taking advantage of those subordinate to them. Impeachment: American Crime Story premieres on Sunday, September 27, 2020.

A beloved Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank, entrepreneur and speaker Daymond John is ranked #16 on a list of the world’s top 50 keynote speakers by Real Leaders magazine. Daymond lands ahead of Oprah Winfrey and is celebrated for his business accomplishments, including turning a $40 budget into FUBU, a $6 billion fashion brand, and his successful investments on Shark Tank.

Best-selling author of The Sports Gene, APB speaker David Epstein published his new book, the #1 NYT best-selling Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World to rave reviews from Malcolm Gladwell, The New York Times, NPR and more.

Paralympic medalist and APB speaker Patrick "Blake" Leeper finished fifth in the 400 meter race at the USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships this past Saturday, which would qualify him for the world championships team. Born without legs from a congenital birth defect, Leeper has never been one for excuses. He has defied the odds and won countless titles as a Paralympic runner.

CNN’s Chief National Correspondent, anchor of Inside Politics and speaker John King addressed President Donald Trump’s tweets attacking Congresswoman Elijah Cummings and Baltimore. King urged viewers to see the “pattern in the President’s attacks,” specifically the underlying themes of racism followed by the subsequent backtracking on his comments. He stated that the President’s retraction of his statements does not mask the “original intent of the message.” 

Are you a Shark Week fanatic? APB's Paul de Gelder will be hosting shows that you won't want to miss! An Australian Navy diver who lost two limbs in a brutal shark attack that changed his life, de Gelder has inspired audiences around the world with his riveting story of triumph over tragedy.

From Coco Gauff’s triumph on the courts to electrified fans chanting, “Equal Pay!” as TEAM USA took home the gold at the Women’s World Cup, the eyes of the world were on women. Minutes after the USWNT won its second consecutive championship, NIKE aired an ad called “Never Stop Winning” that captured the mood. “I believe,” the narrator said, “a whole generation of girls and boys will go out and play and say things like, ‘I want to be like Megan Rapinoe when I grow up.’” Rapinoe and her teammates Alex Morgan, Rose Lavelle, Tobin Heath and others have fought hard for equal pay and investment in women’s soccer. As tennis legend Billie Jean King tweeted, “These athletes have brought more attention, support, & pride to women’s sport…It is long past time to pay them what they rightly deserve.”

After fifteen years, the Mars exploration mission spearheaded by APB speaker Steven Squyres ended after a planet-wide dust storm destroyed the last remaining rover “Opportunity.” 

An award-winning actor known for his work on L.A. Law, Rules of Engagement and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., APB speaker Blair Underwood stars in Netflix’s new hit series When They See Us, which has become the platform’s most watched show in the U.S. since its premiere.

An acclaimed biographer, Pulitzer finalist and one of our most sought after speakers, Wil Haygood spent five years working on the book In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr., which is now is being developed into a miniseries by Lee Daniels and Tom Hanks.