Political Issues / Media Speakers

Well-informed, well-researched, well-rounded, American Program Bureau’s (APB) political issues and media speakers are the foremost experts on society’s pressing matters. Earning their place as the conscience of America, APB’s political issues and media speakers will enlighten the audience with sharply accurate truths.
 
Larry King Larry King

A captivating storyteller and keen commentator on life and history, Larry King continues to fascinate audiences as a keynote speaker. With his gift for humor and broad range of experience, an evening with King is guaranteed to leave audiences feeling enlightened and entertained.

Juan Williams Juan Williams

A prize-winning columnist and former editorial writer for The Washington Post, Juan Williams is also a Fox News correspondent and a keynote speaker on issues including diversity, ethics, leadership, media and national issues. There are few voices as clear and intelligent on the power of diversity within today's ...

Dan Rather Dan Rather

For decades, Rather was the face of the news as CBS News anchorman and reporter, delivering audiences the most defining moments in our recent history. He continues to call them as he sees them as a keynote speaker on media and national issues, and as the host of Dan Rather Reports on HD Net. As a speaker, his ...

Robin Meade Robin Meade

The anchor of Morning Express with Robin Meade, airing on CNN's spinoff news channel HLN, Robin Meade has reported on many of today's most pressing issues – from politics and world events to momentous pop culture occurrences. Meade draws on her extensive knowledge of world affairs and experience as an anchor and ...

John Zogby John Zogby

Chairman of the Board and Chief Insights Officer of IBOPE Zogby International (IZI) and author of The Way We’ll Be, John Zogby remains by all accounts the hottest and most accurate pollster and trendspotter in the United States today. No one can tell you more about what’s happening—from politics to social ...

Ellis Cose Ellis Cose

Ellis Cose is one of America's most renowned journalists and media commentators, as well as an author and speaker on several important issues of national and international concern. Cose is the author of Bone to Pick, The Envy of the World, and the best-selling The Rage of a Privileged Class.

Jason Recher & Doug McMarlin Jason Recher & Doug McMarlin

Recher & McMarlin have served as aides to prominent US officials, creating major media & strategy campaigns for the likes of George W. Bush & Sarah Palin.

Marc Lamont Hill Marc Lamont Hill

An activist, social critic, and one of the nation's most notable African American leaders, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill is among a new generation of public intellectuals who move with equal ease between Faculty Row and Fraternity Row, "the street" and Main Street.

Anne-Marie Slaughter Anne-Marie Slaughter

As Director of Policy Planning for the US State Department, Anne-Marie Slaughter touched on nearly every foreign policy issue. She was named a Top 100 Global Thinker by Foreign Policy.

Michael Eric Dyson Michael Eric Dyson

Named by Essence magazine as one of the 50 most inspiring African Americans, Dyson is one of the nation's most renowned public intellectuals, revitalizing the role with the fervor of an ordained Baptist minister. Called "a street fighter in a suit and tie," he takes on the toughest and most controversial issues of ...

Carl Bernstein Carl Bernstein

The hard-hitting and insightful journalist who helped bring down a presidency in the Watergate scandal, Pulitzer Prize winner Bernstein is credited by many as being "the father of American investigative reporting." Keeping his eye on current affairs and issues that dominate our nation's agenda, he reflects on the use and ...

Keith Olbermann Keith Olbermann

Liberal political commentator Keith Olbermann is the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, a nightly countdown of the day's biggest stories. He is also the Chief News Officer of Current TV.

Anderson Cooper Anderson Cooper

Anderson Cooper anchors Anderson Cooper 360°, an unconventional, wide-ranging news program airing on CNN/US weekdays. Cooper, who joined CNN in December 2001, served as CNN's weekend anchor before moving to the 7pm hour in March 2003, following the war in Iraq.

Maureen Dowd Maureen Dowd

Maureen Dowd, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary, became a columnist on The New York Times Op-Ed page in 1995 after having served as a correspondent in the paper's Washington bureau since 1986.

Patti Solis Doyle Patti Solis Doyle

As the first Hispanic woman to lead a presidential campaign in the United States, she is the former campaign manager for Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential bid. Solis Doyle is one of the hardest working leaders in her business, where it is rare for females to manage major campaigns, and where minorities in key ...

Jeremy Scahill Jeremy Scahill

An award-winning investigative journalist and frequent contributor to The Nation magazine, Scahill is widely viewed as one of the world's leading experts on privatized warfare. His first book, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army is a New York Times bestseller.

Ari Berman Ari Berman

Ari Berman is a contributing writer for The Nation magazine and an Investigative Journalism Fellow at The Nation Institute. He has written extensively about American politics, foreign policy and the intersection of money and politics.

Stephen A. Smith Stephen A. Smith

ESPN veteran Stephen A. Smith is an emerging media go-to who applies his insights into the world of sports to society at large, drawing parallels to issues like politics & race relations.

Ruben Navarrette Ruben Navarrette

Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a nationally syndicated columnist with The Washington Post Writers Group and appears in nearly 200 papers including The Chicago Tribune and The San Francisco Chronicle. The second-generation Mexican American is one of only a dozen Latino syndicated columnists in the US, and one ...

Christine Pelosi Christine Pelosi

Attorney, author and activist Christine Pelosi chairs the California Democratic Party Platform Committee and serves on the DNC, where she co-founded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council. She conducts leadership boot camps for candidates, volunteers and nonprofits based upon her book Campaign Boot Camp: Basic ...

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