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One of Peloton's most popular instructors is about to take the stage on Dancing with the Stars! ABC recently announced that APB speaker Cody Rigsby will compete when the show returns for season 30. A highly relatable, super entertaining fitness star, Rigsby connects with people on a level that makes everyone feel like he’s their BFF.

Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced that APB speakers Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will share hosting duties for the syndicated quiz show Jeopardy! through the end of the year. Bialik and Jennings each took a turn guest-hosting the show after the death of Alex Trebek in November 2020. Bialik was then named host of Jeopardy!’s primetime specials and spinoffs. Both Bialik and Jennings proved to be fan favorites.

PBS has just announced that a new season of Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan will launch October 5th. Kelly Corrigan is an exclusive APB speaker and this is the second season of the interview series. It brings together a wide array of guests and touches on topics that truly matter in today’s climate, according to PBS. In each one-hour episode, Corrigan explores her guests' universal humanity and passions.  

For most of us, fall is a magical time of year: cooler temperatures, falling leaves, football and the return of pumpkin lattes. It’s all amazing. But for parents who are becoming empty-nesters, it’s a different story. Sure, they’re happy and proud their kids are leaving for school, but also secretly heartbroken they’re going away—even if it’s for the best. These feelings may not apply to everyone. But for APB speaker and best-selling author Kelly Corrigan, they’re spot on. Corrigan recently penned a guest essay for The New York Times: “How to Let Go of Your Irreplaceable, Unstoppable Daughter.” Like the majority of her fellow empty-nesters, her feelings are a combination of proud and pleased wrapped around sad. 

It began as a beautiful fall-like morning in New York City and Washington, D.C. And yet, less than two hours later, it turned out to be one of the darkest days in American history. APB would like to take a moment to honor the 2,977 victims and fallen heroes of the 9/11 attacks. It’s been 20 years, but we will never forget the courage and selfless acts of our first responders and passengers on United Flight 93 and those who were killed in the Twin Towers and at the Pentagon. May they rest in peace.

Is it possible to “get back to normal” when it comes to climate change? According to APB Speaker Mark Blyth, a political economist at Brown University, absolutely not. In an opinion piece recently published in The Guardian, Blyth argues that it will take much more than replacing our fossil fuels and one-use goods with recyclables and green energy to heal the earth. We need to truly transform the way we live, he writes. 

In an effort to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations in communities of color, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and members of the White House Corona Virus response team recently met with former surgeons general to discuss advancing equity in our country’s COVID-19 response. Those who joined the meeting included exclusive APB speakers and former surgeons general Drs. M. Joycelyn Elders, David Satcher, Richard Carmona, Regina Benjamin and Jerome Adams. The physicians met to discuss how they could work together to ensure that communities of color have the information and access they need for vaccination. 

A two-part investigative podcast series led by veteran journalist and APB speaker Maria Hinojosa has been recently honored with an Overseas Press Club Award. The Pulitzer Center-supported The Moving Border, by NPR’s Latino USA, won the Lowell Thomas Award for the best radio, audio or podcast coverage of international affairs. “Maria Hinojosa and team first reveal that a ‘paper wall’ has been a stronger barrier than a physical wall at the U.S. border,” the jury commented. “Then, the team went further, uncovering how Mexico has become a wall itself.’" 

An essay by APB speaker Deborah Archer, president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Professor at N.Y.U. School of Law, was recently featured in the Opinion section of The New York Times. The newspaper asked seven writers and legal scholars what they believe should be updated in the Constitution. It’s been a half-century since America’s last real revision. According to The Times, the essays are part of a series exploring bold ideas to revitalize and renew the American experiment.

A trio of APB speakers was recently named to Forbes magazine’s 50 Over 50 List of Women Who Are Leading the Way in Impact list. The three honored are: Melissa Berton, Cofounder and Executive Director of The Pad Project; Susan McPherson, Founder and CEO, McPherson Strategies; and Winona LaDuke, Founder, White Earth Land Recovery Project. According to Forbes, the women are being recognized for changing their communities and the world in ways big and small through social entrepreneurship, law, advocacy and education.