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A former White House communications director, noted political and digital strategist, Pod Save America co-host, CNN contributor and best-selling author, Dan Pfeiffer recently released his new book title Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again. Drawing from his experience in Democratic politics, Pfeiffer targets and calls for Democrats to accept the progressive solutions supported by current party nominees, such as abolishing the electoral college. 

March is Women's History Month, a time to honor and celebrate the triumphs of the trailblazing women who have paved the way for change and progress. APB continues to represent a number of speakers on women's issues, from award-winning actresses and activists to journalists, best-selling authors, entrepreneurs and innovative global leaders. Below, we have highlighted some of our most talked-about and requested female voices. Responsible for inspiring millions, these women continue to empower audiences worldwide:

Porchlight Books just released a list of their 15 best-selling business books of 2019 and Range, by APB speaker David Epstein is #4, ahead of Marc Benioff, Brené Brown, Chip Conley and others! Range has been an accolade magnet ever since its buzzed-about release, when it shot to #1 on The New York Times Bestseller List. Since then, it has been named one of Amazon’s Best Business and Leadership Books of 2019, Apple’s Best Audiobooks of 2019, Inc.’s Must-Read Books for Entrepreneurs in 2019, Bookpal’s Outstanding Works of Literature 2019 Longlist and Porchlight’s Business Book Awards Longlist. This latest honor from Porchlight is derived from the immense and far-ranging readership that Range has found this year, being a book that challenges conventional wisdom and makes readers think and rethink their assumptions about everything from business to parenting.

A six-time IndyCar winner, runner up on Dancing with the Stars and sought-after motivational speaker, James Hinchcliffe returns to Andretti Autosport for the next three races of the season. A recent article with AP News highlights Hinchliffe’s career and his outstanding success with Andretti Autosport. He is extremely excited to return to the sponsorship and pick up where he left off, saying, “Being able to start the new year with…my reunion with Andretti Autosport just really makes it feel like the momentum is going our way.” Hinchliffe won his first IndyCar title back in 2013 with Andretti.

A legendary news anchor and the best-selling author of What Unites Us, APB speaker Dan Rather is now taking on a different role behind the camera as the executive producer of the new film, Human Nature. In Human Nature, Rather tells the story of the biggest tech revolution that has occurred in modern history and how it will forever change medicine. The groundbreaking discovery of CRISPR led to the ability to control a person’s building blocks of life, such as curing life-threatening diseases and designing our own children. The film shows the approach of all parties involved surrounding the discovery, from scientists to families to bioengineers and others. Human Nature is set to hit theaters next month.

The creator of the wildly popular blog Wait But Why and one of the most watched TED speakers ever, APB speaker Tim Urban recently joined Ezra Klein on his podcast to discuss how our current technological advancements and political situation will impact our future.

Former Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) and APB speaker Gro Harlem Brundtland weighed in on the coronavirus epidemic, drawing parallels to the SARS epidemic that originated in China in 2002. Brundtland was at the helm of the WHO when the global threat of SARS arose, and her clearheaded leadership during a time of hysteria helped curtail and contain the spread of the disease.

Joining the likes of Greta Thunberg in the top ranks, APB Speaker Nora McInerny’s, “We don’t ‘move on’ from grief. We move forward with it,” has been named the fourth most popular TED Talk of 2019. The list of 19 talks, ranked by number of watches, “reflect a year defined by fighting for what’s right, believing in the good despite all the bad, supporting others and yourself — and hoping for the best in the decade to come,” according to TED. Nora’s talk, with more than 3.7 million views and growing, recounts a six week period in her life when she miscarried her second baby, lost her Dad to cancer and became a widow at age 31 when her husband died of brain cancer. Described as “heartbreaking and hilarious,” Nora’s TED Talk champions her liberating approach to loss and grief. “A grieving person is going to laugh again and smile again,” she says. “They’re going to move forward. But that doesn’t mean that they’ve moved on.”

Known as one of the most influential experts on the science of high performance, APB speaker David Epstein uses past journalism experiences as a senior writer at Sports Illustrated along with research from his New York Times best-selling novel The Sports Gene to analyze the performance of Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes II. In an article from The Washington Post, Epstein attributes Mahomes II’s success to his talents as a multi-sport athlete. Epstein said that several studies have shown athletes who play multiple sports require less time to become elite in the game they ultimately choose. “[This] seems particularly to be true for athletes who play multiple ‘attacking’ sports.” 

NBA legend and APB speaker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is collaborating with the History channel to bring audiences the groundbreaking, one-hour documentary Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution, which premieres Wednesday, February 19^th at 10pm ET/PT. Abdul-Jabbar has been heavily invested in bringing light to the untold stories of African-Americans throughout our nation’s history since he retired from his record-breaking NBA career.