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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.

Boston Marathon bombing survivor and healthcare speaker Heather Abbott recently had her philanthropic work highlighted by a WMUR segment on UMass Lowell lacrosse player Noelle Lambert. Lambert was a Division 1 athlete who lost her leg in a tragic moped accident, but remained determined to stay active and to continue with high-level athletics. Abbott, who lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings, quickly visited Lambert in the hospital, inspiring Lambert to say, “I kind of thought to myself, if [she] can get through that tragedy, and do so well with it, then I should be able to.”

The founder and CEO of Amesite Inc., an artificial intelligence-powered software company that delivers engaging and cost-effective online college and university courses, and former CEO of one of MIT’s 50 Smartest Companies, Sakti3, speaker Ann Marie Sastry recently explained the important role AI plays in our daily lives in interviews with Yahoo Finance and Squawk Box.

Known as The New York Times bestselling author of both Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World and The Sports Gene, APB speaker David Epstein is gaining major recognition from former NFL star and current Fox Sports analyst Tony Gonzalez.

Known as the Tony Award-winning producer behind American Idiot, Young Frankenstein and The Addams Family, APB speaker Vivek J. Tiwary talks about the success of his new Broadway project, Jagged Little Pill, in an interview with Forbes.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who garnered national attention for his role in uncovering the Watergate scandal, APB speaker Carl Bernstein has revealed the inner workings of government and politics for decades. Renowned worldwide for his unique commentary, reporting, and analysis for CNN, Bernstein recently caused a viral sensation when he called Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell “Midnight Mitch.”