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Pulitzer Prize winners Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward regularly join together on the speaking stage to point out parallels from our past and provide unparalleled insights for our future—pulling back the curtain on Washington as only the legendary journalists can. Now, following recordings made by Woodward for his latest book on Trump, Rage, Bernstein has said the implications are "even graver than in Watergate." In a recent interview with CNN, Carl said the tapes were "even more devastating than Nixon's tapes.” Bernstein goes on to say that Trump had sacrificed "thousands and thousands and thousands" of Americans for "his own narrow presidential reelection efforts."

A former professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets and now an NBA life and optimization coach, APB speaker David Nurse has helped over 150 NBA players with their personal and professional development both on and off the court. He has worked with NBA coaches, Fortune 500 CEOs, and many other high performers on developing leadership habits that not only build successful routines, but also build a success-driven lifestyle.  

Gifted interviewer and sought-after speaker Kelly Corrigan is hosting a new heartfelt interview series called Tell Me More (inspired by her book of the same name) on PBS NewsHour. In the series, Corrigan will conduct candid conversations with influential leaders in their fields, and her first guest is late-night host, actor and writer James Corden!  

As both an observer of higher education and an insider with academic appointments at two universities, APB speaker Jeffrey Selingo occupies a unique position to explain higher education’s critical and influential role in the world economy. In his latest article in The Atlantic, Selingo explains how, as colleges are preparing to reopen, they are overlooking the concerns of campus staff. 

APB speaker David Epstein has made it his mission to uncover the keys to achieving high performance in any domain, and to debunk popular myths along the way. In his recent speech at TEDxManchester, he discussed why specializing early doesn't always mean career success. Be sure to check out the video on TED.com!

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and CNN political analyst Carl Bernstein recently sat down with Anderson Cooper to talk about the threat to mail-in voting and the USPS. Says Bernstein: “We have a tyrant president of the United States trying to act like a king to undermine the very electoral system, the most important element of our democracy…” 

APB speaker Cleve Jones is a renowned activist whose work began in the 1970s during the gay liberation movement. A mentee of groundbreaking LGBTQ+ activist Harvey Milk, Jones has gone on to co-found the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, create the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and publish the memoir, When We Rise.

Anchor of Inside Politics, CNN’s Chief National Correspondent and speaker John King breaks down different mail-in voting rules throughout the United States as President Trump is constantly claiming voter fraud by mail ahead of this year’s election.

A political analyst for NBC and MSNBC and chief public affairs officer for MoveOn, Karine Jean-Pierre is now Kamala Harris’ Chief of Staff! Karine might be a new name to many, but she has been fighting against inequality for years.

Foreign policy expert, technologist, presidential historian, and New York Times bestselling author Jared Cohen has a trained eye to reflect on and learn from the past. In his latest Boston Globe op-ed, Cohen says the vice presidential choice has not proven this significant since 1944.