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In Russian, the word, “kompromat,” short for “compromising material,” refers to damaging information that can be used for blackmail or to exert influence. Throughout the Trump presidency, many in Washington wondered if kompromat was at the heart of Trump’s failure to stand up to Russia and Vladimir Putin. Now, former KGB Major Yuri Shvets, who was an active recruiter of American intelligence assets during the 1980s, reveals the shocking truth.

“It’s a beyond challenging time to become president,” said APB exclusive speaker and CNN Chief National Correspondent John King on a recent broadcast. He cites a number of factors that will define Biden as a “crisis president,” including COVID, the Trump impeachment, and struggling economy.

APB speaker and former medical director for the Benson Henry Institute of Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Eva Selhub is a resiliency expert, board certified physician, consultant, speaker, and author. On March 3rd, Dr. Selhub will be releasing her new book Resilience For Dummies. This book outlines the proven steps we can all take toward optimal resilience to build healthier, more purposeful, and increasingly joyful lives. 

After its 292.5-million-mile journey from Earth, the Mars Rover has successfully landed on Mars on February 18th. The rover has been on a nearly 300-million-mile journey since it left Earth over 6 months ago. Perseverance has an important mission, searching for evidence of ancient life and studying Mars' climate and geology, and will collect samples that will eventually be returned to Earth by the 2030s. As we continue to make incredible advancements such as this, our leading space, science and technology speakers share with audiences exciting insights into what the future holds. Check out some of these popular voices:

MIT Apollo Professor of Astronautics and Former NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman was recently named director of the MIT Media. The selection was made by the MIT Media Lab Director Search Committee with the appointment effective July 1, 2021.

With nearly unlimited financial and intellectual resources at her disposal, Melinda Gates is committed to addressing the systemic problems holding women back all over the world - from limited education to maternal health challenges and more. Kelly and Melinda dive into why improving the lives of women might be the tipping point that saves the world. +Listen to the Podcast

With the anticipation of increasing distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, Americans are looking forward to a “return to normal.” We’ve all heard these words, intended to inspire hope. And they do, for some. But the reality is that “normal” is a privilege, one that is out of reach for millions of Americans who had been pushed up against immovable barriers and into systems of oppression long before the arrival of Covid-19.

On October 19th APB’s Wil Haygood will release his new book Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World. This book examines 100 years of Black movies using the struggles and triumphs of the artists, and the films themselves, as a prism through which to explore Black culture and the civil rights movement in America. 

Legendary news anchor and the best-selling author of What Unites Us, APB speaker Dan Rather is launching a new endeavor called "Steady." Inspired by his father’s favorite word, “Steady” is both a paid and/or free subscription-based newsletter that is delivered directly to your inbox. It will include essays, letters, and other similar content by Rather in which he will facilitate conversations on both national and global levels. In his post, Dan says, “Call me old fashioned, but I’m not a huge fan of algorithms dictating what people see. Yet in recent years social media became my primary means of communicating with the world. And that meant, whether by tweet or post, a bunch of opaque computer code kicked in to determine what reached you. Subscribing to "Steady" cuts through that digital Gordian Knot.”

CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and New York Times bestselling author David Pogue has stayed busy during this pandemic being locked at home: he recently released three new books simultaneously!