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This November 6th, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of 100 seats in the Senate will be contested. How will our votes shape America’s future? How can we find common ground across a growing political divide? Check out our votes for top midterm election speakers.

Learn which of our thought provoking APB speakers have gathered large podcast followings this year!

“Incidents like these bring background dynamics of bias into bold relief,” says Howard Ross about the recent incident that prompted Starbucks to close 8,000 of its stores for a day of implicit bias training for over 175,000 employees.

President Trump has imposed tariffs on aluminum and steel, which many worry will cause a trade war with other countries. If a trade war begins, politicians and civilians fear that the U.S. economy will face detrimental consequences. As a result, congressional Republicans have spoken out urging President Trump to rethink his decision. APB speaker Mark Blyth discusses the potential danger behind these tariffs with Carrie Nordlund in a podcast for Brown’s Watson Institute.

APB speaker Gina McCarthy, best known for her work as former head of the Environmental Protection Agency during the Obama administration, shares her knowledge in a featured article in The Boston Globe on why climate change activists aren’t getting their message across.

APB's Chris Hughes, former college roommate of Mark Zuckerberg and key figure in the creation of Facebook, has some suggestions on how to regain control over Facebook, which recently faced a data collection scandal.

We are proud to announce our newest exclusive speaker: Nobel Laureate Beatrice Fihn. An expert in the field of disarmament diplomacy and civil society mobilization, she holds the position of Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).

We are living in a world of almost unparalleled division. People are no longer disagreeing, but disavowing each other’s rights to an opinion. What is driving this polarization and how can we overcome it in our daily lives?

APB speaker Sophia, the world’s first and only robot citizen, was presented with a Gold Edison Award alongside some of the best innovations in human history. Each year, the Edison Awards recognize the most innovative and successful products and technologies, as determined by the world’s top senior business executives, academics and innovation professionals.  

As one of America’s leading political economists, APB speaker Robert Kuttner explains in his newest book, Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?, how global capitalism—rather than technological advances or immigration—is to blame for wage stagnation. He navigates these polarizing arguments with a historical analysis of American economic regulations.