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Social activist and contributing editor to Vanity Fair Monica Lewinsky will be producing FX’s latest installment of Impeachment: American Crime Story, which will focus on President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial. About her involvement with the production, Lewinsky said, “I am privileged to have this opportunity,” and that after 20 years, she is finally able to tell her part of the story. She hopes that her experience will highlight the narrative of powerful people taking advantage of those subordinate to them. Impeachment: American Crime Story premieres on Sunday, September 27, 2020.

A beloved Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank, entrepreneur and speaker Daymond John is ranked #16 on a list of the world’s top 50 keynote speakers by Real Leaders magazine. Daymond lands ahead of Oprah Winfrey and is celebrated for his business accomplishments, including turning a $40 budget into FUBU, a $6 billion fashion brand, and his successful investments on Shark Tank.

Former Chair and CEO Emeritus of BET Networks, Debra Lee is joining AT&T’s board of directors, becoming its fourth female member. Her appointment recognizes her position as an influential leader in the entertainment and media industry. During three decades at BET Networks, Lee saw it become the first African-American company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and later, acquired by Viacom for $3 billion in 2001. Along with her work at BET, Lee founded Leading Woman Defined, an annual gathering of prominent African-American women, and served on the board of prominent organizations such as Twitter, Marriott, the Alvin Ailey Dance Company and Paley Center.

Best-selling author of The Sports Gene, APB speaker David Epstein published his new book, the #1 NYT best-selling Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World to rave reviews from Malcolm Gladwell, The New York Times, NPR and more.

Paralympic medalist and APB speaker Patrick "Blake" Leeper finished fifth in the 400 meter race at the USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships this past Saturday, which would qualify him for the world championships team. Born without legs from a congenital birth defect, Leeper has never been one for excuses. He has defied the odds and won countless titles as a Paralympic runner.

Are you a Shark Week fanatic? APB's Paul de Gelder will be hosting shows that you won't want to miss! An Australian Navy diver who lost two limbs in a brutal shark attack that changed his life, de Gelder has inspired audiences around the world with his riveting story of triumph over tragedy.

APB speakers Ken Jennings, the all-time Jeopardy! champion, and Garry Kasparov, one of the greatest chess players of all time, both have faced head-to-head against artificial intelligence machines. Featured in Forbes, the two challenges are considered to be some of the greatest the world has seen. 

Best known for his groundbreaking research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), APB speaker Alex “Sandy” Pentland and his artificial intelligence (AI) company, Cogito, is featured in TIME.  

Are you more likely to succeed from deliberate practice or by gaining experience in varied areas? Two APB speakers—best-selling author of Range, David Epstein, and Senior Editor-at-Large of Fortune, Geoff Colvin—each argue that one of these paths is the best way to find success.

From Coco Gauff’s triumph on the courts to electrified fans chanting, “Equal Pay!” as TEAM USA took home the gold at the Women’s World Cup, the eyes of the world were on women. Minutes after the USWNT won its second consecutive championship, NIKE aired an ad called “Never Stop Winning” that captured the mood. “I believe,” the narrator said, “a whole generation of girls and boys will go out and play and say things like, ‘I want to be like Megan Rapinoe when I grow up.’” Rapinoe and her teammates Alex Morgan, Rose Lavelle, Tobin Heath and others have fought hard for equal pay and investment in women’s soccer. As tennis legend Billie Jean King tweeted, “These athletes have brought more attention, support, & pride to women’s sport…It is long past time to pay them what they rightly deserve.”