AMERICAN ACHIEVERS explores the power of ambition, commitment to excellence, risk-taking and tenacity in pursuit of the American Dream. Hosted and produced by author, documentary filmmaker, and media trailblazer Keith Dunnavant, who has been interviewing newsmakers for more than four decades, including many years as an award-winning journalist for various major publications, covering and directing coverage of sports, business, media, culture and politics. Widely acclaimed for his history books, including THE MISSING RING, MONTANA and SPY PILOT, Dunnavant directed the 2023 ESPN Films documentary BART STARR, based on his definitive biography. With each episode of AMERICAN ACHIEVERS, Dunnavant explores the life of an accomplished individual who has relentlessly chased success and fulfillment, often battling through significant adversity and reflecting universal lessons that strike at the heart of the American experience. Featuring entrepreneurs, athletes, artists, astronauts, media figures and civic leaders. Coming in late 2026: Season 5. KeithDunnavant.com
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Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Astronaut Jim Lovell, one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, talks about his difficult childhood, failing his first NASA physical, and what he learned from the aborted Apollo 13 mission, which became an object lesson in overcoming adversity, turning him into an American folk hero immortalized by Tom Hanks.
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