Baratunde Thurston On 'America Outdoors'

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Larry is joined by comedian, writer, and cultural critic Baratunde Thurston to discuss his new PBS series 'America Outdoors.' They begin their conversation by discussing how the show was produced. They then pivot to Thurston's intentions for the program, including providing a conduit for inner-city kids to appreciate the diverse American topography in an appreciative way.(9:40) Next, they talk about how nature can play a part in unifying people using the history and restoration of the L.A. River as context.(25:00) Baratunde then breaks down the process of selecting the locations for the show and shares some of the profound experiences he had filming in the Great Dismal swamps outside of Chesapeake Bay, which profoundly connected him with the racial history of that region in a spiritual way.(32:18) Larry and Baratunde conclude their conversation by talking about the complex connection Black people have to the outdoors and complications of loving America despite the imperfections within its history, current political climate, and the machinations of the recent Supreme Court decisions.(49:32) Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Baratunde Thurston Producer: Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.9	All right welcome back everybody to I guess it called the special how let's call it the special
0:38.7	July 4th weekend podcast we're talking about Merca and who better to spend that with
0:46.8	than my old pal from back in the day at this point because time flies so much that's what it feels like
0:52.4	right but you know he was co-founder of the Black political black Jack and Jill politics you know
0:58.0	he's from the onion which you know that in and of itself is the conversation of course his book
1:02.8	how to be black best seller but here now guys he's doing a new show for PBS this is amazing and you're
1:08.1	going to love this show it's called America outdoors with Bertunde Thurston unblack in the air
1:13.6	welcome Bertunde Thurston a black in the air how you doing man it's is good to be black on the
1:18.0	air which you Larry I'm going to be happy happy independence and interdependence day yeah I love
1:23.6	that I love that and I love that you're doing this show man it's it's a very inspirational show
1:29.8	thank you I have to give you some props and I knowing how you can deconstruct things you know
1:38.4	and I somewhat how your brain works and I mean you can be political and insightful you're so
1:44.0	straightforward in a refreshing way in this like you're like a discoverer you know you really are
1:52.0	but I think the audience will appreciate that you know it's really I've only seen a couple episodes
1:57.5	but man it's really interesting you're giving us the ability to see it through you I guess
2:03.2	is a good way to say you know which is great so congratulations on the show are you having fun
2:07.4	Larry I'm having a lot of fun and thanks for noticing that discovery thing yeah no no Columbus
2:12.9	connections and yeah yeah yeah but there's a lot of discovery he's not the only discovery without
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