Baratunde Thurston wants to teach us how to be a good citizen

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Business News, News, Tv & Film, Technology

4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Writer, comedian, author, and commentator, Baratunde Thurston sits down with Recode’s Peter Kafka to discuss his early pursuits in journalism at Harvard, his thoughts on athletes using their platforms to inspire change and speak out against injustices, and his views on the upcoming election. Featuring: Baratunde Thurston (@baratunde), writer and comedian Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:37.5	This is Recode Media on Peter Kafka. That is me. Live on tape, this time back in New Jersey. I'm
1:43.2	back and forth from New Jersey to Brooklyn. I'm informing you of the travelogue every step of the way. Very excited to have Baratouet D. Thurston on with us. What do we call you Baratune? Do you comedian, podcaster, activist? I feel like I've asked this question to other folks before. What do you want to pick? So Baratun Day works. That's my name. And I definitely
2:02.0	answer to that. And I make media that informs, entertains, and moves people. So you could call me
2:09.8	a medium maker, human. Thank you for making media with us. Your current project is How to Citizen, which is a podcast, but also kind of a lecture series
2:24.0	and kind of a class and instructional audio instruction, I guess, on how to be what, beyond
2:30.0	a citizen?
2:30.4	What does that mean?
2:31.5	So this show is about us reclaiming the power that we have in a democracy as of the people.
2:38.8	The power should reside with us.
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