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Tech Brew Ride Home

(BNS) Baratunde Thurston

Tech Brew Ride Home

Amalgamated Internets, LLC

News, Tech News, Technology

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Baratunde Thurston shares his journey from a tech-savvy upbringing to becoming a prominent voice in comedy and digital media. Baratunde reflects on his time at The Onion and The Daily Show, emphasizing the importance of community and the intersection of technology and humor. He also shares his thoughts on the role of AI in society, advocating for a future where technology enhances human connections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1

I'm at the beginning of that for the daily show.

0:31.9

I came in with Trevor right as he took over from John Stewart.

0:36.7

And I was the only new executive on his team.

0:40.3

So if you can imagine, you know, a president coming into an administration,

0:44.6

but all their cabinet is the previous administration's leadership.

0:48.4

That was the case for Trevor except for me.

0:51.1

And it was, you know, over time he staffed and people adjusted to his voice,

0:55.0

but I was there at the very beginning of that. And in helping the Daily Show catch up to

1:00.2

internet speed. They really hadn't prioritized that in many ways they didn't need to with the

1:06.0

first John Stewart era. Like they could ride off of the strength of tradition and his strong center

1:12.6

of gravity and his knownness, you know what, whereas Trevor was not known at all in the

1:20.9

U.S. And so he was like really open to, the network was really open to, let's experiment.

1:31.2

So, The network was really open to, let's experiment. All right, Tuesday, Thursday,

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