Ep. 193: Baratunde Thurston, Civics Teacher
The Michael Moore Podcast
Michael Moore
4.8 • 9.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Michael is joined by writer, thinker, comedian and podcaster Baratunde Thurston for a conversation about the fragility of American democracy, the purposeful dumbing down of the citizenry, the lack of civic education in American schools and what we all must do about it. Michael also responds to listener emails about his conversation with "Exterminate All The Brutes" director Raoul Peck.
Listen to Baratunde's podcast "How To Citizen with Baratunde"
https://www.howtocitizen.com/
Baratunde mentioned a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden. Watch Marshall Curry's short doc on that event, "A Night At The Garden"
https://anightatthegarden.com/
Watch Raoul Peck's "Exterminate All The Brutes"
https://www.hbo.com/exterminate-all-the-brutes
Music in the episode:
"American Idiot" - Green Day
https://youtu.be/V9NFs7qPwuk
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