Baratunde Thurston

Activist, Artist, Brainstormer, Change Agent, Concerned citizen, Connector, Consultant, Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Idea generator, Performer, Producer, Startup, Writer/Editor

Baratunde Thurston is an Emmy-nominated host who has worked for The Onion, produced for The Daily Show, advised the Obama White House, and cleaned bathrooms to pay for his Harvard education. He’s the host of the iHeartMedia podcast Spit, and the Color of Change podcast #TellBlackStories. He wrote the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black and is a director’s fellow at the MIT Media Lab, and a board member for BUILD and the Brooklyn Public Library.

Restoring democracy. Wrestling with race. Using tech to write a better future. Reversing climate change.

We can reverse climate change and build a world better than the life-destroying one we inherited. We can use tech to imagine more equitable and creative possibilities, not just more wealth hoarding and boring ad-tech. We can do so much better.

comedy writing and performance, Digital + Social Strategy/Implementation, News and Publishing, Race and Identity, Social Media

dancing, cooking, singing, washing dishes by hand