Baratunde Thurston, a Data & Society advisor, weaves together threads of race, technology, democracy, and climate through his work as an Emmy-nominated host, producer, writer, and public speaker. He is the host and executive producer of the PBS television series America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston, creator and host of How To Citizen with Baratunde, which Apple named one of its favorite podcasts of 2020, and a founding partner of the new media startup Puck. His comedic memoir, How To Be Black, is a New York Times best-seller. In 2019, he delivered what MSNBC’s Brian Williams called “one of the greatest TED talks of all time.” Thurston serves on the boards of Civics Unplugged and the Brooklyn Public Library and lives in Los Angeles, California.
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VoxD&S advisor Baratunde Thurston jumps into the debate of the place of empathy in a post-Trump election. Read on VoxNovember 2016 -
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Fast Company"I just spoke with Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, a senior PhD student in computational privacy at the MIT Media Lab, and I’ve got some bad news about data and privacy. Then I’ve got worse news. But fear not, because after that I... Read on Fast CompanyMay 2015 -
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Fast CompanyAfter his Facebook account was hacked, D&S advisor Baratunde Thurston saw the other side of allowing social media giants to access other websites, apps, and services. After sharing his take-aways from the experience you mig... Read on Fast CompanyApril 2015