Baratunde Thurston holds space for hard and complex conversations with his blend of humor, wisdom, and compassion. Baratunde is an Emmy-nominated host who has worked for The Onion, produced for The Daily Show, advised the Obama White House, and wrote the New York Times bestseller. He鈥檚 the executive producer and host of which Apple named one of its favorite podcasts of 2020. Baratunde also received the at the 2021 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards on behalf of How to Citizen with Baratunde. In 2019, he delivered what MSNBC鈥檚 Brian Williams called 鈥渙ne of the greatest talks of all time.鈥� Baratunde is unique in his ability to integrate and synthesize themes of race, culture, politics, and technology to explain where our nation is and where we can take it.
Baratunde serves on the boards of and the and lives in Los Angeles, California.