An Evening with Baratunde Thurston

SAT, NOV 15, 2025 AT 8PM

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With generosity and humor, Baratunde Thurston tells stories of interdependence through our relationship with nature, each other, and technology. The Emmy-nominated host, futurist, comedian, cultural critic, and proud Earthling helped relaunch The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, worked for The Onion, and hosts the PBS TV series America Outdoors as well as the popular podcast Life with Machines.
 

Five Things You Should Know About Baratunde Thurston (PBS)

 


Baratunde flies a 1902 Wright Brothers Glider in Kitty Hawk ( PBS)

 

Trailer for Baratunde's podcast "Life with Machines"

 

Baratunde Thurston in a gray T-shirt smiling in front of a green hedge
Banner photo credit: Erik Carter; Portrait photo credit: Mathieu Young

 

 

Baratunde Thurston newest creation is Life With Machines, a YouTube podcast focusing on the human side of the A.I. revolution. He is also host and executive producer of the PBS TV series America Outdoors, creator and host of the How To Citizen podcast, and a founding partner and writer at Puck. His comedic memoir, How To Be Black, is a New York Times bestseller. In 2019, he delivered what MSNBC’s Brian Williams called “one of the greatest TED talks of all time. Baratunde serves on the boards of Civics Unplugged and the Brooklyn Public Library and lives in Southern California.