Baratunde Thurston

3 weeks ago | deanobeidallah.substack.com | Dean Obeidallah |Baratunde Thurston

I spoke with my long time friend, writer/activist Baratunde Thurston who you might know from hosting countless shows from PBS’s “America Outdoors” to “Life with Machines.” Baratunde shared the joy of returning his Tesla making it clear he “did not want to be advertising Elon Musk” who has “become an agent of destruction of our public.” We also talked Trump “importing” white people from South Africa this week while also ending temporary protected status for refugees from Afghanistan who helped...

Dec 2, 2024 | puck.news | Baratunde Thurston

“I think the most interesting thing about A.I. is that it attracts bipartisan alliances, which can be said of very few things on Capitol Hill,” Abby told Baratunde. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesIn the second installment of Puck’s conversation series about A.I., presented by Meta, Capitol Hill correspondent Abby Livingston weighed in on the myriad ways that A.I. is making waves in Congress.

Oct 28, 2024 | puck.news | Baratunde Thurston

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May 31, 2024 | ted.com | Baratunde Thurston

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May 20, 2024 | puck.news | Lauren Sherman |Eriq Gardner |John Heilemann |Baratunde Thurston

On Thursday, en route from London, I flew over to Savannah, of all places, to attend SCAD’s annual fashion show. Dirk Standen, the former Style.com editor and current dean of fashion at the Savannah College of Art and Design, invited me—but also, I’ve always been charmed and intrigued by SCAD, a young school (45 is the new 30) that has managed to establish itself as a formidable competitor in the industrial race to shape creative minds.