Episode 17: Baratunde Thurston

Baratunde Thurston is the creator and host of the podcast How to Citizen, the author of the book How to Be Black, and a founding partner of the news and commentary website Puck. 

The choices that California businesses make impact people all over the world who don’t even know where California is. It’s not just technology that gets made in California. It’s how it gets made. It’s how it gets funded. What types of tools get built are the ones that can accrue a ton of returns to the investors. That’s a really narrow set of incentives that end up affecting literally everything in the world.  

Notes and references from this episode: 

@baratunde - Baratunde Thurston on Twitter

How to Citizen - podcast home page 

We’re Having a Moment - Apple Podcasts

Puck - home page

“How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time,” by Baratunde Thurston, TED

How to Be Black, by Baratunde Thurston

Episode 425 - Baratunde Thurston - WTF with Marc Maron 

Ella Baker Center - home page

@kendrick38 - Kendrick Sampson on Instagram

@jacobsoboroff - Jacob Soboroff on Twitter  

Assemblymember Wendy Carillo - home page

Color The Water - home page

America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston - PBS

“Berkeley became first US city to ban natural gas. Here's what that may mean for the future,” by Susie Cagle, The Guardian

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