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Baratunde Thurston - Emmy-Nominated Host, Writer & Podcaster; Author, "How To Be Black"

Baratunde Thurston

Profile updated January 7, 2026
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Baratunde Thurston Gets His Own PBS Show (Exclusive) – The ...

Mar 24, 2021 ... The writer, activist and comedian will host a new, six-part PBS series, America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston. The show will follow him on an ...

'The Daily Show With Trevor Noah' Hires Baratunde Thurston to ...

Fans will have access to more content across multiple platforms and devices.

The Daily Show's Baratunde Thurston on comedy in the age of Trump

But in 2016, Jon Stewart isn't leading the way anymore. ... Baratunde Thurston was hired last year to join Noah as supervising producer in charge of digital ...

Books by Baratunde Thurston

How to Be Black - Book by Baratunde Thurston

How to Be Black” (2012)

The Onion’s Baratunde Thurston shares his 30-plus years of expertise in being black, with helpful essays like “How to Be the Black Friend,” “How to Speak for All Black People,” “How To Celebrate Black History Month,” and more, in this satirical guide to race issues—written for black people and those who love them. Audacious, cunning, and razor-sharp, How to Be Black exposes the mass-media’s insidiously racist, monochromatic portrayal of black culture’s richness and variety. Fans of Stuff White People Like, This Week in Blackness, and Ending Racism in About an Hour will be captivated, uplifted, incensed, and inspired by this hilarious and powerful attack on America’s blacklisting of black culture: Baratunde Thurston’s How to Be Black.

Better Than Crying: Poking Fun at Politics, the Press & Pop Culture - Book by Baratunde Thurston

Better Than Crying: Poking Fun at Politics, the Press & Pop Culture” (2004)

At a time when polls show that two-thirds of Americans think George W. Bush is doing a great job running the country, comedian Baratunde Thurston says, "The other one-third can read."That one-third will want to read Better Than Crying, a collection of humor essays, articles and jokes focused on American politics, the media and pop culture. With fascinating revelations such as the day Dick Cheney died, what goes on inside the house of boy band O-Town and how John Ashcroft will use pork plantations in the war on terror, Better Than Crying will be the funniest book released on its publication date.

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