Baratunde Thurston Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family

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Baratunde Thurston is an American comedian, writer, producer, and political commentator. He is the former director of digital for The Onion and the author of the New York Times bestseller How to Be Black. He is the host of the podcast How To Citizen with Baratunde and the co-host of the podcast We're Having a Moment with Baratunde and Nico. He is also the founder of Cultivated Wit, a creative consultancy that helps organizations use humor and technology to engage audiences. Thurston was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in the nearby suburb of Silver Spring, Maryland. He attended Sidwell Friends School and Harvard University, where he earned a degree in philosophy and government. Thurston began his career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1990s. He has appeared on Comedy Central, The Late Show with David Letterman, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He was a regular contributor to The Onion and served as the director of digital for the publication from 2005 to 2013. In 2012, Thurston released his first book, How to Be Black, which became a New York Times bestseller. He has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Wired. Thurston is a frequent speaker at conferences and universities, and has been featured in The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and Fast Company. He is a board member of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Popular AsBaratunde Rafiq Thurston
OccupationComedian, author
Age46 years old
Zodiac SignVirgo
Born11 September, 1977
Birthday11 September
BirthplaceWashington, D.C., U.S.
NationalityUnited States

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On August 27, 2015, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah announced that Thurston had been named supervising producer, overseeing original digital content.

Thurston was born in Washington, D.C. He grew up on the intersection of 14th and Newton Streets in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington. His father was killed when he was young and his mother worked in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. He has an older sister. In junior high, his mother and he moved to a suburban black neighborhood in Maryland. Thurston was educated at the Sidwell Friends School and Harvard University where he graduated with a degree in Philosophy.

Thurston was the Director of Digital at The Onion, until May 2012, and co-founded the black political blog JackAndJillPolitics.com. The name of the blog builds on the name of the African American children's social organization, Jack and Jill of America.

Thurston began hosting the Popular Science's Future Of television show on the Science Channel in August 2009.

As part of Laughing Liberally, Thurston emceed the YearlyKos convention in 2006 and also appeared in 2007.

Baratunde Rafiq Thurston (/ˌ b æ r ə ˈ t uː n d eɪ / ; born September 11, 1977) is an American writer, comedian, and commentator. Thurston co-founded the black political blog Jack and Jill Politics, whose coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention was archived in the Library Of Congress, and was director of digital for The Onion. In 2012, his book How to be Black became a New York Times bestseller.

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