Lives That Speak

Bryan Garman and Sidwell Friends’ director of Equity, Justice, and Community, Natalie Randolph, sat down with Baratunde Thurston ‘95, to talk about the individuals and events that shaped Baratunde and explore the important role of humor in healing our divided society.

Show Notes

On this episode of the School’s Lives That Speak podcast, we hear from Baratunde Thurston ’95, the best-selling author, comic, and host of the podcasts How to Citizen and We’re Having a Moment. With the inauguration of the 46th president, the nation seems poised for positive change. Thurston embraces that thirst for change and explains how to manifest it. Because the stories we tell—through both comedy and pain, in both public and private—come to define the kind of world we live in, every person has the extraordinary power to make a better world. If, that is, they choose to tap into that power.

TED Talk - How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time: https://www.baratunde.com/livingwhileblack
How to Citizen: https://www.baratunde.com/howtocitizen
We’re Having a Moment: https://www.baratunde.com/wham

Purchase the Book “How To Be Black: https://bookshop.org/books/how-to-be-black/9780062003225

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Follow Baratunde on  Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube: @baratunde

What is Lives That Speak?

In this podcast series, we share stories of how alumni let their lives speak and the unexpected twists and tales of life after Sidwell Friends.