Baratunde Thurston
| Baratunde Rafiq Thurston | |
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 Baratunde Rafiq Thurston |
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| Born | September 11, 1977 Washington, D.C., USA |
| Occupation | Comedian, author |
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| http://www.baratunde.com | |
Baratunde Rafiq Thurston (born September 11, 1977 in Washington, D.C.) is an American comedian based in Boston and New York City. He is a graduate of Sidwell Friends School and a cum laude graduate of Harvard University.
Thurston is the author of three self-published books:
- Better than Crying: Poking Fun at Politics, the Press & Pop Culture (2004)
- Keep Jerry Falwell Away from My Oreo Cookies (2005)
- Thank You Congressional Pages (For Being So Damn Sexy!) (2006)
As part of Laughing Liberally, Thurston emceed the YearlyKos convention in 2006[1] and also appeared in 2007.[2]
Thurston has contributed to the Huffington Post[3] and the Weekly Dig.[4] More recently Thurston has become a semi-regular panelist on the podcast this Week in Tech with Leo Laporte.
Thurston began hosting the Popular Science's Future Of television show on the Science Channel in August 2009.[5]
Thurston is currently the Web Editor at The Onion.
He is writing his fourth book, due in early 2011, entitled How to Be Black, to be published by HarperCollins.
[edit] External links
- Baratunde Thurston's web site
- Keep Jerry Falwell Away from My Oreo Cookies
- Thank You Congressional Pages (For Being So Damn Sexy!)
- Baratunde Thurston on The Young Turks
- Baratunde makes an appearance in The Onion
[edit] References
- ^ "PoliticsTV entry covering the 2006 YearlyKos". July 14, 2006. http://www.politicstv.com/blog/?p=363. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ Jeff Zeleny (August 5, 2007). "Democratic Candidates Spar at 'Netroots' Forum". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/us/politics/05dems.html. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ "Huffington Post blog posts by Thurston". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/baratunde-thurston. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ "Search for 'Baratunde Thurston' on Weekly Dig". http://www.weeklydig.com/search/node/baratunde+thurston. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ "Baratunde Thurston: Correspondent of the Future". http://www.popsci.com/events-and-promotions/article/2009-08/baratunde-thurston-correspondent-future. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
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