Baratunde Thurston
31 years old
Somerville, MA
Male
About
From the moment he greets the crowd, Baratunde is unforgettable. "My full name is Baratunde Rafiq Thurston. Baratunde is a Nigerian name meaning 'one with no nickname.' Rafiq is an Arabic name meaning 'really, no nickname.' And Thurston is a British name meaning 'property of Massa Thurston.' It's ok if you weren't expecting that last one. Neither were we."
From here, this Harvard Philosophy graduate takes his audiences on a journey through the absurd world of American politics, media and pop culture, having turned his astute political awareness into a rising career in sharp and entertaining comedy where nothing is sacred.
When so many Americans get their news from Fox, when someone like Ann Coulter can get published, and when a black man with an afro still can't walk down the street without white people touching it, it's time to call on this comedian, author and self-described "vigilante pundit."
Baratunde has been nominated for the Bill Hicks Award for Thought Provoking Comedy, featured in the New York Underground Comedy Festival and declared a Champion of the First Amendment by Iowa State University. He has appeared in media outlets such as C-SPAN, The Washington Times, public radio and Fox News Boston. He performs regularly in New York and Boston and is the author of three books, the most recent of which is "Thank You Congressional Pages, For Being So Damn Sexy."
If you are a fan of Al Franken, Jon Stewart or the Bill of Rights, you will love Baratunde Thurston. He is not just an alternative to mainstream media. He's an antidote.
NOTABLE
- Post Election Satire Commentator, Fox25 News Boston
- Received Champion of the First Amendment Award from Iowa State University
- Nominated, Bill Hicks Award for Thought-Provoking Comedy
- Featured Act, New York Underground Comedy Festival
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Jun 12, 2008
Google Earth drink at google vodka & something green
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Jun 12, 2008
Dc from the roof of google
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- Baratunde Thurston
Jun 11, 2008
Today I'm Speaking At Google DC On Politics & Pop Culture
This afternoon, I'm speaking on a panel at Google in DC, repping the Onion. The full lineup and schedule are below.
2008: The First 21st Century Campaign
Date: June 11, 2008
Location: Google DC
Time: 2:30 pm ET - 7:00 pm ET
Overview: Gathering to highlight new tools on …
Television
South Park, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Heroes, Jericho, Frontline, 30 Rock, The Office
Books
Perdido Street Station, Never Shake Hands with a War Criminal, Dune, The Long Emergency, Ender's Game, The Dark Tower
9/9 UNITED FOR TRUTH protest rally, Jul 18, 2007:
Join our demonstration in Brussels, September 9th. We don't want to impeach Bush, we want to support the American Public that knows their next president won't be any different. We are uniting all 9/11 truth movements, monetary reformers, Amnesty, Oxfam, Greenpeace, and many more. It is the sick money system - that makes presidents like this, poverty, war, weapon and oil business possible - that needs to change! HELP US NOW!!!
Sarah LeMieux, Jun 04, 2007:
Social media platform 3 = check.
Also, 1. that's a really great bio, and 2. that's a really great book title. I'm going to go look it up on amazon.
Lungfish, May 10, 2007:
You have good taste, which isn't easy to accomplish when most everything tastes the same. Peak Oil is an idea that explains actions that seem designed to plunge as much of the world as possible into the same kind of dependence or chaos, a duality of us and them or civilized and uncivilized that does not allow for a multitude. A society reaching its end tries to reinforce a sameness, evokes a brighter cleaner past that we should return to, a golden-age where everyone was happy because everything was the same. A manufactured Peak Culture might explain the violence of suppressing anything interesting, new, or critical of any element of that sameness. oh yeah, and Ender's Game rocks.