How to tell your own story with Baratunde Thurston

Worklife with Adam Grant

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4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Baratunde Thurston is an Emmy-nominated writer, activist and comedian. Whether it’s through his witty and thoughtful work at The Onion or The Daily Show, or via in-depth reflections in a New York Times best-selling book or a hit podcast, Baratunde is adept at addressing complex ideas with compelling stories and serious issues with levity. Baratunde speaks with Adam about the evolution of his communication style, shares ideas on what kind of storytelling actually moves the needle for an audience, and discusses the surprising ways in which he’s rethinking his approach to AI. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:08.8	Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.
0:10.4	Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the Science of What Makes Us Tick.
0:14.4	I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating
0:17.7	people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
0:26.4	My guest today is Baratunde Thurston.
0:28.7	He's an Emmy-nominated writer, cultural critic, comedian, and bestselling author.
0:33.5	He's worked for the Onion, produced for the Daily Show, he hosts the podcast How to
0:38.1	Citizen, and the TV Show America Outdoors, and he writes at puck.news on tech, race,
0:44.6	democracy, climate, and culture.
0:47.1	Wow.
0:48.1	Baratunde is also one of my favorite speakers.
0:51.0	He's earned more standing ovation than I can count.
0:54.0	Here's a little taste of him at Ted.
0:56.8	My parents gave me an extraordinary name.
1:01.4	Baratunde, Rafique, Thurston.
1:06.0	Now Baratunde is based on a Euro-Baname from Nigeria, but we're not Nigeria.
1:11.5	That's just how black my mom was.
1:14.5	Rafique is an Arabic name, but we are not Arabs.
1:17.9	My mom just wanted me to have difficulty boarding planes in the 21st century.
1:25.0	So, I think the last time we saw each other was about a year ago in California.
1:32.9	Yes.
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