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How to Celebrate America’s Big Awkward Birthday Party
Join me, Valarie Kaur, and carriers of the best American story you haven’t heard
 • Baratunde Thurston
Our AI Co-Producer Lied, Then Got Nominated for a Webby
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Hamnet is the Best movie of 2026.
And Sinners is the best of 2025. HAPPY OSCARS WEEKENDvoice
 • Baratunde Thurston
Kristi Noem More, Texas Voter Suppression, and November is Coming
I joined Miles Taylor and Xander Schultz on Defiance Daily
 • Baratunde Thurston and Miles Taylor
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Counter-programming War with Peace and a true history of democracy
A message of One Heart and One Mind for all right now
 • Baratunde Thurston
When The U.S. Goes To War... Consume Non-U.S. News
Watch your media diet in these times
 • Baratunde Thurston
Love Is a Verb, and Our 250-Year Relationship: Esther Perel + Me Live
A conversation with Esther Perel on interdependence, civic intimacy, and AI
 • Baratunde Thurston and Esther Perel
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Baratunde Thurston unfiltered. Telling it like it is and the way it should be on politics and pop culture, with jokes and occasional drinks.
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