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Love Is a Verb, and Our 250-Year Relationship: Esther Perel + Me Live

A conversation with Esther Perel on interdependence, civic intimacy, and AI

Feb 11 • Baratunde Thurston and Esther Perel

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Seeing Is No Longer Believing

ICE, deepfakes, and how to know what's real with Sam Gregory

Published on Life With Machines • Feb 3

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Minnesotans are Revealing ICE as the British in this American Patriot Moment

History can help, if we remember + Benito slays

Feb 3 • Baratunde Thurston

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January 2026

Palm Springs Black History Month Flag Raising

Something positive and non-stupid for your feeds

Jan 31 • Baratunde Thurston

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You Can't Stop ICE By Ignoring Stephen Miller

Alex Pretti's murder has triggered a huge backlash against America's Gestapo, but as long as Miller remains in charge of US immigration policy, there…

Published on The Connector • Jan 28

Minnesota is Standing For Us All

Where we are, where we've been, and where we go next

Jan 26 • Baratunde Thurston

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December 2025

A Declaration of Interdependence (Live Reading + Conversation)

Indigenous wisdom, modern crisis, and what might come next

Dec 18, 2025 • Baratunde Thurston

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November 2025

Ep. 6 American Revolution Finale Warns of Trump

The Revolution Continues & My Deep Dive into Indigenous Democracy

Nov 28, 2025 • Baratunde Thurston

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Ep. 5 - Washington is "The Town Destroyer" in The American Revolution

Nine must-see minutes, glimpses of the America that could be, and my favorite pirate

Nov 24, 2025 • Baratunde Thurston

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What Gen. Stanley McChrystal told me about Trump deploying troops to U.S. cities

He cited The Revolutionary War

Nov 22, 2025 • Baratunde Thurston

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Episode 4 of The American Revolution

Indian land as a recruitment bonus + vive la France!

Nov 21, 2025 • Baratunde Thurston

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Episode 3 of The American Revolution

Hot take on General Howe + PA's radical constitution and more

Nov 20, 2025 • Baratunde Thurston

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