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Baratunde Thurston (Baratunde Rafiq Thurston) was born on 11 September, 1977 in Washington, D.C., U.S., is an American comedian. Discover Baratunde Thurston's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?

Popular As Baratunde Rafiq Thurston
Occupation Comedian, author
Age 46 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 11 September 1977
Birthday 11 September
Birthplace Washington, D.C., U.S.
Nationality United States

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Baratunde Thurston Net Worth

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1977

Baratunde Rafiq Thurston (born September 11, 1977) is an American writer, comedian, and commentator.

2006

As part of Laughing Liberally, Thurston emceed the YearlyKos convention in 2006 and also appeared in 2007.

Thurston has contributed to HuffPost and the Weekly Dig.

More recently, Thurston has become a semi-regular panelist on the podcast This Week in Tech with Leo Laporte.

2008

Thurston co-founded the black political blog Jack and Jill Politics, whose coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention was archived in the Library of Congress, and was director of digital for The Onion.

2009

Thurston began hosting the Popular Science's Future Of television show on the Science Channel in August 2009.

2012

In 2012, his book How to Be Black became a New York Times bestseller.

Thurston was the Director of Digital at The Onion, until May 2012, and co-founded the black political blog JackAndJillPolitics.com.

The name of the blog builds on the name of the African American children's social organization, Jack and Jill of America.

His fourth book, entitled How to Be Black (HarperCollins ISBN 978-0-06-200321-8) was released on February 1, 2012, the first day of Black History Month, and is described as incorporating "satirical self-help" along with personal memoir, subjects from gardening to computers, and is "a practical guidebook for anyone looking to befriend or work with a black person, become the next black president or challenge anyone who says they speak for all black people."

2014

Thurston was born in Washington, D.C. He grew up at the intersection of 14th and Newton Streets in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington.

His father was killed when he was young and his mother worked in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

He has an older sister.

In junior high, his mother and he moved to a suburban black neighborhood in Maryland.

Thurston was educated at the Sidwell Friends School and Harvard University where he graduated with a degree in Philosophy.

2015

On August 27, 2015, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah announced that Thurston had been named supervising producer, overseeing original digital content.

2020

On June 23, 2020, Thurston announced his podcast, We're Having A Moment.

He began hosting a six-part travelogue series on PBS called America Outdoors in July 2022.