Podcasts Culture Nerdette Baratunde Thurston On Comedy, Race, And Uncomfortable Conversations

Baratunde Thurston On Comedy, Race, And Uncomfortable Conversations

Published: March 28, 2016, 4:57 p.m.

Our guest is Baratunde Thurston, who runs digital for\xa0The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. He's also got a podcast called\xa0About Race\xa0and is the author of\xa0How to Be Black. He joins us to talk about the role of comedy in uncomfortable conversations about race and politics, the presidential campaign, and what it's like to work on\xa0The Daily Show. Then, a nerd confession FULL of 90's memorabilia.