EP 112 October 31, 2016

Comedy and Code - Part II Baratunde Thurston

We talk to Baratunde Thurston about how he brought together product development and comedy in his recent role at the Daily Show, how he uses coding and technology as tools, and how we should balance our responsibility as coders with having fun.

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Baratunde Thurston

Comedian, Writer, Activist

Baratunde Thurston is a futurist comedian, writer, and activist who wrote the New York Times best-seller How To Be Black and has been an executive at both The Onion and The Daily Show. He currently operates as an independent rabble rouser, hosts the Comedy Hack Day event series and is a correspondent with NatGeo’s Explorer series. Photo courtesy of Stuart Tracte.

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In part two of our interview with comedian Baratunde Thurston, we talk about how he brought together product development and comedy to create entertaining apps in his recent role at the Daily Show, how he uses coding and technology as tools in the many unique positions he’s held, and how we should balance our coding responsibility with the simple goal of having fun.

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