Thursday May 4, 2017 I participated in a storytelling event at HousingWorks Bookstore in Manhattan. The title was "Teach Me You Did" and was a celebration of Star Wars Day, Teacher Appreciation Week, and the resistance. I shared the story of a

I read a 1993 article about my high school getting the internet

Jun 26th, 2015 8m 53s

Happy throwback Thursday all. In this post I read an article I wrote in Horizon, the school newspaper of the Sidwell Friends upper school. The article is from September 8, 1993. For more audio recordings of people reading articles out loud, vis

I read @jason calacanis essay on the next twitter CEO out loud for no discernible reason

Jun 18th, 2015 23m

I read @jason calacanis essay on the next twitter CEO out loud for no discernible reason. Article in print is here http://calacanis.com/2015/06/17/what-i-would-do-if-i-were-ceo-of-twitter-a-seven-part-plan/

Testing New Podcast: What I Would Have Said On TakePart Live If We Had More Time

Oct 28th, 2014 18m 52s

I'm now one of three co-hosts on TakePart Live (http://takepart.com/live) on the new TV network, Pivot. Every day, Jacob Soboroff, Meghan McCain and I deliver and debate news, and because it's TV, we run out of time! So consider this my extende

#TheConfessional: An emotional post-viewing discussion of #FruitvaleStation, The #OscarGrant Film

Jul 11th, 2013 20m 33s

Fruitvale Station is the fictional account of an all too true story of the murder of Oscar Grant by Bay Area Rapid Transit police. I recorded this episode of the podcast moments after seeing an advanced screening of the film on Wednesday July 1

#TheConfessional: @Baratunde performs enhanced audio version of #Unplug Fast Company cover story

Jun 19th, 2013 42m 20s

In this special edition, I perform an audio version of my cover story in the July/August 2013 issue of Fast Company magazine. There's added perspective, commentary, and thanks included here.

#TheConfessional: My Report On An Emotionally Exhausting Visit To Boston

Apr 23rd, 2013 28m 6s

I lived in the Boston area for 12 years. In this episode I talk about my remote experience of the manhunt, decision to host a special Whiskey Friday on Saturday in Cambridge, and reflect on militarized police and fears if immigrants.

The Confessional: Flying With Congestion And A Week In San Francisco

Apr 2nd, 2013 10m 52s

The Confessional: Flying With Congestion And A Week In San Francisco by baratunde

the confessional with baratunde: this is what #sxsw sounds like

Mar 16th, 2013 13m

This is the sound of a man returned from the conference circuit of TED, SXSW and F.ounders. In this confessional, I recap some of the happenings at SXSW and talk a bit about the controversy surrounding The Onion's Oscar night tweeting. Also I'm