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Disrupted

'America Outdoors' host Baratunde Thurston on names, nature and 'How to Citizen'

By Kevin Chang Barnum,
Wayne Edwards, Khalilah Brown-Dean, Meg Dalton, Catie Talarski
Published October 4, 2023 at 12:23 PM EDT
A photo of Baratunde Thurston wearing a gray shirt and standing in front of a background of green leaves.
Mathieu Young
Baratunde Thurston hosts America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston. He says we have forgotten that we are a part of nature.

Baratunde Thurston is a bestselling author, has been nominated for an Emmy and gave a TED Talk that now has over a million views on YouTube. He's also the host of the PBS series 'America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston.' This hour, Baratunde opens up about everything from from doubting himself while attending an elite private school to the need for a rebirth of democracy. And he explains how America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston has shaped the way he relates to people and other parts of the natural world.

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Special thanks to our interns Lateshia Peters and Joey Morgan.

Disrupted is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.

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Kevin Chang Barnum
Kevin Chang Barnum is a producer for Connecticut Public Radio’s weekly show Disrupted. Kevin grew up in Connecticut and started his radio work at his graduate university’s radio station, KUCI. He has also worked for HRN, a network of food and beverage podcasts.
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Wayne Edwards
Wayne Edwards is a freelance producer at Connecticut Public contributing to multi-platform productions, including ‘Disrupted’, ‘Where Art Thou?’, and ‘Cutline in the Community’.

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Khalilah Brown-Dean
Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar at Wesleyan University, author, and host of 'Disrupted' on Connecticut Public.
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Meg Dalton
Meg Dalton is the director of audio storytelling and talk shows for Connecticut Public where she oversees the station’s talk shows and podcasts, including the limited series 'In Absentia'.
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Catie Talarski
Catie Talarski was a senior director of storytelling and radio programming at Connecticut Public.
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Funding provided by:
The Connecticut Office of Film, Television and Digital Media

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