Baratunde Thurston describes his experiences as a Black man in nature and the influence his mother had on his positive outlook. He’s a comedian, writer, tech guru, and the host of How to Citizen with Baratunde, a podcast where he reimagines the word “citizen” as a verb.

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Good Citizen is hosted by Ted Roosevelt V and produced by The Future of StoryTelling in collaboration with Charts & Leisure on behalf of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation. Learn more about T.R.’s upcoming presidential library atwww.trlibrary.com.

Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation

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Future of StoryTelling

Founder and CEO, Charles Melcher

Director, Carolyn Merriman

Producers, Alison Byrne and Sarah Vitak

Assistant Producer, Madison Brown

Charts & Leisure

Executive Producer, Jason Oberholtzer

Producer, Meghal Janardan

Editor, Garrett Crowe

Mix, Andrew Atkin

Music and Final Assembly, Michael Simonelli

With special thanks to Baratunde Thurston, Edward F. O’Keefe, Robbie Lauf, Courtland Miller, and Layla Bina.