How To Citizen with Baratunde

We're Gonna Need Some Builders — Live in London with Jon Alexander

Recorded live at The Conduit in London in September 2024, Baratunde and Elizabeth Stewart sit down with their friend and longtime collaborator Jon Alexander, author of CITIZENS and co-host of the podc...

2026-06-12

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Sacred Lessons in Masculinity, AI, and Democracy (with Mike de la Rocha)

Sacred Lessons: Masculinity, AI, and the Great Law of Peace (with Mike de la Rocha) What if the story we inherited — that being a man, or a nation, means holding it all together alone — ...

2026-06-04

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When the Military Is in the Streets w Gen. Stan McChrystal

Baratunde returns to the How To Citizen feed with a conversation that sits right at the intersection of character, democracy, and what it means to citizen in this moment. This episode features Barat...

2025-11-27

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The true story of who we really are

This is our wrap of our Week of Citizening that I've been doing with Jon Alexander. We found 8 stories from across the U.S. — across sectors, communities, and divides — where people are co...

2025-05-01

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We Know how to Rebuild Our Democracy - final story

There is a model for how we rebuild and heal after the human-made disaster being inflicted on the USA right now. Welcome to Dena Heals—a mutual aid marketplace and wellness center born in the af...

2025-04-22

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How we gather is how we citizen

We head to Eliot, Maine, where a multiracial, multidisciplinary group of artists have reimagined what a conference can be. At SeaCHANGE, creativity isn’t an afterthought—it’s the sta...

2025-04-21

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Don't Wait for New Leaders. BECOME Them

Today we bring you Story #6 in our Week of Citizening. We’ve already shown you how people are rethinking democracy through libraries, labor, and school boards. Now we’r...

2025-04-20

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We found the Anti-DOGE in Chicago

Today, we head to Chicago, where a civic gathering called Chi Hack Night is bringing technologists, designers, policy nerds, and everyday residents together to build a better city. Access to visuals...

2025-04-18

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People Know What They Need

We’re told some people just need to be saved. But what people really need is to be needed. This community of young single mothers in Lexington, Kentucky reveals a version of this story. Full v...

2025-04-18

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Can a School Board Teach Us to Overcome Division?

We’re told America is hopelessly divided. But zoom in—like, say, to a school board in South Central Pennsylvania—and a different story emerges. Full video viewing options for ...

2025-04-17

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A Tax Day Message about Layoffs With Consent

It’s Tax Day in the U.S., a moment when many of us think about how we fund collective life. So today’s story? It’s about layoffs — but not the kind we’ve come to expect. ...

2025-04-16

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Libraries Are Hubs for Citizening - Story 1

Watch this first video story from the Week of Citizening on Instagram or LinkedIn: https://newsletter.baratunde.com/p/1st-story-libraries-are-hubs-for?r=204q7 What if every library in the world was ...

2025-04-15

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We're Back (Kind of) with More Stories All Week

It's been almost two years, and I (Baratunde) am back with an experimental drop because democracy is something we DO, not something we HAVE (or don't), and this moment calls for that reminder. So... ...

2025-04-15

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BONUS: Baratunde On Peril and Promise of AI

Welcome to a special bonus episode of How To Citizen. We are sharing Baratunde's appearance on the What Could Go Right? podcast, created by The Progress Network. Baratunde discusses technology, and sp...

2023-05-25

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Citizening at The Source (Sam Rader)

So much of the conversation around democracy focuses on the external: from elections and policy to protests and organizing. While getting active is important...what could happen if we ALSO turn inward...

2023-04-27

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First, You Bring Them Cake (Christian Vanizette)

There’s no shortage of volunteer opportunities or organizations offering them. But how often are the communities meant to benefit from all of this volunteer work determining what help is truly needed,...

2023-04-20

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A How to Citizen Huddle (Coach Steve Kerr & Friends)

Whether you’re a sports fanatic, or you’ve never stepped foot on a court or field—there’s a lot we can learn about citizening from the lens of coaches and athletes. To show us how sports can help us w...

2023-04-13

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Fewer Debates, More Dunk Tanks (Priya Parker)

How we gather matters. A lot. And what is a nation but a big ol’ gathering of gatherings? Baratunde talks with Priya Parker, facilitator and author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matt...

2023-04-06

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To End Conflict, We Must Transform It (Tim Phillips)

The intensifying political division and violence in our country is concerning — but it’s not unique. And few know that better than Tim Phillips. For 30 years, his organization Beyond Conflict has been...

2023-03-30

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Justice Begins with Imagination (Ruha Benjamin)

According to Ruha Benjamin, we’re living inside someone else’s imagination. An imagination that limits our ability to build a more just, liberated world. So, how do we take back our agency and begin ...

2023-03-23

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