Putin’s Terrifying “Chef”
Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian man nicknamed “Putin’s Chef” went from being a street criminal to a hot dog seller to owning a catering company that provides services to the Russian government. Oh yeah– and he’s also the head of a private military company that’s sending soldiers all over the world. ...
Pivot Q1 Quarterly Review
Kara and Scott are back with Pivot’s Quarterly Review series. They take a look at Scott’s past predictions on Alibaba, Meme Stocks, and record entrepreneurship to see how they’ve held up. Then, they get some predictions from Friends of Pivot, including Ina Fried of Axios, journalist Nicole Perlro...
Season 4: Creating a Culture of Democracy
The podcast for people tired of tuning into bad news is back with a fourth season and brand new ways to interpret the word “citizen” as a verb! This season we’re asking, how can the practice of “citizening,” in ways big and small, create a dope culture of democracy?
We’re getting practical, sha...
Puck You
Oops. Well, for the first time in over a year - I dropped the ball. Okay, in the case of this week's episode, the puck. Guess that's fitting given the general theme this week. DON'T BE SO FUCKING SERIOUS.
Took a minute and looked back at the most recent episodes and ... holy shit. It's been a h...
Season 3: Using Tech to Citizen
Season three of How To Citizen with Baratunde is all about tech. Launching October 28th, we’re bringing you the people using technology for more than revenue and user growth. They are using it to help us citizen.
We don’t have to live in the futures shown in Terminator, Black Mirror, or Westworl...
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 Matters, about how we can use gatherings as a tool for strengthening our relationships by doing thing...
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 to seed something different? Baratunde talks with Princeton professor and founding director of th...
A New Shape for the Economy (Kate Raworth)
It’s no secret that our economy only works for a select few. But what would our economy look like if we prioritized people and the planet, instead of profit? Economist Kate Raworth says it might look like a doughnut and to build it requires changing how we talk about, teach, and imagine economics...
Puck You
We are the Un-Scripted podcast. The Podcast where we plan nothing and say everything.The hockey analogy of leadership development. The more shots you take on goal the more goals you are bound to make. Don't give up! Keep investing in yourself. Learn, grow, change and repeat. Gisele talks ab...
Love is a Renewable Resource (Nsé Ufot)
We all know that voting alone won’t save democracy. But it does help…a lot. No one understands that better than voting rights organizer Nsé Ufot. She’s the former CEO of the New Georgia Project, where she leveraged technology and culture to register 600,000+ new voters. Nsé and Baratunde talk abo...
