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 specifically generative artificial intelligenc

Citizening at The Source (Sam Rader)

Apr 27th, 2023 1h 13m

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 inwards? When we shift our relationship with our i

First, You Bring Them Cake (Christian Vanizette)

Apr 20th, 2023 57m 28s

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, and which issues are most pressing? Christi

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

Apr 13th, 2023 38m 28s

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 with teamwork, discipline, and a sense of pla

Fewer Debates, More Dunk Tanks (Priya Parker)

Apr 6th, 2023 1h 6m

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 to

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

Mar 30th, 2023 1h 25m

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 bringing people from opposing sides of viol

Justice Begins with Imagination (Ruha Benjamin)

Mar 23rd, 2023 52m 21s

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

A New Shape for the Economy (Kate Raworth)

Mar 16th, 2023 51m 47s

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 cha

DAO-mocracy (Alex Zhang)

Mar 9th, 2023 1h 25m

Imagine if the members of your group chat shared more than memes but also shared a bank account, or if the early users of a social media app helped decide how that app grew, made money, and moderated content. How does the group make decisions a

Democracy without Politicians (Claudia Chwalisz)

Mar 2nd, 2023 1h 8m

Instead of electing politicians to represent us…what if we just represented ourselves? Peer to peer. Neighbor to neighbor. Baratunde talks with Claudia Chwalisz about citizens’ assemblies—groups randomly-selected by lottery that are shifting po

Love is a Renewable Resource (Nsé Ufot)

Feb 23rd, 2023 1h 1m

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 reg

Crafting a Citizen Story (Jon Alexander)

Feb 16th, 2023 1h 10m

The stories we’re told & tell about ourselves shape the ways we act and how we citizen. And the story we’ve been living in for decades now is one of consumerism and self-interest. Baratunde talks with reformed ad-man and author of CITIZENS: Why

Democracy, Fractals, and Sci-fi (adrienne maree brown)

Feb 16th, 2023 1h 29m

Saving our democracy isn’t just about registering people to vote, ending gerrymandering, and so on. It’s about getting back to the basics of living together well through micro, everyday moments. To kick off season four of the show, Baratunde ta

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Season 4: Creating a Culture of Democracy

Feb 9th, 2023 3m 45s

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

BONUS: Homelessness Is Solvable (with Aras Jizan)

Feb 18th, 2022 1h 15m

In this bonus episode, Baratunde learns how data, well-defined goals, and a sense of collective ownership are helping those at the front lines of America’s housing crisis work to solve, not manage, homelessness. His partner in conversation is A

Those We’ve Left Behind (with Shaka Senghor & Teresa Hodge)

Dec 30th, 2021 54m 48s

Baratunde asks how can we citizen with tech when we disconnect millions from technology and from society as a whole by incarcerating them? He closes the season in conversation with two people who’ve served time for felony convictions and are no

Blockchain Chickens and Empathetic Tech Workers (with Xiaowei Wang)

Dec 23rd, 2021 48m 1s

Baratunde is reminded that “tech companies” are really just people and asks what it would mean for tech employees to think critically about their work and its impact and use that power to remake the industry from the ground up? He talks with Xi

When The Data Is Us (with Krystal Tsosie)

Dec 16th, 2021 48m 48s

Baratunde continues his journey to discover how we can embed more justice into the data driving our increasingly automated lives and focuses on the most intimate data there is: our DNA. He talks with Krystal Tsosie, an indigenous geneticist, an

Arsenic in My Muffins (with Kasia Chmielinski)

Dec 9th, 2021 37m 7s

Baratunde knows what is healthy to eat or not, thanks to the required nutrition labels on our food. But how do we know the ingredients in the algorithms and AI we depend on are safe to use? Baratunde speaks with Kasia Chmielinksi about the Data

Defending Our Collective Psyche (with Sander van der Linden)

Dec 2nd, 2021 46m 52s

Can we inoculate ourselves against misinformation and conspiracy theories in the way we do for infectious diseases? Instead of debunking, can we “pre-bunk?” Sander van der Linden, co-founder of Inoculation Science, has created games that offer

Can Tech Save the Literal World? (with Jamie Margolin)

Nov 25th, 2021 39m 44s

Baratunde connects with Gen-Z author and climate activist Jamie Margolin, to see how this next generation is using tech to save the planet. He was surprised more than once by this 19-year-old’s perspective. She is the founder of This Is Zero Ho

Fast, Fair, Fun (with Digital Minister Audrey Tang)

Nov 18th, 2021 48m 51s

After a life of civic hacking outside the system through efforts like vTaiwan, Audrey Tang, now Digital Minister of Taiwan, speaks with Baratunde about how to use digital tools to include people in more direct, participatory, democratic practic

Circles in a World Made for Triangles (with Pia Mancini)

Nov 11th, 2021 41m 44s

Baratunde learns more about experiments in digital democracy. He speaks with Pia Mancini, cofounder of Open Collective, a platform empowering collectives and mutual aid groups with new transparent, decentralized financial tools that make local

Move Slow and Fix Things (with Esra’a Al Shafei)

Nov 4th, 2021 35m 19s

Esra’a is a Bahrani human rights activist and founder of Majal, a multiplatform organization that amplifies underrepresented voices in the Middle East and North Africa. She works collaboratively with technologists and designers across the world

Public Parks and Re-creation (with Eli Pariser)

Oct 28th, 2021 39m 31s

Right now we interact with the public more online than offline. But these digital spaces are not designed with our collective wellbeing in mind. Baratunde speaks with Eli Pariser, Co-founder of New_Public, about how we are missing intentionally