Hey you it's me Bartune Day. Yeah, I missed you two. I know, I know. I've been very busy. I've been writing for Puck, this new media outlet. I shot a whole TV show for PBS called America Outdoors. I even left the country for a minute. When I came back, I was inspired to make this next season of How the Citizen with You. In previous seasons, we dug deep into the systems of technology and economics and reckoned with
our relationship to them as citizens. In this, our fourth season, we're far from the surface, deep in the soil where these systems take root. This show has always been based on interpreting the word citizen as a verb. We believe that the citizen is to show up and participate, invest in relationships, understand power, and value the collective. Now, it's one thing to talk about these as principles. It's a whole another thing to practice them. How do you do
that day to day? Where you're at right now? How can the practice of citizening in ways big and small create a dope culture of democracy. We've crossed borders and disciplines to try to answer this question. That's what this whole season is about We'll look at citizen ng within teams and in sports with NBA legend and coach Steve Kerr. Connection between people is really a powerful force, whether it's a force for winning basketball games or a force for
changing society. Will explore our practice of democracy and our homes and in our hearts with Adrian Marie Brown, and I feel like we have to be able to say that, like if this ship is sinking, but we're all still alive and there's still on earth here, there's still a way to live, how quickly will we tune into that?
How quickly can we have the right conversation. We'll learn how to maintain and rebuild our communities by rethinking the way we gather with Prea Parker so and what we actually need to shared experiences where we're literally talking less. Dialogue is one form of communication, and sometimes there are so many landmines that actually what you need to remember is that there's other ways to be and we might even skip electing candidates altogether and instead conscript ourselves into
the process through citizen assemblies. With Claudia Clouds, I really feel personally a sense of disillusionment with how things work, but I also feel like we cannot give up hope that things could be different, because it's in that uncertainty around hope that motivates us into action and to say that, you know, we are all capable of making some changes, to actually do things differently, to change the way things work.
So this season we're getting practical sharing things you can try in your community, in your workplace, in your home, and within yourself to contribute to a culture of democracy. I am committed to helping us tell a better story of who we are. Whether you know me from America Outdoors, Puck, The Daily Show, MSNBC, or Twitter Rest in Peace Twitter, I hope you'll see the connective tissue. How the Citizen is the centerpiece of that work. For me, we can
citizen in every area of our lives. We just need a bit more practice, some guidance, and the belief that we can do it. I hope you'll join us in creating that new story. Listen to How the Citizen with Baritunday starting February six on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.