Science Channel and Popular Science magazine announced the addition comedian-writer Baratunde Thurston as host of the new television series Popular Science’s Future Of. Through in-depth interviews with creative inventors, unconventional scientists and talented entrepreneurs, as well as hands-on experience with their astonishing prototypes, Thurston will guide viewers five, ten, 15 or 25 years into the future with a rare glimpse at how the technological breakthroughs of today are destined to reshape our lives tomorrow.
Currently, Thurston serves as the web editor for The Onion, and writes for The Huffington Post. He was nominated for the Bill Hicks Award for Thought Provoking Comedy by the New York Underground Comedy Festival.