Code Switch
What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor. We explore how race affects every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, food and everything in between. This podcast makes all of us part of the conversation — because we're all part of the story. Code Switch was named Apple Podcasts' first-ever Show of the Year in 2020.Want to level up your Code Switch game? Try Code Switch Plus. Your subscription supports the show and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/codeswitch
'Where We Come From': By Any Other Name
Jun 27 2021
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The 'little r' racist idea that swung the election
Nov 27 2024
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1866
When Pretendian investigations go wrong
Nov 20 2024
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1673
The day Trump won...again
Nov 13 2024
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2102
You can't outrun voters' feelings about the economy
Nov 06 2024
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1418
The online communities pushing Black male voters to the right
Oct 30 2024
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2487
Spitting on Andrew Jackson's Grave with Rebecca Nagle
Oct 23 2024
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2015
In Michigan, Arab Americans weigh the power of a vote
Oct 16 2024
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2502
Ask Code Switch: Am I the "token" at work?
Oct 14 2024
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689
Two Palestinian writers on the right to share their stories
Oct 09 2024
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1999
Ask Code Switch: Is it a preference or fetish?
Oct 07 2024
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809
The Trump campaign strategy to demonize Haitian immigrants
Oct 02 2024
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2013
Ask Code Switch: Is picky eating about taste or race?
Sep 30 2024
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805
Latinos are moving to the far right. Paola Ramos thinks she knows why
Sep 25 2024
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1989
Ask Code Switch: Do bike lanes cause gentrification?
Sep 23 2024
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745
Fighting back on book bans
Sep 18 2024
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1787
Ask Code Switch: The racial politics of washing dishes?
Sep 16 2024
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796
The park. Sunday. Queens, New York.
Sep 11 2024
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2301
Ask Code Switch: Is this a racist question?
Sep 09 2024
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779
Going back to school with schizoaffective disorder
Sep 04 2024
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1833
What James Baldwin can teach us about Israel, and ourselves
Aug 28 2024
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2367
Black praise in white pews: When your church doesn't love you back
Aug 21 2024
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2296
Race, Romance and Reality TV
Aug 14 2024
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2034
Who's "woman" enough: The long history of sex testing in sports
Aug 09 2024
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2431
The beauty and entitlement of traveling as a tourist
Aug 07 2024
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1953
'Not a badge of honor': how book bans affect Indigenous literature
Jul 31 2024
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2057
Kamala Harris, Revisited
Jul 26 2024
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2452
The return of the U.S.'s oldest drag king
Jul 24 2024
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1863
Honoring my enslaved ancestors: Episode 2
Jul 17 2024
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2059
Honoring my enslaved ancestors: Episode 1
Jul 10 2024
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2048
How one event in history can ripple through generations of a family
Jul 03 2024
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2700
The truth and lies behind one of the most banned books in America
Jun 26 2024
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1866
Some freed people actually received '40 acres and a mule.' Then it got taken away.
Jun 24 2024
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The history of trans misogyny is the history of segregation
Jun 19 2024
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2187
Should we stop using the word "felon"?
Jun 12 2024
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2038
100 years of immigration policies working to keep out immigrants
Jun 05 2024
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2552
White evangelical Christians are some of Israel's biggest supporters. Why?
May 29 2024
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2297
Falling in love in a time of colonization
May 22 2024
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1872
Why the trope of the 'outside agitator' persists
May 15 2024
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1861
In 'Chicano Frankenstein,' the undead are the new underpaid labor force
May 08 2024
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2039
Exclusion, resilience and the Chinese American experience on 'Mott Street'
May 01 2024
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1862
How Jewish Communities Are Divided Over Support of Israel
Apr 24 2024
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2462
The Rise and Fall of the Panama Canal
Apr 17 2024
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1926
Reflecting on the legacy of O.J. Simpson
Apr 12 2024
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1023
How Frederick Douglass launched generations of Black and Irish solidarity
Apr 10 2024
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1917
WTF does race have to do with taxes?
Apr 03 2024
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1814
Who does language belong to? A fight over the Lakota Language
Mar 27 2024
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2353
Getting let down by the 'Great Expectations' of electoral politics
Mar 20 2024
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1063
In the world of medicine, race-based diagnoses are more than skin deep
Mar 13 2024
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2012
This conspiracy theory about eating bugs is also about race
Mar 06 2024
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1970
'Where We Come From': By Any Other Name
Code Switch
What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor. We explore how race affects every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, food and everything in between. This podcast makes all of us part of the conversation — because we're all part of the story. Code Switch was named Apple Podcasts' first-ever Show of the Year in 2020.
Want to level up your Code Switch game? Try Code Switch Plus. Your subscription supports the show and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/codeswitch
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