About this podcast
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 head-on. We explore how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between. This podcast makes ALL OF US part of the conversation — because we're all part of the story. We're talking to people who have been marginalized and underrepresented for so long, who are so hungry to see themselves represented fully and with nuance and complexity, says Shereen Marisol Meraji, co-host of Code Switch, Apple Podcasts' first-ever Show of the Year for 2020. People recognize that, because we had been having these conversations for so many years in advance, we're a trusted place where they could go to better understand all the stories about race filling up their newsfeeds and social channels. Their weekly podcast launched in 2016 but truly came into its own during this historic, transformative year, as Meraji and co-host Gene Demby examine issues of racial, ethnic, and cultural identity through frank one-on-one discussions and incisive non-fiction. In a year dominated by discourse about race, this indispensable show furthered them by providing powerful and timely insight, offering diverse and empathetic personal perspectives to a broad audience. There are certain lenses that we are bringing into, both as journalists and the people that we're bringing to these stories, Demby says. But also, we are specific people with specific fascinations and broad curiosity. If we're telling these stories, you should assume that they're going to look and sound like us.
Latest episodes
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School Colors Episode 3: "The Battle of Forest Hills"
May 20, 2022
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The Utang Clan
May 18, 2022
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A tale of two school districts: the making of the Southside
May 11, 2022
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School Colors Episode 1: "There Is No Plan"
May 4, 2022
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Coming Soon: Code Switch presents 'School Colors'
May 2, 2022
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The LA Uprising, a generation later
April 27, 2022
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Race, queerness, and superpowers in 'Everything, Everywhere, All at Once'
April 20, 2022
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A makeup company gets a facelift
April 13, 2022
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A New Movement on Standing Rock
April 6, 2022
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The dance that made its way from Harlem to Sweden
March 30, 2022
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Why the N-word is so toxic
March 23, 2022
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Screams and Silence
March 16, 2022
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What's In A Dad?
March 9, 2022
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Mabel Fairbanks: The Ice Breaker
March 2, 2022
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The rise and fall of 'America's Dad'
February 23, 2022
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Can therapy solve racism?
February 16, 2022
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Humor, poetry and romance on Code Switch Live
February 9, 2022
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Bonus Episode: Consider the Lobstermen
February 7, 2022
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The 'double-edged sword' of being a Black first
February 2, 2022
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Bonus: Getting real (like, really real) with Gabrielle Union
January 30, 2022
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Playing Pretendian
January 26, 2022
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Bonus: Remembering the iconic, complicated André Leon Talley
January 23, 2022
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A whiteness that's only skin deep
January 20, 2022
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They came, they saw, they reckoned?
January 12, 2022
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Nikole Hannah-Jones on the power of collective memory
January 5, 2022
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Ask Code Switch: What Does Race Have To Do With Beauty?
December 29, 2021
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What We Watched in 2021
December 22, 2021
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Bonus Episode: The blessing and curse of the '90s Latin Pop Explosion
December 20, 2021
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What Is 'Latin Music' Anyway?
December 15, 2021
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A Glimpse At 'How The Other Half Eats'
December 8, 2021
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Imagining A World Without Prisons Or Police
December 1, 2021
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Imagining A World Without Prisons Or Police
December 1, 2021
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Ask Code Switch: Thought For Food
November 24, 2021
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'The Characters Are The Light'
November 17, 2021
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'Being Fly Is An Act Of Community'
November 10, 2021
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Love And Blood Quantum
November 3, 2021
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Ask Code Switch: Parents Just Don't Understand
October 27, 2021
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Painting By Numbers
October 20, 2021
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Painting By Numbers
October 20, 2021
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Skeletons In The Closet
October 13, 2021
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Skeletons In The Closet
October 13, 2021
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The Once And Future 'Karen'
October 6, 2021
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The Rise Of The BBL
September 29, 2021
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The Dramatic Life Of The American Teenager
September 25, 2021
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Who You Calling 'Hispanic'?
September 22, 2021
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Who You Calling 'Hispanic'?
September 22, 2021
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The Making And Remaking Of Afghanistan
September 15, 2021
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The Lost Summer
September 8, 2021
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The Folk Devil Made Me Do It
September 1, 2021
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The Folk Devil Made Me Do It
September 1, 2021
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'Seeing Ghosts' Across Generations
August 25, 2021
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Who Runs The World? Kids.
August 18, 2021
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Who Runs The World? Kids.
August 18, 2021
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Care To Explain Yourself?
August 11, 2021
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Violence That Doesn't Go Viral
August 4, 2021
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To Love And Not Forgive
July 28, 2021
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Words To Set You Free
July 21, 2021
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What Does It Mean To Be Latino? The 'Light-Skinned Privilege' Edition
July 14, 2021
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Égalité, Fraternité, And 'Libertie'
July 7, 2021
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A Good ACT To Follow
June 30, 2021
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'Where We Come From': By Any Other Name
June 27, 2021
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Ballers, Shot Callers
June 23, 2021
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A Taste Of Freedom
June 16, 2021
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The Racial Reckoning That Wasn't
June 9, 2021
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The Racial Reckoning That Wasn't
June 9, 2021
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Where Are You Really From?
June 2, 2021
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Tulsa, 100 Years Later
May 26, 2021
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Tulsa, 100 Years Later
May 26, 2021
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The Sum Of Our Parts
May 19, 2021
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The Sum Of Our Parts
May 19, 2021
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The Kid Mero Talks 'What It Means To Be Latino'
May 12, 2021
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Show Me The Money
May 5, 2021
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Live From Philly*: A Code Switch Jawn
April 28, 2021
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A Utopia For Black Capitalism
April 21, 2021
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Do The Golden Arches Bend Toward Justice?
April 14, 2021
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Do The Golden Arches Bend Toward Justice?
April 14, 2021
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Spit A Verse, Drop Some Knowledge
April 7, 2021
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Why Are We Here?
March 31, 2021
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Screams And Silence
March 24, 2021
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Lonnie Bunch And The 'Museum Of No'
March 17, 2021
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Saving A Language You're Learning To Speak
March 10, 2021
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David (Pronounced dah-VEED) Versus Goliath
March 3, 2021
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'Payback's A B****'
February 26, 2021
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A Shot In The Dark
February 24, 2021
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Becoming 'Black Moses'
February 17, 2021
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Black Kiss-tory
February 10, 2021
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Who's 'Black Enough' For Reparations?
February 3, 2021
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Stepping Out Of The Shadow Of 'Killer King'
January 27, 2021
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The Last Four Years
January 20, 2021
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From The Fringe To The Capitol
January 13, 2021
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Finding 'A Perfect Match'
January 6, 2021
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The Fire Still Burning
December 30, 2020
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From Generation To Generation
December 28, 2020
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Family Stories, Family Lies
December 23, 2020
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Black And Up In Arms
December 16, 2020
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The Books That Got Away
December 14, 2020
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Stepping Back Inside Carmen Maria Machado's 'Dream House'
December 9, 2020
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Words Of Advice
December 2, 2020
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Thank You, Next
November 25, 2020
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The White Elephants In The Room
November 19, 2020
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Claim Us If You're Famous
November 11, 2020
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We ... Don't Know Anything Yet
November 5, 2020
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An Historic Vote, Among Many
October 31, 2020
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The Latinx Vote Comes Of Age
October 28, 2020
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Is Trump Really That Racist?
October 21, 2020
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Let's Talk About Kamala Harris
October 14, 2020
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Hip-Hop, Mass Incarceration, And A Conspiracy Theory For The Ages
October 9, 2020
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A Treaty Right For Cherokee Representation
October 7, 2020
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A New Look For The Fashion Industry?
October 3, 2020
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Is It Time To Say R.I.P. To 'POC'?
September 30, 2020
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Battle Of The Books
September 23, 2020
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The Protests Heard 'Round The World
September 17, 2020
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The Kids Are All Right
September 9, 2020
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Balls And Strikes
September 3, 2020
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The United States' Pre-Existing Conditions
August 26, 2020
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Keep Your Friends Closer
August 19, 2020
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Kamala, Joe, And The Fissures In The Base
August 13, 2020
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Bonus Episode: Katrina, 15 Years Later
August 8, 2020
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The Long, Bloody Strike For Ethnic Studies
August 5, 2020
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One Korean American's Reckoning
July 29, 2020
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Un-HolyLand? An Arab Muslim Reckoning With Racism
July 22, 2020
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Remembering The 'Divine Diahann Carroll'
July 18, 2020
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What's In A 'Karen'?
July 16, 2020
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An Immune System
July 8, 2020
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We Aren't Who We Think We Are
July 2, 2020
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They Don't Say Our Names Enough
June 27, 2020
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Author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Talks 'The Undocumented Americans'
June 24, 2020
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DACA Decision: Check-In with Miriam Gonzalez
June 20, 2020
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Why Now, White People?
June 17, 2020
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Bonus Episode: 'Not Just Another Protest'
June 12, 2020
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Unmasking The 'Outside Agitator'
June 10, 2020
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A Decade Of Watching Black People Die
May 31, 2020
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Songs Giving Us (Much Needed) Life
May 27, 2020
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COVID Diaries: Jessica And Sean Apply For A Loan
May 21, 2020
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Ask Code Switch: The Coronavirus Edition
May 13, 2020
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What Does 'Hood Feminism' Mean For A Pandemic?
May 7, 2020
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When Poets Decide Who Counts
April 29, 2020
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Puerto Rico, Island Of Racial Harmony?
April 24, 2020
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The News Beyond The COVID Numbers
April 22, 2020
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Black Like Who?
April 16, 2020
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Why The Coronavirus Is Hitting Black Communities Hardest
April 11, 2020
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A Treacherous Choice And A Treaty Right
April 8, 2020
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Mother, Should I Trust The Census Bureau?
April 1, 2020
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Code Switch: Race. In Your Face.
March 25, 2020
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Sex, Friendship And Aging: 'It's Not All Downhill From Here'
March 25, 2020
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The All-Women Mariachi Group That's Lifting Our Spirits
March 18, 2020
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The Limits Of Empathy
March 11, 2020
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When Fear Of The Coronavirus Turns Into Racism And Xenophobia
March 4, 2020
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Claude Neal: A Strange And Bitter Crop
February 26, 2020
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Blexodus: The Black Exodus From The GOP
February 19, 2020
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Pt. 2: Black Parents Take Control, Teachers Strike Back
February 12, 2020
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Black Parents Take Control, Teachers Strike Back
February 5, 2020
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Books For Your Mind, Belly And Soul
January 29, 2020
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Bonus Episode: 'Between Friends' From WNYC
January 23, 2020
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Ask Code Switch: What About Your Friends?
January 22, 2020
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Is The Door To Iran Closed Forever?
January 15, 2020
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Carmen Maria Machado Takes Us 'In The Dream House'
January 8, 2020
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Beautiful Lies
January 1, 2020
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The Birth Of A 'New Negro'
December 25, 2019
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Slow Burn
December 18, 2019
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The Reverse Freedom Rides
December 12, 2019
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Death Of A Blood Sport
December 4, 2019
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Sometimes Explain, Always Complain
November 27, 2019
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Sex, Lies And Audio Tape
November 20, 2019
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Status Update
November 13, 2019
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Is This What It Means To Be White?
November 6, 2019
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Fear In An Age Of Real-Life Horror
October 30, 2019
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A Strange And Bitter Crop
October 23, 2019
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President Trump's (Anti-)Social Media
October 16, 2019
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That's The Anthem, Get Your [Dang] Hands Up!
October 9, 2019
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Political Prisoners?
October 2, 2019
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The Original Blexit
September 25, 2019
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The Black Table In The Big Tent
September 18, 2019
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A Tale Of Two School Districts
September 11, 2019
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Searching For Punks
September 4, 2019
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'20 And Odd. Negroes'
August 29, 2019
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All That Glisters Is Not Gold
August 21, 2019
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Dora's Lasting Magic
August 14, 2019
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After The Cameras Leave
August 7, 2019
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Puerto Ricans Stand Up
July 31, 2019
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Chicago's Red Summer
July 24, 2019
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Oh So Now It's Racist?
July 17, 2019
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The Return Of Race Science
July 10, 2019
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America's Concentration Camps?
July 3, 2019
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Some Of The People Knew Magic
June 26, 2019
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Code Switch Book Club: Summer 2019
June 19, 2019
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E Ola Ka 'Olelo Hawai'i
June 12, 2019
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The Original 'Welfare Queen'
June 5, 2019
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Salt Fat Acid Race
May 29, 2019
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Dispatches From The Schoolyard
May 22, 2019
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Anger: The Black Woman's 'Superpower'
May 15, 2019
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We Don't Say That
May 8, 2019
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You Say Chicano, I Say...
May 1, 2019
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Poets, The Life Boats
April 24, 2019
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Can the Go-Go Go On?
April 17, 2019
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Love & Walkouts
April 10, 2019
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Why Is It So Hard To Talk About Israel?
April 5, 2019
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Ask Code Switch: You Are What You Eat
March 27, 2019
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"On Strike! Blow It Up!"
March 20, 2019
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Respect Yourself
March 13, 2019