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Code Switch
Code Switch
NPR

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... more

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Episodes

Untangling the history of Black rights on Native land

How the criminal legal system considers who is and isn't Native, and what that means for the Black people who... more

12 Feb 2025 · 33 minutes
What football tells us about race, labor and power

The way football is played and who plays it — from the pee-wees to the pros — tells us so... more

10 Feb 2025 · 16 minutes
Hip-hop is 'fight the power' but also advertises for the power

Critics point out the apparent hypocrisy of a pro-Black rapper like Kendrick Lamar headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, since... more

05 Feb 2025 · 34 minutes
B.A. Parker is learning the banjo

Parker has been trying to find her place in the banjo world. So this week, she talks to Black banjo... more

29 Jan 2025 · 30 minutes
The co-opting of MLK Jr. by...everybody

Martin Luther King Jr. was relatively unpopular when he was assassinated. But the way Americans of all political stripes invoke... more

22 Jan 2025 · 30 minutes
Why laughing while crying is so Korean

Comedian Youngmi Mayer talks about how her Korean family uses humor as a tool for survival. She gets into the... more

15 Jan 2025 · 39 minutes
"The police are our friends"?

How should Black parents talk to their kids about the police? Gene gets into it with his friend Chenjerai Kumanyika,... more

08 Jan 2025 · 36 minutes
How celebrating an Ecuadorian New Year's tradition brings us closer together

Happy New Year, fam! This year, we're celebrating Ecuadorian style: by burning away what we want to let go of... more

01 Jan 2025 · 33 minutes
He was shot in Vermont. Now he wants to go home to the West Bank

Shot and severely injured while visiting family in Vermont in 2023, Hisham Awartani grapples with his recovery in the U.S.,... more

25 Dec 2024 · 47 minutes
Luigi Mangione and America's pent up pain

Even before Luigi Mangione was arrested for killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the reaction to the shooter was far... more

20 Dec 2024 · 17 minutes