Happy New Year, fam! This year, we're celebrating Ecuadorian style: by burning away what we want to let go of from last year and creating space for moving ahead with this year. Code Switch producer Xavier Lopez takes us on his journey to explore the tradition of his childhood, learn its origins, and honor it in his life in New York today. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Jan 01, 2025•33 min
Shot and severely injured while visiting family in Vermont in 2023, Hisham Awartani grapples with his recovery in the U.S., and the unfolding war at home in the West Bank. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Dec 25, 2024•47 min
Even before Luigi Mangione was arrested for killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the reaction to the shooter was far different than other instances of gun violence. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Dec 20, 2024•18 min
Twenty-five years ago, a boy named Eliaán Gonzaález appeared — remarkably alive — in the waters off the coast of Miami. Immediately, his fate became the subject of an international debate: Should he stay in the U.S.? Or should he be returned to Cuba, to live with his father? From our play cousins at Futuro Studios, this is part of their series Chess Piece: The Elián González Story . We want to hear from you! Please tell us what you think about Code Switch by taking our short survey . Thank you! ...
Dec 18, 2024•35 min
In his new book, The Black Utopians, author Aaron Robertson tells the story of how Black folks have created many different versions of utopian communities throughout history — and why those communities tend to be especially meaningful during times of political tension and racial unrest. We want to hear from our listeners about what you like about Code Switch and how we could do better. Please tell us what you think by taking our short survey , and thank you! Learn more about sponsor message choi...
Dec 11, 2024•37 min
We continue our conversation about the hellscape of modern motherhood, and look into an alternative to the tradwife lifestyle. We want to hear from our listeners about what you like about Code Switch and how we could do better. Please tell us what you think by taking our short survey , and thank you! Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Dec 07, 2024•17 min
Motherhood in the U.S. is revered. Actual mothers? Not so much. But momfluencers and tradwives are stepping in to fill that void. We dive into that world to understand how it intersects with the incoming presidential administration, what it has to do with white supremacy, and where moms of color fit in. We want to hear from our listeners about what you like about Code Switch and how we could do better. Please tell us what you think by taking our short survey , and thank you! Learn more about spo...
Dec 04, 2024•39 min
What lessons should we all be taking from the historic match-up between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris? New York Times political correspondent Astead Herndon says the big takeaway from this election isn't the divide between Republicans and Democrats, it's the divide between political elites and the American public. And he says it may be time to rethink our presumptions about how much voters care about representation. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Priv...
Nov 27, 2024•31 min
There are wild stories about the fraudsters who pretend to be Indigenous, but sometimes casting doubt on people's indigeneity can cause more harm than good. On this episode we hear from the person behind the "Alleged Pretendians List" and someone whose name appeared on that controversial list. The problem? He's legitimately Native. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Nov 20, 2024•28 min
The Code Switch team spent Election Day talking to folks about how the outcome might impact them. From green card holding Trump supporters in Queens, to first-time voters at Harris' watch party in DC, we bring you this time capsule of the day before we knew. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Nov 13, 2024•35 min
As we take in the news of another Donald Trump administration, we thought who better to turn the mic over to than the hosts of NPR's Politics Podcast. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Nov 06, 2024•24 min
The manosphere is a sprawling online ecosystem aimed at disgruntled men. Now a subset of the manosphere aimed at Black men is exposing cracks in Black voters' steadfast support of Democrats. On this episode, we take a look at how the Black manosphere came to be and wonder: could this loose community of aggrieved dudes swing the election? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Oct 30, 2024•41 min
That's how Nagle begins her new book and how she frames the version of history she's telling. The book digs into the past and future of Native sovereignty through the lens of one of the most significant Supreme Court rulings for Native Americans in over 100 years. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Oct 23, 2024•34 min
We travel to Dearborn, aka the "capital of Arab America." The Dearbornites we met said that the war in Gaza is the key issue on their minds as they consider how to cast their ballots. What these voters ultimately decide could have huge consequences for the whole country. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Oct 16, 2024•42 min
This week on Ask Code Switch, we're getting into the question a lot of minorities face when climbing the ladder at work – am I rising because I'm talented or because I'm tokenized? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Oct 14, 2024•11 min
In the year since the devastating Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed. Even more have been injured or displaced. Still, many Palestinians across the diaspora feel that they aren't allowed to share their stories — that the fullness of their humanity is too often reduced to a few soundbites on the news, or images of people dying. So on this episode, we're revisiting conversations with Fady Joudah and Tariq Luthun — two Palestinian American poets who have tr...
Oct 09, 2024•33 min
This week on Ask Code Switch, when it comes to race and dating, how important is diversity in your dating history? What does the race of our past romances say about us? And how do we know when we've crossed the line from preference to fetish? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Oct 07, 2024•13 min
This week, we're looking into the endgame of the racist and false rumors targeting Haitian immigrants. Are the lies being told about migrants across the country part of a strategy to land a bigger lie: that undocumented immigrants could steal the election? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Oct 02, 2024•34 min
Today on Ask Code Switch, we're talking about taste. How we eat, why we prefer certain foods, and where those preferences come from. We're getting into all the things that shape and change our taste buds, from the genes you inherit to falling in love. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Sep 30, 2024•13 min
As we close in on the election, it's Trump-supporting Latinos that some pollsters believe could decide this race. So how did we get here? In her new book, Defectors , Paola Ramos explains that part of the story of being Latino has always been this temptation to defect. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Sep 25, 2024•33 min
Today on Ask Code Switch , we tackle a question about race, bike lanes and gentrification. Who are bike lanes serving? Are these safety measures protecting everyone equally, or are bike advocates on the wrong side of progress? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Sep 23, 2024•12 min
B.A. Parker brings us around the country to see what access to books is looking like for students in Texas, librarians in Idaho and her own high school English teacher in Pennsylvania. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Sep 18, 2024•30 min
This week on Ask Code Switch, we're getting into the politics and power dynamics of race and dishes in the workplace (which is more fraught than you might think). When no one is "technically" the "dishwasher" at work...who's washing the dishes and should you feel some type of way about it? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Sep 16, 2024•13 min
This week on Code Switch, we're doing a different kind of immigration coverage. We're telling a New York story: one that celebrates the beautiful, everyday life of the immigrant. Code Switch producer, Xavier Lopez and NPR immigration reporter, Jasmine Garsd spend a day at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Sep 11, 2024•38 min
Ask Code Switch is back! Lori Lizarraga and the Code Switch team tackle all new listener questions this fall. From the tacky and tricky to the cringe and candid – we're bringing our race advice to the questions you're scared to ask. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Sep 09, 2024•13 min
Michael Vargas Arango was having a fairly typical day — hanging out at his home in Medellín, playing Xbox with one of his friends. Only, when he spoke to his mom during the day, he realized that she had no idea what "friend" he was talking about — she hadn't seen or heard anyone besides her son in the house all day. That was the first inkling either of them had that Michael was dealing with something unusual. It was the beginning of the long road toward Michael being diagnosed with schizoaffecti...
Sep 04, 2024•31 min
It's been more than ten months since devastating violence began unfolding in Israel and Gaza. And in the midst of all the death, so many people are trying to better understand what's going on in that region, and how the United States is implicated in it. So on this episode, we're looking back to the writing of James Baldwin, whose views on the country transformed significantly over the course of his life. His thoughts offer some ideas about how to grapple with trauma, and how to bridge the gap b...
Aug 28, 2024•39 min
How do you participate in a faith practice that has a rough track record with racism? That's what our play-cousin J.C. Howard gets into in this week's episode of Code Switch . He talks to us about Black Christians who, like him for a time, found their spiritual homes in white evangelical churches. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Aug 21, 2024•38 min
Reality TV has been referred to as a funhouse mirror of our culture. But even with its distortions, it can reflect back to us what we accept as a society – especially when it comes to things like gender, sexuality and race. On today's episode we get into all of that, zeroing in on the Bachelorette, but also looking at a dating show that's trying to do it differently. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Aug 14, 2024•34 min
Why are some female athletes asked to prove her womanhood? To understand how we got here, we're bringing you episode one of Tested , a new podcast series by our play cousins over at Embedded, made in partnership with CBC in Canada. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Aug 09, 2024•41 min
