Ranked #1
Political Prisoners?
Political Prisoners?
In "Prison City," Wisconsin, white elected officials are representing voting districts made up mostly of prisoners. Thos... Read more
2 Oct 2019
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30mins
Ranked #2
The Original Blexit
The Original Blexit
How is it that the party of Lincoln became anathema to black voters? It's a messy story, exemplified in the doomed frien... Read more
25 Sep 2019
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35mins
Ranked #3
Pretty Hurts
Pretty Hurts
Some may think of beauty as frivolous and fun, but on this episode, we're examining a few of the ugly ways that its been... Read more
30 Jan 2019
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47mins
Ranked #4
Made For You And Me
Made For You And Me
Black people don't hike? Latinos don't like camping? Asians are afraid of the sun? Adrian and Shereen dig into the stere... Read more
8 Jun 2016
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20mins
Ranked #5
Code Switch Book Club
Code Switch Book Club
We checked in with authors, poets and great literary minds to see what books they think everyone should read this holida... Read more
12 Dec 2018
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30mins
Ranked #6
It's Bigger Than The Ban
It's Bigger Than The Ban
Muslims make up a little over one percent of the U.S. population, but they seem to take up an outsized space in the Amer... Read more
25 Apr 2018
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42mins
Ranked #7
The Code Switch Guide To Handling Casual Racism
The Code Switch Guide To Handling Casual Racism
Awkward comments. Rude questions. Casual racism. What do you do when it happens in your presence? The mental calculus is... Read more
28 Sep 2016
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24mins
Ranked #8
Members of Whose Tribe?
Members of Whose Tribe?
Today, Americans tend to think of Jewish people as white folks, but it wasn't always that way. On this episode, we dig i... Read more
18 Apr 2018
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31mins
Ranked #9
Charlottesville
Charlottesville
After a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville spiraled into deadly violence, residents of the Virginia town do some... Read more
16 Aug 2017
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32mins
Ranked #10
The Black Table In The Big Tent
The Black Table In The Big Tent
Black Republicans are basically unicorns — they might just be the biggest outliers in American two-party politics. So wh... Read more
18 Sep 2019
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1hr
Ranked #11
The Horror, The Horror: "Get Out" And The Place of Race in Scary Movies
The Horror, The Horror: "Get Out" And The Place of Race in Scary Movies
It's one of the oldest clichés of horror movies: the black guy dies first. But that's not the case in the new film "Get ... Read more
22 Feb 2017
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25mins
Ranked #12
Why Is It So Hard To Talk About Israel?
Why Is It So Hard To Talk About Israel?
Support for Israel has long been the rare bipartisan position among lawmakers in Washington. But recently, several young... Read more
5 Apr 2019
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38mins
Ranked #13
Talk American
Talk American
What is the "Standard American Accent"? Where is it from? And what does it mean if you don't have it? Code Switch goes o... Read more
8 Aug 2018
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26mins
Ranked #14
A Prescription For "Racial Imposter Syndrome"
A Prescription For "Racial Imposter Syndrome"
Shereen and Gene look at "racial imposter syndrome." It's what one listener described as feeling fake, or inauthentic, i... Read more
7 Jun 2017
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29mins
Ranked #15
Behind The Lies My Teacher Told Me
Behind The Lies My Teacher Told Me
It's a battle that's endured throughout so much of American history: what gets written into our textbooks. Today we tag ... Read more
15 Aug 2018
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18mins
Ranked #16
Ask Code Switch: School Daze
Ask Code Switch: School Daze
For better or worse, classrooms have always been a site where our country's racial issues get worked out — whether its i... Read more
12 Sep 2018
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42mins
Ranked #17
Say My Name, Say My Name (Correctly, Please)
Say My Name, Say My Name (Correctly, Please)
When you have a name like Aparna Nancherla or Maz Jobrani, you get used to people butchering it. These two comedians, wh... Read more
10 Aug 2016
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26mins
Ranked #18
From Blackface To Blackfishing
From Blackface To Blackfishing
Okay, news cycle: you win. We're talking about blackface. This week, we delve into the hidden history of "blackening up"... Read more
13 Feb 2019
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28mins
Ranked #19
Obama's Legacy: Diss-ent or Diss-respect?
Obama's Legacy: Diss-ent or Diss-respect?
In the first of three conversations about President Barack Obama's racial legacy,Code Switch asks how much race or racis... Read more
4 Jan 2017
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35mins
Ranked #20
A Year Of Love And Struggle In A New High School
A Year Of Love And Struggle In A New High School
Too many young, black men struggle in America's education system. Washington D.C. is trying to do something about it wit... Read more
18 Oct 2017
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43mins