Everyone Is Talking To Barry Jenkins But Our Interview Is The Best
Just kidding. But seriously, "Moonlight," Jenkins' new film, is the movie of the moment. Gene talks with him about what it took to get the movie made, what it was like to film in the Miami projects wh...
26 Loka 201637min
Encore: "I'm Not Black I'm O.J."
From the Code Switch archives: Gene talks with Ezra Edelman, director of the ESPN documentary "OJ: Made in America." For a long time, O.J. Simpson seemed to be running away from his race. "I'm not bla...
12 Loka 201619min
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 hard enough. It gets even harder when the comment is coming from your friends o...
28 Syys 201624min
Warning! This Episode May Trigger Debate
It's time for some real talk on trigger warnings. Gene and Shereen dig into it with two college professors. What really happens in the classroom when hard topics come up, especially about race? Are tr...
21 Syys 201631min
The Dangers Of Life As An American 'Nobody'
Marc Lamont Hill untangles the decades of dysfunction that have led to recent racial flash-points in his latest book, Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and ...
8 Syys 201624min
Code Switch Extra: Singer Juan Gabriel's Sexuality Was 'Open Secret'
Many Mexican and Mexican Americans loved Juan Gabriel's music, but ridiculed his sexuality. Can his death open a new conversation about gay identity in the community? Code Switch's Adrian Florido expl...
4 Syys 201619min
What's So Funny About The Indian Accent?
From Apu to Ashton Kutcher, mimicking the Indian accent is still widely seen as fair game. Even lots of ABCD's — American-born confused desis — do it. But is it out of love, or mockery? Code Switch's ...
31 Elo 201627min
Code Switch Extra: "Southside" and Black Love at the Movies
Code Switch's Karen Grigsby Bates and NPR movie critic Bob Mondello discuss "Southside With You," a fictionalized version of Barack and Michelle Obama's first date, and other black love stories in fil...
26 Elo 201621min
