Why Are We Here?
Code Switch31 Maalis 2021

Why Are We Here?

Filipinos make up a small fraction of the nurses in the United States, but almost a third of the nurses who have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. have been of Filipino descent. So what exactly is going on? Our friends over at The Atlantic and WNYC tried to understand more about this troubling statistic by telling the story of one woman: Rosary Castro-Olega.

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The Beef Over Native American Hunting Rights

The Beef Over Native American Hunting Rights

Shereen and Gene welcome reporter Nate Hegyi, who spent a day in Montana with a Nez Perce hunting party, a tribe that faces strong opposition from some who see these rights as unfair and out of sync w...

12 Huhti 201721min

Changing Colors In Comics

Changing Colors In Comics

Gene and guest host Glen Weldon (our play cousin from Pop Culture Happy Hour) explore how comics are used as spaces for mapping race and identity. Gene visits Amalgam Comics and Coffeehouse in Philade...

5 Huhti 201727min

Podcast Extra En Español: Jeanette Vizguerra

Podcast Extra En Español: Jeanette Vizguerra

Jeanette Vizguerra speaks with Adrian Florido about her experience living in the church where she's taken sanctuary as she fights her deportation case. Jeanette Vizguerra habla con Adrián Florido sobr...

1 Huhti 201714min

Sanctuary Churches: Who Controls The Story?

Sanctuary Churches: Who Controls The Story?

Code Switch's Adrian Florido has been covering the new sanctuary movement for us. For this episode, he spoke to key players to understand why hundreds of churches are ready to start a public fight wit...

29 Maalis 201721min

A Bittersweet Persian New Year

A Bittersweet Persian New Year

It's springtime, and the celebration of rebirth and the New Year in Iranian-American communities is tempered by the recent rise in Islamaphobic incidents and ongoing uncertainties around the travel ba...

22 Maalis 201723min

The 80-Year Mystery Around 'Fred Douglas' Park

The 80-Year Mystery Around 'Fred Douglas' Park

In Nashville, there was a time when the idea of a "Negro park" ruffled feathers. For more than 80 years, there's been confusion about whether a park originally created during segregation and named for...

18 Maalis 20176min

Not-So-Simple Questions From Code Switch Listeners

Not-So-Simple Questions From Code Switch Listeners

Gene and Shereen tackle some Code Switch listeners' questions about race and identity with a voice coach, a professor of children's literature, and two former interns who are now reporters: What's som...

15 Maalis 201720min

Safety-Pin Solidarity: With Allies, Who Benefits?

Safety-Pin Solidarity: With Allies, Who Benefits?

Does wearing safety pins and giving speeches at awards shows make you an ally? On this episode we explore the conundrums of ally-ship with activist and blogger ShiShi Rose, who helped organize the Wom...

8 Maalis 201731min

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