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 Mar 201723min
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 Mar 20176min
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 Mar 201720min
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 Mar 201731min
In Search Of Puerto Rican Identity In Small-Town America
Puerto Ricans are migrants not immigrants, Spanish and English, domestic yet foreign — as we like to say on Code Switch, it's complicated. A hundred years ago this week, Puerto Ricans became U.S. citi...
1 Mar 201722min
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 Out," written and directed by Jordan Peele (best known for the Comedy Central se...
22 Feb 201725min
Ten Thousand Writers... and Two Intrepid Podcast Hosts
Gene welcomes Code Switch reporter Kat Chow as guest host and they camp out at one of the biggest conferences for writers on the planet, held by the Association of Writers & Writing Programs. There, t...
15 Feb 201716min
Oscars So Black...At Least, In Documentaries
A filmmaker of color is almost certain to win this year's Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. In fact, for the first time, African-American documentarians made up most of the nominees. We talk with Av...
8 Feb 201724min
