
The Dramatic Life Of The American Teenager
Kacen Callender started out as a kid in St. Thomas writing fan fiction. Today, they are the author of multiple middle grade and young adult novels full of empathy, learning, and a healthy dose of high...
24 Sep 202118min

Who You Calling 'Hispanic'?
But seriously, who? Because while it is Hispanic Heritage Month, the notion of a multiracial, multinational, pan-ethnic identity called "Hispanic" is a relatively recent — and somewhat haphazard inven...
22 Sep 202134min

The Making And Remaking Of Afghanistan
For two decades, many Americans have seen Afghanistan depicted primarily through the lens of war. But that's not the full story — not even close. Afghanistan has a long, rich, complex history and cult...
15 Sep 202155min

The Lost Summer
Twenty years ago, during the dog days of summer , a fledgling journalist named Shereen Marisol Meraji — maybe you've heard of her? — headed to Durban, South Africa. Her mission: to report on a meeting...
8 Sep 202147min

The Folk Devil Made Me Do It
What moral panics reveal about the ongoing freakout over critical race theory in schools.To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collecti...
1 Sep 202137min

'Seeing Ghosts' Across Generations
Kat Chow was 13 when her mother died, and with that loss came profound and lasting questions about identity, family and history. In her memoir, Seeing Ghosts, the author and former Code Switch reporte...
25 Aug 202127min

Who Runs The World? Kids.
OK, they're not all kids. But they're all students, they're all amazing, and frankly, we're concerned that they might be coming for our jobs. That's right — the Student Podcast Challenge is back, and ...
18 Aug 202128min

Care To Explain Yourself?
It's hot out, places are shutting down again, and things might just be feeling a little bit slow. So in the spirit of spicing things up, we wanted to give you all a question to fight about: How much c...
11 Aug 202130min






















