Anger: The Black Woman's 'Superpower'
A Sapphire isn't only a jewel—it's also cultural shorthand for an angry black woman. In this episode, we look at where Sapphire was born, and how the stereotype continues to haunt black women, even su...
15 Mai 201919min
We Don't Say That
France is the place where for decades you weren't supposed to talk about someone's blackness, unless you said it in English. Today, we're going to meet the people who took a very French approach to ch...
8 Mai 201944min
You Say Chicano, I Say...
When members of the nation's oldest Mexican-American student organization voted to change its name, it revealed generational tensions around the past, present, and future of the Chicano movement.To ma...
1 Mai 201920min
Poets, The Life Boats
April is National Poetry Month, so on this episode, we're passing the mic to a handful of talented poets — the people who narrate our lives and help us better understand our own experiences.To manage ...
24 Apr 201935min
Can the Go-Go Go On?
For more than two decades, a cellphone store in Washington, D.C. has blasted go-go music right outside of its front door. But a recent noise complaint from a resident of a new, upscale apartment build...
17 Apr 201929min
Love & Walkouts
In 1968, thousands of students participated in a series of protests for equity in education that sparked the Chicano Movement. But for two of the students at one struggling high school, that civil unr...
10 Apr 201933min
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 younger, brown members of Congress have vocally questioned the U.S.'s relationship wi...
5 Apr 201938min
Ask Code Switch: You Are What You Eat
This week, we tackle reader questions on vegetarianism, the specter of grocery store Columbuses, and the quiet opprobrium directed at "smelly ethnic foods" in the workplace.To manage podcast ad prefer...
27 Mar 201932min
