A Thousand Ways To Kneel And Kiss The Ground
Last week, the NFL announced a new policy to penalize players who kneel during the national anthem. The announcement drew fresh attention to the century-old tightrope that outspoken black athletes — f...
30 Mai 201824min
Of Bloodlines and Conquistadors
Hispanos have lived side by side the Pueblo people for centuries—mixing cultures, identities and even bloodlines. But recently, tensions have risen among the two populations over Santa Fe's annual con...
23 Mai 201833min
What's Black And Gray And Inked All Over?
Black-and-gray tattoos have become increasingly popular over the last four decades. But many people don't realize that the style has its roots in Chicano art, Catholic imagery and "prison ingenuity." ...
16 Mai 201823min
Tough Questions For The World's Toughest Job
Mother's Day is coming up, so we're taking on your most difficult questions around parenting. We'll talk about choosing a school, raising bilingual children, modeling gender identity, and what to do i...
9 Mai 201831min
Code Switch Census Watch 2020
We've said it before: The U.S. Census is way more than cold, hard data. It informs what we call ourselves and how we're represented. On this episode, we explore the controversial citizenship question ...
2 Mai 201828min
It's Bigger Than The Ban
Muslims make up a little over one percent of the U.S. population, but they seem to take up an outsized space in the American imagination. On this episode we explore why that is.To manage podcast ad pr...
25 Apr 201842min
The Road To The Promised Land, 50 Years Later
Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis, Tenn. This week, we have two stories about the aftermath of his death. The first takes us to Memphis to remember King's fina...
4 Apr 201823min
Amara La Negra: Too Black To Be Latina? Too Latina To Be Black?
People are constantly telling Amara La Negra that she doesn't fit anywhere. Sometimes, she's "too black to be Latina." Other times, she's "too Latina to be black." But Amara says afro-Latinas aren't r...
28 Mar 201835min
