'Give It Up For DJ Blackface!'
This week, we follow the strange trend of white dance-music DJs who pass themselves off as black artists. Gene talks to legendary House music DJ Ron Trent. The European producer Guy Tavares chimes in ...
1 Juni 201728min
We're Still Talking About "My Family's Slave"
This week, we join the global conversation on The Atlantic's essay "My Family's Slave," in which Alex Tizon writes about Eudocia Tomas Pulido, who was his family's katulong, or domestic servant, for 5...
24 Maj 201731min
Japanese Americans Exiled In Utah
The story of over 100,000 Japanese Americans enduring life in internment camps during WW II is well known, but a few thousand avoided the camps, entirely by, essentially, self-exiling. Code Switch cor...
20 Maj 201718min
Master of None's Alan Yang Unpacks Season 2
Gene and guest co-host Lenika Cruz, who covers culture at The Atlantic, welcome Alan Yang. He and comedian Aziz Ansari created an Emmy-winning comedy series that stepped comfortably out of the usual T...
17 Maj 201723min
The Blessing (And Curse?) Of Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon has returned to Broadway. When the hit musical was first performed was controversial for its stereotypes and story and casting choices. Shereen is joined by teammate Kat Chow to explore Mi...
10 Maj 201721min
Talking Black-ish With Star Yara Shahidi And Creator Kenya Barris
Black-ish creator (Kenya) and the show's 17-year-old star (Yara) talk about what's next for them on TV and in real life. Kenya explains why he's never felt pressure to explain cultural jokes. Yara bre...
3 Maj 201730min
The LA Unrest (Or Riots) 25 Years Later
We hear from a Latino city councilman who was there when it all went down, a Korean-American who worked at her family's gas station in Compton and a prominent black pastor who gave a memorable sermon ...
29 Apr 201720min
John Leguizamo, Still In Search Of John Leguizamo
This week, Gene welcomes NPR's Audie Cornish to talk about multi-talented writer, producer and comedian John Leguizamo. As a performer, he's mined his Latino identity through his own family and old Ne...
26 Apr 201727min
