The Supreme Court Decides In Favor Of A Racial Slur...Now What?
The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided in favor of Simon Tam, front man of the band The Slants. The group has been fighting the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for nearly a decade, for the right to ...
5 Juli 201719min
It's Our Anniversary
Shereen and Gene celebrate our first year on the podcast. We take a look back to some memorable stories with updates from the team and some of our guests.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our ...
28 Juni 201733min
What To Make Of Philando Castile's Death, One Year Later
In the aftermath of the acquittal of the officer who shot and killed Philando Castile, Gene and Shereen speak to a reporter who has followed the case since the beginning. We also speak to a friend of ...
21 Juni 201722min
Encore: 'You're A Grand Old Flag'
Why do some people of color embrace the American flag while others refuse to wave it? In this episode from the Code Switch archives, Gene Demby and Adrian Florido unpack the complicated patriotism and...
14 Juni 201730min
A Prescription For "Racial Imposter Syndrome"
Shereen and Gene look at "racial imposter syndrome." It's what one listener described as feeling fake, or inauthentic, in her identity. We invited listeners to write in, and hundreds of bi-racial and ...
7 Juni 201729min
'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
