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
Mailbag! Listener Questions and Comments That Got Us Thinking
Shereen and Gene tackle listeners' reactions to recent episodes. One wants to know the difference between Persian and Iranian. (It's complicated.) Another wants more details about the risks to churche...
19 Apr 201724min
How One Inmate Changed The Prison System From The Inside
In this Podcast Extra, NPR correspondent Joe Shapiro recalls the life and legacy of Martin Sostre, someone he first reported on as a student in the 1970s. Sostre died a free man in 2015. But he spent ...
15 Apr 201711min
The Beef Over Native American Hunting Rights
Shereen and Gene welcome reporter Nate Hegyi, who spent a day in Montana with a Nez Perce hunting party, a tribe that faces strong opposition from some who see these rights as unfair and out of sync w...
12 Apr 201721min
Changing Colors In Comics
Gene and guest host Glen Weldon (our play cousin from Pop Culture Happy Hour) explore how comics are used as spaces for mapping race and identity. Gene visits Amalgam Comics and Coffeehouse in Philade...
5 Apr 201727min
Podcast Extra En Español: Jeanette Vizguerra
Jeanette Vizguerra speaks with Adrian Florido about her experience living in the church where she's taken sanctuary as she fights her deportation case. Jeanette Vizguerra habla con Adrián Florido sobr...
1 Apr 201714min
Sanctuary Churches: Who Controls The Story?
Code Switch's Adrian Florido has been covering the new sanctuary movement for us. For this episode, he spoke to key players to understand why hundreds of churches are ready to start a public fight wit...
29 Mars 201721min
