579 Episodes

  1. Protests are near constant. Do they work?

    Published: 7/23/2025

  2. Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media

    Published: 7/18/2025

  3. The books, movies and music that shaped the Code Switch team

    Published: 7/16/2025

  4. From gr*pists to nip nops, how self-censorship shapes the language of TikTok

    Published: 7/9/2025

  5. The lighter side of immigration: A day at the park in Queens

    Published: 7/2/2025

  6. Dispatches from the living memory of trans people of color

    Published: 6/25/2025

  7. Iranian American identity was under scrutiny long before the U.S. struck Iran

    Published: 6/23/2025

  8. The administration's fight against antisemitism is dividing Jews

    Published: 6/18/2025

  9. How the news can make us think we need more policing

    Published: 6/11/2025

  10. What Trump's fixation on 'white genocide' in South Africa tells us about the U.S.

    Published: 6/4/2025

  11. Why tacos are as 'American' as apple pie

    Published: 5/28/2025

  12. How race science shows up at the doctor's office

    Published: 5/21/2025

  13. Arab and Black communities are trying to reconcile after Trump's election

    Published: 5/14/2025

  14. 40 years ago, Philadelphia police bombed this Black neighborhood on live TV

    Published: 5/7/2025

  15. In the face of trans erasure, what can we learn from Marsha P. Johnson?

    Published: 4/30/2025

  16. Why now is the time to find power in "otherness"

    Published: 4/23/2025

  17. Revisiting the fight over the Lakota language as Trump targets "divisive narratives"

    Published: 4/16/2025

  18. Why Trump is sending Venezuelans to El Salvador

    Published: 4/9/2025

  19. What's lost in Trump's DEI ban?

    Published: 4/2/2025

  20. With measles on the rise, what we can learn from past epidemics

    Published: 3/26/2025

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What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor. We explore how race affects every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, food and everything in between. This podcast makes all of us part of the conversation — because we're all part of the story. Code Switch was named Apple Podcasts' first-ever Show of the Year in 2020.Want to level up your Code Switch game? Try Code Switch Plus. Your subscription supports the show and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/codeswitch