Episodes

  • Ask Code Switch: Am I the "token" at work?

    Ask Code Switch: Am I the "token" at work?
    Oct 14 2024
    This week on Ask Code Switch, we're getting into the question a lot of minorities face when climbing the ladder at work – am I rising because I'm talented or because I'm tokenized?

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    11 mins
  • Two Palestinian writers on the right to share their stories

    Two Palestinian writers on the right to share their stories
    Oct 9 2024
    In the year since the devastating Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed. Even more have been injured or displaced. Still, many Palestinians across the diaspora feel that they aren't allowed to share their stories — that the fullness of their humanity is too often reduced to a few soundbites on the news, or images of people dying. So on this episode, we're revisiting conversations with Fady Joudah and Tariq Luthun — two Palestinian American poets who have tried to carve out space to expand the kind of stories that Palestinians are allowed to tell.

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    33 mins
  • The Trump campaign strategy to demonize Haitian immigrants

    The Trump campaign strategy to demonize Haitian immigrants
    Oct 2 2024
    This week, we're looking into the endgame of the racist and false rumors targeting Haitian immigrants. Are the lies being told about migrants across the country part of a strategy to land a bigger lie: that undocumented immigrants could steal the election?

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    34 mins
  • Ask Code Switch: Is picky eating about taste or race?

    Ask Code Switch: Is picky eating about taste or race?
    Sep 30 2024
    Today on Ask Code Switch, we're talking about taste. How we eat, why we prefer certain foods, and where those preferences come from. We're getting into all the things that shape and change our taste buds, from the genes you inherit to falling in love.

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    13 mins
  • Latinos are moving to the far right. Paola Ramos thinks she knows why

    Latinos are moving to the far right. Paola Ramos thinks she knows why
    Sep 25 2024
    As we close in on the election, it's Trump-supporting Latinos that some pollsters believe could decide this race. So how did we get here? In her new book, Defectors, Paola Ramos explains that part of the story of being Latino has always been this temptation to defect.

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    33 mins
  • Ask Code Switch: Do bike lanes cause gentrification?

    Ask Code Switch: Do bike lanes cause gentrification?
    Sep 23 2024
    Today on Ask Code Switch, we tackle a question about race, bike lanes and gentrification. Who are bike lanes serving? Are these safety measures protecting everyone equally, or are bike advocates on the wrong side of progress?

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    12 mins
  • Fighting back on book bans

    Fighting back on book bans
    Sep 18 2024
    B.A. Parker brings us around the country to see what access to books is looking like for students in Texas, librarians in Idaho and her own high school English teacher in Pennsylvania.

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    30 mins