Code Switch
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.
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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
Latest Episode
Why Malala Yousafzai is a hero in the West but not back home (01.10.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Is the American dream a scam? 24.09.2025
- The stakes of calling Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide 17.09.2025
- How calls for mass deportations went mainstream 10.09.2025
- Digging into our ancestors' drama 03.09.2025
- How racism kept Americans out of pools 27.08.2025
- How Trump's D.C. takeover criminalizes homelessness 20.08.2025
- Statelessness, but make it funny 13.08.2025
- Hot weather kills. Who gets protected? 05.08.2025
- You told us — what brings you joy 02.08.2025
- Is joy an act of resistance? 30.07.2025
- Protests are near constant. Do they work? 23.07.2025
- Congress has voted to eliminate government funding for public media 18.07.2025
- The books, movies and music that shaped the Code Switch team 16.07.2025
- From gr*pists to nip nops, how self-censorship shapes the language of TikTok 09.07.2025
- The lighter side of immigration: A day at the park in Queens 02.07.2025
- Dispatches from the living memory of trans people of color 25.06.2025
- Iranian American identity was under scrutiny long before the U.S. struck Iran 24.06.2025
- The administration's fight against antisemitism is dividing Jews 18.06.2025
- How the news can make us think we need more policing 11.06.2025
- What Trump's fixation on 'white genocide' in South Africa tells us about the U.S. 04.06.2025
