Episodios

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Ask Code Switch: The racial politics of washing dishes?

    Ask Code Switch: The racial politics of washing dishes?
    Sep 16 2024
    This week on Ask Code Switch, we're getting into the politics and power dynamics of race and dishes in the workplace (which is more fraught than you might think). When no one is "technically" the "dishwasher" at work...who's washing the dishes and should you feel some type of way about it?

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  • The park. Sunday. Queens, New York.

    The park. Sunday. Queens, New York.
    Sep 11 2024
    This week on Code Switch, we're doing a different kind of immigration coverage. We're telling a New York story: one that celebrates the beautiful, everyday life of the immigrant. Code Switch producer, Xavier Lopez and NPR immigration reporter, Jasmine Garsd spend a day at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

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  • Ask Code Switch: Is this a racist question?

    Ask Code Switch: Is this a racist question?
    Sep 9 2024
    Ask Code Switch is back! Lori Lizarraga and the Code Switch team tackle all new listener questions this fall. From the tacky and tricky to the cringe and candid – we're bringing our race advice to the questions you're scared to ask.

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