Who are the hosts of code switch?
Team members have included Gene Demby, who is lead blogger and cohosts the podcast with reporter Shereen Marisol Meraji; Tasneem Raja, senior digital editor; supervising senior producer Alicia Montgomery; Matt Thompson and Kat Chow.
Is code switch a podcast?
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.
How many listeners does code switch have?
With support from a $1.5 million CPB grant in 2012, Code Switch launched a blog and contributed to NPR content. Its podcast launched in 2016, and NPR began offering a radio version of the program last year. The show is now carried by 197 stations and has more than 650,000 weekly broadcast listeners, according to CPB.
Who is Kumari Devarajan?
Kumari Devarajan '17 usually lives in Los Angeles, where she is a producer for NPR's Code Switch team (and, full disclosure, sometimes produces my radio pieces). But when I spoke to her, she was in Washington, D.C., at her parents' home, working remotely for a few months.
What happened to hidden brain?
Sasha Fernandez, Former Editorial Intern | August 11, 2020. The host and founder of NPR's Hidden Brain is leaving the network to produce the show and related projects through an independent production company. Shankar Vedantam announced his departure in an email to NPR staff Aug. 3.
What is in a dad code switch?
What's In A Dad? : Code Switch Gene Demby and comedian Hari Kondabolu are both new fathers, and they're both learning to raise kids who will have very different identities and upbringings than their own. It's left both of them reflecting on some big questions: How will they teach their children about race?
What does NPR stand for?
National Public RadioNational Public Radio / Full name
Who are the hosts of Throughline?
The concept for Throughline, launched in February 2019, was developed by Abdelfatah and her co-host, Ramtin Arablouei. Abdelfatah got her start in journalism covering local and domestic politics at the Washington bureau of the BBC.
What's the definition of code switch?
the use of one dialect, register, accent, or language variety over another, depending on social or cultural context, to project a specific identity: Politicians use code-switching on the campaign trail to connect with their audience.
Black And Up In Arms
December 16, 2020 • Guns. They're as American as apple pie. They represent independence and self-reliance. But ... not so much if you're Black. On this episode, we're getting into the complicated history of Black gun ownership and what it has to tell us about our present moment.
YA Fantasy Where The Oppression Is Real
January 28, 2020 • Tomi Adeyemi's new book, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, is fantasy for young adults. But the issues it's dealing with — racism, oppression and war — are very real. And they're not sugarcoated.
Opinion: Report On Racism, But Ditch The Labels
July 17, 2019 • I understand the moral outrage behind wanting to call the president's tweets racist. But I disagree.
Is 'Race Science' Making A Comeback?
July 10, 2019 • We talked to Angela Saini, author of the new book Superior: The Return of Race Science, about how race isn't real (but you know ... still is) and how race science crept its way into the 21st century.
The Hawaiian Language Nearly Died. A Radio Show Sparked Its Revival
June 22, 2019 • In Hawaii today, nearly everyone knows how to speak a few words and phrases of Hawaiian. But the practice of primarily speaking the Hawaiian language from birth nearly died two generations ago.
Samin Nosrat Is Making Space At The Table
May 30, 2019 • Nosrat is that rare thing: a woman of color in the upper echelons of the hypercompetitive food world. She is acutely aware of her unicorn status — and taking steps to try to change that.
Why Is It Still OK To 'Trash' Poor White People?
August 1, 2018 • A lot has changed in the U.S. over two centuries. One thing that hasn't? How we talk about poor white people.
The rise and fall of 'America's Dad'
At the height of his career, Bill Cosby was one of the most famous men in the United States. He was the biggest and highest paid star in the country, and with his image plastered on billboards, advertisements and television, many people felt like they knew him. Of course, few people really knew Bill Cosby.
Can therapy solve racism?
In 2020, nearly 20% of Americans turned to therapy. Many of those people were looking for a space to process some of the big, painful events they were living through, including the pandemic, a contentious election cycle, and of course, the summer's racial reckoning.
Humor, poetry and romance on Code Switch Live
Live from your computer screens, it's Code Switch! Guest hosts Ayesha Rascoe and Denice Frohman joined us to talk poetry and humor with special guests Paul Tran and Hari Kondabolu. Then, Ayesha and Denice answered your questions about race and love.
