Best Codeswitch Podcasts (2024)

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Honoring my enslaved ancestors: Episode 2 34:19

10m ago34:19

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Every summer B.A. Parker returns to Creswell, North Carolina, where her family still has a farm. But she's mostly avoided actually going to the nearby site where her ancestors were enslaved. This week, we revisit the second of two episodes, where Parker and her mom decide to go back to the plantation. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podca…

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Honoring my enslaved ancestors: Episode 1 34:08

3d ago34:08

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In part one of two episodes, B.A. Parker meets people who, like her, are grappling with how to honor their enslaved ancestors. She asks herself: what kind of descendant does she want to be? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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Its Science w/ Jamie Tijerina 1:26:53

5d ago1:26:53

1:26:53

Send us a Text Message. Interviewing @jamie.tijerina Jamie is a scientist at Caltech, community advocate, and president of the Highland Park heritage trust. In this interview we talk about Jamie’s background and how and why she decided to get involved in her community. We talk science, redlining, neighborhood council, and Covid.…

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How one event in history can ripple through generations of a family 45:00

10d ago45:00

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This week we're bringing you the first episode in a new series called Inheriting, created in collaboration with our friends at LAist Studios. In each episode, NPR's Emily Kwong sits down with Asian American and Pacific Islander families and explores how one event in history can ripple through generations. Learn more about sponsor message choices: p…

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The truth and lies behind one of the most banned books in America 31:06

17d ago31:06

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Author Mike Curato wrote Flamer as a way to help young queer kids, like he once was, better understand and accept themselves. It was met with immediate praise and accolades — until it wasn't. When the book got caught up in a wave of Texas-based book bans, suddenly the narrative changed. And like so many books that address queer identity, Flamer qui…

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Working in Film w/ Javier Kistte 1:18:33

19d ago1:18:33

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Send us a Text Message. Interviewing Javier @javier_kistte Javier works in the film industry. In this episode we talk about how he got started working in film. We talk about the writer's strike, failing in LA, nepotism, working on set, being a person of color in the film industry, DACA, and transplants that give people from LA the ick.…

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Some freed people actually received '40 acres and a mule.' Then it got taken away. 50:08

19d ago50:08

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The promise of "40 acres and a mule", is often thought of as a broken one. But it turns out, some freed people actually received land as reparations after the Civil War. And what happened to that land and the families it was given to is the subject of a new series, 40 Acres and a Lie, by our colleagues at Reveal and the Center for Public Integrity.…

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The history of trans misogyny is the history of segregation 36:27

27d ago36:27

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As anti-trans legislation has ramped up, historian Jules Gill-Peterson turns the lens to the past in her book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny. This week, we talk about how panics around trans femininity are shaped by wider forces of colonialism, segregation and class interests. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoic…

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Codeswitch in the Workplace 1:04:03

25d ago1:04:03

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Send us a Text Message. We’re talking about: -job hopping -workplace red flags -resume tweaking -code switching -interviewingBy Alexis Chavez

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Should we stop using the word "felon"? 33:58

1M ago33:58

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This week, we're turning our sights on the word "felon", and looking into what it tells us (and can't tell us) about the 19 million people in the U.S. — like Donald Trump and Hunter Biden — carrying that designation around. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy…

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Unc Steve 1:18:43

1M ago1:18:43

1:18:43

Send us a Text Message. Steve’s back just in time for pride month! 🌈(Coincidentally scheduling worked out that way). Steve’s the former owner of Holy Grounds Coffee Shop. There’s a lot of storytelling in this episode. We talk about men, the younger gay generations, dating apps, death, saving, being resourceful, hitchhiking, being a hippie, and grow…

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Self Evident Presents: "Carol & The Los Angeles Uprising, Pt 1" (by Inheriting) 44:04

1M ago44:04

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Carol Kwang Park was 12 years old, working as a cashier at her family’s gas station in Compton, California, when the 1992 LA Uprising forever changed her life. Her mom was at the gas station that day and Carol was unsure if she’d even make it home. At the time, she didn’t understand why tensions came to a head in Los Angeles, following the acquitta…

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100 years of immigration policies working to keep out immigrants 42:32

1M ago42:32

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President Biden just issued an executive order that can temporarily shut down the U.S.-Mexico border to asylum seekers once a daily threshold of crossings is exceeded. On this episode, we dig into how the political panic surrounding what many are calling an immigration "crisis" at the border, isn't new. And in fact...it's a problem of our own creat…

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What’s Your Podcast name? 56:10

1M ago56:10

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Send us a Text Message. -If you had a podcast what would you name it? -who’s over hyped? -Jesse jerks it. -People hate JLOBy Alexis Chavez

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White evangelical Christians are some of Israel's biggest supporters. Why? 38:17

2M ago38:17

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As war continues to rage in the Middle East, attention has been turned to how American Jews, Muslims, and Palestinians relate to the state of Israel. But when we talk about the region, American Christians, particularly evangelical Christians, are often not part of that story. But their political support for Israel is a major driver for U.S. policy …

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Get Money w/ Arthur Arabatlian 1:03:36

2M ago1:03:36

1:03:36

Send us a Text Message. Interviewing Arthur Arabatlian IG: @the.art.in.wealth Art likes helping people with their finances. We talk about investing, finance terms that confuse me, we talk about our shared trauma in the workplace. The difference between Roth and Traditional IRA. High yield savings accounts. Stocks. Life insurance. Living within your…

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Falling in love in a time of colonization 31:12

2M ago31:12

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This week Code Switch digs into The Ministry of Time, a new book that author Kailene Bradley describes as a "romance about imperialism." It focuses on real-life Victorian explorer Graham Gore, who died on a doomed Arctic expedition in 1847. But in this novel, time travel is possible and Gore is brought to the 21st century where he's confronted with…

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Why the trope of the 'outside agitator' persists 31:01

2M ago31:01

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As protests continue to rock the campuses of colleges and universities, a familiar set of questions is being raised: Are these protests really being led by students? Or are the real drivers of the civil disobedience outsiders, seizing on an opportunity to wreak chaos and stir up trouble? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/…

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Highland Park History w/ Foo Howser 1:02:04

2M ago1:02:04

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Send us a Text Message. Interviewing Foo Howser aka Javier Servin IG: @Californiography Foo Howser is our history homie teaching us the history of California and more! In this episode I asked him to teach us some history about my hometown, Highland Park. We cover some of the mom and pop shops that have managed to stay in business through gentrifica…

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In 'Chicano Frankenstein,' the undead are the new underpaid labor force 33:59

2M ago33:59

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Daniel Olivas's novel puts a new spin on the age-old Frankenstein story. In this retelling, 12 million "reanimated" people provide a cheap workforce for the United States...and face a very familiar type of bigotry. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy…

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I Hate The Way You Walk 1:01:48

2M ago1:01:48

1:01:48

Send us a Text Message. -Shit has hit the fan with our lives, jokes on us. -Drake and Kendrick just need to kiss -Don’t stop the music -Latina MedSpa -Dune -There was a scary guy on the plane -Meatball subs -The dark arts of marketing/advertising -Are protests effective anymore? -The gentrification of working class items -I was homophobic with a ga…

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Exclusion, resilience and the Chinese American experience on 'Mott Street' 31:02

3M ago31:02

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This week on the podcast, we're revisiting a conversation we had with Ava Chin about her book, Mott Street. Through decades of painstaking research, the fifth-generation New Yorker discovered the stories of how her ancestors bore and resisted the weight of the Chinese Exclusion laws in the U.S. – and how the legacy of that history still affects her…

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Neurodivergent w/ Tina Arroyos 57:50

3M ago57:50

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Send us a Text Message. Interviewing Tina Arroyos IG: @__tinalatina__ Tina is a self taught Queer Chicana artist from Santa Ana, Orange County. In this interview we talk a lot about her upbringing. Being a teen mom, realizing she’s gay, and partying at a young age. She talks about not realizing she was an artist until later on in life. Being a bull…

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How Jewish Communities Are Divided Over Support of Israel 41:02

3M ago41:02

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In the wake of October 7, and the bombardment of Gaza by the Israeli government, many American Jews have found themselves questioning something that had long felt like a given: that if you were Jewish, you would support Israel, and that was that. But as more Jews speak out against Israel's actions in Gaza, it's exposing deep rifts within Jewish com…

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Fucket 55:29

3M ago55:29

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Send us a Text Message. We’re in Phuket Thailand and dance is life!By Alexis Chavez

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The Rise and Fall of the Panama Canal 32:06

3M ago32:06

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The Panama Canal has been dubbed the greatest engineering feat in human history. It's also (perhaps less favorably) been called the greatest liberty mankind has ever taken with Mother Nature. But due to climate change, the Canal is drying up and fewer than half of the ships that used to pass through are now able to do so. So how did we get here? To…

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Reflecting on the legacy of O.J. Simpson 17:03

3M ago17:03

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With the news of O.J. Simpson's death on Thursday, we're revisiting our reporting from 2016, where we took a look into how Simpson went from being "too famous to be Black," to becoming a stand-in for the way Black people writ-large were mistreated by the U.S. carceral system. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NP…

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How Frederick Douglass launched generations of Black and Irish solidarity 31:57

3M ago31:57

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What's a portrait of Frederick Douglass doing hanging in an Irish-themed pub in Washington, D.C.? To get to the answer, Parker and Gene dive deep into the long history of solidarity and exchange between Black civil rights leaders and Irish republican activists, starting with Frederick Douglass' visit to Ireland in 1845. Learn more about sponsor mes…

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Community Artist w/ Andrea Ramirez (Mextica) 1:21:56

3M ago1:21:56

1:21:56

Send us a Text Message. Interviewing Andrea Ramirez IG: @Mextica Andrea is a community taught artist based in Los Angeles. In this interview we talk about her journey of becoming an artist. We talk about how she created her artist name. She explains some of the history, traditions, and culture behind her art. We talk about “the rules” of becoming a…

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Can I Have $20? 42:17

3M ago42:17

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Send us a Text Message. -We talk $20 an hour -Nickelodeon and that documentary.. -Generational wealth -People using their culture as the only source for contentBy Alexis Chavez

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WTF does race have to do with taxes? 30:14

3M ago30:14

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It's that time of year again: time to file your taxes. And this week on the pod, we're revisiting our conversation with Dorothy A. Brown, a tax expert and author of The Whiteness Of Wealth: How The Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans And How To Fix It. She talks through the racial landmines in our tax code and how your race plays a big role in …

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On the Radio w/ Garth Trinidad 1:15:37

4M ago1:15:37

1:15:37

Send us a Text Message. Interviewing Garth Trinidad IG: @garthtrinidad Garth is a Los Angeles based dj, radio personality and overall a music lover amongst many of his other roles. Garth is well known for his previous music supervisor/dj role at KCRW. KCRW (89.9) is a public radio station based in Los Angeles. In this episode we talk about how Gart…

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