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, ...
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Ever find yourself in a conversation about race and identity where you just get...stuck? Code Switch can help. We're all journalists of color, and this isn't just the work we do. It's the lives we lead. Sometimes, we'll make you laugh. Other times, you'll get uncomfortable. But we'll always be unflinchingly honest and empathetic. Come mix it up with us.
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...
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...
Bonus Episode: Consider the Lobstermen
In Canada, tensions between indigenous fishermen and commercial fishermen have been simmering for decades. On today's bonus episode, from our friends ...
The 'double-edged sword' of being a Black first
It's Black History Month, which is likely to bring boundless stories of Black Excellence and Black Firsts. So today on the show, we're talking about C...
Bonus: Getting real (like, really real) with Gabrielle Union
We hear the phrase "unapologetically Black" thrown around a lot. But what does it actually mean? In this bonus episode from our newest play cousins at...
Playing Pretendian
People lie about being Native American all the time – on college applications, on job applications, in casual conversation. But how do "Pretendians" h...
Bonus: Remembering the iconic, complicated André Leon Talley
Since he died this week, André Leon Talley has been described over and over again as "larger than life." But on this episode, brought to us by our fri...
A whiteness that's only skin deep
We use words related to color to describe different racial categories all the time — Black, white, brown. But how much of race and identity actually h...
They came, they saw, they reckoned?
It's now been more than a year since the so-called "racial reckoning" that marked the summer of 2020. The country, some said confidently, was having t...