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    'Mar-a-Lago face:' MAGA's aesthetic loyalty test
    The MAGA look — you know the one: dramatic eyeliner, long, wavy hair, sheath dresses — is a defining feature of President Trump's Republican Party. And it's about a lot more than appearances. Journali...
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    • 4 months ago
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    Markwayne Mullin is conservative, Christian, Cherokee, and the new head of DHS
    On Monday, Sen. Markwayne Mullin was confirmed as the newest head of the Department of Homeland Security, replacing Kristi Noem. It's an enormously consequential role that involves taking charge of IC...
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    • 5 months ago
    35:16
    Fearing deportation, undocumented parents are preparing to leave their kids behind
    Today on the show, NPR immigration reporter Jasmine Garsd introduces us to two families in Washington, D.C.. One has made the difficult decision to set up "emergency guardianship" for their son, in th...
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    • 9 months ago
    11:44
    How undocumented families are navigating the looming threat of ICE
    Today on the show, NPR immigration reporter Jasmine Garsd takes us into the dimly lit living rooms of immigrant families — families trying to figure out how to stay safe as they navigate the overwhelm...
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    • 9 months ago
    31:58
    How Trump's cuts to public media threaten the first Native American station
    On October 1, 2025, public radio stations lost all of their federal funding -- and for Black and Native American community stations, the cuts hit hard. Case in point, KYUK in Bethel, Alaska, which was...
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    • 9 months ago
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    Tribal colleges are a unique resource — and they're under threat
    Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College has classes on everything from Native American studies to gardening to equine sciences to the Hidatsa language. Like other tribal colleges and universities (aka TCUs), it...
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    • 9 months ago
    31:10
    The hidden history of demonizing SNAP recipients
    Around 42 million people in the United States get SNAP benefits each month to cover basic needs like eggs, bread, and infant formula. Because of the government shutdown, most of those benefits have la...
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    • 9 months ago
    35:35
    Freedom of speech has never been for everyone
    Fights over free speech have taken up a lot of space in the zeitgeist lately. People on both the left and right claim to be the defenders of free speech, while pointing fingers at the other side for c...
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    • 9 months ago
    39:38
    How Zohran Mamdani is scrambling establishment Democrat's brains
    Zohran Mamdani has become one of the most popular and polarizing politicians in the last year. How did the New York City mayoral candidate go from a relatively unknown Democratic Socialist to becoming...
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    • 9 months ago
    20:39
    How Elon Musk and JD Vance plan to 'save civilization' with more babies
    What do conservatives like JD Vance and tech executives like Elon Musk have in common? They, like other pronatalists, want to “save civilization” by having more American babies. But it wasn’t that lon...
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    • 10 months ago
    37:34
    Revisiting the fight over the Lakota language as Trump targets "divisive narratives"
    As the Trump administration targets the Smithsonian Institute for "divisive narratives" and "improper ideology," it got us thinking about how we preserve our history and everything that builds it, lik...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Why Trump is sending Venezuelans to El Salvador
    One of President Trump's main campaign promises was carrying out mass deportations. We look at how the Trump administration is testing the U.S. legal system to make good on its promise, starting with ...
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    • 1 year ago
    37:49
    This Palestinian American's debut novel may not be political — but her existence is
    To be a Palestinian American writer right now can lead to a lot of expectation to focus on identity and devastation, but in her debut novel, Too Soon, Betty Shamieh shares the story of three generatio...
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    • 1 year ago
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    A look at the human toll of the construction of the Panama Canal
    The Panama Canal's impact on the geopolitical stage far outreaches its roughly 51-mile stretch of land and water. This week, we're trying to understand the canal's murky future - from climate change t...
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    • 1 year ago
    31:48
    Black audiences see themselves centered in a brand new soap opera
    B.A. Parker digs into the historical connection between Black Americans and soap operas with the launching of "Beyond the Gates," the first ever soap focused primarily on a Black family. To manage pod...
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    • 1 year ago
    36:20
    What a Black enclave lost in the Los Angeles wildfires
    Altadena was the site of the Eaton fire, one of two major wildfires in Los Angeles County in January. The wind and flames destroyed more than 9,000 structures — and with them, the long-tenured Black c...
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    • 1 year ago
    30:35
    An NFL star on what the game costs those who play it
    Dominique Foxworth played in the NFL from 2005 to 2011. After he retired, he went on to become the head of the NFL Players' Association, the union that represents players in the league. In this conver...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Untangling the history of Black rights on Native land
    How the criminal legal system considers who is and isn't Native, and what that means for the Black people who are members of tribal nations. This reporting is part of an audio documentary from Audible...
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    • 1 year ago
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    What football tells us about race, labor and power
    The way football is played and who plays it — from the pee-wees to the pros — tells us so much about race, labor and power in the United States. In a conversation with cultural anthropologist Tracie C...
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    • 1 year ago
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    B.A. Parker is learning the banjo
    Parker has been trying to find her place in the banjo world. So this week, she talks to Black banjo players like Grammy nominee Rhiannon Giddens about creating community and reclaiming an instrument t...
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    • 1 year ago
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    The co-opting of MLK Jr. by...everybody
    Martin Luther King Jr. was relatively unpopular when he was assassinated. But the way Americans of all political stripes invoke his memory today, you'd think he was held up as a hero. In this episode,...
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    • 1 year ago
    30:43
    "The police are our friends"?
    How should Black parents talk to their kids about the police? Gene gets into it with his friend Chenjerai Kumanyika, host of Empire City, a podcast about the history of the NYPD. Chenjerai's show spra...
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    • 1 year ago
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    How celebrating an Ecuadorian New Year's tradition brings us closer together
    Happy New Year, fam! This year, we're celebrating Ecuadorian style: by burning away what we want to let go of from last year and creating space for moving ahead with this year. Code Switch producer Xa...
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    • 1 year ago
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    He was shot in Vermont. Now he wants to go home to the West Bank
    Shot and severely injured while visiting family in Vermont in 2023, Hisham Awartani grapples with his recovery in the U.S., and the unfolding war at home in the West Bank.To manage podcast ad preferen...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Luigi Mangione and America's pent up pain
    Even before Luigi Mangione was arrested for killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the reaction to the shooter was far different than other instances of gun violence. To manage podcast ad prefe...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Freedom, Autonomy and the Elián González Story
    Twenty-five years ago, a boy named Eliaán Gonzaález appeared — remarkably alive — in the waters off the coast of Miami. Immediately, his fate became the subject of an international debate: Should he s...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Dreaming of a Black Utopia in Trump's America
    In his new book, The Black Utopians, author Aaron Robertson tells the story of how Black folks have created many different versions of utopian communities throughout history — and why those communitie...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Where tradwives and leftists agree
    We continue our conversation about the hellscape of modern motherhood, and look into an alternative to the tradwife lifestyle.We want to hear from our listeners about what you like about Code Switch a...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Momfluencers, tradwives, and the perils of modern motherhood
    Motherhood in the U.S. is revered. Actual mothers? Not so much. But momfluencers and tradwives are stepping in to fill that void. We dive into that world to understand how it intersects with the incom...
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    • 1 year ago
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    The 'little r' racist idea that swung the election
    What lessons should we all be taking from the historic match-up between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris? New York Times political correspondent Astead Herndon says the big takeaway from this election i...
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    • 1 year ago
    31:06
    The day Trump won...again
    The Code Switch team spent Election Day talking to folks about how the outcome might impact them. From green card holding Trump supporters in Queens, to first-time voters at Harris' watch party in DC,...
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    • 1 year ago
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    You can't outrun voters' feelings about the economy
    As we take in the news of another Donald Trump administration, we thought who better to turn the mic over to than the hosts of NPR's Politics Podcast.To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Diving into the Black Manosphere
    The manosphere is a sprawling online ecosystem aimed at disgruntled men. Now a subset of the manosphere aimed at Black men is exposing cracks in Black voters' steadfast support of Democrats. On this e...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Spitting on Andrew Jackson's grave with Rebecca Nagle
    That's how Nagle begins her new book and how she frames the version of history she's telling. The book digs into the past and future of Native sovereignty through the lens of one of the most significa...
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    • 1 year ago
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    In Michigan, Arab Americans weigh the power of a vote
    We travel to Dearborn, aka the "capital of Arab America." The Dearbornites we met said that the war in Gaza is the key issue on their minds as they consider how to cast their ballots. What these voter...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Ask Code Switch: Am I the "token" at work?
    This week on Ask Code Switch, we're getting into the question a lot of minorities face when climbing the ladder at work – am I rising because I'm talented or because I'm tokenized?To manage podcast ad...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Two Palestinian writers on the right to share their stories
    In the year since the devastating Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed. Even more have been injured or displaced. Still, many Palestinians across the diaspora f...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Ask Code Switch: Is it a preference or fetish?
    This week on Ask Code Switch, when it comes to race and dating, how important is diversity in your dating history? What does the race of our past romances say about us? And how do we know when we've c...
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    • 1 year ago
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    The Trump campaign strategy to demonize Haitian immigrants
    This week, we're looking into the endgame of the racist and false rumors targeting Haitian immigrants. Are the lies being told about migrants across the country part of a strategy to land a bigger lie...
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    • 1 year ago
    33:33
    Ask Code Switch: Is picky eating about taste or race?
    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 b...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Latinos are moving to the far right. Paola Ramos thinks she knows why
    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 ...
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    • 1 year ago
    33:09
    Ask Code Switch: Do bike lanes cause gentrification?
    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 th...
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    • 1 year ago
    12:25
    Fighting back on book bans
    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.To manage podcas...
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    • 1 year ago
    29:47
    Ask Code Switch: The racial politics of washing dishes?
    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 "dis...
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    • 1 year ago
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    The park. Sunday. Queens, New York.
    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,...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Ask Code Switch: Is this a racist question?
    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...
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    • 1 year ago
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    Going back to school with schizoaffective disorder
    Michael Vargas Arango was having a fairly typical day — hanging out at his home in Medellín, playing Xbox with one of his friends. Only, when he spoke to his mom during the day, he realized that she h...
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    • 1 year ago
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    What James Baldwin can teach us about Israel, and ourselves
    It's been more than ten months since devastating violence began unfolding in Israel and Gaza. And in the midst of all the death, so many people are trying to better understand what's going on in that ...
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    • 2 years ago
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    Black praise in white pews: When your church doesn't love you back
    How do you participate in a faith practice that has a rough track record with racism? That's what our play-cousin J.C. Howard gets into in this week's episode of Code Switch. He talks to us about Blac...
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    • 2 years ago
    38:16
    Race, Romance and Reality TV
    Reality TV has been referred to as a funhouse mirror of our culture. But even with its distortions, it can reflect back to us what we accept as a society – especially when it comes to things like gend...
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    • 2 years ago
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