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Posted on December 20, 2021 By:

Listen Up! Bonus Episode: The blessing and curse of the ’90s Latin Pop Explosion

Our play cousins at NPR’s It’s Been a Minute podcast reexamine the so-called “Latin explosion” of the late ’90s: What it was supposed to be …

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Posted on December 15, 2021 By:

Listen Up! What Is ‘Latin Music’ Anyway?

The term ‘Latin Music’ can encompass everything from Celia Cruz to Bad Bunny to Selena Gomez to Los Tigres del Norte. It’s rock, pop, hip …

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Posted on December 9, 2021 By:

Listen Up! A Glimpse At ‘How The Other Half Eats’

How do race and class affect the way we eat? What makes dollar store junk food different from organic junk food? And when did Whole …

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Posted on December 1, 2021 By:

Listen Up! Imagining A World Without Prisons Or Police

When Derecka Purnell was growing up, the police were a regular presence in her life. Years later, the lawyer, activist, and author of the new …

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Posted on November 24, 2021 By:

Listen Up! Ask Code Switch: Thought For Food

It’s Thanksgiving week, so we’re bringing you a second helping of one of our favorite episodes, where we answer your questions about race and food. …

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Posted on November 18, 2021 By:

Listen Up! ‘The Characters Are The Light’

You already know we love books here on Code Switch — and given that we’re smack dab in the middle of Native American Heritage month, …

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Posted on November 10, 2021 By:

Listen Up! ‘Being Fly Is An Act Of Community’

When ‘Soul Train’ first aired in 1971, there had never been a show like it. Fifty years later, that’s still true. So this week, we’re …

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Posted on November 3, 2021 By:

Listen Up! Love And Blood Quantum

If you’re Native American, there’s a good chance that you’ve thought a lot about blood quantum — a highly controversial measurement of the amount of …

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Posted on October 28, 2021 By:

Listen Up! Ask Code Switch: Parents Just Don’t Understand

Or do they? This week, we’re answering some of your toughest questions about race and your parents. How do you create boundaries with immigrant parents? …

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Posted on October 20, 2021 By:

Listen Up! Painting By Numbers

The 2020 census data is finally here! At first glance, it paints a surprising portrait of a changing United States: The number of people who …

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  • A Better Understanding of Long Covid

    Throughout the pandemic, long Covid — symptoms that occur after the initial coronavirus infection — has remained something of a medical mystery.Now, amid the latest surge of infections, a series of major studies are shedding light on the condition.Guest: Pam Belluck, a health and science reporter for The New York Times.Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter. Background reading: Long Covid has become one of the most daunting legacies of the pandemic.Some research has shown that lingering symptoms are more prevalent in people in their 30s and 40s — when workers are often in the prime of their careers.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. 

  • Inside Operation Lone Star

    In the post-Trump era, some red states have moved aggressively to rebuke the Biden administration at the local level and signal to voters what a Republican-led country might look like.In Texas, immigration is a key battleground. Today, we speak to Hunter Schuler, a member of the National Guards, about why Gov. Greg Abbott has sent him and thousands of other security officers to the U.S.-Mexico border.Guest: Lulu Garcia-Navarro, a Times Opinion podcast host; and J. David Goodman, the Houston bureau chief for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter. Background reading: Operation Lone Star is an expensive and unusual effort to reinforce border security. But after a year, there is little to show for it.Soldiers sent to patrol the border have complained of difficulties and a seemingly rudderless mission.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. 

  • The Battle for Azovstal: A Soldier’s Story

    For the past two months, a group of Ukrainian fighters has been holed up in the Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol, mounting a last stand against Russian forces in a critical part of eastern Ukraine.On Monday, Ukraine finally surrendered the plant.After the end of the determined resistance at Azovstal, we hear from Leonid Kuznetsov, a 25 year-old soldier who had been stationed inside.Guest: Michael Schwirtz, an investigative reporter for The New York Times.Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter. Background reading: Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers who fought at the steel plant in Mariupol face an uncertain future in Russian custody.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. 

  • The Mexican Model of Abortion Rights

    When the Supreme Court decriminalized abortion with Roe v. Wade, it established the United States as a global leader on abortion rights, decades ahead of many other countries. Now, with Roe likely to be overturned, we look to Mexico, a country where the playbook for securing legalized abortion could be a model for activists in the United States. Guest: Natalie Kitroeff, a correspondent covering Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for The New York Times.Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter. Background reading: Verónica Cruz spent years defying the law in Mexico, helping thousands of women get abortions. Now that Mexico has legalized abortion, activists are bringing their mission to a country moving in the opposite direction: the United States.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. 

  • The Racist Theory Behind So Many Mass Shootings

    Over the weekend, an 18-year-old man livestreamed himself shooting 13 people and killing 10. Within hours it became clear that the shooter’s intent was to kill as many Black people as possible. The suspect wrote online that he was motivated by replacement theory — a racist idea that white people are deliberately being replaced by people of color in places like America and Europe. What are the origins of this theory, and how has it become simultaneously more extreme and more mainstream?Guest: Nicholas Confessore, a political and investigative reporter for The New York Times. Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, subscribe to our newsletter. Background reading: Replacement theory, a fringe conspiracy fostered online and espoused by the suspect in the Buffalo massacre, has been embraced by some right-wing politicians and commentators.Here are our updates on the Buffalo shooting and the aftermath. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. 

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