Episodios

  • Freedom through the eyes of foes: Rev. Martin Luther King and Sen. Barry Goldwater

    Freedom through the eyes of foes: Rev. Martin Luther King and Sen. Barry Goldwater
    Jan 17 2026
    In honor of MLK Day, we sit down with historian Nicholas Buccola, author of One Man’s Freedom, to re-examine the concept of "freedom" by comparing the legacies of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and conservative politician Barry Goldwater. In our conversation, Buccola reveals the profound gulf between Goldwater's abstract view of freedom and King's focus on the daily fight for dignity and individual liberty– and he helps us understand what this historical battle can teach us about the fight for freedom today.

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    22 m
  • Venezuela and the long tradition of US interference

    Venezuela and the long tradition of US interference
    Jan 14 2026
    The U.S. ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is just the latest chapter in a long, troubling history of American intervention in Latin America. NPR immigration correspondent Jasmine Garsd brings us to the New York courthouse where President Maduro was indicted by the U.S. government. We also talk to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Greg Grandin, who explains how the modern concept of national sovereignty — a country’s right to govern itself — originated in Latin America as a response to U.S. expansion.

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    33 m
  • Jelani Cobb talks democracy, Trumpism, and the future of journalism

    Jelani Cobb talks democracy, Trumpism, and the future of journalism
    Jan 10 2026
    2026 is off to an intense start, but many of the events we're seeing play out today come out of dynamics that have been building for years. Jelani Cobb, a journalist, historian, and the Dean of Columbia's journalism school, talks to us about his new book, Three of More is a Riot (Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025), which analyzes some of the major events of the United States' past decade and a half, and how they've set the groundwork for much of what's happening now.

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    18 m
  • How 'The Joy Luck Club' highlighted the complicated dynamics of immigrant families

    How 'The Joy Luck Club' highlighted the complicated dynamics of immigrant families
    Jan 7 2026
    Connecting across generations can be tough, even in the same family. This is at the heart of Amy Tan’s 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club. This week, we're bringing you an episode from NPR's Books We Loved series, where our very own B. A. Parker, along with Andrew Limbong and The Indicator’s Wailin Wong, discuss how miscommunication and misunderstandings between parents and their children continues to be a theme in stories of immigrant families today.

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    35 m
  • Support for Israel is waning, but many White Evangelical Christians remain steadfast

    Support for Israel is waning, but many White Evangelical Christians remain steadfast
    Jan 3 2026
    Among the American public, support for Israel has fallen among almost every demographic group. But for many White Evangelical Christians over the age of 35, support has remained steadfast. And that support continues to be a major shaper of U.S. policy in the region. So today, in our final installment of the Code Switch History Class series, we're looking into the history and theology behind how White Evangelicals became so connected to Israel, and what that connection looks like in the public square.

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    34 m
  • From "CRT" to "DEI": A history of race and moral panics

    From "CRT" to "DEI": A history of race and moral panics
    Dec 31 2025
    A few years back, many politicians were raising the alarm about the dangers of "CRT" in schools. Today, the new risk to public education is "DEI." What do both of these moments have in common? They have all the elements of a moral panic. So in this installment of Code Switch History Class, we're looking at the history of moral panics in the U.S., and why they so often invoke fears about race and integration.

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    39 m
  • Where ICE came from, and where it needs to go

    Where ICE came from, and where it needs to go
    Dec 27 2025
    In 2018, in light of some pretty aggressive rhetoric and policies being enacted by the Trump administration, many people were asking a pretty direct question: Should ICE be abolished? Seven years later, amidst arguably even harsher policies and language, many are still asking that same question. So today, on the second installment in our Code Switch History Class series, we're taking a look at where ICE came from, and talking to an expert about what a more humane immigration system might necessitate.

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    19 m
  • What the 1968 fight for ethnic studies classes teaches us about today

    What the 1968 fight for ethnic studies classes teaches us about today
    Dec 24 2025
    The fight over the soul of higher education is very alive right now, with the Trump administration engaged in dozens of investigations and multiple lawsuits against colleges and universities around the country. Billions of research dollars at those schools have been frozen, too. So today, in a special series called Code Switch History Class, we're looking back at another time of upheaval — a long, bloody strike at San Francisco State that forever changed higher education in the United States.

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    41 m
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