Code Switch
NPR
What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor. We explore how race affects every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, food and everything in between. This podcast makes all of us part of the conversation — because we're all part of the story. Code Switch was named Apple Podcasts' first-ever Show of the Year in 2020.Want to level up your Code Switch game? Try Code Switch Plus. Your subscription supports the show and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/codeswitch
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Code Switch podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 2 episodes
A People's History of the United States
1492-present
Howard Zinn
#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
We Refuse
A Forceful History of Black Resistance
Kellie Carter Jackson
#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Wings, the story of a band on the run
the story of a band on the run
Paul McCartney
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Persepolis
The Story of a Childhood
Marjane Satrapi
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Bright Dead Things
Ada Limon
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Nearly everything you learned about race in medical school is wrong
Joe Graves Jr.
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Breathing Race into the Machine
Lundy Braun
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Souls of White Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Souls of Black Folk
Héctor Arnau
Patricia H. Hinchey
Eugene F. Provenzo
Slingshot Books
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Brent Hayes Edwards
Monty
Karl Simrock
Monica M. Elbert
Arnold Rampersad
Shawn Alexander
Prentice Onayemi
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Walter Covell
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
They Came for the Schools
Mike Hixenbaugh
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Threshold of Dissent
A History of American Jewish Critics of Zionism
Marjorie Feld
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Uses of the Erotic
The Erotic as Power
Audre Lorde
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Carefree Black Girls
Zeba Blay
Clara Amfo
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Perfect Victims
Mohammed El-Kurd
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
America, America, A New History of the New World
Greg Grandin
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A few seconds of panic
Stefan Fatsis
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Atomic Habits
James Clear
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
After Parties
Anthony Veasna So
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The New Negro
Elaine Locke
