Race Matters. It’s Time to Listen.

Listen in as Gilbert Cruz, The Times’s television editor, and Jeremy Egner, our in-house “Game of Thrones” expert, offer a debrief at the conclusion of Season 7. 

John Eligon, a national correspondent covering race, and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, a domestic affairs correspondent, discuss the racial divide in America with Marc Lacey, The Times’s national editor. 

Times reporter-turned-podcast host Michael Barbaro talks about “The Daily” and the thinking behind the Times’ new daily podcast. Susan Lehman is host. 

Shelby Steele, filmmaker, author, and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, joins us to break down the current societal obsession with race, to spotlight the destructive and harmful nature of Critical Race Theory, and to debunk many of the most popular racial narratives today. ... Show More

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll out Monday reveals how Americans view race after a white police officer was found guilty of George Floyd's murder. More Poll Results This episode: demographics and culture reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe, an ... Show More

Yamaneika Saunders joins the crew. They talk race, Rachel Dolezal, and how everyone’s a little bit racist. They also play Black History with Keith and Pound It or Pass on Loni Anderson (back in the day and now). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

In Loudoun County, Va., a fierce debate has been raging for months inside normally sleepy school board meetings.At the heart of this anger is critical race theory, a once obscure academic framework for understanding racism in the United States.How, exactly, did critical race theo ... Show More

Last year’s Black Lives Matter protests seemed to be an awakening for some, but for many black and brown communities it exposed a truth that has always been painfully clear.On this episode of Global Reboot, Foreign Policy Editor in Chief Ravi Agrawal interviews Dr. Bernice King o ... Show More

When a comedian of color makes a joke, is it always about race, even if it's not about race? Code Switch talks to comedians Aparna Nancherla, Brian Bahe and Maz Jobrani about how and why race makes an appearance in their jokes. Plus, one of our own reveals her early-career dabbli ... Show More

Newspapers across the country pulled the long-running comic “Dilbert” after its creator uploaded a racist tirade about Rasmussen poll results. Journalist Chris Cillizza explains how providing the fodder for controversy is Rasmussen’s whole deal.This episode was produced by Amanda ... Show More

Hey Trumpcast listeners, here's another show from Slate: A Word, with Jason Johnson.  You’ve heard Jason on Trumpcast several times. Now, every Friday he brings his sharp analysis to discussions with policy-makers, journalists, entertainers, and other experts about America’s chal ... Show More

The New York Times published an editorial that made false claims about Sarah Palin. A lawsuit over the error could change American media.This episode was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Richard Sima and Laura Bullard, an ... Show More