logo
episode-header-image
Aug 2022
31m 45s

What's so funny about race?

NPR
About this episode
What makes a great joke about race? In the first of two episodes, Code Switch talks to comedians Ziwe, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes and Joel Kim Booster about their favorite race joke they tell: What's its origin story? Why is it so funny? And what does it say about race in America?

See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

NPR Privacy Policy
Up next
Yesterday
Black voters could decide the midterms. Why are they being ignored?
Every election season, politicians remember Black voters exist, and then lecture them, pander to them or skip their doors entirely. MS NOW’s Eugene Daniels has been reporting on Black voters in Cleveland and Detroit, and he tells Parker what actually gets people to the polls (hin ... Show More
29 m
Oct 27
Weaponizing IQ: Who gets to be smart?
President Trump and Silicon Valley tech bros are obsessed with IQ, but the history of intelligence testing is full of bunk race science and eugenics. With the rise of AI's "super intelligence," should we still be ranking human intelligence at all? We teamed up with our play cousi ... Show More
36m 25s
Oct 23
What if men read more books
Are the men in your life reading? How do you convince people to check out more novels? This week, we turn to our play cousins at It's Been a Minute and their recent conversation with author Jason Reynolds. Reynolds is the acclaimed author of young adult novels, Look Both Ways, Lo ... Show More
41m 31s
Recommended Episodes
Aug 2018
Race
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 
38 m
Jan 2022
Now Why Am I In It?: The Group Chat
ASK FANTIListener Michael wants advice about an uncomfortable assignment a professor has given him and fellow students in a college class on the history of imperialism and nationalism in Africa.Listener FeedbackJo wrote it with a request for Tre’vell & Jarrett to share their thou ... Show More
1h 3m
Aug 2018
Race
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). Season two of "3 Girls, 1 Keith" is available only on Spotify Free a ... Show More
34m 48s
Apr 2021
Maz Jobrani (Part 2)
Continuing from last week, Jo, Dre, and Maz talk about how to "unlock" the audience during a virtual comedy show, and explore the way senses of humor differ across different cultures and how people relate DESPITE those differences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon ... Show More
53m 13s
Aug 2021
Roscoe Wallace, Women VS Men, Black People in Pool, Text Blunders and more.
Good morning and welcome to the ride! PhD level stoopidity today on this Frity. The crew talk about the best and worst summer jobs. Are women nicer than men or nah? Junior does not do well hearing bad news. Today in Comedy Roulette, we get the excuses black people make to not get ... Show More
1h 24m
Apr 2022
Happy Four Twenty
A listener asks the team "How long should you hold a grudge against a bad job?" Two Black women educators Kellie Carter Jackson and Leah Wright Rigueur break down their WORST JOBS finding broken glass in pancakes, and a chicken processing factory. Is college a SCAM? They answer. ... Show More
1h 3m
Feb 2022
Episode 47: Neckbone Ramen
The Jokes On You girls are here with your FIFTH CONSECUTIVE EPISODE IN 2022 and this week we’re ✨biracial✨… just kidding, we have a total of 7.5 black grandparents combined… this week we’re shaking the race table. From “white mom biracials” to interracial Cheerios, we’re checking ... Show More
53m 34s
Dec 2024
How To Be The Most Healed Guy with Neal Brennan
<p>Trevor and Christiana sit down with Chappelle's Show co-creator and former Daily Show colleague Neal Brennan. The three friends discuss the importance of familial dysfunction to a life of comedy, whether jokes about racism, sexism, transphobia, and the like help or hurt move t ... Show More
1h 14m