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'''''Code Switch''''' is a [[podcast]] from National Public Radio [[NPR|(NPR]]), and an online outlet covering race and culture.
The ''Code Switch'' podcast launched in 2016, and is hosted by [[Gene Demby]] and [[Shereen Marisol Meraji]]. In 2020, in the wake of the [[George Floyd protests]], it became one of NPR's top ranked podcasts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How NPR's 'Code Switch' Podcast Became a Hit Telling Stories "The Way They Needed to Be Told"|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-nprs-code-switch-podcast-became-a-hit-telling-stories-way-they-needed-be-told-1300714|access-date=August 2, 2020|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 27, 2020 |language=en|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819012055/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-nprs-code-switch-podcast-became-a-hit-telling-stories-way-they-needed-be-told-1300714|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, it was named Apple's Podcast of the Year.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Bonifacic |first=Igor |date=Dec 1, 2020 |title='Code Switch' from NPR is Apple's podcast of the year |url=https://www.engadget.com/apple-best-podcasts-of-2020-213312088.html |access-date=Jan 31, 2024 |work=Engadget}}</ref> ==History==
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In 2016 ''Los Angeles Magazine'' recommended the ''Code Switch'' podcast as one of "5 Podcasts You Must Listen to This Summer".<ref name="LAM"/>
In December 2020, ''Apple Podcasts'' announced that ''Code Switch'' had been selected as 'show of the year', marking the first time that ''Apple Podcasts'' recognized a single podcast of the year.<ref name=":1" />
In 2021 the show won an Ambies award for "Best Society and Culture Podcast".<ref>{{Cite web|title=2021 WINNERS|url=https://www.ambies.com/2021winners|access-date=November 7, 2021|website=The Ambies — Awards for Excellence in Audio|language=en-US|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107195300/https://www.ambies.com/2021winners|url-status=live}}</ref>
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