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Code Switch

Live From Philly*: A Code Switch Jawn

Code Switch

NPR

Society & Culture

4.614.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

OK, so we weren't really in Philly (it's still a pandemic, after all.) But we did talk all things race and Philadelphia with special guests Erika Alexander and Denice Frohman. On the docket for the night: reparations, basketball, poetry and of course, the word "jawn."

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0:00.0

Just a heads up, there are a few curse words in this John.

0:03.9

My fault.

0:06.4

It's good job. I'm Gene Demby.

0:08.7

I'm Shireen Marizzo Maraji and this is Code Switch Live.

0:17.8

Okay, so they're applause your hair. It's fake. It's not real.

0:21.6

But we did perform a live show on April 15th in front of a live audience,

0:26.0

but it was a Zoom audience still trying to be safe out here.

0:30.4

Yes, we are still trying to be safe. This was in partnership with

0:33.4

WHYY, the member station affiliate, because this was all Philly John.

0:36.7

The shout out to the hometown. Thank you to all the listeners who tuned into that.

0:40.4

But yeah, Shireen and I, we were live from our respective cribs.

0:43.9

Yes, Gene, you were in Washington, DC and I was sitting at my dining room table in Los Angeles.

0:48.7

We got a sec lineup for you all.

0:50.5

Later in the show, we're going to do one of our listener favorite segments.

0:53.2

As Code Switch, that's when we answer listener questions. This time though,

0:56.4

they're all going to be related to the 2.5. We're going to get a visit from one of our

1:00.0

play cousins, the poet Denise Froman. But first,

1:04.8

and not least, if you're as old as Gene Demby, you will recognize our first guest as

1:12.0

cousin Pam from the Cosby Show or perhaps Maxine Shaw Esquire from Living Single.

1:19.7

If you're a little bit younger, you may recognize her as Detective Latoya from Get Out.

1:24.8

Or perhaps the Riz's mom on Wootang and American Saga.

1:28.3

I'm talking about activists, actress, producer, business woman,

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