The Code Switch hosts on stage in Chicago: (from left to right) Lori Lizarraga, B.A. Parker and Gene Demby.

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The Code Switch hosts on stage in Chicago: (from left to right) Lori Lizarraga, B.A. Parker and Gene Demby.

Kristan Lieb for NPR

For the last couple of years, we’ve reoriented ourselves around our homes, and that got us thinking at Code Switch: what does home really mean? Is it a city?A place? A person or group of people? A job? All of the above? Has the definition of home changed?

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We bring those questions to you and some special guests in our live show from the Windy City! Featuring Calumet City poet José Olivarez, the creators of the HBO Max comedy series South Side — Sultan Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle — and WBEZ’s Adriana Cardona-Maguidad, this show unpacks what it means to be at home in Chicago, and race and segregation in the city. Musical guest and Chicago native KAINA and her band play us through the show, featuring sounds from her latest album It Was A Home.