Weekend Edition Sunday
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Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein. Lulu Garcia-Navarro became host of the show in 2017.
Latest Episodes
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President Trump has established a cryptocurrency reserve. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Bloomberg reporter Zeke Faux about what it's intended to do, and why it may not work that way.
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An NPR investigation finds problems with the federal court system and a deep culture of fear about reporting judges for abusive behavior and sexual harassment.
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The Trump administration wants to extend the 2017 tax cuts. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Elena Patel, a professor at the University of Utah, who warns they will dramatically grow the deficit.
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The movie "On Becoming a Guinea Fowl" is set in Zambia and deals in grief and dark family secrets. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to director Rungano Nyoni and actor Susan Chardy about the movie.
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COVID-19 was declared a pandemic 5 years ago this week. We ask 3 people who shared their experiences in our series "Outbreak Voices" about how they think of those years today.
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One of China's most famous poets, who some call the country's Emily Dickenson, is breaking new boundaries by taking to the stage to dance.
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A hot mess of a former pop singer becomes an unlikely detective when her son's classmate is kidnapped. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Sarah Harman about her novel, "All The Other Mothers Hate Me."
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMC listener Ellen Triebwasser of Red Hook, N.Y., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz. -
The U.S.-Mexico border is quieter than it's been in years. Vice President Vance says the Trump administration deserves the credit, but migrant apprehensions have been falling for months.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to artist David A. Lindon, whose creations tend to fit in the eye of a needle. His latest work: The world's tiniest Lego block.
