Weekend Edition Sunday
Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.
Episodes
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Sunday Puzzle: Six letter to eight letter words
NPR's Debbie Elliott plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and listener Clark Neider of Pheonix.
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Chinese swimmers at Paris Olympics deny doping accusations as diplomatic row grows
Chinese athletes say they compete "clean" despite positive drug tests in 2021 that were kept secret. Diplomatic tensions over the case continue to escalate as U.S. officials push for reform.
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Firefighters are struggling to contain a massive fire blazing in northern California
350 thousand acres are burning in Northern California, an area bigger than the city of Los Angeles. We'll hear from residents threatened by the Park Fire.
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Airstrike kills 12 children in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
A rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 children on a soccer field yesterday. Israel blames the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which denies responsibility for the attack.
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Longtime Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow's seat is up for grabs
Early voting started in Michigan's primaries this weekend. A major question: Who will become the party nominees for the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow?
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Politics chat: Harris campaign ramps up, Trump campaign refocuses its attention
The Harris campaign moves into high gear as the Trump campaign redirects its focus, and tries out some new messaging.
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Pete Buttigieg speaks on the ongoing impact of the Crowdstrike outage on airlines
NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about recent flight cancellations due to the Crowdstrike tech outage.
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Companies' quarterly earnings reports hint at possible relief from high prices
Some big brands reported quarterly earnings in recent days: What do they have to say about consumer spending and the direction of the economy?
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Southwest Airlines is facing a unique climate change problem: exploding soda cans
Extreme temperatures have caused problems for the beverage service on some Southwest Airlines flights, with hot cans exploding when opened.
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At the funeral of a senior Hamas leader, pride and hope for the future
The war in Gaza has brought Sunni and Shiite armed groups closer together in Lebanon. Many there fear that fighting on its border with Israel could drag the country into war.
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Vietnam's most senior political leader has died, leaving behind a vacuum in the party
What does the death of the long-serving leader of Vietnam, one of the world's last remaining communist regimes, mean for the country and the region?
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The Crowdstrike outage disrupted many industries. Hospitals were especially vulnerable
We look at how the CrowdStrike update, which caused a major comms outage for airlines and banks, affected hospitals.
