Weekend Edition Sunday
Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.
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Episodes
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Masculinity's Big Role In Trump's Presidency
President Trump encouraged his supporters to "fight" before the assault on the Capitol, echoing the kind of macho message that has defined his political career.
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Vanessa Kirby and Ellen Burstyn On The Trauma Of Child Loss In 'Pieces Of A Woman'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Vanessa Kirby and Ellen Burstyn about their new film, Pieces of a Woman, about a home birth gone terribly wrong and the destruction that follows.
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Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Analyzes The Violent Riot At The Capitol
Can you call the events of Jan. 6 an insurgency? NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling what he thinks based on his experiences in Iraq.
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Federal Deal To Increase Vaccine Production Could Give Some Employees Early Access
A federal manufacturing contract to increase COVID-19 vaccine production has an unusual clause that could move a company's employees and their families to the front of the vaccination line.
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Social Media Companies Are Banning Trump. Why Now?
Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to social media researcher Jennifer Grygiel about why social media companies didn't react sooner to President Trump's online presence.
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D.C.'s Acting U.S. Attorney Calls Scope of Capitol Investigation 'Unprecedented'
In an exclusive interview with NPR, the top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia describes how investigators are building their case.
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Sunday Puzzle: Categories First
Listener Nick Lewis plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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Daniel Lodel Releases Dark New Novel
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author Daniel Loedel about his his new novel, Hades, Argentina.
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Remembering Director Michael Apted
The award-winning English director Michael Apted died Friday.
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What The U.S. Can Do About Vaccine Rollout Issues
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Elisabeth Rosenthal of Kaiser Health News about what's slowed down the vaccine roll out, and what, if anything, can be done to make up for lost time.
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Sunday Puzzle: New Names In 2020
Tyler Elliott plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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What We Hope 2021 Will Bring
With 2020 behind us, we asked some of our guests what they wished for in 2021 after such a remarkably difficult year.