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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Sunday Puzzle: Try T-H-is
Anthony Gray plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Scott Detrow.
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Treating COVID-19: What We Know Now
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Dr. Abraar Karan about coronavirus treatment strategies and what we've learned so far in the pandemic.
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Author Lacy Crawford Looks Back At Her Sexual Assault In New Memoir
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with author Lacy Crawford about her new memoir, Notes on a Silencing, about her sexual assault at an elite boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire.
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Joey Chestnut Sets New Record With 13th Hot Dog Eating Contest Win
A record that's hard for most people to swallow: Joey Chestnut, has won his 13th Nathan's hot dog eating contest - 75 hot dogs. Oooft! At least there was social distancing.
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How Transportation Racism Shaped America
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to urban planning professor Robert Bullard about hhow U.S. highways divided black neighborhoods.
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How Coronavirus Could Widen The Gender Wage Gap
Women have slowly made economic gains over the last half-century, and the gender wage gap is as narrow as it has ever been. But coronavirus could reverse those gains, and motherhood is a big reason.
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Sunday Puzzle: Starting A New Phrase
Ellen Blackstone plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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How Authorities Can Use The Internet To Identify Protesters
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Allie Funk, Senior Research Analyst for Tech and Democracy at Freedom House, about the use of internet surveillance during protests.
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Hasan Minhaj Discusses The Sixth Season Of 'Patriot Act'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with comedian Hasan Minhaj, about the topics he's been tackling on the latest season of his show, Patriot Act, on Netflix.
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How One Maryland Nursing Home Avoided COVID-19
Nursing homes have been hit hard by COVID-19, but one Maryland facility has had no deaths or infections. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to director Dr. Derrick DeWitt about how he kept everyone safe.
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Sunday Puzzle: New Start
Listener Name Rachel Mazor plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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U.S. Immigration Crackdowns Not Unusual During Times Of Crisis
President Trump is expected to sign an order to suspend some temporary work visas through the end of the year. A look at history shows a connection between pandemics and efforts to limit immigration.