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: State Capitals
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro plays the puzzle with puzzle master Wil Shortz and Larry Otten from Sheridan, Oregon.
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'Medicating With Music': How One Tiny Desk Contest Entrant Heals Through Song
This year's Tiny Desk Contest attracted plenty of talent, including standout entrant Mama Haze, aka California songwriter Meaghan Maples. Her song "On Your Side" was written during a time of healing.
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How TikTok Has Changed The Music Industry
TikTok's fate in the U.S. is unclear, but one thing is: the video-sharing app has been good for emerging artists. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with LA Times pop music critic Mikael Wood.
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Michelle Buteau On Her Long Career And New Netflix Special
Host Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to comedian Michelle Buteau about her new Netflix special, Wecome to Buteaupia.
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Juan Felipe Herrera Paints Portrait Of America In New Poetry Collection
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with former U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera about his latest collection, Every Day We Get More Illegal.
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Senator Cory Booker Opposes Filling Supreme Court Vacancy Before Election
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker about the Republican push to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the presidential election.
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'Miami Herald' Investigating How Racist Insert Was Distributed In Paper For Months
The Spanish language sibling to the Miami Herald apologized after including an insert filled with anti-Semitic screeds. The publishers of both papers admitted the issue has been going on for months.
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Sunday Puzzle: Accept Some Substitutes
Danette Pachtner plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy
NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro takes a moment to remember Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
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Bishop Michael Curry Preaches The Importance Of Love In New Book
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to author Bishop Michael Curry about his book Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times, and on the necessity of loving one another.
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Remote Learning Presents Additional Challenge For Students Experiencing Homelessness
Education during a pandemic is hard enough, but for families experiencing homelessness, remote learning is especially challenging, and not in a good way.
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The Latest COVID-19 Shortage Is Canning Lids
Looking for canning lids? There are none. Shelves are empty of canning supplies. It's reminiscent of the Great Canning Lid Shortage of 1975 when there were congressional hearings into the crisis.