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Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. 

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Episodes

  • Paris At A Standstill

    Paris has been brought to a near standstill by a wave of strikes and protest marches aimed at the French government's plans to restructure the nation's retirement system.

  • John Leguizamo On 'Latin History For Morons'

    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with John Leguizamo about the evolution of his one-man show after performing it for six years. Its national tour has just wrapped up.

  • Prosecutor On Kentucky Pardons

    In his final days in office, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin pardoned or commuted sentences for over 400 people. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Commonwealth Attorney Brian Wright about one of the cases.

  • Watching The Unstreamable Christmas Movies

    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Chase Burns and Jasmyne Keimig of The Stranger, a weekly newspaper in Seattle, about the charms of movies you can't find on streaming services.

  • Balancing LGBTQ Rights And Religious Liberty

    Two Republicans want to bridge the conflicting claims of religious liberty and LGBT rights. Their "Fairness For All" initiative is supported by some Christian leaders and conservative LGBT activists.
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    Sunday Puzzle: B's And L's

    Listener Dustin Dickerson plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

  • What's Behind Decreased Life Expectancy In The U.S.

    There's a decline in life expectancy in Ohio and the U.S. Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Amy Bush Stevens, vice president of the Healthy Policy Institute of Ohio about what is driving this trend.

  • Evanston, Ill., Has A Reparations Plan

    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Alderwoman Robin Rue Simmons about a plan to use taxes from the sale of recreational marijuana as reparations for the local black community in Evanston, Ill.

  • Cookies In Space, For Science

    A delicious experiment is set to take place in space. Astronauts will bake cookies on the International Space Station as part of a long line of food innovations fueling space travel.