Weekend Edition Sunday

Episodes

• 'Toss A Coin To Your Witcher' Inspires Remixes And Covers

  "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" is a song from the Netflix series The Witcher that has inspired enthusiastic remixes and covers. Kathryn VanArendonk, Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli discuss.

  Jan 12, 2020 at 4:59 am

• Protests In Iran After Government Says It Shot Down Plane

  NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Abas Aslani, editor-in-chief of the Iran Front Page, about reaction in Iran to the military's admission that it accidentally shot down a passenger plane there.

  Jan 12, 2020 at 4:59 am

• Remains Of Ancient Female Fighters Discovered

  NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Adrienne Mayor of Stanford University if the discovery of women buried with arrowheads, spears, and horse-riding gear in Western Russia means Amazons are real.

  Jan 12, 2020 at 4:59 am
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  Sunday Puzzle: Supermarket Wordplay

  Listener Kathleen McAuliffe plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Sarah McCammon.

  Jan 05, 2020 at 4:59 am

• The Australian Wildfires' Devastating Impact On Wildlife

  Dr. Gundi Rhoades is a veterinarian in New South Wales who's been dealing with tragic numbers of dying livestock and wild animals from the wildfires in Australia. She talks with NPR's Sarah McCammon.

  Jan 05, 2020 at 4:59 am

• How To Like Jazz, For The Uninitiated

  Want to start the new year with some new music? Weekend Edition has you covered with a new genre every week this month.

  Jan 05, 2020 at 4:59 am

• When Applying For College Is Especially Difficult

  NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with high school senior Kayla Sasser and law professor Mehrsa Baradaran about the challenge of answering college applications questions for disadvantaged students.

  Jan 05, 2020 at 4:59 am

• Rachel Syme On 'Perfume Genie'

  Sarah McCammon talks to writer and critic Rachel Syme about her Twitter feed feature, "Perfume Genie," in which she recommends perfumes to readers who describe what they want 2020 to smell like.

  Jan 05, 2020 at 4:59 am
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  Sunday Puzzle: Names In This Year's News

  Noah Goldstein of Chicago, Ill., plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

  Dec 29, 2019 at 4:54 am

• Anti-Defamation League Responds To New York Stabbing Attack

  Five people were stabbed at the home of a rabbi in New York on Saturday night. Evan Bernstein, the Anti-Defamation League's New York/New Jersey regional director, talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

  Dec 29, 2019 at 4:54 am

• What's Ahead For The U.S. Space Program

  The coming year is supposed to bring some important launches into space. It's possible private companies will successfully launch humans into space, and missions to Mars and the sun are planned.

  Dec 29, 2019 at 4:54 am

• People Lost In 2019: Gracie Williams Jamison

  As part of Weekend Edition's "People We Lost In 2019" series, Carole Williams talks about the life of her closest friend, Gracie Williams Jamison.

  Dec 29, 2019 at 4:54 am