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

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Episodes

  • The 2010s: Slang That Stuck

    Adulting in the 2010s involved some shade, some tea, especially if you were hanging with your bae, rocking some mom jeans in that selfie. We round up the slang that stuck in this decade.

  • Christmas On Christmas Island Means Crabs

    Christmas on Christmas Island typically features tens of millions of crabs making their way to the beaches to spawn, and everyone has a hand in that journey.

  • Snopes, Facebook And Fake Accounts

    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Snopes VP of operations Vinny Green and reporter Jordan Liles about how Facebook used their reporting to shut down 900 fake accounts without crediting them.

  • 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.