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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50 Years Of 'Sesame Street'
When Sesame Street debuted 50 years ago, it was a game-changer for children's TV, with a multicultural cast and some wildly funny Muppets.
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Lauren Michele Jackson On 'White Negroes'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author Lauren Michele Jackson about her new book White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue... and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation.
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Sunday Puzzle: Cocoa
Listener Gabrielle Sweets plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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When Migrants Die, Many Bodies Remain Unidentified
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Kristian Hernández of the Center for Public Integrity about the deaths of unidentified migrants, and how their families back home struggle with grief and closure.
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Closing The Open Skies
The Trump administration may be ready to bail out of the Open Skies treaty, which for 17 years has allowed the U.S. and Russia to surveil each other by taking aerial photos.
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Yazidi Advocate Reacts To ISIS Leader's Death
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Hadi Pir, vice president of a Yazidi advocacy organization, about how the minority group targeted by ISIS feels about the death of its leader.
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Harriet Tubman's 'Visions'
Harriet, the biopic of Harriet Tubman is almost a superhero tale. Even her fainting spells — epileptic seizures, in reality — are depicted as a way for her to communicate with God.
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Trump Announces Death Of ISIS Leader In Raid
NPR National Security Correspondent Greg Myre and NPR White House Correspondent Tamara Keith discuss the details of the raid.
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Special Coverage: Trump Makes Announcement
President Trump is supposed to make a major announcement at the White House Sunday morning.
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Sunday Puzzle: The 3 B's
Listener Alec Sloane of Oakland, Calif., plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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Nike's Controversially Fast New Shoes
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Amby Burfoot, lifelong runner and former editor-in-chief at Runner's World, about the super-fast Nike shoes that might give runners an unfair advantage.
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Spiritualism In 'The In-Betweens'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to author Mira Ptacin about her new book, The In-Betweens, which chronicles the rise of spiritualism in the U.S.