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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David Schelzel On The Ocean Blue's 'Kings And Queens/Knaves And Thieves'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with musician David Schelzel about The Ocean Blue's new album, Kings and Queens/Knaves and Thieves.
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A German Dad's Search For His Daughter, Taken By ISIS
A German father struggles to find and bring home his young daughter, taken by his ex-wife when she went to Syria five years ago with her new husband, an ISIS fighter.
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The Limits Of Human Endurance
How do you study the upper limits of human endurance? Professor Herman Pontzer of Duke University tracked long-distance athletes running across the country. He talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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The Scene At The Guatemalan-Mexican Border
Under a new agreement, Guatemalans seeking asylum must first seek refuge in Mexico, and not the U.S.
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The Future Of Flood Insurance
Flood insurance is getting increasingly expensive. So Congress is trying to restructure the federal flood insurance program and figure out how to help people who live in flood-prone areas.
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'The Handmaid's Tale' And Coming Out As Transgender
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Vox culture critic Emily VanDerWerff, who came out publicly as a trans woman in her recent review of the new season of The Handmaid's Tale.
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YouTube Removes White Supremacist Content
YouTube's new policy intended to remove hateful speech from its platform has been effective, but it is also having unintended consequences.
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What It's Like To Survive A Tornado
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with tornado survivor Cait Routson about the storm that ravaged her Dayton, Ohio, neighborhood last week.
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'This Land Is Our Land' Argues For Migration
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Suketu Mehta, author of This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto, which argues for more immigrants in America and elsewhere.
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Pilots Who Flew For Air America In Vietnam Fight For Pensions
America's final act in the Vietnam War produced an iconic image: a helicopter on a rooftop as desperate Vietnamese tried to climb aboard. For some involved in the mission, the story isn't over.
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Investigating A 'Canadian Genocide' Of Indigenous Women
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Jorge Barrera of the CBC about his recent reporting on missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada.
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Friends And Family Remember Victims Of Virginia Beach Shooting
Twelve people were killed in a shooting in Virginia Beach on Friday afternoon. Their friends and family have been remembering the victims on social media.