Weekend Edition Sunday

Episodes

• Peeling Back The Reasons Behind The Onion Shortage

  Weather issues in the U.S. and elsewhere have contributed to an onion shortage. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Shay Myers, is a third-generation farmer growing onions in Idaho and Oregon.

  Apr 14, 2019 at 5:03 am
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  Big Wild Bottles His Challenges And Curiosities Into Debut Album

  Electronic composer Jackson Stell, who performs as Big Wild, ventures into singing for the first time with his debut album Superdream.

  Apr 07, 2019 at 5:05 am

• What To Know About Israel's Elections

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dogged by corruption allegations but could be re-elected as the country votes Tuesday. His main challenger is a retired general promising clean government.

  Apr 07, 2019 at 5:05 am
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  Sunday Puzzle: Name That Country

  NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition's puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with KUCV listener Eugene Clausen of Lincoln, Neb.

  Apr 07, 2019 at 5:05 am

• Mueller Report: Understanding Redactions

  Lawmakers anxiously await the Mueller report, but there's a catch: redactions. Greg Brower, formerly the FBI's chief liaison to Congress, discusses with Lulu Garcia-Navarro what might be blacked out.

  Apr 07, 2019 at 5:05 am

• Reacting To The LDS Church's Latest LGBT Policy Change

  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reversed a controversial policy about children of same-sex couples being baptized. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Jamison Manwaring.

  Apr 07, 2019 at 5:05 am

• Juno Flies By Jupiter

  NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks NASA scientist Steven Levin about the spacecraft Juno's latest Jupiter fly-by, occurring this weekend.

  Apr 07, 2019 at 5:05 am
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  A Math Teacher's Life Summed Up By The Gifted Students He Mentored

  A biologist at Harvard was chatting with a colleague about a mentor who pushed him to do harder math problems. It turns out the colleague had the same mentor — and so did many others.

  Apr 07, 2019 at 4:49 am
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  Sunday Puzzle: Shuffle A Couple Letters For This Category Challenge

  NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game this week with KCFR listener Richard Bauman of Golden, Colo.

  Mar 31, 2019 at 4:43 am

• Georgia's Abortion Bill Matches Trend Toward More Restrictions

  Georgia lawmakers have passed a "fetal heartbeat" abortion bill. It's part of a larger trend, with many state legislatures taking steps toward banning the procedure early in pregnancy.

  Mar 31, 2019 at 4:43 am

• What It's Like To Be A Transgender Person In ICE Custody

  Johely Campos Cervantes was detained by ICE in 2018. She describes to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro how she was treated as a transgender person in ICE custody.

  Mar 31, 2019 at 4:43 am

• View From Mexico On Trump's Latest Rhetoric

  NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks José Díaz-Briseño, Washington correspondent for the Mexican newspaper Reforma, how Mexico has been reacting to the latest escalation in rhetoric from President Trump.

  Mar 31, 2019 at 4:43 am