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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Grappling With Identity In 'Fieldnotes On Ordinary Love'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with poet and video game designer Keith S. Wilson about his new collection of poetry, Fieldnotes On Ordinary Love, which explores space, race and physics.
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TV Show Ends
Tonight's Game of Thrones series finale has fans wondering how storylines will end, and how they'll cope with the end of the show.
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#YouKnowMe: Twitter Users Share Abortion Experiences
Twitter users revealed their abortion experiences under the tag #YouKnowMe after actress and late-night host Busy Philipps shared hers.
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Academics Gather To Study Phish, Man
A first-ever academic conference on the meaning and impact of the jam band Phish is happening this weekend in Oregon.
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Lucy Dacus' Mother's Day Message Is One Of Truth And Consideration
Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with indie rock singer and songwriter Lucy Dacus about her song "My Mother And I."
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Did This Novel About LSD Trials Get It Right? We Ask Someone Who Was There
T.C. Boyle's Outside Looking In fictionalizes Timothy Leary's hallucinogenic drug experiments in the 1960s. A graduate student who participated says Boyle did a "great job describing the zeitgeist."
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Rihanna Disrupts Luxury Fashion World, Joining LVMH With 'Fenty' Brand
The singer will become the first woman to start a new fashion line with the luxury group, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, and the first woman of color to lead one of their fashion houses.
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Sunday Puzzle: Clues Come In 2s
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro plays the puzzle with the New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz and WABE listener Rick Thompson.
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Sudan's Artistic Awakening
The 30-year rule of Omar al-Bashir is over. Now, new freedoms and popular empowerment are being accompanied by an artistic renaissance.
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This Company Says The Future Of Nuclear Energy Is Smaller, Cheaper And Safer
An Oregon company plans a new kind of nuclear power plant that many consider the future of the industry. It's smaller and cheaper and could work well with renewable energy.
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Sunday Puzzle: Familiar 2 Words
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and member station KTEP listener Philip Rosen of El Paso, Texas.
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L7's Donita Sparks Talks Women In Rock And The Band's New Album, 'Scatter The Rats'
Frontwoman Donita Sparks talks about L7's newest release after 20 years, Scatter the Rats, and about women in rock.