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

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Episodes

  • Latin Music Takes Center Stage At Coachella

    The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, wraps up this weekend. Band after band filled the stages, including more Latin artists.

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    Sunday Puzzle: A Piece Of Cake

    NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with WAMU listener Ryan Saunders of Washington, D.C.

  • Sweden And Assange

    Staffan Sonning of Sweden's Sveriges Radio talks about proposals to extradite Julian Assange to Sweden, years after Swedish prosecutors issued an arrest warrant on rape allegations.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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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.

  • 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.