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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Coastal Pacific Oxygen Levels Now Plummet Once A Year
Scientists credit the crab and oyster industries with noticing a change in oxygen levels in coastal Pacific waters.
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Review: 'House Of Cards' Without Kevin Spacey
The final season of Netflix's House of Cards debuts without star Kevin Spacey following sexual abuse allegations against him. How does the show wrap up in his absence?
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Squirrel Hill: Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
Fred Rogers, the public television star, was one of Squirrel Hill's most famous residents. He also, in times of crisis, had advice for the media and those watching.
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Whiteness And Identity Politics
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times about identity politics and how the groups we come from affect our point of view.
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Senate Midterm Preview
In the final stretch before November's midterm elections, Senate Democrats are defending red state incumbents and Republicans are poised to make gains.
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Synagogue's Former Rabbi On Pittsburgh's Jewish Community
The mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh has left the Jewish community reeling. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Rabbi Chuck Diamond about the impact.
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Trump Responds To Pittsburgh Shooting
We look at how President Trump has responded to the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that left at least 11 people dead.
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How One Group Is Galvanizing Dissatisfied Voters
In Colorado, a group is exploiting voter dissatisfaction with the two major political parties in an effort to elect unaffiliated candidates.
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U.S. To Pull Out Of International Arms Control Agreement
President Trump says he will pull the U.S. out of a 1987 arms control treaty with Russia. It was a treaty signed by President Reagan designed to reduce the dangers of nuclear war.
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The Role Of Identity In Politics
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks NYU professor Kwame Anthony Appiah about the role of identity — gender, party, class — in politics.
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A Brief History Of Nixon's 'Saturday Night Massacre'
This weekend marks the 45th anniversary of the "Saturday Night Massacre," when Richard Nixon purged legal officials from the Justice Department. It led to Nixon's resignation the following year.
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Migrant Caravan Reaches Mexico
Hundreds of migrants from Central America have crossed into Mexico and want to reach the United States.