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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Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk on 'Hell of a Summer,' their new summer camp slasher
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk. The duo wrote and directed the new summer camp slasher, 'Hell of a Summer.'
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Immigration attorneys say people are subject to inhuman conditions in detention centers
Immigration attorneys say they are hearing more reports of people being held in overcrowded conditions, sometimes in rooms so crowded there isn't space to lie down.
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Rex Ogle discusses his novel-in-verse 'When We Ride' and writing about teenagers
Two teenage boys struggle with their friendship and their futures in the new novel-in-verse "When We Ride." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Rex Ogle about it.
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Chicago's Jane Addams Homes tell the story of public housing in a new museum
The National Public Housing Museum opened April 4 in Chicago, with installations and exhibits as well as intimate individual, family, and community stories of living in public housing.
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College basketball will crown its 2025 women's champion in Tampa
The women's division 1 basketball champion will be crowned tonight in Tampa, Fla. The final is sure to be a great one. The men's final is Monday night in San Antonio as two #1 seeds tangle for the title.
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Nike and other companies manufacturing in Southeast Asia consider their next move
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Patrick Soong, who helps companies find places to make their products, about the effects of U.S. tariffs on industry in Southeast Asia.
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NPR's health reporters catch you up on cuts to agencies and contract spending
It was a chaotic week for the nation's health agencies, as layoff notices rolled in along with an order for deep cuts to contract spending. NPR's health reporters tell us what they've learned.
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People are buying PPE for pets to protect dogs against volcanic ash in Alaska
Mount Spurr in Alaska is likely to erupt soon. So people are buying goggles and masks to protect themselves from ash — and also pet versions to protect their dogs.
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Law professor discusses Trump-pick Amy Coney Barrett's surprising judicial record
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with University of Michigan law professor Leah Litman about Amy Coney Barrett's term on the U.S. Supreme Court, where she has occasionally been a swing vote.
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Why Trump will make his first international trip as president to Saudi Arabia (again)
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Dalia Dassa Kaye of UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations about President Trump's upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia.
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Research finds how AI will impact demographics differently
AI will have more of an impact on certain demographic groups than others. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Jonathan Hersh, professor at Chapman University, about who will be most affected and why.
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55-year-old camera set up to track the Loch Ness monster found in Scotland
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Adrian Shine of the Loch Ness Project about the discovery of an underwater camera set up 55 years ago to photograph the Loch Ness Monster.