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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Sunday Puzzle: Alphabetical arrangements
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Drew Skinner of Havertown, Pennsylvania, along with Weekend Edition Puzzle Master Will Shortz.
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People in the path of destruction of Oklahoma's wildfires survey the damage
People in Oklahoma assess the damage from Friday's wildfires, which destroyed close to 300 homes and other buildings.
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts virtual summit in support of Ukraine
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts a virtual summit with leaders from 20 countries to discuss Ukraine.
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A Tesla protester targeted by Elon Musk speaks out: 'I have to protect myself'
Organizers say protests are planned this weekend at more than 100 Tesla stores nationwide. The demonstrations are part of a backlash to Elon Musk's role in upending the federal government. Musk has been using his social media platform, X, to individually target some of the protesters. One protest organizer in Seattle describes what it like to have your life turned upside down from attacks on X by Elon Musk.
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Trump is getting pushback from an unlikely place — the conservative media
With consumer confidence plunging and investors dumping stocks, the tone of the conservative media towards President Donald Trump and his economic policies has shifted.
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The egg shortage hasn't impacted Canada. Small farms may have something to do with it
While Americans wrestle with a costly egg shortage, eggs are still plentiful and affordable in Canada. Our northern neighbors have been less hard hit by the avian flu outbreak.
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An animation breakthrough makes it possible to more accurately illustrates Black hair
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with video game designer and UC Santa Cruz professor A.M. Darke, about her work on a new computer algorithm that more accurately illustrates Black hair.
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Tim Walz is touring Republican-held congressional districts in Iowa and Nebraska
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is holding town halls in Republican-held Congressional districts in Iowa and Nebraska this weekend, highlighting opposition to the Trump administration.
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How Trump's tariffs are shaping the economy
What kind of economy is President Trump trying to bring about through the use and threat of tariffs? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe discusses possible Trump goals with White House reporter, Danielle Kurtzleben.
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A new book follows two key figures in the global tradition of the occult
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Raphael Cormack about his new book, "Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age: A Forgotten History of the Occult."
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Sunday Puzzle: Celebrity jeopardy
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Nancy Patula, of Palm Harbor, Florida, along with Weekend Edition puzzle master, Will Shortz.
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Trump is going to create a cryptocurrency reserve. Here's how that would actually work
President Trump has established a cryptocurrency reserve. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Bloomberg reporter Zeke Faux about what it's intended to do, and why it may not work that way.