Weekend Edition Sunday
Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.
Episodes
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Uvalde's history is marred with struggle. Now it tries to heal again
Uvalde, Texas, a town with a rich history marked by struggle, now faces the daunting task of trying to heal after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
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Climate change and overuse is threatening Pakistan's main waterway
In a rare journey down the length of the Indus River, a filmmaker and environmental activists survey damage done to Pakistan's main water artery and meet the people who live on its ancient banks.
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Here are some summer reading recommendations for middle schoolers
Ayesha Rascoe talks with Afoma Umesi, who blogs about middle grade reading, about what new books may keep kids reading this summer.
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X Alfonso's 'Ancestros Sinfonicos' tops Alt.Latino's mid-year top albums roundup
To kick off summer, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and Felix Contreras, host of Alt.Latino, discuss an album by Cuba musician X Alfonso.
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Politics chat: Jan. 6 findings; gun legislation; Oz and Fetterman on PA ballot
The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack begin hearings in prime time this week; negotiations over gun legislation continue; PA's Democratic senate candidate has medical news.
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Survivors of the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting are disappointed in Texas laws
Ayesha Rascoe talks with Flo and Scot Rice. She was wounded in the shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas 4 years ago, and he participated in Gov. Greg Abbott's roundtables on school safety.
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How to stay safe in hurricanes, wildfires and summer's intensity
Climate change has resulted in summers of fire, intense heat and damaging storms. Ayesha Rascoe talks with Gimlet's Kendra Pierre-Louis about how people need to prepare for extreme weather.
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Tourists are returning to Cuba, but is it enough for the island's economy?
Tourists, one of the mainstays of the Cuban economy, are returning. But the recovery is slow, and some say mismanaged.
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There's harm in taking away recess for elementary schoolers as a form of punishment
Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Maren Christenson Hofer about the harm of taking away recess in elementary school as a form of punishment.
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Politics chat: More aid to Ukraine; Penn. Republican primary likely to be recounted
What more aid for Ukraine says about bipartisanship in Washington; Trump's primary endorsements; and how Democrats' hopes rest on the working class appeal of their Penn. Senate candidate.
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Immigrant advocates say using the word 'invasion' fuels extremism
The alleged Buffalo gunman isn't the first mass shooter to talk about an "invasion" of non-whites. Republicans have denounced the shooting — but not the language he used about immigration.
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N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul responds to shooting in her hometown
Ayesha Rascoe talks with New York Governor Kathy Hochul about Saturday's mass shooting that killed 10 people and injured three at a grocery store in Buffalo.