Weekend Edition Sunday
Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.
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Nearly 6 years after it was wiped out, is ISIS having a possible resurgence?
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Mara Revkin, a professor at Duke Law School, about recent developments with ISIS, the group that appeared to inspire the New Year's Day terror attack in New Orleans.
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Millions of pilgrims are expected in Rome for the Catholic Church's Jubilee year
Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition.
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The new 'Wallace & Gromit' movie tackles AI with its signature British sense of humor
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with animators Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham about their new claymation movie, "Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl."
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China's plan to build dams along a contested border with India is raising tensions
China is planning to build a series of enormous hydropower dams. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Georgetown University professor Mark Giordano about the project and its effect on Sino-Indian relations.
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20 years since schools started flagging students' BMI, obesity has only risen
Arkansas was the first state to start sending letters home flagging students' Body Mass Index. Twenty years later, they do not appear to have had any effect on childhood obesity.
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Sunday Puzzle: The 2024 news quiz!
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KQED listener Cricket Liu of San Jose, Calif.
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Plane crashes and catches fire during landing in South Korea, killing at least 179
A plane carrying 181 people crashed during landing and caught fire in Muan, South Korea, killing most of its passengers. It had issued a Mayday prior to the crash.
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In Asheville, recovering from Hurricane Helene is not just physical but mental too
Emotional scars are fresh in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. Physical rebuilding is beginning, and so is investment in the emotional health of people in the area.
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The story of two Marines who developed the same rare brain condition
Two veterans who had repeated exposure to blasts developed the same rare brain malformation. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on December 27, 2024.)
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A film festival in Lagos spotlights the stories of Nigeria not seen in the mainstream
An emerging film festival in Lagos, Nigeria is trying to change the stories mainstream Nigerian films tell.
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2024 saw new Arabic and Hebrew music released in the shadow of war
An Israeli music critic and a Palestinian musician share some songs — in Hebrew and Arabic — released in this year of war.
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Kate Kennedy's new book tracking 4 cellists is part-detective story, part-memoir
Kate Kennedy tells the tales of 4 cellists and their missing instruments in her new book, "Cello." She talks about them with NPR's Daniel Estrin, who's also a cellist.