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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The FDA moves to ban chemical hair straighteners containing formaldehyde
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks researcher Kimberly Bertrand about hair relaxers containing formaldehyde and moves by the FDA to ban them.
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India's Supreme Court rules against marriage equality
India's Supreme Court refused a bid to make same-sex marriage legal. The decision shocked millions in the LGBTQ community there.
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The U.S. is sending warships to the Mediterranean ahead of Israel's expected invasion
Israel says it is preparing to invade Gaza with ground forces but the timeline is unclear.
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A trans teenager and her mom reflect on Nebraska restricting gender-affirming care
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with transgender teenager Nola Rhea and her mother Heather Rhea about a new Nebraska law restricting gender-affirming care.
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Yomi Adegoke on her novel 'The List'
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with author Yomi Adegoke abouther new novel, The List.
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As psychedelic-assisted therapy grows, so does interest from a new group: chaplains
Chaplains provide spiritual counsel at some of life's most raw moments. With psychedelic legalization spreading, some chaplains think this role should include facilitating psychedelic trips.
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An economist explains what the data says about how the U.S. economy is doing
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with economist Betsey Stevenson about Bidenomics and the latest economic data.
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It's not just you — movies are getting longer
Martin's Scorsese's new fall film — "Killers of the Flower Moon" — runs almost 3 and a half hours. We break down the arguments for and against long movies.
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A Texas restaurant holds its last family-friendly drag show before new law goes into effect
A Texas law that bans drag shows where minors are present goes into effect on September 1st. One San Antonio restaurant is holding what could be its last performance.
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In Arizona, paleontologists are shifting their focus to microfossils
Your whole idea of the Triassic period is about to be disrupted. Paleontologists are shifting their focus from dinosaurs to fossils so small they have to be reassembled under microscopes.
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The best spooky reads for summer, according to a horror writer
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks horror writer Joe Hill for some spine-tingling summer reading recommendations.
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A development in particle physics could point to the existence of a new dimension
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Esra Barlas Yücel, a researcher at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, about Fermilab's most precise measurements of the muon particle's magnetic wobble.