Weekend Edition Sunday
Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.
Episodes
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This Tennessee Christmas tree farm offers a unique "choose-and-cut" experience
A Christmas tree farm in the Smoky Mountains tries to bring "joy to the world" each season.
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Cat Burns on coming of age and her debut album 'early twenties'
Ayesha Rascoe talks with British singer-songwriter Cat Burns about young adulthood and her debut album, "early twenties."
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INDIANA JONES AND THE VOICE OF TROY BAKER
The Great Circle is all Indy, no Harrison
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International students stay in the U.S. for the holidays, fearing their visa status under Trump
Some colleges are advising foreign students who're leaving the U.S. over the holidays to return before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20th.
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Since 1879, this Austin, Texas choir aims to preserve their German heritage through song
A German-language Christmas choir in Austin, Texas, has been in operation since 1879. NPR joins the choir as they rehearse for their annual Christmas concert.
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Congressional Republicans want to reduce the federal workforce
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Urban Institute Senior Fellow Howard Gleckman about the math behind Republican efforts to shrink the federal workforce.
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Rebels took over Damascus quickly, but the uprising has been decades in the making
Ayesha Rascoe talks to Mazen Gharibah of the London School of Economics about internal opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which started long before his ouster this month.
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Residents on every U.S. coast are looking for solutions for rising sea levels
Communities along the three U.S. coastlines are exploring solutions for rising sea levels. They're fortifying, inventing and preparing to move.
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Politics chat: Trump attends Army-Navy game; McConnell backs polio vaccine; mystery drones over New Jersey
President-elect Donald Trump had two high-profile guests with him at the Army-Navy game yesterday: Pete Hegseth, his Secretary of Defense pick, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
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Soft medium, hard truths - National Endowment for the Arts recognizes a Navajo quilter
A Navajo woman who has spent 50 years sewing has now been honored with an NEA award for her unique quilts. She is unafraid to criticize the mainstream culture that's marginalized Indigenous artists.
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Listen up! Here are some of the best audiobooks of the year
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Kendra Winchester of the website 'Book Riot' about some of the best audiobooks of 2024.
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After nearly 50 years apart, a divorced couple comes back together to try marriage again
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, residents Fay and Bob Wenrich divorced in 1975. Now, at ages 89 and 94, and after nearly half a century apart, they've re-married.
