Weekend Edition Sunday
Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.
Episodes
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Albert Hammond Jr. on his latest solo album 'Melodies On Hiatus'
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with indie rock musician Albert Hammond Jr. about his latest solo album, "Melodies On Hiatus," which meditates on big changes in his personal life as a middle-aged adult.
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Remembering Zion Williams, the skateboarder who lost his sight but didn't let that stop him
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Andrew "Ando" Caulfield about the death of his friend Zion Williams – a blind skateboarder from San Francisco.
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Jewish summer camps are an American tradition rooted in World War II
The history of some summer sleep-away camps, and how it's rooted in American Jewish leaders' efforts to keep Jewish culture alive after World War II.
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Immigrants have helped change how America eats. Now they dominate top culinary awards
Immigrants have long been the backbone of restaurant kitchens. Now they're dominating the industry's top awards for chefs, with a majority of nominations going to immigrants or children of immigrants.
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Actors Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michaela Watkins talk new movie 'You Hurt My Feelings'
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with actors Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michaela Watkins about their new film "You Hurt My Feelings", which questions how much honesty we need to support the ones we love.
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Turkey returns to the polls for its presidential run-off election
Today is Turkey's run-off election. Two weeks ago President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed to get a clear majority in his bid for reelection.
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Texas House votes to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton
The Republican-led Texas House of Representatives has voted to impeach Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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Companies pull back from Pride campaigns after backlash, and threats toward employees
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Katherine Sender, a professor at Cornell University focusing on media and sexuality, about the state of corporate LGBTQ+ Pride campaigns.
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New plaques give names to those buried at New York State prisons
In New York, gravestones of people who died in prison only identified them by number. Now that's changing after a pastor and another formerly incarcerated man argued the dead deserved to be named.
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Uvalde massacre prompted a Texas law requiring more training for police
American police see Uvalde as a lesson in what not to do. Trainers say police need to make sure they have the skills and emotional commitment to risk their lives to stop a killer.
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Comedian Jamie Loftus's book 'Raw Dog' chronicles her hot-dog eating travels
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with comedian Jamie Loftus about her book "Raw Dog," which chronicles her hot-dog eating travels.
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Colorado Springs Mayor-elect Yemi Mobolade reflects on his historic victory
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Colorado Springs Mayor-elect Yemi Mobolade about his victory in Tuesday's election. He's the first Black person to be elected mayor there.