Weekend Edition Sunday

Episodes

• Audiobook recommendations for kids, according to a children's book critic

  NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to children's book critic Melissa LaSalle about audiobook recommendations for kids.

  Mar 22, 2026 at 5:23 am

• Phil Lord and Christopher Miller discuss their film 'Project Hail Mary'

  NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the directors of "Project Hail Mary."

  Mar 22, 2026 at 5:23 am

• An orthopedic surgeon explains the hand injury that has many MLB players on the bench

  Baseball hitters are on a quest for power. But that quest comes at a cost. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to orthopedic surgeon Dr. Thomas DiLiberti about baseball players suffering hamate injuries.

  Mar 22, 2026 at 5:23 am

• She cared for her mother for 14 years. She says she'd do it all over again

  Kathy Barnes-Lou cared for her mother for 14 years before her death. She learned that caregiving can bring life's purpose into focus, even as it grinds you down.

  Mar 22, 2026 at 5:23 am

• Democrats who won big in last November's general election are grappling with reality

  Some Democrats who were swept into office last November are grappling with the reality of governing. The new leader of Pennsylvania's Lehigh County says urgency is needed.

  Mar 22, 2026 at 5:09 am

• The Iran war is impacting the global economy, and Asia is particularly vulnerable

  NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator for the Financial Times, about how the war on Iran is effecting the global economy.

  Mar 22, 2026 at 5:04 am

• At an underground disco in Turkey, Iranians celebrate Nowruz and reflect on the war

  At one underground disco along Turkey's border with Iran, Iranians ponder death and the destruction of their country while celebrating the traditional new year holiday of Nowruz.

  Mar 22, 2026 at 5:04 am

• The effects of the Iran war on environmental and human health, according to an expert

  As the war in Iran enters its fourth week, the costs are adding up. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Doug Weir, with the Conflict and War Observatory, about impacts to human health and the environment.

  Mar 22, 2026 at 5:04 am

• Politics chat: Trump's mixed messages on the Iran war, the latest on DHS funding

  We look at President Trump's mixed messages on the war with Iran, plus the latest on Department of Homeland Security funding, which Congress has frozen over his immigration enforcement policies.

  Mar 22, 2026 at 5:04 am

• Trump threatens Iran's power plants as war enters fourth week with no end in sight

  We have the latest on the U-S and Israeli war on Iran, where in the past 48 hours, Israel has struck one of Iran's nuclear facilities and Iran has responded with strikes in Israel.

  Mar 22, 2026 at 5:04 am

• The war in Iran is impacting Earth's supply of helium

  Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe, but on earth it's in short supply. And Iran's retaliatory strikes on helium-rich Qatar have made it even more scarce.

  Mar 15, 2026 at 5:10 am

• Trump is threatening to bomb oil facilities on Iran's Kharg Island

  NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, professor of Economics at Virginia Tech, about the potential impact of a strike on oil facilities on Iran's Kharg Island.

  Mar 15, 2026 at 5:10 am