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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Politics chat: Jan. 6 findings; gun legislation; Oz and Fetterman on PA ballot
The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack begin hearings in prime time this week; negotiations over gun legislation continue; PA's Democratic senate candidate has medical news.
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Survivors of the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting are disappointed in Texas laws
Ayesha Rascoe talks with Flo and Scot Rice. She was wounded in the shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas 4 years ago, and he participated in Gov. Greg Abbott's roundtables on school safety.
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How to stay safe in hurricanes, wildfires and summer's intensity
Climate change has resulted in summers of fire, intense heat and damaging storms. Ayesha Rascoe talks with Gimlet's Kendra Pierre-Louis about how people need to prepare for extreme weather.
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Tourists are returning to Cuba, but is it enough for the island's economy?
Tourists, one of the mainstays of the Cuban economy, are returning. But the recovery is slow, and some say mismanaged.
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There's harm in taking away recess for elementary schoolers as a form of punishment
Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Maren Christenson Hofer about the harm of taking away recess in elementary school as a form of punishment.
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Politics chat: More aid to Ukraine; Penn. Republican primary likely to be recounted
What more aid for Ukraine says about bipartisanship in Washington; Trump's primary endorsements; and how Democrats' hopes rest on the working class appeal of their Penn. Senate candidate.
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Immigrant advocates say using the word 'invasion' fuels extremism
The alleged Buffalo gunman isn't the first mass shooter to talk about an "invasion" of non-whites. Republicans have denounced the shooting — but not the language he used about immigration.
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N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul responds to shooting in her hometown
Ayesha Rascoe talks with New York Governor Kathy Hochul about Saturday's mass shooting that killed 10 people and injured three at a grocery store in Buffalo.
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Africa is facing significant fuel shortages
Ayesha Rascoe talks with Kinley Salmon, Africa correspondent for The Economist, about the widespread fuel shortages affecting the continent.
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Timely new horror novel 'Just Like Mother' follows the escape from a motherhood cult
Ayesha Rascoe speaks with author Anne Heltzel about her gothic horror novel, "Just Like Mother," where a young woman reunites with her cousin after escaping a cult.
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A local pastor addresses shooting in Buffalo, N.Y.
Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Darius Pridgen, the president of the Buffalo Common Council and a local pastor, about Saturday's mass shooting that killed 10 people.
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'Dracula Daily' will deliver the classic book to your inbox in bite-sized chunks
An old story about the undead is getting a new life, of sorts: Bram Stoker's blood-thirsty vampire has found fresh victims with "Dracula Daily," delivered in small — ahem — digestible chunks.