Weekend Edition Sunday

Episodes

• Florida Governor DeSantis wants to eliminate 2 proposed Black voting districts

  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants lawmakers to redraw two Congressional voting districts with majority Black populations. Observers say he is apparently courting a national audience.

  Mar 20, 2022 at 5:05 am

• Secure messaging app Telegram is being used widely in Ukraine. How safe is it?

  Telegram is Volodymyr Zelenskyy's preferred means of communications. The app and its founder have a complicated history.

  Mar 13, 2022 at 5:57 am

• A surfer takes the names of passed love ones out to sea for one last wave

  Dan Fischer found solace in surfing after his father died. Now, he's writing the names of other people's lost loved ones on his surf boards, to "memorialize them in the place they so deeply loved."

  Mar 13, 2022 at 5:55 am

• What flight tracking data reveals about details of the Ukraine crisis

  Debbie Elliott asks flight data co-op ADS-B Exchange founder Dan Streufert where publicly available flight data comes from and how much it reveals about the crisis in Ukraine.

  Mar 13, 2022 at 5:49 am

• Saudi Arabia executes 81 people, the country's largest mass execution in modern times

  Saudi Arabia is drawing international criticism for putting 81 people to death in one day. The executions happen as the West is hoping to convince the kingdom to increase oil production.

  Mar 13, 2022 at 5:46 am

• Week in politics: Biden bans luxury exports to Russia; new bill for pandemic aid

  In Congress, there continues to be bipartisan opposition to Russia's actions in Ukraine, but there's trouble for the Biden administration's request for new spending to deal with the pandemic.

  Mar 13, 2022 at 5:26 am

• Russia strikes Ukrainian military base, killing more than 30 people

  Russia struck a Ukrainian military training base close to the Polish border using cruise missiles, according to local officials.

  Mar 13, 2022 at 5:03 am

• The U.S. renews talks with oil-rich Venezuela after banning Russian oil imports

  Debbie Elliott speaks with Diego Area, deputy director of strategic development at the Atlantic Council, about relations between the U.S. and Venezuela and the implications of renewed diplomacy.

  Mar 13, 2022 at 5:03 am

• Press 3 for a pep talk from kindergarteners! New hotline gives you options for joy

  A hotline of kids giving wise advice and encouraging messages to anyone who calls started out as an art project and has now gone viral.

  Mar 06, 2022 at 5:41 am

• Miami-based musician riela's new EP 'Llorar y Perrear' is a big 2022 mood

  Adrian Florido speaks to Miami-based musician riela about her new EP, "Llorar y Perrear," which translates to "crying and twerking."

  Mar 06, 2022 at 5:33 am
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  Russia's war on Ukraine is dire for world hunger. But there are solutions

  Both countries are huge suppliers of grains and other essential foods. And with widespread hunger and high food prices already, the war couldn't have come at a worse time.

  Mar 06, 2022 at 5:30 am

• International students struggle to leave Ukraine

  Adrian Florido speaks with Jakaria Hussain, an international student in Eastern Ukraine, about his struggles to leave the country.

  Mar 06, 2022 at 5:23 am