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: Russia and Ukraine have an outsized impact on American life
The Ukraine crisis could cast a shadow on good economic and pandemic developments for the Biden administration.
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There's a critical shortage of nursing home staff
With the omicron variant causing a surge of COVID-19 infections in assisted living facilities, more staff are having to stay at home, making the jobs of those still working a lot harder.
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Keb' Mo' remembers the past and writes to the future in new album 'Good To Be'
Juana Summers talks to blues musician Keb' Mo' about his roots and the story of his music in the new album, "Good To Be."
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Cannes' Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve is also 'The Worst Person in the World'
Juana Summers talks to director Joachim Trier and actor Renate Reinsve about their new film, "The Worst Person in the World," about a young woman's quest to figure out who she's supposed to be.
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Feb. 1 will ring in the Lunar New Year and kick off the Year of the Tiger
Lunar New Year is just two days away, and members of the Asian Diaspora prepare to celebrate in new ways — while honoring older traditions.
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In 'Goliath,' only the rich and white can escape to space as the Earth collapses
Juana Summers talks to author Tochi Onyebuchi about his new novel, "Goliath," which imagines a futuristic world that is plagued by the same racial and socioeconomic injustices we see today.
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The Taliban meets Western diplomats in first international meeting since takeover
Juana Summers speaks to TRT correspondent Soraya Lennie about how the Taliban are governing, and how Afghans are weighing formal recognition of the Taliban and receiving international aid.
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Sunday Puzzle: The category is ...
NPR's Juana Summers plays the puzzle with Brian Yellen of Amherst, Mass., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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His brother died from gun violence. Now he fights violent crime at the Justice Dept.
The man who leads the criminal division at the Justice Department has a powerful personal story: One of his brothers died in gun violence and another is a police officer.
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There's a complication in sanctioning Russia — it could cut Europe's gas supply
The U.S. is working to help Europe find alternative energy sources should war in Ukraine lead Russia to cut off natural gas supplies.
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Legend Rafael Nadal faces youngster Daniil Medvedev in Australian Open final
The Australian Open, which began with controversy off the court, will end today with history happening on it. Juana Summers talks with freelance tennis writer Jonathan Scott about the tournament.
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Chef Melanie Meyer opened a Korean restaurant in Mo. — and found her birth family
Juana Summers talks with Melanie Meyer, owner of the Tiny Chef restaurant in St. Louis, about how food helped connect her to her past and to her birth family in South Korea.