Weekend Edition Sunday
Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.
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People with substance use disorder are more vulnerable to COVID-19
New research shows people with substance use disorders are significantly more vulnerable to a breakthrough infection of COVID-19.
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Visa delays are contributing to the U.S. labor shortage
Asma Khalid speaks to software professional Reetu Sharma and to the Cato Institute's David Bier about how visa delays impact the current labor shortage.
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One lives their life as Black. One as white. 'Passing' is two Black friends' journey
Asma Khalid speaks with actress Ruth Negga about her role as a mixed-race woman in the Jazz Age who passes for white. She stars in the new Netflix film, "Passing."
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In 2009, he filed a freedom of information request. Twelve years later he got answers
NPR's Asma Khalid speaks to reporter Bruce Alpert about a Freedom of Information request he filed 12 years ago for a story. And he got his response nine days ago - after he'd already retired.
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Officials in Austin cut police budgets last year, then refunded them this year
In Austin, elected officials cut millions from the police budget last year and then refunded the department this year. Now, residents in the city are deciding if they want to hire more police.
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Duran Duran's 15th studio album 'Future Past'
NPR's former Weekend Edition host Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes about the band's new album, "Future Past."
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School board meetings have gotten heated, but this one in California is on a whole new level
A group called "Let Them Breathe" has organized over 90 protests at California school board meetings including one where the protestors voted themselves in as the new school board.
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The humanitarian crisis at the Polish border as thousands try to claim asylum in the E.U.
NPR's Asma Khalid speaks with Polish lawyer Marta Górczynska about the humanitarian crisis at the Polish border as thousands of migrants from Asia and Middle arrive, hoping seek to asylum in Europe.
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Lulu Garcia-Navarro leaves Weekend Edition
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro bids Weekend Edition listeners a fond farewell after 17 years at the network.
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Looking back on Lulu Garcia-Navarro's long career at NPR
An appreciation of NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro who's leaving the network after 17 years.
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Haiti's kidnapping crisis is plunging the country even further into turmoil
Seventeen missionaries were kidnapped by an armed gang in Haiti on Saturday. It was the latest in what experts are calling a kidnapping crisis in the country — a crisis largely driven by one gang.
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How writer Nicole Holfecesner told the true tale of 'The Last Duel'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to writer Nicole Holfecesner about her new movie, "The Last Duel." Listeners please be advised: This piece involves a discussion of sexual assault.