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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In Pakistan, big trucks are the perfect canvas for intricate murals
We take a look at the colorful Pakistani practice of turning big transport trucks into wildly bright works of art.
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Silvana Estrada elucidates a love found and lost in new album 'Marchita'
Sarah McCammon speaks with Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada about her new album, "Marchita."
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Members listened in terror via live stream as their Texas synagogue was taken hostage
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Anna Eisen, one of the founding members of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, about what the community experienced during the hostage situation.
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Sunday Puzzle: Hitting the right key
Listener Gradie Cartlidge plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer.
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The latest from Israel on vaccinations and the omicron surge
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks to Dr. Manfred Green of the University of Haifa about what Israel has learned about vaccinations and the new Omicron surge.
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Jana Horn's journey to her debut album 'Optimism'
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks to Texas musician Jana Horn about her debut folk album, "Optimism."
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The Isle of Rum needed a population boost so they took applications. This guy made the cut
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Alex Mumford, who moved to the Isle of Rum in the Scottish Hebrides as a part of the island chain's efforts to boost its population.
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Jabari Asim on his latest novel 'Yonder' and the power of historical fiction
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Jabari Asim about his new novel "Yonder." It's about the relationships and experiences of a group of enslaved people in the antebellum South.
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Actor Sidney Poitier was a force for change on and off the screen
Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Professor Mark Anthony Neal of Duke University about Sidney Poitier's legacy as a racial justice activist. The actor passed away Thursday at the age of 94.
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Retired wildlife biologist recounts his face-to-face meeting with a polar bear
Geoff Carroll recalls an eventful encounter with a polar bear on the sea ice of northern Alaska. It was originally performed for the Alaska storytelling show and podcast "Dark Winter Nights".
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Visualize resolutions and manifest hopes and desires with a vision board
Ayesha Rascoe talks to author and spiritual teacher Gabrielle Bernstein about vision boards and why they seem to be gaining popularity.
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Capitol Hill Books owner recorded album 'Death of the Novel' in the bookstore
Kyle Burk, co-owner of Washington, D.C.'s, beloved Capitol Hill Books, has released an album he recorded during the pandemic in his store.