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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Sunday Puzzle: Vowel Replacement
Mark Stefaniak plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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Journalists Battle Against Hedge Fund Giant Alden Global
Reporters at Tribune Co. papers across the country are trying to avoid the company's purchase by Alden Global. The hedge fund is known to slash budgets and staff in the name of profits.
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Saying Goodbye to Hollywood's Cinerama Dome
Hollywood's Cinerama Dome is known for its space-age looking dome and its wide, curved screen. 60 years of movie-going there seems to be coming to The End.
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Arooj Aftab's Newest Album Finds Light In Dark Times
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Arooj Aftab about her new album, Vulture Prince, completed after the loss of her brother and threaded through with themes of grief and longing.
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Romina Puga's Newest Show Answers Kids' Burning Questions
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Romina Puga about her new Spanish-language children's show, Club Mundo Kids, that helps kids explores topics like agriculture and space travel.
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Sunday Puzzle: What's The Show?
Laurie Boeder plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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New Study Seeks To Understand Inflammatory COVID-19 Complication In Children
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Dr. Roberta DeBiasi, infectious disease chief at Children's National Hospital, about a new study of children with MIS-C a rare and mysterious COVID-19 complication.
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Advocates Worry Latinx Communities Aren't Taking Full Advantage Of Pandemic Relief
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with a Houston-based entrepreneur and advocate, Tom Castro, who worries that some Latinos aren't tapping the pandemic-relief dollars offered by the government.
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Lee Horton Reflects On Coming Home After Years In Prison
Lee Horton reflects on life outside prison walls after a quarter century behind bars. He was sentenced to life without parole but the sentence was commuted and he was released earlier this year.
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Gold Diggers' Is A Magical Look At What It Means To Be Indian-American
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author Sanjena Sathian about her new book, Gold Diggers, that explores Indian-American identity in a fictional suburb of Atlanta.
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High-Level Arrests Roil Jordan
Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Rana Sweis, a journalist and writer based in Amman, about developments involving King Abudllah II's half brother, who says he's been placed under house arrest.
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Derek Chauvin's Trial Is A Significant Moment In Our History
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with columnist Michele Norris and writer Charles Blow about the significance of the Derek Chauvin trial.