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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What The U.S. Can Do About Vaccine Rollout Issues
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Elisabeth Rosenthal of Kaiser Health News about what's slowed down the vaccine roll out, and what, if anything, can be done to make up for lost time.
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Sunday Puzzle: New Names In 2020
Tyler Elliott plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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What We Hope 2021 Will Bring
With 2020 behind us, we asked some of our guests what they wished for in 2021 after such a remarkably difficult year.
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'One Of The Good Ones' Tackles Police Violence, Young Adulthood and Sisterhood
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Maika and Maritza Moulite about their young adult novel, One of the Good Ones. It's about a teenager and the death of her sister in police custody.
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Don't Toss Your Christmas Tree Yet! Here's How You Can Cook With It
Off with the tinsel, onto the fish! Baker and cook Julia Georgallis has suggestions for how to eat your Christmas tree.
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Sunday Puzzle: Word Sandwiches
Listener Steven Marsey plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Sarah McCammon.
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Investigators In Nashville Looking For The How And Why To Christmas Day Explosion
Investigators in Nashville are combing the site of a Christmas morning explosion. Authorities say it was caused by an RV filled with explosives, which issued a 15-minute warning before it blew up.
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Latest On COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
The European Union begins a rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine to its nearly 450 million people. A 101-year-old nursing home patient became Germany's first vaccinated person.
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New Documentary Follows San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Performances In U.S. South
Sarah McCammon speaks with director David Rodrigues and San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus artistic director Tim Seelig, subject of the new documentary "Gay Chorus Deep South."
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NPR Book Concierge: Four Romance Recommendations
Looking for a good book to finish the year? We have four recommendations for books about love, romance and relationships.
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2020 Book Concierge: Books For Horror Junkies
Some people like a good fright anytime of year. For them, NPR's Book Concierge has four recommendations for scary, wintertime reads.
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Iranian-American Chef Discusses Role Of Food In Yalda Day Celebrations
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with cookbook author and chef, Najmieh Batmanglij about the central Asian winter solstice celebrations known as Yalda night.