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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Noah Cyrus discusses her new album, odes to family and what independence looks like
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to musician Noah Cyrus about how family and faith inspired her new album, "I Want My Loved Ones To Go With Me."
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Popcorn buckets are the new frontier in movie branding, and fans are eating it up
Blockbuster movie releases are increasingly being paired with expensive pieces of memorabilia: specialty popcorn buckets. But how much are fans willing to pay for these? Turns out, a lot.
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Grok, X's AI chatbot, is under scrutiny after it made antisemitic and bigoted remarks
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Wired magazine reporter Reece Rogers about the problems plaguing AI Chatbots and how they can be fixed.
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The claim that cloud seeding caused the Texas floods is untrue — and actively harmful
More and more voices, including politicians, say that cloud seeding — or man-made ways of increasing precipitation — caused the deadly floods in Texas. Experts say this is damaging public trust.
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Can 'able-bodied' adults on Medicaid replace farm workers amid immigration crackdown?
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Robin Rudowitz vice-president of the health policy organization KFF about the Trump administration idea that Medicaid enrollees could replace migrant farmworkers.
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Politics chat: Trump's strategy behind the tariff letters, immigration raids
We look at the tariff letters President Trump sent out this past week, as well as what polling tells us about how Americans feel about the increasingly violent immigration raids.
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Sunday Puzzle: Words ending in "AC"
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KCFR listener Adam Borden and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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Taiwan's latest military drills are unprecedented in their duration and scale
Taiwan is holding its latest round of annual military exercises, the Han Kuang. The live-fire drills include new weapons systems provided by the United States.
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A tapestry illustrating the 1066 Norman invasion returns to the U.K.
A tapestry embroidered with scenes of the 1066 Norman invasion is returning to the U.K. for the first time in 900 years. On a state visit, France's president announced a loan to the British Museum. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on July 10.)
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NPR's Short Wave explores how climate change is shifting ocean currents in new series
In this first glimpse of the "Sea Camp" series from NPR's Short Wave podcast, hear how climate change will significantly shift three-quarters of the ocean's surface currents by the end of the century.
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Birth rates have dropped drastically in Chile. It could hold clues to U.S.'s future
Much of the attention on the world's plunging birth rate is on East Asian countries like Japan and South Korea. But Latin American countries, like Chile, are also seeing a decline in fertility.
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Houses of worship are preparing migrants for encounters with immigration agents
Houses of worship and faith-based groups in the Los Angeles area are responding to ongoing federal immigration actions in the region. Among their efforts: educating migrants about their rights and creating plans for if immigration agents show up at their doors.
