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: Three of a kind
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with this week's winner, Franny Bavaro of Long Island, New York, and puzzle master Will Shortz.
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The election likely depends by a narrow slice of the electorate: undecided voters
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck about the small but significant swath of the electorate both campaigns are trying to reach: voters who are truly undecided.
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College football is going through major changes, and fans and athletes have thoughts
College football looks a lot different than it did last season. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Holly Anderson co-host of the Shutdown Fullcast about all the changes.
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College students are back on campus and continuing their calls for divestment from war
As college students return to class, there are renewed calls, over the war in Gaza, for divestment. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Todd Ely, of the University of Colorado Denver, about divestment.
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Republicans' false claims of illegal voting for Democrats are hurting some citizens
False and unproven claims have been circulating for months about noncitizens voting in the next election. Now the rhetoric is having consequences.
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Sunday Puzzle: Two of the same
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with this week's winner Dan Robinson from Washington, DC and puzzle master Will Shortz.
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Luna Li on her new album 'When a Thought Grows Wings'
Flute solos, jazz harp, and "baroque pop" sounds abound on Luna Li's new album, "When a Thought Grows Wings." She says the project explores how ideas "take flight and become tangible."
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A Massachusetts woman unexpectedly gave birth at an unlikely place in Cape Cod
A Massachusetts woman gave birth in traffic this month, then cut the umbilical cord in the most New England of places: a Dunkin' parking lot.
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Israel attacks southern Lebanon, Hezbollah returns fire as ceasefire talks go on
Israel struck targets in southern Lebanon in what they say was a pre-emptive strike. Hezbollah returned fire. The increase in cross-border exchanges happens just as ceasefire talks resume.
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As Israel blocks most medical evacuations in Gaza, a family tries to save their baby
One family in Gaza struggles to save their severely ill baby daughter amidst evacuation orders by Israel’s military.
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Google will pay California's local news outlets $110 million. Some say it's not enough
Google reaches a deal to fund local journalism in California. The state was working on legislation to force the tech giant to pay a portion of advertising profits to its struggling news industry.
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Politics chat: Is Democratic enthusiasm at 2008 levels? And, JD Vance struggles
Democratic enthusiasm is high out of the DNC, but how does it really compare to 2008? Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. endorses the Trump campaign as Trump's running mate seems to struggle.