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Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Latest Episodes
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Ellen Blackstone plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with comedian Hasan Minhaj, about the topics he's been tackling on the latest season of his show, Patriot Act, on Netflix.
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Nursing homes have been hit hard by COVID-19, but one Maryland facility has had no deaths or infections. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to director Dr. Derrick DeWitt about how he kept everyone safe.
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Listener Name Rachel Mazor plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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President Trump is expected to sign an order to suspend some temporary work visas through the end of the year. A look at history shows a connection between pandemics and efforts to limit immigration.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Jonah Yano about his debut album Souvenir which captures his feelings of growing up in Vancouver and his estranged relationship with his father back in Japan.
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Longtime New York Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel faces a strong primary challenge this week from progressive candidate Jamaal Bowman.
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Matt Mignone plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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Protests erupted in Atlanta last night, a day after police shot and killed Rayshard Brooks, a black man, at a fast-food restaurant. The city's police chief stepped down in the wake of the incident.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Drew Shade, founder of Broadway Black, about the first ever Antonyo Awards, highlighting the achievement of Black theatre artists.