Weekend Edition Sunday
Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.
Episodes
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To fix housing — and tackle climate change too — U.S. cities look to Vienna
Climate change in the U.S. is intersecting with another crisis: the lack of affordable housing. Vienna, Austria, may offer solutions.
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Protest and parade: The view from both sides of a split-screen moment
Saturday's military parade in Washington D.C. and the national "No Kings" protests created a split-screen moment for a divided nation.
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How Israel's attacks on Iran will impact Iran's nuclear talks with the U.S.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks the International Crisis Group's Ali Vaez about the current state of negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.
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Trump to attend G7 summit in Canada
President Trump will attend the Group of Seven political and economic summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.
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A tiny town in North Carolina figures out what to do with a windfall of $100 million
A tiny mountain town in northern New York is the beneficiary of a huge bequest. Now the 600 residents of Long Lake have to figure out what to do with it.
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'How to Dodge a Cannonball' satirizes the Civil War through a 15-year-old flag twirler
A white Illinois teen attaches himself to a regiment of Black Union soldiers in the satirical Civil War novel "How to Dodge a Cannonball." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Dennard Dayle about it.
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Khartoum's Acropole Hotel, survivor of coups and attacks, succumbs to civil war
One of Khartoums oldest and most loved hotels has survived coups, wars, and even a bomb attack, but it couldn't weather Sudan's civil war.
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What we know about the search for Minnesota shooter who targeted two lawmakers
More details on this weekend's shootings in Minnesota that officials have called politically motivated.
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Minnesota suspect still on the loose after shooting two lawmakers
Authorities are looking for 57-year-old Vance Boelter, who is suspected of shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers.
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People across the 50 states gather in 'No Kings' protests against Trump's policies
In cities around the country, people gathered for "No Kings" protests in opposition to President Trump's policies.
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These fragile quilts by Black craftspeople need to be preserved — but the federal government has pulled the funds
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is about to launch an exhibition of historic quilts from a collection that's billed as "one of its kind". But it just lost $260k of federal funding -- the majority of which was earmarked to preserve the delicate artifacts some of which date back to the 1860s. The museum says if the money can't be recouped somehow, it will not be possible to look after the quilts past December.
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A recap of recent Supreme Court decisions — and what's ahead
A slew of Supreme Court decisions this summer will have far-reaching consequences. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Leah Litman, law professor at the University of Michigan, about what to expect.
