Weekend Edition Sunday

Episodes

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  Sunday Puzzle: It's (not) rhyme thyme

  NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and this week's winner Rich Storrs from Marlborough, Conn.

  Dec 05, 2021 at 5:29 am

• Playing hooky goes terribly awry in young adult thriller 'You'll Be the Death of Me'

  Ayesha Rascoe speaks with best-selling author Karen M. McManus about her new thriller for young adults called "You'll Be the Death of Me."

  Dec 05, 2021 at 5:09 am

• Paul Thomas Anderson turns to youthful merriment for latest movie, 'Licorice Pizza'

  Ayesha Rascoe asks director Paul Thomas Anderson about his new movie "Licorice Pizza."

  Dec 05, 2021 at 5:09 am

• Communities of color face disproportionate exposure to pollution

  Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Michael S. Regan, the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, about the Biden administration's approach to environmental justice.

  Dec 05, 2021 at 5:09 am

• It's not science fiction. Scientists have really made robots that reproduce

  Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Harvard researcher Sam Kriegman about xenobots, the self-replicating robots he helped create.

  Dec 05, 2021 at 5:09 am

• Gov't Mule goes back to their genre's roots to release first blues album

  For a quarter century, Gov't Mule has been rocking hard, led by ex-Allman Brothers guitarist Warren Haynes. Their new release is their first-ever blues album, "Heavy Load Blues."

  Nov 28, 2021 at 5:22 am

• 'JRR Token' is a punny name for a cryptocurrency, but Tolkien's estate is not humored

  The estate of fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien has successfully blocked a cryptocurrency called "JRR Token."

  Nov 28, 2021 at 5:19 am

• 'White Hot Hate' details foiled attack by white supremacists on immigrants in Kansas

  Kelsey Snell speaks with author Dick Lehr about his new book, "White Hot Hate." It's the story of a foiled domestic terrorist attack against an immigrant community in a Kansas farming town.

  Nov 28, 2021 at 5:15 am

• Hanukkah's story of resilience provides comfort in uncertain times

  This past year people have lost so much they once took for granted, whether health or family. Rabbis and others say that Hanukkah, with its story of resilience, can provide some comfort.

  Nov 28, 2021 at 5:09 am

• U.S. air travel over Thanksgiving week set a pandemic record

  Kelsey Snell speaks with news editor Clint Henderson from The Points Guy about the record number of travelers in the U.S. last week.

  Nov 28, 2021 at 5:06 am

• A teenage girl finds an ally on her life journey when 'A Snake Falls to Earth'

  "A Snake Falls to Earth" is a fantasy book set against a backdrop of climate change and rooted in Lipan Apache storytelling. Leila Fadel talks to Darcie Little Badger, the book's author.

  Nov 21, 2021 at 5:00 am

• Three current trials are putting a spotlight on race and justice

  Leila Fadel talks with law professor Paul Butler about trials in Wisconsin, Georgia and Virginia that have become lightning rods in the national debates over race and justice.

  Nov 21, 2021 at 5:00 am