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: Supermarket Wordplay
Listener Kathleen McAuliffe plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Sarah McCammon.
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The Australian Wildfires' Devastating Impact On Wildlife
Dr. Gundi Rhoades is a veterinarian in New South Wales who's been dealing with tragic numbers of dying livestock and wild animals from the wildfires in Australia. She talks with NPR's Sarah McCammon.
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How To Like Jazz, For The Uninitiated
Want to start the new year with some new music? Weekend Edition has you covered with a new genre every week this month.
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When Applying For College Is Especially Difficult
NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with high school senior Kayla Sasser and law professor Mehrsa Baradaran about the challenge of answering college applications questions for disadvantaged students.
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Rachel Syme On 'Perfume Genie'
Sarah McCammon talks to writer and critic Rachel Syme about her Twitter feed feature, "Perfume Genie," in which she recommends perfumes to readers who describe what they want 2020 to smell like.
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Sunday Puzzle: Names In This Year's News
Noah Goldstein of Chicago, Ill., plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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Anti-Defamation League Responds To New York Stabbing Attack
Five people were stabbed at the home of a rabbi in New York on Saturday night. Evan Bernstein, the Anti-Defamation League's New York/New Jersey regional director, talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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What's Ahead For The U.S. Space Program
The coming year is supposed to bring some important launches into space. It's possible private companies will successfully launch humans into space, and missions to Mars and the sun are planned.
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People Lost In 2019: Gracie Williams Jamison
As part of Weekend Edition's "People We Lost In 2019" series, Carole Williams talks about the life of her closest friend, Gracie Williams Jamison.
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The 2010s: Slang That Stuck
Adulting in the 2010s involved some shade, some tea, especially if you were hanging with your bae, rocking some mom jeans in that selfie. We round up the slang that stuck in this decade.
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Sunday Puzzle: Not Like The Others
Listener Dan Franzen plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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Christmas On Christmas Island Means Crabs
Christmas on Christmas Island typically features tens of millions of crabs making their way to the beaches to spawn, and everyone has a hand in that journey.