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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How Office Temperature Affects Cognitive Performance
Do you often hear your colleagues complain that your office is too cold? Tom Chang of the University of Southern California talks about a new study about temperature and cognitive performance.
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Sunday Puzzle: Play The Long (Vowel) Game
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro plays the puzzle with New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz and KUT listener Cory Sureck of Austin, Texas.
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Grappling With Identity In 'Fieldnotes On Ordinary Love'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with poet and video game designer Keith S. Wilson about his new collection of poetry, Fieldnotes On Ordinary Love, which explores space, race and physics.
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TV Show Ends
Tonight's Game of Thrones series finale has fans wondering how storylines will end, and how they'll cope with the end of the show.
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#YouKnowMe: Twitter Users Share Abortion Experiences
Twitter users revealed their abortion experiences under the tag #YouKnowMe after actress and late-night host Busy Philipps shared hers.
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Academics Gather To Study Phish, Man
A first-ever academic conference on the meaning and impact of the jam band Phish is happening this weekend in Oregon.
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Lucy Dacus' Mother's Day Message Is One Of Truth And Consideration
Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with indie rock singer and songwriter Lucy Dacus about her song "My Mother And I."
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Did This Novel About LSD Trials Get It Right? We Ask Someone Who Was There
T.C. Boyle's Outside Looking In fictionalizes Timothy Leary's hallucinogenic drug experiments in the 1960s. A graduate student who participated says Boyle did a "great job describing the zeitgeist."
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Rihanna Disrupts Luxury Fashion World, Joining LVMH With 'Fenty' Brand
The singer will become the first woman to start a new fashion line with the luxury group, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, and the first woman of color to lead one of their fashion houses.
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Sunday Puzzle: Clues Come In 2s
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro plays the puzzle with the New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz and WABE listener Rick Thompson.
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Sudan's Artistic Awakening
The 30-year rule of Omar al-Bashir is over. Now, new freedoms and popular empowerment are being accompanied by an artistic renaissance.
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This Company Says The Future Of Nuclear Energy Is Smaller, Cheaper And Safer
An Oregon company plans a new kind of nuclear power plant that many consider the future of the industry. It's smaller and cheaper and could work well with renewable energy.