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: Ch-ch-choose Your Words
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with KQED listener Nabil Tamer of Cupertino, Calif.
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Immigrant Detainees Say They Were Sexually Abused In CBP Custody
Several dozen immigrant detainees have alleged they were sexually abused in Customs and Border Protection holding facilities. This is the story of two young women who say they were victims.
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Polls Close In Thailand's Election
Voters went to the polls in Thailand, five years after the military seized power in a coup.
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How Climate Change Is Affecting Residents' Health In Miami
We visit Miami to talk with Dr. Cheryl Holder of Florida Clinicians For Climate Action, and Jorge, a fruit vendor who is feeling the effects of increasingly hot days firsthand.
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Sunday Puzzle: Group T-H-I-N-K
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle with WCVE listener Gene Wolski of Henrico, Va.
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Alt.Latino's New Music Discoveries At SXSW 2019
From the heart of music madness in Austin, Felix Contreras shares the hottest new Alt. Latino sounds from SXSW Festival.
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Bolsonaro Visits The U.S.
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Ernesto Londoño, Brazil bureau chief for The New York Times, about President Jair Bolsonaro's trip to the U.S. It is Bolsonaro's first official visit.
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A Thwarted Art Theft In Italy
A famous painting was stolen out of a church in a small Italian town last week. But town leaders, tipped off about the planned heist, replaced the original with a copy.
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The Sex Scandals Engulfing K-Pop
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Jihye Lee of Bloomberg News about the sex scandals engulfing the K-pop industry in South Korea. Two K-pop stars have been questioned by police.
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How White Supremacist Ideology Spreads
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Kathleen Belew, a historian at The University of Chicago, about the global reach of white supremacist ideologies.
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Sunday Puzzle: Solve This Case
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with WDET listener Elliott Shevin of Oak Park, Mich.
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How A Georgia Teacher Won $10,000 By Reading The Fine Print
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Donelan Andrews, a high school teacher in Georgia, who won $10,000 by reading the fine print of her insurance contract.