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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My Grandfather, A Killer
Denise Guerra, a second-generation Filipino American, never met her grandfather. When she finally learned a long-held family secret, it shattered her view of the quintessential immigrant narrative.
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Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 63 In Afghanistan
ISIS is claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing at a wedding hall in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Poet Saida Dahir On 'The Walking Stereotype'
Eighteen-year-old Muslim Somali refugee Saida Dahir is an activist and hopes to inspire as a spoken word artist. Her debut poetry album is The Walking Stereotype. She talks with Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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Jazzmeia Horn On 'Love And Liberation'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with jazz singer Jazzmeia Horn about her sophomore album Love and Liberation.
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Pokémon World Championships In Washington, D.C.
It's the final day of the 2019 Pokémon World Championships. The world's best Pokémon players are competing in Washington, D.C., for a share of $500,000 in prize money.
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Sunday Puzzle: Cut And Paste
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with Mark Nelson of Santa Barbara, Calif.
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2 Virginia Churches Caught Up In Debate Over Trump's Racist Rhetoric
Two Virginia churches — one predominantly white and one predominantly black — find themselves caught up in a debate over Trump's racist rhetoric after one of them posted a controversial church sign.
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Asma Assad Says She Is Free Of Cancer While Syrian Regime Bombs Hospitals
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Human Rights Watch's Lama Fakih about the Syrian reaction to Asmaa Al-Assad's declaration she is cancer free — while hospitals in Syria continue to be bombed.
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Battling Berlin's Bountiful Bees
Inexperienced beekeepers in Berlin are leaving many bees effectively homeless across the city. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Robert Graebert of the Berlin Beekeepers' Association.
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Simone Biles Continues To Break Records
Simone Biles became the first person in history to land a double twisting, double somersault in competition at the U.S. Gymnastics Championship.
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Canadians Respond To U.S. Medication Import Plans
A Trump administration plan to let Americans legally import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada is causing concern among Canadians that it could cause shortages of some medications.
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Sunday Puzzle: Great Crate
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with KQED listener Tom Doskow of San Francisco.