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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: Fame Game

    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro plays the puzzle with The New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz and this week's winner: Trudy Nixon of Nashville, Tenn.

  • We Want To Hear From You On Democrats' Policies

    Twenty candidates are now vying for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. Weekend Edition Sunday will be looking closely at the policy proposals and issues they're running on.

  • Echoes Of Watergate Today

    President Trump and Congress have been engaged in a showdown about executive privilege and oversight. The two branches have tangled over their checks and balances before.

  • How India's RSS Fuels Hindu Nationalism

    Founded in 1925, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or RSS, runs scout camps and charities. A profile of the paramilitary group which draws comparisons to Europe's far-right.

  • The Tricky Triangle: The U.S., Russia And North Korea

    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Sue Mi Terry, senior fellow for Korea at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about the relationship between the United States, North Korea and Russia.

  • Sunday Puzzle: City Sounds

    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with KANW and KUNM listener Kirstie Newman of Santa Fe, N.M.

  • Missed Connections: 1969 Humanitarian Trip To Africa

    In our latest "Missed Connections," Helen Chapple, Saul Blair and Graham Hinton reunite to talk about how a humanitarian trip to Africa 50 years ago changed the trajectory of their lives.

  • Latin Music Takes Center Stage At Coachella

    The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, wraps up this weekend. Band after band filled the stages, including more Latin artists.

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    Sunday Puzzle: A Piece Of Cake

    NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with WAMU listener Ryan Saunders of Washington, D.C.