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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Chris Coons Remembers John McCain
NPR's Melissa Block talks with Democratic Sen. Chris Coons, who remembers his colleague John McCain.
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Sunday Puzzle: The 2 Missing Letters
Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz tries to stump NPR's Melissa Block and WUWM listener Andrew Laeuger of New Berlin, Wis.
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Sen. John McCain Dies At 81
Sen. John McCain died at his home in Arizona this weekend. Later today, hear a one-hour special from Weekend All Things Considered.
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Jeff Flake On John McCain
NPR's Melissa Block talks with Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake about the death of his colleague, John McCain.
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Researching Heatstroke In Athletes
The death of a University of Maryland player is among a number of training deaths in college football recently. Melissa Block speaks with Douglas Casa who has researched the causes.
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'Ninety-Nine Glimpses Of Princess Margaret': The One Who Wouldn't Be Queen
Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II, shocked some and charmed others. NPR's Melissa Block speaks with author Craig Brown about his new book, Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret.
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Remembering McCain's 2008 Campaign
We look back at Sen. John McCain's presidential run in 2008 and his legacy.
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Bureau Of Land Management Considers Move West
Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke wants to move the Bureau of Land Management out of Washington, D.C., to the West. Now cities in Western states full of public lands are jockeying to be the new BLM hub.
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Oil And Gas Drilling Could Endanger U.S. Archaeological Sites
A loophole in Pennsylvania law lets companies drill oil and gas wells in farms and fields where Native American and Colonial artifacts are buried.
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Taking Down America's First Organized Crime Ring
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with William Oldfield. His book, Inspector Oldfield and the Black Hand Society, is about his great-grandfather's work helping take down an infamous extortion ring.
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Mountain Gets A Downgrade To A Hill
A mountain in Wales has been downgraded to a hill after a new satellite survey.
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Sunday Puzzle: Challenge Shmallenge
Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz tries to stump NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and WAMU listener Jeff Zarkin of Burke, Va.