Weekend Edition Sunday
Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.
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Summer Music From Alt.Latino
It's rock, it's hip hop, it's sung in English ... can it still be "Latin music"? Music and cultural identity intersect in surprising ways in this week's list of tunes shared by Alt.Latino.
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'The Line That Held Us': Noir In Appalachia
Novelist David Joy, whose books chronicle the rural, working-class South of his own milieu, has penned a new book where a hunting accident triggers a thriller of violent vengeance.
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Twin Private Investigators In 'This Body's Not Big Enough For The Both Of Us'
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Edgar Cantero about his book This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us. It stars A.Z. Kimrean, a brother and a sister — twins — trapped in the same body.
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The Cream Puffs Of Wisconsin
The giant cream puff is the star of the Wisconsin State Fair. On a recent visit to the fair, we got a chance to see how they are made — and make one our own.
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Sunday Puzzle: 4 Of A Kind
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with special guest, NPR's Scott Simon.
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Politics Roundup: Charlottesville And Trump
President Trump's response to the deadly rally in Charlottesville is still resonating today, a year later.
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One Year After Charlottesville
This weekend marks a year since a violent rally by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va.
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White Supremacists, Counterprotesters Set To Converge At Lafayette Square
We take stock of the scene the morning before a planned rally of white supremacists and counterprotesters near the White House.
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Protests Over ICE Detention Of Wisconsin Latino Activist
This past week in Racine, Wis., ICE arrested Ricardo Fierro, a community leader. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Fierro friend and fellow activist Janet Serrano about the effects of the arrest.
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NASA Launches Spacecraft Toward The Sun
This morning, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe. The probe will attempt to get closer to the sun than any other human-made object.
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Terminally Ill Man Awarded $289 Million In Lawsuit Against Monsanto
A California jury says Monsanto is liable for former groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson's terminal illness and should pay him $289 million.
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Let's Hear It For Iceberg Lettuce
Food critics and food eaters alike have often expressed disdain for iceberg lettuce. Helen Rosner, a food writer for The New Yorker, does not share the feeling.