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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Canada's retaliatory tariffs have left the U.S. wine industry reeling
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Joan Kautz of Ironstone Vineyards, a winery in California, about the impact of Canadian tariffs on the U.S. alcohol industry.
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Locals enjoy the last days of baseball season in Door County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's Door County is a popular tourism spot on Lake Michigan, but for some locals the biggest attraction is the county's baseball league. We went along to a game.
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How Ukraine and Russia will view Trump's attempts to broker a peace deal
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Yaroslav Trofimov from the Wall Street Journal about how President Trump's attempts to end the war in Ukraine will be viewed in Moscow and Kyiv.
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Politics chat: FBI searches John Bolton's home, National Guard in Chicago?
We discuss the latest political news, including the FBI search of former Trump adviser John Bolton's home and whether President Trump will send National Guard troops to more cities.
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D.C. churches see a drop in attendance as congregants fear immigration action
Nearly two weeks into the Trump administration's takeover of the police in Washington, D.C., some local churches are experiencing drops in attendance as worshippers fear being detained.
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A new wave of pop songs are drawing on music you might hear at church
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yahoo News entertainment reporter, Kelsey Weekman, about a spate of new pop songs that draw on worship traditions in megachurches.
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Kate Riley discusses 'Ruth,' her novel about a woman in an insular religious community
Ruth is part of an insular, communal Christian sect, but she has a hard time fitting in. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Kate Riley about living in that kind of community and her debut novel, "Ruth."
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Sunday Puzzle: Trio of words
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and WFAE listener, Sarah Garber of Cornelius, North Carolina.
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Sunday Puzzle: Dressed to the rhymes
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and NEPM listener Alison Triebwasser of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
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Attendees at a conference about authoritarianism in D.C. discuss Trump's crackdown
After the Trump administration took over control of the police department in Washington, D.C. last week, experts attending a conference on authoritarianism in the capital said they recognized some of the president's tactics.
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With more National Guard troops on the way to D.C., hundreds march in protest
This weekend, people in Washington, D.C., have been adapting to their police department being under federal control as the Trump administration has taken over policing.
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Protests in Israel call for an end to war, video shows prominent Palestinian prisoner
Israelis are holding protests calling for their government to end the war in Gaza. Palestinian leaders have also condemned a far-right Israeli politician for berating a notable Palestinian prisoner.
