Weekend Edition Sunday
Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.
Episodes
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Pete Hegseth calls U.S. strikes on Iran 'an incredible and overwhelming success'
The Pentagon provided a briefing on the U.S. airstrikes on Iran Sunday morning, after President Trump took direct action for the first time in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
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Iran's relationship with Russia and China could come into play after U.S. strikes
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Nicole Grajewski of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the role Russia and China could play in de-escalating the Iran-Israel conflict.
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A Pride Month walk through the Congressional Cemetery
The Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., includes a section of graves of LGBTQ Americans. We take a pride month tour.
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Former U.S ambassador to Israel discusses U.S. bombing of Iran
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Dan Shapiro, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, about the regional impact of American strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.
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Are Americans at risk after U.S. bombing of Iran?
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Middle East analyst, author, negotiator and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace senior fellow Aaron David Miller for his views on the U.S strike on Iran.
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Iran's foreign minister says U.S. strikes were 'outrageous'
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Arash Azizi, who studies both Iran's Revolutionary Guard and the Iranian opposition, what Iran's next moves may be now that the U.S. has struck its nuclear sites.
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Israel's potential next moves after the U.S. bombed Iran
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Sarah-Masha Fainberg, a senior research fellow at Tel Aviv University, about Israel's next moves after the U.S. bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities.
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Extreme humidity comes with its own dangers — here's how to stay safe
A heat wave is moving across the U.S., resulting in both high temperatures and dangerously high humidity. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with meteorologist Ben Noll of the Washington Post.
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Author Nora Pinciotti on Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne and the 2000s 'Hit Girls'
Author and podcaster Nora Princiotti tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about her new book, "Hit Girls," and the pop stars of the turn of the millennium.
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Putin's earlier remarks hint at Russia's stand on U.S. strikes on Iran
Russia is dealing with its own war in Ukraine, which complicates any potential involvement in the Middle East conflict the U.S. entered June 21.
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Countries in the Middle East call for de-escalation as fears of a wider war grow
Countries across the Middle East are concerned about further escalation after the U.S. struck Iran, fearing retaliation could draw in Gulf Arab states.
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Trump announces the U.S. has bombed Iran's nuclear sites
President Trump ordered the U.S. military to bomb three Iranian sites he said were crucial to that nation's nuclear ambitions.