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Weekend Edition Sunday

Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians.

news & politics

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00:03:44

The Trump administration is pushing for an overhaul...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/08

Parts of the U.S. air traffic control system still rely on floppy disks and computers running Windows 95. The Trump administration is pushing for an overhaul, but it won't be easy or cheap.

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00:05:43

Trump's evangelical supporters are divided over his...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/08

Evangelicals are among President Trump's strongest supporters but some evangelical leaders have been critical of his immigration policies, creating divisions between pulpits and pews.

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00:04:46

Is a recession coming? What the numbers tell us about...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/08

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Claudia Sahm, Chief Economist for New Century Advisors, what the latest job figures tell us about the state of the economy.

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00:05:18

RFK Jr. fact check: Were Americans actually healthier...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/08

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. frequently harkens back to when his uncle was president as a healthier time for Americans. But American life expectancy in 1960 was almost ten years shorter than it is today. And the leading causes of death were chronic diseases.

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00:04:35

Lila Forde discusses her Tiny Desk Contest entry...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/08

Lila Forde is one of the entrants to NPR's Tiny Desk Contest. She explains the story behind her song, "Brick by Brick," which took on more significance after the LA wildfires this year.

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00:05:30

Broadway's videographers won't be honored at the Tony...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/08

Every year, Jeff Lunden looks at those who do essential work on Broadway but aren't recognized by the Tonys. This year, he spoke with those who have made video a dazzling new Broadway trend.

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00:03:57

National Guard called in to disperse people...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/08

In Paramount, Calif., confrontations between immigration enforcement agents and protestors led to arrests and the use of flash-bang explosives and pepper spray by law enforcement.

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00:03:39

South Florida's immigrant communities grapple with...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/08

President Trump's immigration actions, like the travel ban, have had large effects in South Florida where many Venezuelan, Haitian, and Cuban people live.

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00:02:50

Trump's efforts to cut National Parks budget faces...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/08

President Trump wants to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the National Park Service budget this year and much more next year. The effort is facing bipartisan criticism.

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00:04:02

Politics chat: Immigration actions ramp up, tax bill...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/08

The Trump administration is ramping up immigration action across the country while the tax and spending bill containing immigration provisions is losing momentum in the Senate.

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00:05:03

What's next for the video game industry as Nintendo...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/08

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks journalist Jeff Gerstmann what's next for gaming now that the Nintendo Switch 2 is finally in stores.

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00:03:56

A new exhibit unveils the mystery behind an iconic...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/08

A black-and-white photo of a Las Vegas dancer posing in a mushroom-cloud swimsuit became iconic of America's "atomic age," but for decades her identity was unknown. The mystery has finally been solved.

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00:04:59

How the Indian media's falsehoods impacted lives...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/08

In India, sensationalist TV news coverage of fighting between India and Pakistan reveals the polarization of the country's media.

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00:06:03

Sunday Puzzle: Phonetically 'Gay'

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/08

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KNRW listener Carina Aleckson of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

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00:04:42

The latest on the Gaza ceasefire proposal

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/01

The latest flurry of activity between Israel and Hamas over a possible ceasefire is still far from a done deal. Meanwhile, not enough aid is getting in to Gaza as a murky plan by U.S. contractors continues its chaotic rollout.

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00:01:18

France will soon ban smoking in most public places

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/01

France's upcoming smoking ban will be their largest clamp down on tobacco use, as the nation hopes to achieve a smoke-free generation by 2032.

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00:03:57

How does the brain turn an experience into an emotion?

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/01

A study offers a glimpse of how the brain turns experience into emotion. In mice and humans, puffs of air to the eye caused persistent changes in brain activity, suggesting an emotional response.

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00:04:31

Trump pardons former Virginia sheriff convicted of...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/01

President Trump pardoned a corrupt, former Virginia sheriff last week, saying he was a victim of the Biden administration. But as NPR's Frank Langfitt reports, many of the sheriff's constituents oppose the pardon.

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00:03:06

It was her dream to ride in a Mustang convertible;...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/01

Elaine Wirth always loved sports cars, but at age 76 thought she'd never get to ride in a Mustang convertible. Her assisted living home made that dream come true.

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00:05:54

Former employee testifies in the Sean Combs trial

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/06/01

This week in the trial of Sean Combs, a former employee testified that he held her against her will, threatened her and eventually blacklisted her so she could not get another job in the music industry. The details were shocking, but reminded Rodney Carmichael of the image that Combs cultivated in the media, reality shows and movies during the early 2000s -- an uncompromising, unreasonable boss whose employees had to bend to his whims.

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