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Weekend Edition Sunday

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

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00:03:57

Recorders, the woodwind music instruments, are on the...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/11

A British music education organization reports that use of recorders are declining in the classroom. We wonder: Why were they there to start with? And why is "Hot Cross Buns" such a banger?

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00:04:36

What Newark's communication outages show about the...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/11

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with aviation expert William McGee about the challenges facing the nation's air traffic control system following two communication outages at Newark's airport.

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00:07:56

Kevin Olusola discusses his album 'Dawn of a Misfit'

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/11

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with music artist Kevin Olusola about his new album, "Dawn Of A Misfit," and his love for mixing it up with classical music.

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00:05:47

A new Marvel comic book unearths horror stories first...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/11

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Michael Dean, editor of a new collection of long-forgotten Marvel horror comics called "Lost Marvels No.1: Tower of Shadows."

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00:05:37

Trump says 'great progress' was made on the first day...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/11

The US and China are holding trade talks in Geneva, Switzerland this weekend. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to James McGregor from APCO Worldwide, an advisory firm, about the chances of a deal.

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00:04:49

A Biden-era DHS ruling makes it easier for temporary...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/11

A rule that took effect before President Trump's inauguration makes it easier for workers on temporary visas to apply for green cards, which offer employers more certainty despite a hefty price tag.

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00:04:58

Utah becomes first state to make it illegal to add...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/11

Utah is now the first state in the nation to ban adding fluoride to drinking water. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Utah dentist James Bekker about the impact on oral health.

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00:03:24

Texas is set to expand its school voucher program to...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/11

The new $1 billion school voucher program in Texas allows parents to use state tax dollars to go toward education their children in private or homeschools.

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00:03:43

10 weeks into Israel's aid blockade in Gaza,...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/11

Nearly 10 weeks into Israel's blockade, families in Gaza are desperate for flour. They've begun grinding up lentils and beans to add to the meager flour they have to make bread.

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00:04:38

Politics chat: Confusion over Trump's agenda with...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/11

There's confusion over what the president wants with his trade war and whether the GOP's big spending bill should include raising taxes on the rich in order to fund Trump's domestic priorities.

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00:03:56

He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/04

Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on May 2, 2025.)

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00:04:20

6 months after polls closed, dispute over North...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/04

The last 2024 election to be decided is for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. With the Democrat ahead by about 700 votes, the GOP challenger has taken thousands of ballots to court.

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00:05:30

Sean 'Diddy' Combs to go on trial in federal court...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/04

The trial of hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs begins this week. Combs is charged with sex trafficking, among other things. He also has dozens of civil suits against him.

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00:05:37

Ports brace for the impact of tariffs as shipments...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/04

The Trump administration's tariffs are already having an impact on the nation's ports. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Mario Cordero, CEO of the Port of Long Beach, about the effect.

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00:05:22

Director Lorcan Finnegan discusses his revenge...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/04

"The Surfer" is a revenge thriller starring Nicholas Cage. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to director Lorcan Finnegan about the story of an man trying to regain things he's lost.

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00:07:26

Uwade discusses 'Florilegium,' an album about memory,...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/04

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with singer-songwriter Uwade about her debut album, "Florilegium," an anthology of songs about time, memory, and identity.

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00:09:34

How the Trump administration has impacted these...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/04

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks college seniors Bobby McAlpine, Alyssa Johnson, and Liam Powell how they've changed their post-graduation plans in light of the upheaval caused by the Trump administration.

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00:02:12

Voters will decide if Elon Musk's SpaceX complex in...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/04

Voters in an unincorporated area of Boca in Cameron County — next to Elon Musk's SpaceX complex in South Texas — are voting to make Starbase a city. That will give SpaceX more power over a public beach and state highway.

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00:04:46

Aetna to exit health insurance exchange, leaving...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/04

Health insurer Aetna will exit the federal health insurance exchange next year. Forbes contributor Bruce Japsen tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe that will leave around a million people without coverage.

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00:04:04

A Kansas City man shares his Star Wars toy...

Weekend Edition Sunday ·

2025/05/04

We meet a Kansas City man who has a massive collection of Star Wars toys, as The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures opens a show with that theme on May 4th. May the fourth be with you!

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