Whether revealing events in small-town America or overseas, or profiling notable personalities, Weekend Edition from NPR News appreciates the extraordinary details that make up every story. This two-hour weekend morning newsmagazine covers hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor.
Weekend Edition Sunday combines the news with colorful arts and human-interest features, appealing to the curious and eclectic. Conceived as a cross between a Sunday newspaper and CBS' Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The highlight for many listeners is the regularly scheduled puzzle segment with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Yu-Mei Balasingamchow about her new book, "Names Have Been Changed."
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WYSO listener John Blakelock of Yellow Springs, Ohio along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz. -
James Burrows has died. He was the legendary director of television hits including Cheers, Frasier and The Mary Tyler Moore show.
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The National Park Service is spending $74 million to move a dock at Lake Powell that no longer reaches the diminished reservoir's drought-strangled water level.
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Starting on July 1, the federal government will make some big changes to how student loans can be repaid or forgiven.
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There continues to be uncertainty over negotiations. At the same time, the Trump administration continues to aggravate allies.
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Legal scholar Adam Feldman tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe how the Supreme Court sometimes overturns precedent without explicitly calling an earlier decision invalid.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Washington Post journalist Richard Sima about how fathers' brains change after bringing home a new baby.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, about the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding and the priorities for a future peace deal.
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Voters head to a runoff in Colombia Sunday between candidates offering sharply different approaches to armed groups, with the frontrunner calling for intensified military action over peace talks
