Weekend Edition Sunday
Sunday from 8am to 1aam on Radio IQ.
A companion to Weekend Edition Saturday and Morning Edition (weekdays), Weekend Edition Sunday premiered on January 18, 1987, and was the last of NPR's major news magazines to hit air.
Since then, Weekend Edition Sunday has covered newsmakers and artists, scientists and politicians, music makers of all kinds, writers, thinkers, theologians and all manner of information including news that breaks on the weekend.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with the Womack Sisters about their debut self-titled album and their chance to bring something new to their family musical legacy.
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At this year's Fringe festival, the audience is hot and cold on a new performance space — in a saunaEvery August, millions gather in Edinburgh, Scotland, for the Fringe, the world's largest performing arts festival. This year's festival features a sauna.
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Warming ocean waters are teeing up a particularly strong El Niño weather pattern.
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Egypt's most popular breakfast staple is a modern classic that's also been around for millennia. We take a look at taamiya for our summer series on breakfast around the globe.
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Dawn was crowned fattest marmot by popular vote. -
As threats of deportation loom, some Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are hiding in their homes, too afraid to visit their churches.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks science reporter Joe Palca about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will have a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble Space Telescope.
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How will changes at the U.S. Department of Education affect schoolchildren this year, what's happening with screentime limits in classrooms, and how are schools adjusting to AI?
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There are many reasons to be skeptical of the Trump administration's announcement that the U.S. will develop Venezuelan oil.
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Real economic sanctions on Canada and economic threats to countries trading with Iran may work against Republicans in the midterm elections.
