Weekend Edition Sunday
Sundays 5-10am
Weekend Edition Sunday brings listeners the news of the day in combination with distinctive interviews, colorful arts and human interest stories, and a popular weekly puzzle from Will Shortz.
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Atlantic editor Julie Beck is winding down "The Friendship Files," a years-long series of interviews with friends about their friendship. She talks to Ayesha Rascoe about what she's learned.
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The Energy Department recently updated efficiency rules for manufactured homes. Energy efficiency advocates wanted higher standards while the industry warns the rules will raise home prices.
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Listener Jane Babbitt of Camden, Maine, plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Ayesha Rascoe. -
Ayesha Rascoe speaks with journalist Ed Yong about his new book, "An Immense World." Yong looks at how animals use their senses to perceive the world in a radically different way than humans.
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As the Russian invasion blocks much of Ukraine's food exports elsewhere, ports in the far south are the few Ukrainian-run transit points for goods in and out of the country.
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Black abortion rights leaders say reproductive justice and racial justice are inextricably connected.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with the rapper about making his new album It's Almost Dry, working with Kanye and Pharrell and reflecting on what longevity looks like in hip-hop.
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A woman cleans out a late relative's estate and discovers a duck decoy and a mystery. Ayesha Rascoe talks with Pop Culture Happy Hour's Linda Holmes about her latest novel, "Flying Solo."
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Ayesha Rascoe talks to journalist Egill Bjarnason about the ecological impacts of outdoor cats and the curfews some Icelandic towns have imposed on them.
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A new podcast from WBHM details ongoing failures of the Alabama prison system years after they were brought to light.
