
Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Weekend Edition Sunday debuted on January 18, 1987, with host Susan Stamberg. Two years later, Liane Hansen took over the host chair, a position she held for 22 years. In that time, Hansen interviewed movers and shakers in politics, science, business and the arts. Her reporting travels took her from the slums of Cairo to the iron mines of Michigan's Upper Peninsula; from the oyster beds on the bayou in Houma, La., to Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park; and from the kitchens of Colonial Williamsburg, Va., to the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.
In January 2012, Rachel Martin began hosting the program. Previously she served as NPR National Security Correspondent and was part of the team that launched NPR's experimental morning news show, The Bryant Park Project. She has also been the NPR religion correspondent and foreign correspondent based in Berlin.
Every week listeners tune in to hear a unique blend of news, features and the regularly scheduled puzzle segment with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times.
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Shifts in vaccine guidance under the Trump administration are leaving many people confused about seasonal shots. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Dr. Jeff Duchin of the Vaccine Integrity Project.
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NPR's Alt. Latino podcast is 15 years old. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to current hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre and former host Jasmine Garsd about the podcast's enduring appeal.
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Some countries, including the U.S., want to mine the seafloor for rare earth elements used in smartphones and electric cars. But other nations are concerned about the environmental impact.
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An artist on the brink of stardom attracts a hanger-on who will do anything to be near the spotlight. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to director Alex Russell about how it plays out in his movie "Lurker."
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Joan Kautz of Ironstone Vineyards, a winery in California, about the impact of Canadian tariffs on the U.S. alcohol industry.
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Wisconsin's Door County is a popular tourism spot on Lake Michigan, but for some locals the biggest attraction is the county's baseball league. We went along to a game.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Yaroslav Trofimov from the Wall Street Journal about how President Trump's attempts to end the war in Ukraine will be viewed in Moscow and Kyiv.
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We discuss the latest political news, including the FBI search of former Trump adviser John Bolton's home and whether President Trump will send National Guard troops to more cities.
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Nearly two weeks into the Trump administration's takeover of the police in Washington, D.C., some local churches are experiencing drops in attendance as worshippers fear being detained.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yahoo News entertainment reporter, Kelsey Weekman, about a spate of new pop songs that draw on worship traditions in megachurches.