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Weekend Edition Sunday

Sunday Puzzle: The Missing Letter NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzle master Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with Tom Roberts of Narragansett, R.I.

Jul 15, 2018

Weekend Edition Sunday

'Weekend Edition' Bids Farewell To Editor Jordana Hochman We'd like to take a moment to bid farewell to someone who — even though you may not know it — shapes what you hear on Weekend Edition.

Jul 15, 2018

Weekend Edition Sunday

The Reporting Before The Iraq War In 'Shock And Awe' NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Rob Reiner and Joey Hartstone about their new film Shock and Awe, which tells the story of Knight-Ridder journalists who reported the run-up to the Iraq War.

Jul 15, 2018

Weekend Edition Sunday

Kylie Jenner: Future Billionaire Forbes predicts Kylie Jenner will be a billionaire by the time she turns 21. Natalie Robehmed wrote about Jenner, and tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about the product that built her empire: Lip Kits.

Jul 15, 2018

Weekend Edition Sunday

Hate Crimes Against Latinos Increase In California In California alone, hate crimes against Latinos have increased by more than 50 percent since 2016. The administration's immigration crackdown and the president's rhetoric may help explain the spike.

Jul 15, 2018

Weekend Edition Sunday

'Give Me Your Hand' Explores Female Mysteries And Monstrosities Abbott's new thriller Give Me Your Hand is set partly in a scientific lab studying a severe form of PMS — she says she's fascinated by "this sort of idea that the female body is monstrous."

Jul 15, 2018

Weekend Edition Sunday

2 Students Killed In Nicaragua Hundreds of demonstrators have died in protests against the authoritarian rule of President Daniel Ortega. Most recently two student protesters were killed.

Jul 15, 2018

Weekend Edition Sunday

Bars And Churches Compete For Brazil's Youth Bereft of hope and opportunity, youth in Brazil's poorer regions are part of a growing multitude in traditionally Catholic Latin America who are turning either to the evangelical Church, or to bars.

Jul 15, 2018

Weekend Edition Sunday

A Honduran Family, Reunited Families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border are beginning to be reunited. In Seattle, a Honduran mother got to see her son for the first time in nearly two months.

Jul 15, 2018

Weekend Edition Sunday

How Russia Uses Cyberwarfare Around The Globe Misha Glenny, author of McMafia, joins NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro to talk about how Russia uses cyberwarfare to undermine and destabilize Western governments.

Jul 15, 2018

Weekend Edition Sunday

World Cup Final: France Vs. Croatia It's time for the 2018 World Cup final between France and Croatia. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to David Henry Sterry, co-author of The Glorious World Cup: A Fanatic's Guide, about what to expect.

Jul 15, 2018

Weekend Edition Sunday

Gerrymandering As A Campaign Issue After the Supreme Court declined to make a decision about whether partisan gerrymandering is unconstitutional, the issue is becoming a campaign issue for Democrats around the country.

Jul 15, 2018

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