Weekend Edition
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Kick off your weekend with wrap-ups of the week's news with a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest. Be sure to tune in every Sunday for the Sunday Puzzle!
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With midterm election less than a month a way, President Trump held a rally in Topeka, Kan., in support of Republican candidates. He's been campaigning to blunt Democratic momentum in polls.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Charles Chamberlain, executive director of Democracy for America, about what the Kavanaugh confirmation will mean for Democrats in the midterm elections.
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Brazilians go to the polls to pick their next president in, perhaps, the country's most divisive election ever. The lead candidates are polar opposites on the political spectrum.
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Disaster management officials put the death toll at 1,763, and their excavation has been slow, especially in areas where the quake buried whole blocks of houses. International aid has begun arriving. -
NPR's Scott Simon asks Peter Weller about his career in art, from playing the titular character in 1987's RoboCop to getting a doctorate in art history.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the magazine about the American League playoffs in baseball.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with typography lecturer Stephen Banham of RMIT University about a new font he helped develop to assist people in remembering what they've read.
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The author of The Color Purple has released a new book of poems. Written in English and translated into Spanish, it's called Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart. -
Twelve months after the reporting that brought down Harvey Weinstein, the movement to address sexual harassment has permeated the national political and cultural conversation. -
After a week of relentless and emotionally taxing news, Alt.Latino gives us a playlist of soothing songs to wash away the stress.
