Weekend Edition
Weekends 5-10 am
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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Lulu Garcia-Navarro checks in with writer Dan Kois, who is traveling with his family to discover exactly what makes families click. He talks about Holland, bicycles and how family decisions are made.
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Carolyn Murnick and Ashley Ellerin were childhood best friends — but as sometimes happens, they grew older and drifted apart. Then, in 2001, Ellerin was brutally murdered in her Hollywood Hills home.
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James Poniewozik, chief television critic for The New York Times, gives NPR's Don Gonyea some family-friendly TV recommendations.
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Since Barnes and Noble pulled out of the Bronx last year, there has been no general interest bookstore in the borough. Noelle Santos hopes to open one by the end of the year.
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In Tom Perrotta's new novel, Mrs. Fletcher, the title character is a single empty nester looking to reinvent herself. Perrotta tells NPR's Don Gonyea about Eve Fletcher's transformation.
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Unlike many Americans, Chinese consumers are not fans of "new car smell." Ford has hired 18 smell testers for their Chinese research lab to sniff car parts and send back any with too strong an odor.
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For nearly two decades, federal efforts have been underway to help restore parts of historic Route 66. But the program is running out of money, which has businesses along the way worried.
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A new study of elephant seals suggests that alpha males are recognized by unique rhythms in their calls during mating season. Researcher Colleen Reichmuth talks with NPR's Don Gonyea.
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After a tough week for the GOP in Congress, NPR's Don Gonyea talks with Republican Rep. Charlie Dent about what's next for the party.
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What happens when you think and how you act don't align? We tell the story of a woman diagnosed with what's known as "alien hand syndrome."