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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UNESCO World Heritage Sites are considered "outstanding works of human genius." There are now 25 in the U.S., including the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon. -
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Irish author Anne Enright about her novel, "The Wren, The Wren." It's about a mother and daughter and how their lives are marked by the family patriarch, an Irish poet.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is trying something new to introduce kids to the materials that make art. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to reporter Matt Belloni of the publication Puck about the Hollywood strikes and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers - whose members don't always agree.
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Dubai's summer is a long, hot stretch. And the migrant workers who keep the city running year-round find brief escape in simple pleasures, even if it is outdoors. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to authors Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki about their new graphic novel, "Roaming."
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Is it possible for other people to love us the way we love ourselves? Downtempo R&B singer Alina Baraz raises this question in her new song, "Keep Me In Love."
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How McFlurry machines got caught up in a battle between copyright law and a growing repair-it-yourself movement.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell seemed to get a clean bill of health from the Capitol physician last week. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe ask Dr. Jacob Appel about whether such reports are trustworthy.
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We look at the latest conditions in Morocco, where a major earthquake near the city of Marrakech has resulted in at least 2,000 deaths.
