Weekend Edition Sunday premiered on January 18, 1987, and was the last of NPR's major newsmagazines to hit the air. Since then, Weekend Edition Sunday has covered newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicans, musicians, writers, thinkers, theologians and all manner of news events. Originally hosted by Susan Stamberg, the show has been anchored by Liane Hansen since 1989. Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz have been with the program from the beginning, and a wide variety of commentators and essayists help round out the weekly offerings: humorist Andy Borowitz slings satirical arrows at big-shots, celebrities, and politicans of all stripes; Diane Roberts takes a sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant view of life in the South; and transplanted Brit Tim Brookes offers his impressions of life on these shores. For more information, please go to: http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=10
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Lee Ann Koehler plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Oskar Eustis, artistic director of New York City's Public Theater, about the return of Shakespeare in the Park.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro hears from recruiters and employers on why some companies will want employees to return to work, in person, by fall, saying it is better for morale and the local economy.
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At Kensington Palace last week, Princes William and Harry unveiled a statue of their mother on what would have been her 60th birthday. How the public views the role of the brothers varies widely.
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We might finally have an infrastructure deal, but President Biden and Republicans can't agree on what's next. We'll have the latest on that, plus Vice President Harris's visit to the southern border.
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Mandy Whitaker plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to musician and singer L'Rain about her latest album Fatigue.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author Elizabeth Gonzalez James about the real-life experiences of millennials that went into her book, Mona at Sea.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Christa Suppan, one of the owners of the Lipstick Lounge in Nashville, about the challenges of running a lesbian bar this past year.
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Duane Koyawena quit drinking 12 years ago after his own dad died from alcoholism. At the same time, he learned he was going to be father and wanted to stop the cycle.