On Sundays, Weekend Edition combines the news with colorful arts and human-interest features, appealing to the curious and eclectic. With a nod to traditional Sunday habits, the program offers a fix for diehard crossword addicts-word games and brainteasers with The Puzzlemaster, a.k.a. Will Shortz, puzzle editor of The New York Times. With Hansen on the sidelines, a caller plays the latest word game on the air while listeners compete silently at home. The NPR mailbag is proof that the competition to go head-to-head with Shortz is rather vigorous.
Another trademark of Sunday's program is "Voices in the News," a montage of sound bites from the past week, poignant in its simplicity. Hansen also engages listeners in her discussions with regular contributors, who cover a wide range of national and international issues.
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The latest developments from Minneapolis, where tension between residents and immigration agents is intensifying days after a deadly shooting by an ICE agent.
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The British Museum is looking to hire a dedicated sleuth to help recover the Greek and Roman artifacts that were stolen from it more than two years ago.
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Latin America's left is in disarray after the seizure of Nicolas Maduro and the U.S.'s pledge to take over Venezuela's oil industry. Many on the left are changing their rhetoric about President Trump.
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After the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis by an ICE agent, area clergy are planning protests and other public demonstrations.
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Accusations of benefits fraud has spread from Minnesota to Ohio, where the Republican governor is trying to fight back with facts and tamp down finger-pointing at Somali-Americans.
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South Korea President Lee Jae Myung suggested that insurance should cover hair loss. NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks to University of Hawaii professor S. Heijin Lee about the country's beauty standards.
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Peter Krause of Boston College about the Trump Administration's willingness to act unilaterally against other countries and what this means for international relations.
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer asks University of Texas at Austin energy researcher Jorge Pinon about the economic and political implications of Cuba's reliance on Venezuelan oil.
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Toe pick! NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer discusses the best movies about winter sports with film critic and sports writer Will Leitch.
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A change in U.S. posture, following its military operation last weekend in Venezuela, as President Trumps talks about selling Venezuela's oil and the U.S. taking control of Greenland.