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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Mark Stefaniak plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro. -
Reporters at Tribune Co. papers across the country are trying to avoid the company's purchase by Alden Global. The hedge fund is known to slash budgets and staff in the name of profits.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Arooj Aftab about her new album, Vulture Prince, completed after the loss of her brother and threaded through with themes of grief and longing.
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A new study of Indian jumping ants shows they have the ability to shrink and expand their brains — a first for any insect.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Romina Puga about her new Spanish-language children's show, Club Mundo Kids, that helps kids explores topics like agriculture and space travel.
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Lauren Hough tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her memoir Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing. Hough spent part of her childhood in a cult, which affected her later life.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks University of Pennsylvania foreign policy and national security historian John Gans if there is a "Biden Doctrine" guiding American foreign policy.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks the Sikh Coalition's Satjeet Kaur about the impact of the mass shooting in Indianapolis on his community.
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TV's Jeopardy! is featuring guest hosts like Katie Couric to Aaron Rodgers. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks The Ringer's Claire McNear, who wrote a book about the show, what's next.
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President Biden's decision to pull out of Afghanistan leaves stakeholders with differing opinions.
