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Weekend Edition Sunday premiered on January 18, 1987, and was the last of NPR's major newsmagazines to hit air. Since then, Weekend Edition Sunday has covered newsmakers and artists, scientists and politicans, music makers of all kinds, writers, thinkers, theologians and all manner of news events. Hosted originally by Susan Stamberg, the show has been anchored by Liane Hansen since 1989.

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Court Rejects Case To Ban Egyptian Comic's Show

A popular comedian in Egypt is the frequent target of lawsuits because he pokes fun at the president and other government officials. Bassem Youssef hosts a TV show that's often compared to The Daily Show in the U.S. On Saturday, a court rejected a case calling for the ban of his program. The suit claimed the show corrupted morals and violated religious principles.

Lianne La Havas: 'The Golden Girl Of British Music'

The 23-year-old singer-songwriter and guitarist, who has been compared to Adele, swept critics after her TV debut. One said her voice seemed to make time stand still. This story aired originally on Morning Edition on Nov. 5, 2012.

National Poetry Month: Poet Nick Friedman Takes A Look Inside

Weekend Edition is celebrating poetry month by hearing from young poets about why poetry still matters. Today Nick Friedman shares some of his thoughts and some of his work.

Louisville And Michigan To Vie For NCAA Title

Michigan beat Syracuse 61-56 Saturday night and Louisville also won a close contest edging Wichita by 4 points.The Wolverines play the Cardinals on Monday in Atlanta for the national championship. Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin talks about the how the upcoming title game.

A Brand-New Word

Every answer is a well-known commercial name that spells a regular word or name backward. Identify the brands. For example, given "laundry detergent" and "work in a magazine office," the answer would be "tide" and "edit."

Why You Shouldn't Wrinkle Your Nose At Fermentation

It's delicious, it's nutritious and it's basically rotten. Fermentation is the hot culinary trend, and as Weekend Edition food commentator Bonny Wolf explains, the preservation process gives food a flavor unique to time and place.

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Want To Remember New York In The '90s? Pick Up The Phone

New York City has nearly 11,000 pay phones, and a new campaign is trying to turn about 5,000 of them into time capsules. Host Rachel Martin talks with David Droga, creative chairman of ad agency Droga5, about the "Recalling 1993" campaign.

1970s Chaos And Radicalism Fuels 'Flamethrowers'

The volatile world of New York's art scene in the 1970s is the setting for the newest novel by acclaimed author Rachel Kushner. Reno, the young protagonist of The Flamethrowers, has come to the city to turn a love of motorcycles into a career in art. But the intersection of art, radicalism and international terrorism is a dangerous one. Host Rachel Martin speaks with Kushner about the book.

Harnessing Big Data To Combat Cancer

The American Society of Clinical Oncology is launching a project to collect data on the care of hundreds of thousands of cancer patients for use in the treatment of other patients. Host Rachel Martin talks with Dr. Sandra Swain, president of the group, about CancerLinQ.

An Intimate 'Place,' Inspired By Fatherhood

The Place Beyond The Pines is a crime drama follow-up to the film Blue Valentine. Host Rachel Martin talks with co-writer and director Derek Cianfrance about the new movie.

Defending Women's Champs Baylor To Battle Cardinals' Tough Defense

The two NCAA women's college basketball teams face off Sunday for a spot in the Elite Eight. Baylor has been one of the most successful women's programs in the nation, but Louisville has its own strengths. "We understand we're going up against a great team," says Baylor point guard Odyssey Sims.

Coming Out: A Gay Mormon Navigates Family, Faith And Sexuality

Jamison Manwaring is the youngest of eight siblings in a devout Mormon family. Like his older brothers, he wants a marriage and kids. But, as a gay Mormon man, that will be difficult for him.

Phil Ramone's 'Musical Mind' Set Him Apart As A Producer

Phil Ramone was a violin prodigy; he played for Queen Elizabeth when he was 10. As a fledgling recording engineer, he manned the booth for "Alice's Restaurant." And as a producer, he recorded hits for Frank Sinatra, Billy Joel and Paul Simon. As NPR's Sami Yenigun reports, Ramone died Saturday at the age of 79.

'General Hospital': 50 Years Old, Dramatic As Ever

The soap opera General Hospital turns 50 this year. Host Rachel Martin speaks with actress Jane Elliot, who has played Tracy Quartermaine on the show since 1978.

Assessing Syria's Basic Health Care Needs In Wartime

Host Rachel Martin speaks with Abdulghani Sankari of the Syrian American Medical Society. Sankari is a Syrian-American doctor based in Detroit, and in January he visited Syria and its borders with Jordan and Turkey to assess health care there. He says the Syrian health care system has been overwhelmed not just by traumatic injuries from war, but by basic primary care needs.

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Decades Later And Across An Ocean, A Novel Gets Its Due

John Williams' Stoner sold just 2,000 copies when it was originally published in 1965. It's now acknowledged as a classic work, is a best-seller across Europe and the No. 1 novel in the Netherlands.

Food

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Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York

Giuseppe Arcimboldo was a 16th-century artist who liked to play with his food, transforming it into the building blocks of many of his fantastical portraits. Artist Philip Haas has taken those portraits out of museums, reinterpreting them as colossal statues that interact with the natural environment.

Politics

NPR

Political Takeaways: Headaches For The White House

Controversies dominated this past week's political headlines, leaving the Obama White House on the defensive, trying to contain any lasting damage. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Mara Liasson.

Technology

NPR

Young Kenyans Build Mobile Apps For Local Use

College students and recent graduates crammed the top floor of a tech hub in Nairobi for a competition built around the theme "Solutions for the Next Billion Mobile Users." Africa has more than 600 million mobile phone users (approximately 11 percent of the global total) – and the number is growing.

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Weekend Edition Sunday

Arts & Culture

Decades Later And Across An Ocean, A Novel Gets Its Due

Food

Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York

Politics

Political Takeaways: Headaches For The White House

Technology

Young Kenyans Build Mobile Apps For Local Use

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