Weekend Edition
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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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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Maggie Kang, the director of Kpop Demon Hunters, about the film's massive success and unexpected cultural impact.
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A recent dog parade on Capitol Hill was more than fluffy fun, it was also a chance for retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis to stretch his independent streak.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to journalist Wladimir van Wilgenburg about the role Kurds may play in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
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President Trump has embraced apprenticeships as a solution for workforce needs. But many doubt the money invested so far will be enough to reach Trump's goal of 1 million apprenticeships.
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We look at how different U.S. media outlets have been covering the U.S.- Israel-Iran war.
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NPR collected dozens of accounts from people who have been caught in the massive surveillance web set up by the Department of Homeland Security.
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As Lebanon is dragged deeper into the war with Iran, Lebanese people are becoming more critical of the role of the militant group Hezbollah in their country.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Arash Azizi, a lecturer at Yale University, about the role Iran's Revolutionary Guard and security forces might play in the country after the war.
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We look at the Trump administration's objectives in the war with Iran, as well as the ouster of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
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Three women survived marriages to serial killers and use their experience to catch one. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Elizabeth Arnott about her new novel, "The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives."