/tags/weekend-edition-sunday Weekend Edition Sunday en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:27:46 GMT /2026-06-28/the-2026-world-cup-has-more-players-over-40-than-every-world-cup-before-it-combined There are more players over 40 in this World Cup than all previous World Cups combined. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Riley Williams of New York's Hospital for Special Surgery about aging athletes. Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:27:46 GMT /2026-06-28/the-2026-world-cup-has-more-players-over-40-than-every-world-cup-before-it-combined Ayesha Rascoe /2026-06-28/don-cheadle-discusses-his-starring-role-in-the-broadway-play-proof NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Don Cheadle about his starring role on Broadway in a new adaptation of David Auburn's Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play, "Proof." Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:27:43 GMT /2026-06-28/don-cheadle-discusses-his-starring-role-in-the-broadway-play-proof Ayesha Rascoe /2026-06-28/americans-find-common-ground-on-healthcare Americans agree that healthcare needs to be better, cheaper, and less complicated. Good ideas toward those goals are bubbling up around the country. Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:27:41 GMT /2026-06-28/americans-find-common-ground-on-healthcare Ayesha Rascoe, Noam Levey /npr-breaking-news/2026-06-28/not-just-new-york-how-new-mexicos-free-childcare-policy-is-doing Reporter Katerina Barton tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about New Mexico's plan to provide free childcare for state residents. Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:27:40 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2026-06-28/not-just-new-york-how-new-mexicos-free-childcare-policy-is-doing Katerina Barton, Ayesha Rascoe /2026-06-28/looking-back-at-the-u-s-s-bicentennial-celebrations-50-years-ago As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, we review the nation's last big birthday celebration, 50 years ago: the Bicentennial. Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:27:38 GMT /2026-06-28/looking-back-at-the-u-s-s-bicentennial-celebrations-50-years-ago Ayesha Rascoe /2026-06-28/south-koreas-cultural-exports-are-benefitting-its-museums-back-home South Korea's success exporting pop culture is benefiting its museums. The National Museum has now become the world's third most-visited museum behind the Louvre and Vatican museums. Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:27:37 GMT /2026-06-28/south-koreas-cultural-exports-are-benefitting-its-museums-back-home Anthony Kuhn /npr-breaking-news/2026-06-28/milwaukees-schlitz-beer-says-goodbye-after-177-years Pabst Brewing has stopped producing Schlitz beer. Schlitz is known as "the beer that made Milwaukee famous" and has a 177-year history. Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:55:39 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2026-06-28/milwaukees-schlitz-beer-says-goodbye-after-177-years Ayesha Rascoe /national-politics/2026-06-28/politics-chat-scotus-hands-trump-a-win-gop-diverges-on-housing-bill The contours of the midterms are coming into focus and there appears to be strategic daylight between the administration and Congressional Republicans on what to run on. Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:55:38 GMT /national-politics/2026-06-28/politics-chat-scotus-hands-trump-a-win-gop-diverges-on-housing-bill Ayesha Rascoe, Mara Liasson /2026-06-28/the-trump-administration-vowed-to-go-after-antifa-heres-what-thats-looked-like NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks former federal prosecutor Mary McCord about the Trump administration's vow to prosecute domestic terrorists and "Antifa." Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:55:37 GMT /2026-06-28/the-trump-administration-vowed-to-go-after-antifa-heres-what-thats-looked-like Ayesha Rascoe /npr-breaking-news/2026-06-28/juneberries-are-still-very-much-in-season-these-farmers-want-you-to-try-them Juneberries are very much in season. Also called serviceberries, they are not widely available in the United States. Now there's a new push to get more growing on farms. Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:55:35 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2026-06-28/juneberries-are-still-very-much-in-season-these-farmers-want-you-to-try-them Kate Grumke