Weekend Edition

Author Melissa Lozada-Oliva's new novel in verse, Dreaming of You, is about a heartbroken poet who brings Selena Quintanilla back from the dead.

NPR's former Weekend Edition host Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes about the band's new album, "Future Past."

NPR's Asma Khalid plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and this week's winner Paula Kroeker from Foothills, Alberta, Canada.

The federal government says it will soon tighten regulations around a group of contaminants linked to cancer and other illnesses. Labs are now looking for ways to detect these "forever chemicals".

NPR's Asma Khalid speaks to reporter Bruce Alpert about a Freedom of Information request he filed 12 years ago for a story. And he got his response nine days ago - after he'd already retired.

Most people who hike, paddle and ski in New York's Adirondack Mountains are white, but a state university program aims to change that by introducing students of color to outdoor adventures.

The small city of Greensburg, Ind., wants to grow, and is offering incentives for people to move in: cash, a YMCA membership — and grandparents on demand.

NPR's Asma Khalid speaks to Elisa Cafferata, of Nevada's Department of Employment, home health aide Mansie Miekle, and restaurateur Isabel Torres about unemployment during the pandemic.

A group called "Let Them Breathe" has organized over 90 protests at California school board meetings including one where the protestors voted themselves in as the new school board.

In light of newly-leaked documents on its membership, we look at Oath Keepers, a group charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

NPR's Asma Khalid speaks with Mahan Gafari, an epidemiologist at the University of Oxford, about the state of the pandemic in Iran and what we can learn about herd immunity.

We look at President Biden's push to get his trimmed-down spending plan past Congress, as two Democratic lawmakers continue to oppose key provisions.