NPR Programs: Weekend Edition SundayWeekend 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.Preaching The Bruce Springsteen Gospel- August 10, 2008 When Jeffrey Symynkywicz preaches at his Unitarian Universalist church, he's often accompanied by the music of Bruce Springsteen. He's now managed to combine his theological training with his lifelong love of Springsteen's music.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93437259&ft=1&f=10 Tales From Antarctic Icebreaker, Trans-Siberian Rail- August 10, 2008 Nancy Etchemendy spent June on an icebreaker in the Weddell Sea and is now riding the Trans-Siberian Railroad with her husband during their summer vacation.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93478118&ft=1&f=10 Letters: Race And Politics, U.S. Cars, Ice Cream- August 10, 2008 Liane Hansen reads letters from listeners.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93478112&ft=1&f=10 N.C. Military Prisoners Train Dogs For Injured Vets- August 10, 2008 Marines serving time in the brig at Camp Lejeune, N.C., are training dogs as service animals for Marines wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. The dogs get a career and a loving home, and the Marines get to help their buddies and build self-esteem.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93478109&ft=1&f=10 'In Their Boots' Brings Soldiers' Stories To The Web- August 10, 2008 A Web-based video documentary project highlights the stories of troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan — and their families. Following each weekly documentary, Iraq war veteran Jan Bender, who hosts intheirboots.com, invites listeners to join the conversation online.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93478106&ft=1&f=10 Bringing Artisanal Cheeses To Beijing- August 10, 2008 When Sharon Ruwart moved from California to Beijing in 2004, she thought she'd have to give up her beloved artisanal cheeses in China's largely cheeseless society. But the group she started, Beijing Cheese Society, is spreading a taste for fancy cheese in her adopted home country. Ruwart talks with Liane Hansen.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93478085&ft=1&f=10 1997 Trip Sparked Obama's Rural-Voter Courtship- August 10, 2008 In 1997, Obama told top adviser Dan Shomon that he had never been south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Shomon told Obama that they should take a road trip to southern Illinois — which they did. The trip changed how Obama saw himself in relation to rural whites and had clear implications for his presidential campaign.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93478103&ft=1&f=10 A Black Republican In Texas Stands Firm For McCain- August 10, 2008 The historic circumstances of the Barack Obama candidacy are likely to reduce black support for the Republican nominee. But there are African-Americans who support John McCain. Among them is Justin Jordan, a junior at Texas Southern University who says he is unimpressed by Obama.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93478082&ft=1&f=10 Georgian Troops Retreat In Conflict With Russia- August 10, 2008 The former Soviet republic's government presses for a truce in the conflict over the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Georgian troops retreated Sunday under heavy fire from Russia. The civilian ethnic Georgian minority in South Ossetia also was fleeing.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93478067&ft=1&f=10 Charles Ivins Says Brother's Suicide 'Blindsided' Him- August 10, 2008 Charles Ivins, the brother of an Army scientist who killed himself last month while under investigation by the FBI in connection with the anthrax killings in 2001, says "it is very hard for me to accept the idea that he would do something like that."http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93478094&ft=1&f=10 |