Weekend Edition Sunday

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Patrick Harker, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, about Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's tenure at the central bank, which ends this week.

A French aristocrat moves to Kansas and founds a silk-making socialist utopia. Then things get weird. The story of the founding of Silkville, Kansas, in 1870.

The Savannah Bananas began when one couple emptied their bank accounts for a dream: to add joy, fun and ultimately singing and dancing to baseball. 11 years later, it's an entertainment juggernaut.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to "Today" show co-host Sheinelle Jones about her new book, "Through Mom's Eyes: Simple Wisdom from Mothers Who Raised Extraordinary Humans."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with historian Kevin Levin about President Trump's proposed triumphal arch and how it would fit next other memorials in the nation's capital.

Chang and Eng Bunker were famous conjoined twins who married sisters. Christina Baker Kline imagines what their lives were like in her novel, "The Foursome." She talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMU listener Russell Weeden and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

When the Food and Drug Administration approved Gleevec to treat a form of leukemia in 2001, it ushered in a new era in cancer care.

In Cape Verde, a small island nation off West Africa, World Cup qualification is transforming dreams on and off the pitch.

It's the biggest day for America's restaurants, and one of the biggest for flower sales. Despite anxieties over rising gas prices, people are ready to splurge to celebrate.