Saturday mornings are made for Weekend Edition Saturday, the program wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon.
Drawing on his experience in covering 10 wars and stories in all 50 states and seven continents, Simon brings a humorous, sophisticated and often moving perspective to each show. He is as comfortable having a conversation with a major world leader as he is talking with a Hollywood celebrity or the guy next door.
Weekend Edition Saturday has a unique and entertaining roster of other regular contributors. Marin Alsop, conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, talks about music. Daniel Pinkwater, one of the biggest names in children's literature, talks about and reads stories with Simon. Financial journalist Joe Nocera follows the economy. Howard Bryant of EPSN.com and NPR's Tom Goldman chime in on sports. Keith Devlin, of Stanford University, unravels the mystery of math, and Will Grozier, a London cabbie, talks about good books that have just been released, and what well-read people leave in the back of his taxi. Simon contributes his own award-winning essays, which are sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant.
-
Mass. congressman Barney Frank was the first House member to come out as gay and was instrumental in Wall Street reforms after the Great Recession. He died this week at the age of 86. -
A federal judge in Tennessee cleared Kilmar Abrego Garcia of all criminal charges. His case gained attention when the Trump administration wrongly deported him to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
-
Some NATO allies say they are confused by President Trump's different statements on U.S. troop deployments to Europe.
-
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Greg Ip, chief economics commentator at The Wall Street Journal, about rising bond yields and what they mean for consumer and the broader economy.
-
NPR's Scott Simon and sports reporter Michele Steele talk about an epic NBA conference finals.
-
As tensions with Washington escalate, Cuba's government is rallying defiance at home while denouncing the US indictment of Raúl Castro as political aggression.
-
In north-east DR Congo, fear is spreading faster than answers as communities confront an Ebola outbreak that went undetected for weeks.
-
South Carolina is the latest Southern state that may redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court weakened a key section of the Voting Rights Act. The new district lines could squeeze out an institution in South Carolina and national politics: 17-term Congressman Jim Clyburn.
-
America's housing market has two major problems – not enough homes for sale and the ones that are available are too pricey. Congress hopes its latest bill will help with both.
-
The House was set to vote on a bill to regulate college sports but members of the Congressional Black Caucus announced their opposition as part of a protest around political power for black voters.
