Weekend Edition Saturday
Saturday, 7am - 9am
Whether revealing events in small-town America or overseas, or profiling notable personalities, Weekend Edition from NPR News appreciates the extraordinary details that make up every story. This two-hour morning newsmagazine covers hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor. On Saturdays, host Scott Simon's award-winning commentaries sum up an idea or event related to the week's news. There are fresh reports from a cross-section of NPR correspondents on topics from religion to health to food to politics. Simon's interviews with key artists, authors, performers and personalities are always memorable.
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New tariffs took effect this week that forecasters say will lead to higher prices and slower economic growth. But the stock market is still booming.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Moshe Lavi, the brother-in-law of Omri Miran, who was kidnapped from his kibbutz by Hamas on Oct. 7 and remains a hostage.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with sportswriter Howard Bryant about the past week in the world of sports.
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The word "deadline" has been used a lot in reference to tariffs. It got us thinking: what is the origin of the word? NPR's Scott Simon talks with Benjamin Dreyer, author of "Dreyer's English."
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Planting wildflowers could help deter wildfires across the western U.S. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Phil Allen, a professor at Brigham Young University, about his research into the topic.
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The political landscape has changed significantly since Hamilton premiered in 2015 - how the show is seen has changed as well.
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Be they girls, or be they dogs? NPR's Scott Simon talks with Xenobe Purvis about her debut novel, "The Hounding," where rumors about five girls turn deadly in 18th-century England.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with actor Kristin Scott Thomas and her husband, journalist John Micklethwait. The pair wrote the screenplay for the new movie, "My Mother's Wedding."
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A storm is coming and two siblings pull on their boots and head to the sea. The waves crash and the rain starts to fall, but they go on in this quintessential summer adventure story.
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