Weekend Edition Saturday
Saturdays 5 - 10 a.m.
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.
Simon also contributes his own award-winning essays, which are sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant.
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The German practice of lüften, airing out your house, is becoming popular in the U.S. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Annette Baran from the Goethe Institute, and her husband Robert, about embracing lüften.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to NBC Sports' Mike Tirico about his upcoming double feature as the main announcer for the super bowl and hosting live coverage of the winter Olympics during the same day.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to writer Matt Klein about how to win back our attention in an age of infinite information.
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How do you feel about a pet that you can't pet? NPR's Scott Simon talks to writer Anne Fadiman about her new collection of essays, "Frog And Other Essays."
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A grieving man hired to kill invasive goats on a remote island finds out the job is much more than he bargained for: NPR's Scott Simon talks to Jonathan Miles about his new novel, "Eradication."
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An ACL tear would keep almost any other athlete from competing -- but not Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old superstar skier who is determined to cap off an incredible comeback from retirement with one last shot at an Olympic medal. -
Trump got elected promising to usher in a crypto revolution. More than a year later, bitcoin's price has come tumbling down. What happened? -
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara sees little attempts at de-escalation from the some 3,000 federal immigration agents — four times the number of sworn MPD officers — in the city.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Ethelene Whitmire about her book, "The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram," about a queer American Black man who went to Europe as World War II began, and stayed.
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Poet and musician Saul Williams discusses his Grammy-nominated album "Saul Williams meets Carlos Nino and Friends at Treepeople."
