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.
-
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Reuben Brigety, a former U.S. ambassador to the African Union, about the importance of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which expires next week.
-
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to musician Meklit Hadero about her new album, "A Piece of Infinity," which celebrates Ethiopian music.
-
As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Army veterans Laura Meza and Livy Lazaro - both children of immigrants - who joined the military after high school.
-
As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Army veterans Laura Meza and Livy Lazaro - both children of immigrants - who joined the military after high school.
-
As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Army veterans Laura Meza and Livy Lazaro - both children of immigrants - who joined the military after high school.
-
Pub quizzes are a popular part of British life. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Janice Hallett about her new novel, "The Killer Question" – a tale of a trivia night that turns deadly.
-
For people who live in the path of Hurricane Helene, the storm has changed their thinking about being prepared for and living through the next disaster.
-
Americans are concerned about crime, but don't broadly support President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to U.S. cities, according to a new NPR-IPSOS poll. -
The late Robert Redford will be remembered for his many movie roles. But he also leaves the artistic legacy of the Sundance Film Festival, which nurtured generations of independent filmmakers. -
The First Amendment is meant to protect freedom of speech for the nation's people and press. But this week, that protection was tested.
