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.
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In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: a murder and sexual assault so traumatic they are only now coming to terms with it. -
Some of the lowest-paid essential workers during the pandemic also suffered the most trauma. Nursing aides have had trouble getting healthcare officials to pay attention to their plight.
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We look at the efforts to broker a ceasefire between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel. Fighting has escalated between the two, pushing the conflict deeper into Lebanon.
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Elk have made a comeback in part of the Appalachian mountains and they're attracting tourists during mating season.
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Federal data shows that rates of new sexually transmitted infections are slowing in the U.S. It's a rare sign of improvement that suggests prevention efforts are working.
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The Kansas City Chiefs are undefeated this season and looking to win another Super Bowl. The USA Wheelchair Football League championship game, that is, where the wheelchair Chiefs will meet the Chicago Bears wheelchair team, in what's described as "the most violent game on asphalt".
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We look at what happened during the first week of the United Nation's annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Harvard professor Cass Sunstein about Ted Olson. The legal great, who argued 65 US Supreme Court cases, including the one that legalized gay marriage, died this week.
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President-elect Trump assembled his national security team with a series of rapid-fire choices. There's a clear pattern: Most nominees are best known for their support of Trump rather than their national security experience.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sahar Fetrat a researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the lives of women in Afghanistan now, as the Taliban continue to limit their presence in public life.
