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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We examine the role of one of President Trump's longest-serving and closest advisers: Deputy Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Steven Cash, former CIA officer and staff member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, about the fallout from the security breach involving defense plans and a group chat.
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It's breaking fundraising records. It's turning out voters. It's about redistricting, President Trump and perhaps even abortion rights. We look at the race for one seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with musician Bryan Ferry and artist Amelia Barratt about their new spoken word album, "Loose Talk."
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NPR's Scott Simon and Michele Steele of ESPN talk about the final rounds of March Madness, the men's and women's college basketball tournaments, and Major League Baseball's new season.
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Miami's Haitian community is hoping a lawsuit can postpone the return of many in the community to a country still roiling from violence.
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Ron Currie's new novel, "The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne," tells the story of a small-town drug mobster, a formidable woman of French descent. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Currie about it.
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From taking over the Kennedy Center to halting federal funding of DEI programs, President Trump's actions have had a tremendous impact on artists, audiences and arts institutions.
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NPR's Scott Simon celebrates Weekend Edition's Executive Producer, Sarah Lucy Oliver, who is retiring. -
An update on the violent earthquake in Myanmar, where the death toll is climbing.
