NPR Weekend Edition Saturday
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Weekend Edition Saturday 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.
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Weekend Edition Saturday 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.
Language:
English
Episodes
Saturday Sports: NBA and NHL playoffs
5/10/2025
NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the NBA and NHL playoffs.
Duration:00:05:35
U.S. cardinals react to the new pope being from Chicago
5/10/2025
Members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are digesting that one of their own is now the head of the Catholic Church.
Duration:00:03:53
Trump announces ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan
5/10/2025
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Elizabeth Threlkeld, a Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center, about rising tensions between India and Pakistan.
Duration:00:05:34
Tariffs force a rubber duck museum to move across the border to Canada
5/10/2025
The Rubber Duck Museum in Pt. Roberts, Wash., is moving because Canadians are no longer coming to the border town. Neil and Krystal King tell NPR's Scott Simon why.
Duration:00:04:41
Composer John Adams' opera 'Antony and Cleopatra' opens in New York
5/10/2025
John Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week.
Duration:00:05:00
'Class Clown' looks back on Dave Barry's sometimes-dark past with his trademark humor
5/10/2025
Dave Barry says he's always been the "class clown." His new book looks back at his "first 77 years," examining the funny but also the tragic. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the Pulitzer Prize winner.
Duration:00:08:36
India and Pakistan continue attacks even as they say they are open to de-escalation
5/10/2025
After targeting each other's airbases, Pakistan and India say they are open to de-escalation.
Duration:00:03:43
U.S.-China trade talks kick off in Geneva
5/10/2025
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with Chinese officials in Geneva, Switzerland, for trade talks as the Trump administration pushes for progress in its trade wars.
Duration:00:03:56
Week in politics: U.S. stays away from new conflict, shakeup in Trump's appointees
5/10/2025
The Trump administration is not eager to involve itself in international conflicts like the one between India and Pakistan.
Duration:00:04:40
Russia marks the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany
5/10/2025
Russia's celebration this weekend of the Soviet victory over the Nazis 80 years ago comes under the shadow of its invasion of Ukraine.
Duration:00:03:57
After lynx were spotted in the Scottish highlands, experts suspect 'rogue rewilding'
5/10/2025
The reappearance of lynx in Scotland raised concern about an illegal reintroduction effort. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Peter Cairns of Scotland The Big Picture about what rogue rewilding entails.
Duration:00:04:58
How soap operas got their start in Chicago
5/10/2025
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Natalie Moore about the legacy of soap operas. She is host and writer of "Stories Without End," the new season of the WBEZ podcast "Making."
Duration:00:07:27
Sub-Radio offers a positively "soft" version of pop-punk. It's exactly what the genre needs
5/10/2025
The D.C. area band didn't fall far from the genre's tree, but it's ripping out pop-punk's more problematic roots.
Duration:00:08:30
Opinion: My hometown pope
5/10/2025
News of an American pope, and a Chicagoan, causes NPR's Scott Simon to remember what it was like attending Mass in his hometown.
Duration:00:02:26
VA says its job cuts will limit doctor, nurse resignations
5/10/2025
As the Department of Veterans Affairs tries to meet President Trump's goal of cutting 15% of staff, vets are concerned there won't be enough doctors and nurses.
Duration:00:02:26
Federal judge temporarily halts Trump's sweeping government overhaul
5/9/2025
A federal judge in San Francisco issued a two-week restraining order temporarily blocking the Trump administration's sweeping overhaul of the federal government. Her order applies to 20 agencies.
Duration:00:04:21
USDA, DOGE demand states hand over personal data about food stamp recipients
5/9/2025
The Department of Agriculture is demanding sensitive data from states about more than 40 million food stamp recipients, as DOGE is amassing data for immigration enforcement.
Duration:00:03:45
Trump tightens control of independent agency overseeing nuclear safety
5/9/2025
NPR has learned that rules must now be vetted by the White House and that the administration is drafting an executive order that could loosen radiation limits.
Duration:00:04:02
Americans are relying more on therapy than medication for their mental health needs
5/3/2025
The number of Americans relying on psychotherapy went up between 2018 and 2021, whereas the number of people using psychiatric medications went down.
Duration:00:02:33
50 years after the war, a new generation in Vietnam reflects on their life and choices
5/3/2025
Development has brought many changes to Vietnam in the 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War.
Duration:00:04:22