Saturday mornings are made for Weekend Edition Saturday, the program that 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 Peabody Award winner 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 ESPN.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.
Weekend Edition Saturday is heard on NPR Member stations across the United States, and around the globe on NPR Worldwide. The conversation between the audience and the program staff continues throughout the social media world.
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Public health officials are concerned about increasing polarization among Americans over vaccines.
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Why the Chinese government is angry over a deal involving a prominent Hong Kong billionaire's business empire and the Panama Canal.
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NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks to Joree Novotny, Executive Director of the Ohio Association of Food Banks about the USDA's recent cuts to the food purchasing programs that support families in need.
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Over 800 marine species have recently been discovered including a guitar-shaped shark off the coast of Mozambique. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks to marine biologist, Lucy Woodall.
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NPR's Sarah McCammon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss the NCAA basketball tournaments' first rounds for both men and women.
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NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Russia expert Fiona Hill, of the Brookings Institution, about how Moscow might approach any negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
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We remember boxing — and grilling — great, George Foreman. His family announced his death. He was 76.
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London's Heathrow airport reopened yesterday evening, after a fire Thursday at a substation knocked out electricity to the complex.
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Sudan's military forces have retaken the country's seat of government after nearly two years of Civil War. Could this be a turning point?
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Israel says this week's deadly blitz was just the beginning if Hamas does not release hostages.