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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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Halle Bailey about her new film, "You, Me & Tuscany" and what romantic comedies can teach you about yourself.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to V.E. Schwab and Cat Clarke. Friends and authors, the duo has written a novel called "The Ending Writes Itself." It's part mystery, part sendup of the publishing industry.
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The political future of pro-Kremlin Trump ally Viktor Orban is at stake in Sunday's Hungarian elections.
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The District of Columbia's Tidal Basin cherry blossoms attract a quarter million visitors annually but there are more cherry trees in a park in Newark, N.J.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to NBC's Jason Benetti about his new gig as lead play by play announcer for Sunday Night Baseball.
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A former comedy writer who embraced stoic philosophy is thrust in a madcap mystery involving classical art theft. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Maria Semple about her new novel, "Go Gentle."
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The Orion crew module containing the four Artemis II astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean Friday evening. -
NPR visits the last detention camp for ISIS wives and children in an increasingly precarious northeastern Syria. -
The newest movie from director Steven Soderbergh, whose films range from Erin Brockovich to Magic Mike and the spy thriller Black Bag, is about artistic legacy itself. -
NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the successful launch of NASA's Artemis II this week. The four astronauts aboard will travel around the moon.
