Saturday mornings are made for Weekend Edition Saturday, a two-hour program hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon. 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.
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.
Will Michaels and the WUNC News team share regional updates throughout each weekend broadcast.
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The Assad regime is Syria is looking increasingly fragile as rebels take control of more of the country's territory.
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One of the pairs of "ruby slippers" used in 1939's "Wizard of Oz" will be auctioned Saturday. The shoes were stolen from Minnesota's Judy Garland Museum in 2005 and found years later.
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India's ruling Hindu nationalist party, the BJP, has accused the U.S. State Department of trying to "destabilize" India.
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Hundreds of young singers from five different states have descended on San Antonio, Texas, for the Mariachi Extravaganza, the largest Mariachi music competition in the country.
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NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with American Egg Board President and CEO Emily Metz about the latest rise in egg prices just as peak baking season gets underway.
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The political fallout in South Korea continues after the president briefly declared martial law earlier this week. The National Assembly holds a crucial impeachment vote.
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NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with Alexandra Prokopenko, of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, about weakness in the Russian economy and what that might mean for the country's war in Ukraine.
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Wisconsin's landmark law weakening public employee unions was jolted this week by a lower court ruling against it, renewing the dispute over workers in the union heartland.
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The end of the year is fast approaching. Here are a few financial tasks you might want to do before 2024 is over.
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President-elect Trump's call for government efficiency found some enthusiasm on Capitol Hill this week, while opposition for controversial nominees seemed to weaken.