Weekend Edition
Saturdays and Sundays at 7:00am CT
Weekends are made for Weekend Edition. The Saturday 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 on Saturday, and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro on Sundays.
Latest Episodes
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We look at how one town in Colombia pays homage to the donkey at one of the country's most popular annual festivals.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Bruce Japsen, senior healthcare contributor at Forbes, about a major healthcare provider getting hacked and what that means for patients.
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Food writer and editor Ruth Reichl's new book, "The Paris Novel," is a coming-of age story full of the author's favorite things: Art, fashion, literature, 1980s Paris, and - of course - oysters.
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Widad Kawar, 94, started collecting Palestinian dresses when she was a child in Jerusalem and founded a museum dedicated to Palestinian embroidery. She talks about what has been lost and what endures.
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NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss how Reggie Bush got his Heisman Trophy back, and the newest star in Chicago sports.
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In the upcoming elections, the German Anti-Immigrant Party seeks votes from Turkish-German Voters.
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Former president Donald Trump's trial in New York city proceeds as the Supreme Court appears poised to give him more delay in the federal case over Jan. 6th.
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The federal government says it will restore grizzly bears to the North Cascades region in Washington state, where they have not been seen since 1996.
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The Oklahoma Legislature passed a bill that would allow local law enforcement to arrest undocumented immigrants — joining other states attempting to take on what's been a federal role.
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Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified this week about his role in helping the 2016 Trump campaign by burying potentially damaging stories of then candidate Donald Trump.