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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Pat Goodwin and Al Menne, of the band Great Grandpa, discuss their latest album, "Patience, Moonbeam."
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Austin Kelley, a former New Yorker fact checker, about his novel, "The Fact Checker," about a man's attempt to solve a possible mystery at the farmer's market.
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NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to remember Alice Tan Ridley, who busked in the New York City subways and reached the semi-finals of "America's Got Talent." -
Ecuador's runoff vote pits Trump ally and incumbent Daniel Noboa against leftist challenger Luisa González, in an election dominated by the issue of security in a highly polarized political landscape. -
This moment of economic uncertainty could drive more Americans to buy used. But experts say secondhand stores won't be immune from tariffs either. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk. The duo wrote and directed the new summer camp slasher, 'Hell of a Summer.'
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Immigration attorneys say they are hearing more reports of people being held in overcrowded conditions, sometimes in rooms so crowded there isn't space to lie down.
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Two teenage boys struggle with their friendship and their futures in the new novel-in-verse "When We Ride." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Rex Ogle about it.
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The National Public Housing Museum opened April 4 in Chicago, with installations and exhibits as well as intimate individual, family, and community stories of living in public housing.
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The women's division 1 basketball champion will be crowned tonight in Tampa, Fla. The final is sure to be a great one. The men's final is Monday night in San Antonio as two #1 seeds tangle for the title.
