Saturday mornings are made for Weekend Edition Saturday, 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. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning 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 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.
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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Northeast states saw rising tides and widespread power outages on Saturday as the storm ripped through the region. Forecasters expect significant winds and rain throughout the weekend. -
Republicans made gains with Latino voters last cycle. But concerns about the economy and frustration over the administration's immigration enforcement efforts are eroding that support. -
Flash floods in Nepal that buried a dozen hydropower plants in the mud, alongside dozens of people, have spotlighted the perils of building in the Himalayas.
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The leaders of France, Poland, and other leading European nations are alarmed over what they describe as Russian "hybrid" attacks.
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Five years after the return of Taliban rule, NPR visited Kabul to see how Afghans are dealing with their new government's strict social restrictions.
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Florida voters may end most residential property taxes - a step considered in other states. Local firefighters worry what it will do to their response times - and other officials are sounding alarms.
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Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and reporter, and a co-creator of the annual Books We Love reading guide. -
Manhattan's Trinity Church marked the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with a concert featuring a new cathedral-sized pipe organ, replacing the hundred-year-old instrument damaged in the attacks.
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India hosts the 18th BRICS summit in New Delhi this weekend. BRICS is a grouping of major emerging markets and developing countries.
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The Iran-backed Houthi militia captured a strategic Red Sea port city this week. NPR's Scott Simon talks to April Longley Alley of the Washington Institute.
