Whether revealing events in small-town America or overseas, or profiling notable personalities, Weekend Edition from NPR News appreciates the extraordinary details that make up every story.
This two-hour weekend morning newsmagazine covers hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor.
Weekend Edition Saturday 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
Weekend Edition Sunday with host Lulu Garcia-Navarro combines the news with colorful arts and human-interest features, appealing to the curious and eclectic. The show features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. And the highlight for many listeners is the puzzle segment with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WUOT listener Jordan Bogdan of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. -
Horror writer Stephen Graham Jones says horror's current moment is powered by more than just fear. -
A new AP business with personal finance course continues the growth of teaching kids about how to make money and keep it.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Ann Falsey of the University of Rochester Medical School about flu shots for people aged 50 and older.
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Both Atlanta and San Francisco are hoping for their first WNBA championship as the No. 2-seeded Golden State Valkyries and No. 4 Atlanta Dream compete.
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Grand Theft Auto is one of the most popular video game franchises in history. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to superfan Bud Burruss who plans to take PTO to play the latest release.
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Netflix is regrouping after the release of its latest quarterly earnings this week. Revenue growth at the streaming giant has slowed as the company works to overhaul its programming unit.
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Brazilians go to the polls as President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, face off in a presidential runoff.
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If you look at the few truly competitive seats, polls show a more complicated picture of momentum toward the Democratic Party in midterm House races. For the Senate, Republicans are on defense.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Middle East Institute senior fellow Natan Sachs about striking Iran, developments in the West Bank, and elections in Israel and the U.S.
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Widespread protests are gripping several European nations. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks British historian Timothy Garton Ash what's roiling the continent.
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Statehouse elections this fall could swing the balance of power in state capitals. In Pennsylvania, Democrats could take control of what has been a divided legislature.
