Weekend Edition Saturday
Saturdays at 8am
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.
8:30am - Learning Through The Seasons
- Opinion: The best gift we can give the departed is to keep their sparkle alive
- These salamanders supercool themselves to handle the snow
- Conversations bridge Public Health and MAHA
- A new study links the psychological benefits of swearing
- How the U.S. has changed its approach to foreign aid this year
- Ian McEwan discusses his new novel, 'What We Can Know'
- Week in Politics: 2025 politics overview; a look ahead at midterms
- Saturday Sports: the rise of sports gambling; looking back at this year's games
- What to expect from the finale of the icy-hot romance series, 'Heated Rivalry'
- Myanmar is holding its first elections in five years