Weekend Edition Saturday
A weekend morning news magazine covering hard news, a wide variety of news makers, and cultural stories. On Saturdays, Simon's award-winning commentaries sum up an idea or event related to the week's news. There are clever, informative exchanges, and fresh reports from a cross-section of NPR correspondents on topics from religion to health to food to politics. Simon's interviews with key artists, authors, performers and personalities are always memorable.
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What do World Cup champions crave after a win? Pizza from an Orange, N.J., bagel shop. BXJ made 46 pies for the Spanish team after their victory. -
Sound artist Bill Fontana creates works that often show the hidden music of everyday environments. His new work amplifies still bells at the Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.
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The annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, postponed after a shooting on April 25, took place Friday night.
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The Trump administration has employed a number of new paths for its tariff regime after the Supreme Court invalidated earlier tariffs.
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The U.S. and Canada are opening a bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, without celebration as wildfires and tariffs increase tensions.
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The U.S. has undertaken a sustained missile and drone assault on Iran over the past two weeks.
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Ukraine's attacks on warehouses of the Russian online retailer Wildberries have hurt small businesses and some consumers.
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NPR's Scott Simon asks Mark Cancian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about concerns that the war with Iran is depleting stockpiles of key U.S. munitions.
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Golden, crisp, and deeply rooted—from the kitchens of Nigeria to breakfast tables across the Americas—discover how Akara crossed oceans in the hands of the enslaved
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Protests in India are growing as the government and the Cockroach Janta ("People's") Party negotiate over reforms to the education system.
