Weekend Edition Saturday
Saturdays 7-9 AM
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.
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The federal government says it will restore grizzly bears to the North Cascades region in Washington state, where they have not been seen since 1996.
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On this week's StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, Marine Staff Sergeant Nick Bennett talks about his desire to be deployed to the field after running the internet cafe on base.
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We look at the Grand Jury indictments in Arizona, focusing on former President Donald Trump's inner circle, and President Biden and the latest round of military aid to Israel in the wake of protests.
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NPR's Scott Simon muses about the passage of parental time, now that his eldest daughter has turned 21. -
The heat bore down on Palestinians living in tents and aid groups working in the sun. UNRWA reported several heat injuries among its staff, and at least one 18-year-old Palestinian died from the heat. -
Protests against the war in Israel are sweeping campuses and show no signs of letting up. We hear from the demonstrators on what they hope to achieve and how university administrators are responding.
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Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified this week about his role in helping the 2016 Trump campaign by burying potentially damaging stories of then candidate Donald Trump.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to screenwriter Paul Laverty, whose latest collaboration with director Ken Loach is a film titled "The Old Oak."
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Three decades since the first democratic election in South Africa, will the generation that has never known apartheid turn out to vote, or has politics left many of them too disillusioned?
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The Oklahoma Legislature passed a bill that would allow local law enforcement to arrest undocumented immigrants — joining other states attempting to take on what's been a federal role.
