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 Sundaycombines the news with colorful arts and human-interest features, appealing to the curious and eclectic. Conceived as a cross between a Sunday newspaper and CBS' Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, host Ayesha Rascoe presents interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The highlight for many listeners is the regularly scheduled puzzle segment with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Emerson Sprick, an economist with the Bipartisan Policy Center, about potential solutions for keeping Social Security solvent.
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A profile of a small frontline newspaper that has been reporting on Ukrainian POWs released from captivity in Russia.
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Francis Galluppi wrote and directed the new film "The Last Stop In Yuma County." His says his feature debut is a genre mix of neo-noir and westerns. He talks to NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.
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We hear from NPR listeners on what they'd like to thank their mothers for on this Mother's Day.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KQED listener Michael Kahan of Mountain View, Calif., and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, goes on trial beginning Monday. He's been accused of taking bribes from foreign governments in return for favors.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Vicky Farewell about her new album "Give A Damn" and turning bedroom, bubble-gum pop into brutally honest reflections on relationships.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Joe Weisenthal co-host of Bloomberg's "Odd Lots" podcast about how the Strategic Petroleum Reserves can be utilized in 2024.
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Whale families communicate a lot underwater. So now, researchers are using artificial intelligence to try to figure out what they're saying.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bryan J. Cook, director of higher education policy at the Urban Institute Center on Education Data and Policy, about how complications with FAFSA affect Black students.