Weekend Edition Saturday
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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.
Episodes
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Cannes 2025: new fashion rules, movies in the spotlight, Trump's tariffs
The 2025 Cannes Film Festival is underway. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with New York Magazine critic Alison Willmore about the year's lineup.
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Week in politics: House Republicans block Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'
House Republicans blocked a major funding and tax cut bill and will reconvene Sunday to negotiate further.
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I'm With Her discuss their new album 'Wild and Clear and Blue'
I'm With Her's new album is all about the music that members Aoife O'Donovan, Sara Watkins, and Sarah Jarosz grew up on. Their new album is "Wild and Clear and Blue."
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Opinion: A wealth of wisdom for a bargain price
NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the discovery that what Harvard University thought was a copy of the Magna Carta is actually an original.
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Saturday Sports: NBA and NHL playoffs
NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the NBA and NHL playoffs.
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U.S. cardinals react to the new pope being from Chicago
Members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are digesting that one of their own is now the head of the Catholic Church.
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Trump announces ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Elizabeth Threlkeld, a Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center, about rising tensions between India and Pakistan.
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Tariffs force a rubber duck museum to move across the border to Canada
The Rubber Duck Museum in Pt. Roberts, Wash., is moving because Canadians are no longer coming to the border town. Neil and Krystal King tell NPR's Scott Simon why.
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Composer John Adams' opera 'Antony and Cleopatra' opens in New York
John Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week.
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'Class Clown' looks back on Dave Barry's sometimes-dark past with his trademark humor
Dave Barry says he's always been the "class clown." His new book looks back at his "first 77 years," examining the funny but also the tragic. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the Pulitzer Prize winner.
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India and Pakistan continue attacks even as they say they are open to de-escalation
After targeting each other's airbases, Pakistan and India say they are open to de-escalation.
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U.S.-China trade talks kick off in Geneva
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with Chinese officials in Geneva, Switzerland, for trade talks as the Trump administration pushes for progress in its trade wars.
