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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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are advancing on the capital city of Kinshasa
We'll look at the latest developments in the instability and violence in a region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwanda-backed fighters are battling Congolese troops.
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Week in politics: Democrats respond to USAID cuts, federal workers weigh offer to resign
We look at where things stand with the 2 million federal workers weighing the Trump administrations offer to resign; massive cuts at USAID and how the Democrats are responding to these developments.
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House Republicans want to pass a budget bill that would support Trump's policies
House Republicans are racing to advance a budget bill that would allow the party to pass many of President Trump's top policy priorities without the threat of a Senate filibuster from Democrats.
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The latest on USAID: Judge pauses order putting over 2,000 USAID employees on leave
The Trump administration plans to lay off almost all of USAID's staff of nearly 13,000. We look at where it leaves the agency, which administers and provides the majority of U.S. foreign assistance.
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Federal workers losing their jobs will have an outsize impact on some cities
There are many places outside of Washington DC that will suffer from an abrupt cut in the size of the federal government. We look at one of those places, the Kansas city metro area.
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Storycorps military voices: The couple that met playing trumpet in a military band
As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Air Force veterans Linda and Mark Green who met as trumpet players in a military band and are now celebrating 45 years of marriage.
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New Orleans gets ready to host the Super Bowl in the shadow of New Year's Day attack
The Super Bowl comes to New Orleans this Sunday – but the celebratory mood has been damped as the city still recovers from the New Year's Day terrorist attack.
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A soybean farmer recalls how he was impacted by Chinese tariffs in Trump's first term
China's tariff's on U.S. agricultural exports hit American farmers hard back in 2019. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with farmer Josh Gackle about the impacts of another round of such tariffs.
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Ecuador's organized crime and energy crises are at stake in the presidential election
On Sunday Ecuador holds the first round of a Presidential election dominated by the issues of economic insecurity and rising drug gang violence.
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In 'Life Hacks for a Little Alien', a little girl finds comfort in an unlikely source
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Alice Franklin about her debut novel, Life Hacks for a Little Alien.
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Broadway is seeing a steady revival after the pandemic, partly buoyed by tourists
Five years after the pandemic, have Broadway audiences come back? And what musicals and plays are opening, in the weeks ahead, that might draw in crowds?
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Medical transport plane with 6 people aboard crashes in Philadelphia, kills all aboard
An air ambulance with six people aboard crashed and then exploded on Friday evening in Philadelphia. The medical transport plane was returning a patient and her mother to Mexico. Several houses caught on fire close to the crash site. Six people on the ground were taken to the hospital with injuries.
