Weekend Edition
Saturday - 7 AM, Sunday - 7 AM
Weekend Edition features interviews with news makers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Every week listeners tune in to hear a unique blend of news, features and Sunday's regularly scheduled puzzle segment with Puzzlemast
Weekend Edition is heard on NPR Member stations across the United States and around the globe via NPR Worldwide.
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If you're looking for an (adorable!) break from the news, we have a furry suggestion: The Smithsonian's cheetah cam, showing five cheetah cubs bonding with their mother.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Danielle Ponder about her new album, "Everything Has Changed."
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Heather Gay, author and "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" cast member, about her new body horror novel, "Eternal Glow."
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We look at the Justice Department's investigation into whether five major television networks violated federal antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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We look at ongoing protests in India, amid a major government crackdown, over revisions made to the country's voter lists.
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Communities on the Gulf Coast are in recovery mode after Hurricane Isaias made landfall Friday.
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President Trump announced a deal to import Russian fuel to the U.S. We look at what this means for the sanctions he recently signed off on against Russia, as well as the U.S.'s support for Ukraine.
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The Civil Rights Division, long the crown jewel of the Justice Department, has been radically reshaped under President Trump, using its enforcement powers to pursue the president's MAGA agenda.
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Five years after the return of the Taliban and their restrictions on women, we look at how Afghan girls and women find ways to work and study.
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In the British comedy, "Small Prophets," a bereaved man turns to magic to discover what happened to his missing partner. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to the writer and director, Mackenzie Crook.