Weekend Edition - Saturday
Saturdays 8am to 10am
From civil wars in Bosnia and El Salvador, to hospital rooms, police stations, and America's backyards, National Public Radio's Peabody Award-winning correspondent Scott Simon brings a well-traveled perspective to his role as host of Weekend Edition Saturday.
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Scott Simon speaks with Melissa Kuypers, manager of operations at NPR West, about the 1986 movie "Top Gun," which she had never seen before.
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Social media can be a cruel place, but comedian Elyse Myers is building a community of acceptance using funny and insightful content about her mental health.
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Scott Simon speaks with author Dan Chaon about his new novel, "Sleepwalk," about an eccentric character who finds those indebted to a shadowy corporation.
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Scott Simon talks with Eva Doyle, historian and longtime columnist in Buffalo, N.Y., about how her community is processing last week's racist attack.
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We look at the historic equal pay agreement for the U.S. national soccer teams, controversy at Wimbledon over player bans, and the latest on the NBA and NHL playoffs.
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Roger Angell wrote about baseball like no one else. NPR's Scott Simon has this remembrance of the essayist, who died at age 101 Friday.
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President Biden met his South Korean counterpart at the start of a tour of Asia. The two leaders discussed taking a tougher line with North Korea and increased economic competition and security.
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Scott Simon talks to singer-songwriter Avi Kaplan, former member of Pentatonix, about his debut solo album, "Floating On A Dream."
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Scott Simon speaks with Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald of "Kids in the Hall." The sketch series returns after 27 years, on Amazon Prime, alongside a new two-part documentary.
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The wildfire that is now New Mexico's largest in history is threatening the livelihoods of people who've made a living from the land there for centuries.