x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday

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.

All Episodes

4:32

I'm With Her discuss their new album 'Wild and Clear...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/17

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."

2:34

Opinion: A wealth of wisdom for a bargain price

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/17

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the discovery that what Harvard University thought was a copy of the Magna Carta is actually an original.

6:38

One woman's fight to remove barriers for aspiring...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/15

After her dreams of becoming a doctor were denied, one California woman is working to make the profession more accessible to those with disabilities.

5:35

Saturday Sports: NBA and NHL playoffs

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the NBA and NHL playoffs.

3:53

U.S. cardinals react to the new pope being from Chicago

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

Members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are digesting that one of their own is now the head of the Catholic Church.

5:34

Trump announces ceasefire agreement between India and...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

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.

4:41

Tariffs force a rubber duck museum to move across the...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

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.

5:00

Composer John Adams' opera 'Antony and Cleopatra'...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

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.

8:36

'Class Clown' looks back on Dave Barry's...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

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.

3:43

India and Pakistan continue attacks even as they say...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

After targeting each other's airbases, Pakistan and India say they are open to de-escalation.

3:56

U.S.-China trade talks kick off in Geneva

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

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.

4:40

Week in politics: U.S. stays away from new conflict,...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

The Trump administration is not eager to involve itself in international conflicts like the one between India and Pakistan.

3:57

Russia marks the 80th anniversary of the Soviet...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

Russia's celebration this weekend of the Soviet victory over the Nazis 80 years ago comes under the shadow of its invasion of Ukraine.

4:58

After lynx were spotted in the Scottish highlands,...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

The reappearance of lynx in Scotland raised concern about an illegal reintroduction effort. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Peter Cairns of Scotland The Big Picture about what rogue rewilding entails.

7:27

How soap operas got their start in Chicago

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Natalie Moore about the legacy of soap operas. She is host and writer of "Stories Without End," the new season of the WBEZ podcast "Making."

2:26

Opinion: My hometown pope

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

News of an American pope, and a Chicagoan, causes NPR's Scott Simon to remember what it was like attending Mass in his hometown.

8:30

Sub-Radio offers a positively "soft" version of...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

The D.C. area band didn't fall far from the genre's tree, but it's ripping out pop-punk's more problematic roots.

2:26

VA says its job cuts will limit doctor, nurse...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

As the Department of Veterans Affairs tries to meet President Trump's goal of cutting 15% of staff, vets are concerned there won't be enough doctors and nurses.

4:21

Federal judge temporarily halts Trump's sweeping...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/09

A federal judge in San Francisco issued a two-week restraining order temporarily blocking the Trump administration's sweeping overhaul of the federal government. Her order applies to 20 agencies.

3:45

USDA, DOGE demand states hand over personal data...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/09

The Department of Agriculture is demanding sensitive data from states about more than 40 million food stamp recipients, as DOGE is amassing data for immigration enforcement.

1,708 results