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.

Weekend Edition Saturday

Past Shows

Weekend Edition Saturday for July 31, 2021

Senate Agrees To Infrastructure Package Deal

Listen · 5:16 5:16

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1023146009/1023146010" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Katie Ledecky Wins Gold For U.S. In 800-Meter Freestyle

Listen · 2:43 2:43

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1023146016/1023146017" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Opinion: New Jersey Renames Its Rest Stops As A Nation Rethinks Monuments

People head into the service building at the Cheesequake Rest Area in South Amboy, N.J. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption

toggle caption

Julio Cortez/AP

Opinion: New Jersey Renames Its Rest Stops As A Nation Rethinks Monuments

Listen · 2:28 2:28

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1023004266/1023146128" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Biden Administration Navigates Changing Mask Mandates And Vaccine Requirements

Listen · 3:41 3:41

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1023146023/1023146024" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Uyghurs Are Facing Abuse In Camps In China. The U.S. Congress Is Trying To Address It

Listen · 4:11 4:11

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1023146030/1023146031" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Was It 'Reasonable' To Ship 81 Million Opioid Pills To This Small West Virginia City?

A pedestrian walks past a mural in Huntington, W.Va., on March 18. Huntington was once ground zero for the U.S. opioid epidemic. David Goldman/AP hide caption

toggle caption

David Goldman/AP

Was It 'Reasonable' To Ship 81 Million Opioid Pills To This Small West Virginia City?

Listen · 5:02 5:02

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1021676306/1023146134" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

California Doctors Say Surge In COVID-19 Cases Mirrors The Height Of The Pandemic KQED

California Doctors Say Surge In COVID-19 Cases Mirrors The Height Of The Pandemic

Listen · 3:52 3:52

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1023146037/1023146038" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Western Wildfires Have Destroyed More Than Last Year, And It's Not Even Peak Season

Listen · 3:33 3:33

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1023146044/1023146045" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

More From This Episode

Weekend Edition Saturday for July 24, 2021

Week In Politics: Republicans Urge Vaccine Hesitant Citizens To Get The Shot

Listen · 4:23 4:23

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1020088155/1020088156" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Experts Call For More Stringent Mask Requirements As Delta Variant Spreads

Listen · 3:26 3:26

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1020088162/1020088163" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Opinion: Pandemic Memories Will Stay With Our Children

Charles Muro, 13, is inoculated at a mass vaccination center in Hartford, Conn., on May 13. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

Opinion: Pandemic Memories Will Stay With Our Children

Listen · 3:01 3:01

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1019971597/1020088262" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

6 Poultry Workers Died From A Nitrogen Leak. OSHA Has Issued $1 Million In Fines

Tanks of liquid nitrogen are seen at the Foundation Food Group poultry processing plant in Gainesville, Ga. Six workers died after a freezer malfunctioned in January 2021. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images

6 Poultry Workers Died From A Nitrogen Leak. OSHA Has Issued $1 Million In Fines

Listen · 2:14 2:14

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1019784347/1020088268" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Attorney General Merrick Garland Addresses Gun Trafficking During Chicago Visit

Listen · 3:46 3:46

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1020088169/1020088170" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Minneapolis Police's Staff Shortage Could Pave The Way For The Future Of Policing

Listen · 8:04 8:04

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1020088176/1020088177" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

New Illinois Law To Require Asian-American History In Public Schools

Listen · 3:53 3:53

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1020088183/1020088184" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

As An Army Chorus Member, He Didn't Carry A Weapon. His Job Was To Sing

A U.S. Army photo of Master Sgt. Alvy Powell Jr. released by Master Sgt. Christopher Branagan. U.S. Army hide caption

toggle caption

U.S. Army

As An Army Chorus Member, He Didn't Carry A Weapon. His Job Was To Sing

Listen · 4:08 4:08

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1019437679/1020088274" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

More From This Episode

Weekend Edition Saturday for July 17, 2021

Week In Politics: Rising COVID-19 Cases, Analyzing Cuban Relations, New Trump Book Out

Listen · 3:44 3:44

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1017261669/1017264537" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Developing COVID-19 Treatments Is A Main Focus For Medical Experts

Listen · 4:43 4:43

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1017261670/1017264543" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, are displayed before a press conference regarding a major drug bust, at the office of the New York attorney general in New York City on Sept. 23, 2016. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Opinion: 2020's Other Medical Crisis

Listen · 2:32 2:32

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1017137386/1017264549" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Lebanon Sees Price Gouging Of Basic Necessities During Economic Crisis

Listen · 3:18 3:18

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1017261671/1017264555" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

James Madison Museum Will Now Have Input From Descendants Of People He Enslaved

Listen · 5:05 5:05

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1017261672/1017264561" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

After The Death Of Her Friend, Nancy Marino Took Their Dream Road Trip With His Ashes

Listen · 4:55 4:55

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1017261686/1017264567" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

San Diego Mutual Aid Group Addresses Intersection Of Homelessness And Racial Justice KPBS Radio

San Diego Mutual Aid Group Addresses Intersection Of Homelessness And Racial Justice

Listen · 3:54 3:54

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1017261687/1017264573" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Two Men Arrested In Attempt To Bomb California State Democratic Headquarters

Listen · 2:01 2:01

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1017261688/1017264579" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

More From This Episode

Weekend Edition Saturday for July 10, 2021

Week In Politics: Biden Focuses On Foreign Policy

Listen · 4:16 4:16

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1014914819/1014914820" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

The Latest From Haiti In The Wake Of President Jovenel Moise's Assassination

Listen · 4:02 4:02

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1014914826/1014914827" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Opinion: A Blue Suit, Dusted By Insurrection, Goes To The Smithsonian

Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., cleans up debris and personal belongings strewn across the floor of the Rotunda in the early morning hours of Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, after protesters stormed the Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

toggle caption

Andrew Harnik/AP

Opinion: A Blue Suit, Dusted By Insurrection, Goes To The Smithsonian

Listen · 2:32 2:32

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1014848654/1014914951" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

California's Central Valley Residents Try To Stay Cool In Record Heat Valley Public Radio

California's Central Valley Residents Try To Stay Cool In Record Heat

Listen · 2:03 2:03

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1014914833/1014914834" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

The Taliban's Resurgence In Afghanistan Has Regional Security Implications

Listen · 6:08 6:08

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1014914840/1014914841" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

All-Star Baseball Player CC Sabathia Shares His Best — And Lowest — Moments In Memoir

Listen · 5:41 5:41

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1014914847/1014914848" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

The History Of K-Pop Has A Lot To Do With Politics

Listen · 3:57 3:57

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1014914854/1014914855" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Correspondent Pam Fessler Bids Farewell After 28 Years At NPR

Listen · 6:55 6:55

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1014914861/1014914865" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

More From This Episode

Weekend Edition Saturday for July 3, 2021

Southwest Missouri Faces COVID-19 Surge

Listen · 6:25 6:25

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1012831991/1012831992" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Week In Politics: U.S. Will Not Reach July 4 Vaccination Goal

Listen · 4:20 4:20

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1012831998/1012831999" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

As U.S. Troops Withdraw From Afghanistan, Afghans Are Also Looking For Exits

Listen · 4:48 4:48

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1012832005/1012832006" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

State Sen. Melissa Hurtado On Central California's Heat Wave And Water Shortages

Listen · 3:50 3:50

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1012832012/1012832013" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

NCAA Will Let College Athletes Earn Money Off Of Name And Likeness

Listen · 5:02 5:02

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1012832019/1012832020" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Arts Venues Find Ways To Celebrate Joy And Process Grief As Vaccination Numbers Rise

Listen · 3:57 3:57

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1012832026/1012832027" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Protests Arise As Israel Begins Demolition Of Silwan Neighborhood In East Jerusalem

Listen · 6:12 6:12

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1012832054/1012832055" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

New Study Finds Bull Sharks Form Social Relationships

Listen · 1:56 1:56

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1012832040/1012832041" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

More From This Episode

Past Shows

Previous Shows

Senate Agrees To Infrastructure Package Deal

Katie Ledecky Wins Gold For U.S. In 800-Meter Freestyle

Opinion: New Jersey Renames Its Rest Stops As A Nation Rethinks Monuments

Biden Administration Navigates Changing Mask Mandates And Vaccine Requirements

Uyghurs Are Facing Abuse In Camps In China. The U.S. Congress Is Trying To Address It

Was It 'Reasonable' To Ship 81 Million Opioid Pills To This Small West Virginia City?

California Doctors Say Surge In COVID-19 Cases Mirrors The Height Of The Pandemic

Western Wildfires Have Destroyed More Than Last Year, And It's Not Even Peak Season

Week In Politics: Republicans Urge Vaccine Hesitant Citizens To Get The Shot

Experts Call For More Stringent Mask Requirements As Delta Variant Spreads

Opinion: Pandemic Memories Will Stay With Our Children

6 Poultry Workers Died From A Nitrogen Leak. OSHA Has Issued $1 Million In Fines

Attorney General Merrick Garland Addresses Gun Trafficking During Chicago Visit

Minneapolis Police's Staff Shortage Could Pave The Way For The Future Of Policing

New Illinois Law To Require Asian-American History In Public Schools

As An Army Chorus Member, He Didn't Carry A Weapon. His Job Was To Sing

Week In Politics: Rising COVID-19 Cases, Analyzing Cuban Relations, New Trump Book Out

Developing COVID-19 Treatments Is A Main Focus For Medical Experts

Opinion: 2020's Other Medical Crisis

Lebanon Sees Price Gouging Of Basic Necessities During Economic Crisis

James Madison Museum Will Now Have Input From Descendants Of People He Enslaved

After The Death Of Her Friend, Nancy Marino Took Their Dream Road Trip With His Ashes

San Diego Mutual Aid Group Addresses Intersection Of Homelessness And Racial Justice

Two Men Arrested In Attempt To Bomb California State Democratic Headquarters

Week In Politics: Biden Focuses On Foreign Policy

The Latest From Haiti In The Wake Of President Jovenel Moise's Assassination

Opinion: A Blue Suit, Dusted By Insurrection, Goes To The Smithsonian

California's Central Valley Residents Try To Stay Cool In Record Heat

The Taliban's Resurgence In Afghanistan Has Regional Security Implications

All-Star Baseball Player CC Sabathia Shares His Best — And Lowest — Moments In Memoir

The History Of K-Pop Has A Lot To Do With Politics

Correspondent Pam Fessler Bids Farewell After 28 Years At NPR

Southwest Missouri Faces COVID-19 Surge

Week In Politics: U.S. Will Not Reach July 4 Vaccination Goal

As U.S. Troops Withdraw From Afghanistan, Afghans Are Also Looking For Exits

State Sen. Melissa Hurtado On Central California's Heat Wave And Water Shortages

NCAA Will Let College Athletes Earn Money Off Of Name And Likeness

Arts Venues Find Ways To Celebrate Joy And Process Grief As Vaccination Numbers Rise

Protests Arise As Israel Begins Demolition Of Silwan Neighborhood In East Jerusalem

New Study Finds Bull Sharks Form Social Relationships