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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How Syria's 'musician of the revolution' feels after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Syrian-American composer Malek Jandali about the fall of the dictatorship in Syria and his hopes for his homeland's future.
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How Trump's early days in 2017 might be different from the upcoming term
We look at what the Trump White House did in early 2017 and what might be different this time around.
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Saturday sports: Belichick to coach UNC; Juan Soto joins Mets; college football playoffs begin
Scott Simon and Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media discuss Bill Belichick's move to college football and Juan Soto's massive new contract with the New York Mets.
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How to cure loneliness? Stammtisch.
Loneliness is a modern, cross-generational plague. Some people are looking to an old German tradition for a tried and true remedy.
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Zildjian brand cymbals are everywhere. But how they're made is a 400-year secret.
Zildjian cymbal are used by top drummers across the globe -- they've been made by one family, using a secret process, for 400 years.
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President-elect Trump promised to extend tax cuts, but how will the government make up a $4 trillion loss of revenue?
The incoming Congress is preparing to extend expiring portions of the 2017 tax cuts from the last Trump administration. Congressional bean counters say that will have little effect on economic growth.
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The Texas Attorney General is suing a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills
The state of Texas is suing a doctor in New York, saying she prescribed abortion pills for a Texas woman in violation of its law.
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The International Rescue Committee warns 'the world is on fire'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, about the group's 2025 Watchlist, which warns that more than 300 million people require humanitarian assistance.
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After 32 years and 5 days, a father and son reunite after Syrian prisoners are freed
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has freed at least thousands of people detained in Syria's notorious prisons. Some of them have made it back home. Other families are still looking.
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More evidence that exercise can have beneficial effects on cognitive performance
A new study suggests moderate to vigorous physical activity can boost scores on memory tests. Adding to the evidence that daily exercise is good for the brain.
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Lily Tuck's new novel 'The Rest Is Memory' was sparked by a single image
Scott Simon talks with Lily Tuck about her new novel, "The Rest is Memory." Based on a real photograph, she imagines the life of a Polish girl killed at Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Richard Gere stars in Paul Schrader's new film 'Oh, Canada'
Scott Simon speaks with Richard Gere about acting in "Oh, Canada," the latest film from Paul Schrader, with whom he last worked more than forty years ago on "American Gigolo."