Weekend Edition Saturday
By
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
-
School counselors are using creative ways to help kids cope with the trauma of floods
Students in western North Carolina have been dealing with a lot of trauma since the devastating flooding following Hurricane Helene. Teachers are trying to help them cope.
-
Project Pooch: Oregon program helps incarcerated youth and adoptable dogs alike
A program in Oregon teaches incarcerated youth to train dogs, manage a kennel and help pups find forever homes out in the community.
-
Israel is expected to launch retaliatory strikes against Iran for its missile attack
Israel is weighing its options in retaliation for Iran's latest missile attack
-
Residents in hurricane-affected states are complaining of 'price gouging.' What is it?
Price gouging is both difficult to define and difficult to counter.
-
Some Asheville schools are drilling wells so they can reopen with running water
Still without running water after Helene, schools in Asheville, N.C., can't hold in-person classes. Now the school system has decided to drill its own wells.
-
Florida residents are returning to their homes after evacuating for Hurricane Milton
Florida, already hit by Hurricane Helene, is struggling to recover from Hurricane Milton.
-
Extremism experts are keeping an eye on an event targeted at women in Washington, D.C.
A conservative Christian gathering on the National Mall Saturday aims to bring together anti-LGTBQ, anti-abortion, and QAnon activists.
-
Israel strikes Beirut apartment building, fires on UN peacekeepers on the border
Israel is ramping up its attacks throughout Lebanon, saying it is striking Hezbollah targets there.
-
Week in politics: Storms and the election, Harris holds town hall, elder voter trends
The storms Milton and Helene have upended voting infrastructure in some swing districts of swing states.
-
A cheese shop owner in Florida describes recovery efforts after her shop was flooded
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to Louise Kennedy Converse whose cheese shop in Sarasota, Florida was flooded during Hurricane Milton.
-
Trump has made a Colorado town central to his narrative. Residents want no part of it
Former Pres. Donald Trump visited Aurora, Colo., as he continues to push anti-immigrant messages as part of his presidential campaign.
-
Opinion: Political texts are pinging off the rails
NPR's Scott Simon wishes we could text them back when politicians message us asking for campaign donations.
