Weekend Edition Saturday
HD 1: Sat @ 7AM-9AM
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
HD 1: Sat @ 7AM-9AM
HD 2: Sat @ 7AM-9AM
Latest Episodes
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Scott Simon asks Edmund White about his new novel, "A Previous Life."
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Non-alcoholic beer sales are booming as people embrace Dry January or just cut back on their drinking. Craft brewers are also getting into the action.
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Scott Simon talks with University of Maryland graduate student Rosie Grant about her TikTok account, ghostlyarchive, and the food she's cooked from recipes found on gravestones.
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Scott Simon imagines a world where beleaguered IT workers gained the recognition they deserve through the use of sea shanties. -
Two television networks are keeping key on-air personnel in the U.S. for the Winter Olympics. Also, the Australian Open proceeds without the top-ranked male player.
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Rural residents are waiting in line for hours to get prescriptions filled because pharmacies are closing down or limiting hours. Pharmacy companies blame high insurance fees and employee burnout.
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A quarter century after the end of a brutal civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, tensions are once again on the rise and threatening to tear apart the multi-ethnic government.
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Thich Nhat Hanh, a Zen Buddhist monk who was known worldwide as a pioneer of mindfulness, has died at the age of 95.
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With his other legislative priorities stalled, President Biden is turning to a bill that would provide incentives for semiconductor plants, like the one Intel announced for Ohio on Friday.
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Sanctions that the West has imposed on Russia since 2014 seem to have had only a limited effect. So why does NATO believe it can prevent an invasion of Ukraine by threatening similar actions?
