Whether revealing events in small-town America or overseas, or profiling notable personalities, Weekend Edition Saturday appreciates the extraordinary details that make up every story. This two-hour morning newsmagazine covers hard news, a wide variety of newsmakers, and cultural stories with care, accuracy, and a wink of humor, courtesy NPR's Peabody Award-winning host Scott Simon.
Weekend Edition Saturday has a unique and entertaining roster of other regular contributors. Marin Alsop, conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, talks about music. Daniel Pinkwater, one of the biggest names in children's literature, talks about and reads stories with Simon. Financial journalist Joe Nocera follows the economy. Howard Bryant of EPSN.com and NPR's Tom Goldman chime in on sports. Keith Devlin, of Stanford University, unravels the mystery of math, and Will Grozier, a London cabbie, talks about good books that have just been released, and what well-read people leave in the back of his taxi. Simon contributes his own award-winning essays, which are sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant.
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Trump administration officials have falsely linked Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good to domestic terrorism. It's part of a larger pattern by the Department of Homeland Security. -
Amazon paid $40 million to acquire the documentary, and is spending $35 million more to promote it. -
Members of the newspaper's union say they have been warned the company could cut as many as 300 jobs, although no announcement has been made. -
Strong winds can make it feel a lot colder than the thermometer suggests. Protect yourself by covering exposed skin and sheltering inside. -
Federal agents have shot and killed another person in Minneapolis, this time a 51-year-old man.
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When he spoke at Davos this week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney referenced a 1978 essay by Vaclav Havel, written when Czechoslovakia was under Soviet control. -
Netflix's "Star Search" reboot features host Anthony Anderson and judges Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jelly Roll and Chrissy Teigen. The original helped propel stars like Beyoncé and Britney Spears.
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President Trump announced a framework for a deal on U.S. involvement in Greenland, without details, in Switzerland this week. He also appeared increasingly infirm in Davos.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to KATV-TV Chief Meteorologist Barry Brandt about the winter storm's effects on Little Rock, Ark.
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The fierce winter storm is predicted to bring a foot of snow, or more, and catastrophic ice and freezing rain to a huge swath of the eastern U.S. We check in on Tulsa, Okla. and how residents there are doing.
