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United States
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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.
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English
Episodes
A new book on James Gandolfini takes us behind the Tony Soprano persona
4/26/2025
NPR's Scott Simon talks to film historian Jason Bailey about his book, "Gandolfini: Jim, Tony and the Life of a Legend." It details how different he was from the gangster he portrayed on "The Sopranos."
Duration:00:08:14
The first Latin American pope gets a special farewell in Mexico City
4/26/2025
Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the first Latin American pope when he was elected 12 years ago. People on his home continent are mourning his death and paying their respects.
Duration:00:02:50
A closer look behind the scenes of New Orleans' annual Jazz Fest
4/26/2025
Jazz fest starts this weekend in New Orleans and one of its headliners is rapper Lil' Wayne who made it to the main stage with the Roots.
Duration:00:03:32
Saturday Sports: NFL draft, Stanley Cup playoffs, Pope Francis' love for soccer
4/26/2025
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the soccer fandom of Pope Francis, the NFL draft and hockey's Stanley Cup playoffs.
Duration:00:05:15
Federal employees find themselves without health insurance despite being told otherwise
4/26/2025
Some federal employees who were fired, reinstated, and fired again by the Trump administration are now learning their health coverage lapsed despite being told otherwise.
Duration:00:04:44
How the funeral of Pope Francis exemplified his values
4/26/2025
The funeral of Pope Francis demonstrated the values he held dear, from the theme of the gospel passage to the music he chose for the Mass. He also broke tradition with his final burial wishes.
Duration:00:05:11
Sudan's capital city is finally repaired — but shattered beyond recognition
4/26/2025
Sudan's capital city has been liberated after more than two years of civil war, but it's been left in ruins.
Duration:00:05:58
U.N. says it has run out of food in Gaza amidst Israel's blockade
4/26/2025
The World Food Programme says it has run out of food. It's been eight weeks since Israel stopped all aid coming into Gaza. The U-N agency warns of mass starvation.
Duration:00:03:48
A look at the Kremlin's negotiating strategy
4/26/2025
As the Trump administration continues to flood the news cycles with its efforts to end to the war in Ukraine, NPR looks at the Kremlin's negotiating strategy.
Duration:00:07:57
40 years ago, tariffs rescued the auto industry during a different trade war
4/26/2025
In the 1970s, threats of trade tariffs convinced Asian and European automakers to move some production to the U.S. But that battle's already been won – and history is unlikely to repeat itself.
Duration:00:03:51
Behind '60 Minutes' executive producer's departure: Trump's lawsuit against CBS
4/26/2025
The departure of "60 Minutes" executive producer Bill Owens comes as the news program's corporate owner is trying to sell it off, and amid President Trump's lawsuit against CBS.
Duration:00:04:48
Crowds of mourners and dignitaries pay respects to Pope Francis at funeral service
4/26/2025
The funeral of Pope Francis draws the Catholic faithful to St. Peter's Square, as well as royalty and world leaders. The Vatican estimates about 200 thousand people participated in the open-air Mass.
Duration:00:08:29
Week in politics: Almost 100 days into Trump's second term, a look back
4/26/2025
Nearly 100 days into his new term, President Trump has set an aggressive agenda, spending his political capital and losing some of the public approval he began with.
Duration:00:04:43
A high schooler stays back as his family, separated by deportataion, returns to Guatemala
4/26/2025
Alex Villatoro is finishing high school in the U.S. without his parents after his father was deported back to Guatemala in January and his mother decided to move there with her three younger children. As immigration enforcement ramps up, families like Villatoro's are being confronted with hard choices.
Duration:00:04:02
Built on a rich coffee history, Yemeni cafes find U.S. success and new challenges, too
4/26/2025
Yemen is an ancient birthplace of the coffee trade, and immigrants fleeing its civil war have brought their culture here in the form of cafes. Hundreds of Yemeni coffee shops have opened in the U.S.
Duration:00:04:58
'Chooch Helped' this author and illustrator win the 2025 Caldecott Medal
4/26/2025
Author Andrea L. Rogers and artist Rebecca Lee Kunz met by chance at the Cherokee National Holiday. Then they won the 2025 Caldecott Medal for their story about a helpful little boy named Chooch.
Duration:00:06:56
Opinion: Pope Francis's sympathy for migrants was personal
4/26/2025
Pope Francis often spoke with great sympathy for immigrants and refugees. NPR's Scott Simon reminds us that the Pope's father fled Mussolini's Italy, immigrating to Argentina.
Duration:00:02:21
40 years ago, New Coke was introduced
4/19/2025
Fans of Classic Coke mark the 40th anniversary of the travesty that was New Coke, released On April 23, 1985.
Duration:00:01:10
'Midway Through' tells the story of a woman in her 40s going back to college
4/19/2025
A Miami college student in her 40s shares her experience returning to school and how motherhood has prepared her for this challenge.
Duration:00:03:03
How Trump's tariffs, aims for the Federal Reserve impact the global economy
4/19/2025
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Gillian Tett, a columnist at the Financial Times, about the global economic fallout from President Trump's tariff policies.
Duration:00:05:45