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.
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We look at the case against multi-millionaire Gautam Adani who along with several other executives, faces allegations that he attempted to bribe Indian officials to secure solar power contracts.توسط Jackie Northam
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President-elect Trump plans to nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to be Treasury Secretary. He's been on of Trump's biggest cheerleaders in the financial world.توسط Scott Horsley
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The Trump administration nominee for secretary of defense calls women in combat roles a mistake. Critics fear it's yet another signal that policies that engage with a changing America could be on the chopping block.توسط Steve Walsh
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Comcast plans to shed its cable TV channels, including MSNBC. What are the fortunes these days of the liberal news channel?توسط David Folkenflik
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While swing states were going for Donald Trump, Wyoming was an already red state that saw its legislature move even further to the right — with the Freedom Caucus taking charge.توسط Chris Clements
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The seven states that share the Colorado River have a 2026 deadline for a new sharing agreement. The Biden administration this week encouraged them to hurry, in an apparent attempt to limit the incoming Trump administration's influence.توسط Eric Whitney
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Michele Steele of ESPN about the NWSL championship, Geno Auriemma's record-breaking night and a now-rare event in the NFL: playing in the snow.توسط Scott Simon
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On Arizona's border with Mexico, we look at one of many majority Latino counties that swung dramatically toward Donald Trump this election.توسط Eric Westervelt
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with paleoanthropologist, Donald Johanson, about the 50th anniversary of his biggest discovery, Lucy, an early human ancestor.توسط Scott Simon
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Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai took the stand this week. He faces charges in connection with the 2019 anti-government protests in the region. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with his son, Sebastien Lai.توسط Scott Simon
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We look at Matt Gaetz removing himself from his nomination as Attorney General as well as a few of the cabinet nominations that President-elect Donald Trump announced on Friday night.توسط Scott Simon
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In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: a murder and sexual assault so traumatic they are only now coming to terms with it.توسط Eleanor Beardsley
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French families recall rapes committed by a handful of GIs after D-Day. A note to listeners that this piece mentions sexual assault.توسط Eleanor Beardsley
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Some of the lowest-paid essential workers during the pandemic also suffered the most trauma. Nursing aides have had trouble getting healthcare officials to pay attention to their plight.توسط KUOW Staff
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We look at the efforts to broker a ceasefire between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel. Fighting has escalated between the two, pushing the conflict deeper into Lebanon.توسط Jane Arraf
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Elk have made a comeback in part of the Appalachian mountains and they're attracting tourists during mating season.توسط Roxy Todd
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Federal data shows that rates of new sexually transmitted infections are slowing in the U.S. It's a rare sign of improvement that suggests prevention efforts are working.توسط Will Stone
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The Kansas City Chiefs are undefeated this season and looking to win another Super Bowl. The USA Wheelchair Football League championship game, that is, where the wheelchair Chiefs will meet the Chicago Bears wheelchair team, in what's described as "the most violent game on asphalt".توسط Frank Morris
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We look at what happened during the first week of the United Nation's annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.توسط Jeff Brady
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Harvard professor Cass Sunstein about Ted Olson. The legal great, who argued 65 US Supreme Court cases, including the one that legalized gay marriage, died this week.توسط Scott Simon
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President-elect Trump assembled his national security team with a series of rapid-fire choices. There's a clear pattern: Most nominees are best known for their support of Trump rather than their national security experience.توسط Greg Myre
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sahar Fetrat a researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the lives of women in Afghanistan now, as the Taliban continue to limit their presence in public life.توسط Scott Simon
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We look at some of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominations and how his choices might distinguish his second term from his first.توسط Scott Simon
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NPR's Scott Simon and Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media discuss a pair of undefeated runs in the NFL and NBA, plus the latest from the ATP Finals in Italy.توسط Scott Simon
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with journalist Michael Lewis about the new season of his podcast "Against The Rules," which covers the rise of legal sports gambling.توسط Scott Simon
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