Weekend Edition Saturday

Episodes

• A Taste Of The Holidays, Cowboy-Style

  We visit a cowboy Christmas ball in South Dakota's Black Hills. Such events are enjoying a revival after fading away in the late 20th century. Attendees enjoy nostalgia for earlier, simpler times.

  Dec 14, 2019 at 5:04 am

• Elder Shelter Provides Sanctuary From Abuse

  A program that shelters at-risk elderly in nursing homes is slowly taking root across the U.S.

  Dec 14, 2019 at 5:04 am

• Saturday Sports: Lamar Jackson, Lakers, Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks

  Lamar Jackson has had a historic NFL season and in the NBA, Los Angeles and Milwaukee are both doing well. Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of ESPN.

  Dec 14, 2019 at 5:04 am

• Ronny Chieng On 'Asian Comedian Destroys America!'

  Ronny Chieng finds America amazing, sometimes appalling, and often very funny. He talks with NPR's Scott Simon about his new Netflix special Asian Comedian Destroys America!

  Dec 14, 2019 at 5:04 am
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  Opinion: This Art Is Bananas

  A banana taped to a wall was sold for $120,000 as a piece of art. NPR's Scott Simon wonders how it makes people think about the passage of time.

  Dec 07, 2019 at 5:03 am

• Scorpions Infest Brazilian Cities

  NPR's Scott Simon asks University of São Paulo researcher Hamilton Carvalho about an explosion in the scorpion population in Brazilian urban centers.

  Dec 07, 2019 at 5:03 am

• Iran Releases U.S. Prisoner In Exchange

  President Trump confirms in a statement that a Princeton University grad student being held by Iran has been released after more than three years of captivity.

  Dec 07, 2019 at 5:03 am
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  A New Way To Calculate Your Dog's Age

  The old way to think about your dog's "human age" — the age in actual years times seven — is wrong. Researchers looked at aging on the molecular level.

  Dec 07, 2019 at 5:03 am

• French DJ Madeon On 'Good Faith'

  NPR's Scott Simon asks Hugo Leclercq, also known as Madeon, about his latest album Good Faith. His YouTube mashup of 39 tunes called "Pop Culture" went viral in 2011.

  Dec 07, 2019 at 5:03 am
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  Opinion: Bill Ruckelshaus, Conservationist Who Also Protected The Rule Of Law

  William Ruckelshaus died this week. He was 87 years old. NPR's Scott Simon remembers his legacy as the first director of the EPA, and a defiant act against President Nixon.

  Nov 30, 2019 at 5:42 am

• Saturday Sports: The NFL Playoffs Close In; The Maple Leafs Shake Things Up

  The second half of the season is where the rubber hits the road with the NFL. So, which teams are for real? Also, having fired their coach, will the Toronoto Maple Leafs finally get their moment?

  Nov 30, 2019 at 5:42 am

• Huge Amazon Wildfires Endanger Our History As Well As Our Air, Archaeologists Say

  Cristiana Barreto says deforestation threatens to erase evidence of huge, dispersed civilizations, including rock art, ceremonial earthworks and waterways.

  Nov 30, 2019 at 5:42 am