Weekend Edition
Weekend mornings from 6 to 10
Weekend Edition 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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A septuagenarian multi-media artist is on a road trip with two young filmmakers and a new print of a groundbreaking movie she made three decades ago.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to author and visiting fellow at Boston University, Arash Azizi about how Iran might respond to a direct attack from Israel.
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Could this weekend's election in Tunisia sound the death knell for democracy in its third presidential election since the Arab spring?
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We look at the uptick in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon after and overnight Israeli strike in Beirut.
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It's been almost a year since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7th. We look at how that conflict has grown.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe previews the upcoming Supreme Court term with reporter Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog.
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Chestnut trees began disappearing from eastern deciduous forests in the U.S. almost a century ago due to a nasty fungus. That has contributed to a vastly different eastern forest landscape today.
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The child tax credit passed by Congress at the height of the pandemic has expired, but states and other local jurisdictions are trying to step in to fill the gap with their own programs and funding.
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We look at how the possibility of the U.S. getting drawn into a wider conflict in the Middle East could affect the presidential race, as well as how the candidates are doing in swing states.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with an Israeli displaced in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. Guy Becker discusses how life in Israel has changed over the last year.