Weekend Edition
Weekends 5-10 am
Kick off your weekend with wrap-ups of the week's news with a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest. Be sure to tune in every Sunday for the Sunday Puzzle!
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North Korea's human rights record is one of the worst in the world but the Trump administration has given it scant attention. Scott Simon talks to journalist Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy.
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NPR's Scott Simon muses about how the glamour of this year's red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival masks the struggles of two directors who have been prevented by their home countries from attending. -
Stacy Shapiro and her son are featured in the new documentary A Dangerous Son, directed by Liz Garbus. It follows families with children who have violent outbursts due to mental illness. -
Author Mark Kurlansky discusses his new book Milk! with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro, and the roots of modern debates on dairy. -
Jeff Landry is attorney general of Louisiana, one of seven states that filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its failure to end DACA. He talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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In Miami, a rooster was saved from a Santeria ceremony, and became a beloved pet. But to the neighbors, Payo is just the neighborhood bully.
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Rumaan Alam's new novel starts out as a tale of female friendship between a woman and her child's nanny. Then it becomes a different sort of story — one about an unconventional parenthood.
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A video game analytics firm estimates that the cross-platform game with a wide range of players has made about $223 million in March alone. -
Midway University in Kentucky trains students in equine management, and the campus is surrounded by barns and paddocks. -
Condola Rashad stars in St. Joan on Broadway and tells NPR's Scott Simon that Joan of Arc will always be fascinating as a woman who did what she believed and led thousands of soldiers to victory.
