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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Poet and journalist Mario Alejandro Ariza talked with Lulu Garcia-Navarro about growing up in Miami and his work on climate change.
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As the path of Hurricane Irma shifts westward, Fort Myers is bracing for a hit. NPR's Scott Simon talks with John Davis of member station WGCU in Fort Myers, Fla.
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Hurricane Irma has shifted its path — NPR's Scott Simon talks to Mayor Bill Barnett of Naples, Fla., about the threat to his city as the storm heads west.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with reporter Jorge Valencia of KJZZ's Mexico City bureau about the aftermath of the 8.1 magnitude that struck southern Mexico this week.
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President Trump's nominee for chief scientist at the Department of Agriculture is drawing scrutiny and skepticism in part because the nominee doesn't have a scientific background.
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About a quarter of a million DREAMers — immigrants who were illegally brought to the U.S. as children — are enrolled in college. But the program that has allowed them to go to school is ending. -
Former U.S. ambassador to Myanmar Derek Mitchell talks to NPR's Scott Simon about the harsh light Myanmar's repression of Muslims is casting on its leader, Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Lisa and Stan Heilblum live in Kendall in Miami-Dade County. Scott Simon talks with them about staying home for Irma after putting up shutters and stocking up on tuna.
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The U.S. Open is winding down and the football season is starting up.
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Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu tackles a new medium with "Carne Y Arena," a project that explores the personal journeys of Mexican and Central American immigrants and refugees.
