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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Two men were killed as they intervened to help women targeted by a man delivering an anti-Muslim rant. Molly Solomon of Oregon Public Broadcasting tells us the status of the investigation.
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Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Svenja Gudell, chief economist for Zillow, and Washington Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary, about what to do and what not to do when buying a home.
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David Wallechinsky, president of the International Society of Olympic Historians, tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro that the Rio Olympics wasted money and were plagued by corruption.
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Raging cyclones and an uneven magnetic field: NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to NASA scientist Jack Connerney about the surprising findings made by a spacecraft orbiting Jupiter.
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Scott Simon speaks to actors Claire Foy and Matt Smith about playing young Elizabeth II and Prince Philip the Netflix series The Crown.
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It's the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors once again at the NBA Finals. And what to look for in the final hours of the French Open.
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The staff of The Boston Globe, who worked overtime covering the Boston marathon bombings in 2013, sent lunch to the overworked journalists at the Manchester Evening News, after the recent bombing.
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Author Denis Johnson has died at the age of 67. He was best known for the short story collection Jesus' Son.
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Jem Lester's debut novel follows three generations of men who can't communicate — a grandfather, a father and a profoundly autistic little boy. Lester says he modeled the boy on his own son.
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Today President Trump is at the G-7 summit and high on the agenda is climate change. Many world leaders are imploring Trump stay in the global climate agreement, but emissions are going down already.