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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NPR's Don Gonyea and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the Stanley Cup and remember baseball legend Willie Mays.
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NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with actor Austin Butler about the new movie "The Bikeriders," which follows a motorcycle club outside Chicago in the 1960s.
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Singer Chris Smither is out with his latest album "All About the Bones." The 80-year-old reflects on his career, including Bonnie Raitt's cover of his song "Love You Like a Man" with NPR's Don Gonyea.
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Detroit's population is growing, a first since the 1950s. The uptick is small but significant for a city that's struggled for decades.
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NPR's Don Gonyea talks to Todd Ritter — who writes thrillers as Riley Sager — about his new novel, "Middle of the Night." Ritter was a reporter and turned to fiction after layoffs at his newspaper.
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The housing market continues to be impacted by high mortgage rates. That's reducing the supply of available housing, sending home prices to an all-time high. -
A woman on TikTok asked: What is a sundress? Ten million views later, the debate is still raging. -
Deaths this year at the hajj offer a glimpse into the toll heat and humidity are taking on one of Islam's key pillars, raising questions around whether climate change is harming the pilgrimage.
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The Supreme Court upheld the ban that says people subject to domestic violence restraining orders should not own a gun. The ruling draws attention to a patchwork of state laws.
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We look ahead to the first of two debates between President Biden and former president Donald Trump, taking place next week. After the chaotic 2020 debates between the two, there are some new rules.
