/tags/weekend-edition-saturday Weekend Edition Saturday en-US Copyright Sat, 10 May 2025 13:01:47 GMT /2025-05-10/saturday-sports-nba-and-nhl-playoffs NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the NBA and NHL playoffs. Sat, 10 May 2025 13:01:47 GMT /2025-05-10/saturday-sports-nba-and-nhl-playoffs Scott Simon /2025-05-10/u-s-cardinals-react-to-the-new-pope-being-from-chicago Members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are digesting that one of their own is now the head of the Catholic Church. Sat, 10 May 2025 13:01:44 GMT /2025-05-10/u-s-cardinals-react-to-the-new-pope-being-from-chicago Jason DeRose, Scott Simon /2025-05-10/trump-announces-ceasefire-agreement-between-india-and-pakistan NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Elizabeth Threlkeld, a Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center, about rising tensions between India and Pakistan. Sat, 10 May 2025 13:01:40 GMT /2025-05-10/trump-announces-ceasefire-agreement-between-india-and-pakistan Scott Simon /2025-05-10/tariffs-force-a-rubber-duck-museum-to-move-across-the-border-to-canada The Rubber Duck Museum in Pt. Roberts, Wash., is moving because Canadians are no longer coming to the border town. Neil and Krystal King tell NPR's Scott Simon why. Sat, 10 May 2025 13:01:36 GMT /2025-05-10/tariffs-force-a-rubber-duck-museum-to-move-across-the-border-to-canada Scott Simon, Martha Ann Overland /2025-05-10/composer-john-adams-opera-antony-and-cleopatra-opens-in-new-york John Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week. Sat, 10 May 2025 13:01:26 GMT /2025-05-10/composer-john-adams-opera-antony-and-cleopatra-opens-in-new-york Jeff Lunden /2025-05-10/class-clown-looks-back-on-dave-barrys-sometimes-dark-past-with-his-trademark-humor Dave Barry says he's always been the "class clown." His new book looks back at his "first 77 years," examining the funny but also the tragic. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the Pulitzer Prize winner. Sat, 10 May 2025 13:01:23 GMT /2025-05-10/class-clown-looks-back-on-dave-barrys-sometimes-dark-past-with-his-trademark-humor Scott Simon /2025-05-10/india-and-pakistan-continue-attacks-even-as-they-say-they-are-open-to-de-escalation After targeting each other's airbases, Pakistan and India say they are open to de-escalation. Sat, 10 May 2025 12:10:19 GMT /2025-05-10/india-and-pakistan-continue-attacks-even-as-they-say-they-are-open-to-de-escalation Diaa Hadid, Scott Simon /2025-05-10/u-s-china-trade-talks-kick-off-in-geneva Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with Chinese officials in Geneva, Switzerland, for trade talks as the Trump administration pushes for progress in its trade wars. Sat, 10 May 2025 12:10:16 GMT /2025-05-10/u-s-china-trade-talks-kick-off-in-geneva Willem Marx /2025-05-10/week-in-politics-u-s-stays-away-from-new-conflict-shakeup-in-trumps-appointees The Trump administration is not eager to involve itself in international conflicts like the one between India and Pakistan. Sat, 10 May 2025 12:10:12 GMT /2025-05-10/week-in-politics-u-s-stays-away-from-new-conflict-shakeup-in-trumps-appointees Scott Simon, Domenico Montanaro /2025-05-10/russia-marks-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-soviet-victory-over-nazi-germany Russia's celebration this weekend of the Soviet victory over the Nazis 80 years ago comes under the shadow of its invasion of Ukraine. Sat, 10 May 2025 12:10:09 GMT /2025-05-10/russia-marks-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-soviet-victory-over-nazi-germany Charles Maynes, Jim Kane