Weekend Edition - Saturday

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Chandra Greer, owner and founder of Greer — a stationery company based in Chicago — about holiday cards for a tumultuous year.

NPR's Book Concierge has nearly 400 recommendations. Today: four suggestions for reading on current events.

NPR's Scott Simon notes how the pandemic has impacted the arts, including seasonal performances of "The Nutcracker." Without ticket sales from that ballet, many organizations are struggling.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Andrew Bird about his holiday album, Hark!featuring some originals and some classics.

Where should athletes be in the line to get coronavirus vaccinations, and a college coach questions whether their basketball season should continue. NPR's Scott Simon talks with ESPN's Howard Bryant.

The history of presidential pardons is often surprising — and revealing.

Bryan Cranston stars as a judge whose son is involved in a hit-and-run in New Orleans in the new Showtime series, Your Honor. He speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.

Four members of NPR's Arts Desk recommend books from the hundreds in NPR's 2020 Book Concierge.

Musicians in Austin wanted to commemorate this "dumpster fire" of a year, so they created a musical piece to be played inside dumpsters.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on what a 100 year-old poem by William Butler Yeats means today.