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'''''Weekend Edition''''' is a set of American [[radio]] [[news magazine]] programs produced and distributed by National Public Radio ([[NPR]]). It is the weekend counterpart to the NPR radio program ''[[Morning Edition]]''. It consists of '''''Weekend Edition Saturday''''' and '''''Weekend Edition Sunday''''', each of which airs for two hours, from 8:00 AM{{nbsp}}a.m. to 10:00 {{nbsp}}a.m. Eastern time, with refeeds until 2:00 p.m. ''Weekend Edition Saturday'' is hosted by [[Scott Simon]], while ''Weekend Edition Sunday'' will beis hosted by [[Ayesha Rascoe]], a White House correspondent for NPR, who was named as the next permanent Sunday host on February 25, 2022. Rascoe'swhose first broadcast as permanent host is slated forwas March 27, 2022.<ref name=":0" /> Rascoe and other NPR correspondents havealternated rotatedhosting Sunday''Weekend hostingEdition dutiesSunday'', sinceafter previous host [[Lulu Garcia-Navarro]] departed in October 2021.

The programs feature longer stories than most NPR news magazines, and more arts and culture stories.

==Format==

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** [[Rachel Martin (broadcast journalist)|Rachel Martin]] (2012–2016)<ref name="NPR_press_release_2013_10313"/><ref>{{cite news | title=NPR: Rachel Martin hosts ''Weekend Edition Sunday'' | url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/8/npr-rachel-martin-hosts-weekend-edition-sunday/ | work=[[The Washington Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=8 December 2011 | access-date=2012-01-07}}</ref>

** [[Lulu Garcia-Navarro]] (2017–2021)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lulu Garcia-Navarro (biography) |url=https://www.npr.org/people/4462099/lourdes-garcia-navarro |publisher=NPR |access-date=13 August 2019}}</ref>

** [[Ayesha Rascoe]] (2022-2022–)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ayesha Rascoe Named Host of Weekend Edition and Up First |url=https://www.npr.org/about-npr/1082832407/ayesha-rascoe-named-host-of-weekend-edition-and-up-first |publisher=NPR |access-date=25 Feb 2022}}</ref>

* Contributors:

** [[Joe Bevilacqua]] (won 2004 Silver Reel Award from the [[National Federation of Community Broadcasters]] for his personal essay, "A Guy Named [[Joe Bevilacqua]]")