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{{short description|American radio news magazine programs}}

{{Infobox Radioradio Showshow

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| image = Weekend Edition logo.jpg

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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{{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]]. ''Weekend Edition Sunday'' is hosted by [[Ayesha Rascoe]].

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

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** [[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]] and other NPR correspondents alternated hosting ''Weekend Edition Sunday'', after host [[Lulu Garcia-Navarro]] departed in October 2021.

** [[Ayesha Rascoe]] (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>. Rascoe's first broadcast as the permanent host was March 27, 2022.<ref name=":0" />

* Contributors:

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