Weekend Edition Saturday

British popstar Ellie Goulding talks about her new album "Brightest Blue" and about finding confidence and inner peace after years in the spotlight and a five-year hiatus.

After a troubling report on sexual harrassment at the Washington NFL club, can owner Dan Synder be forced out? Also - minor league baseball fans are enjoying games, with some pandemic modifications.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to artist Sherri Daye Scott about her grassroots campaign Big Facts, Little Acts, which spreads public health information through art.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Miles Harvey about his book The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch.

Consumer spending is rebounding, yet Americans continue to file for unemployment week after week, something Congress has to consider as it moves to shore up the pandemic U.S. economy.

Daniel Garcia of Houston, Texas has been evicted from his home. He shares what that experience has been like for him and his family as part of our Outbreak Voices series.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Mary Daniel of Jacksonville, FL about becoming a dishwasher for a memory care facility. It allows her to spend time with her husband as family visits have been restricted.

Southeast Alaska's economy is getting hammered without cruise ship tourists due to COVID-19. One city there is using its federal relief money to pay residents not to move away.

Scott Simon speaks with Thomas Salts, one of the COVID-19 patients treated and cared for in a Phoenix hotel by Circle the City, a group providing care and services to people experiencing homelessness.

Udean Mars Williams, Barry Neely, and Alice Navarro all had COVID-19. Each experienced different symptoms and severity of illness. They share what their on-going recoveries have been like.

Looney Tunes turns 90 this year and HBO Max is launching a new series of cartoons, along with a new soundtrack composed by Joshua Moshier.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel, Antkind, about film critic B. Rosenberger Rosenberg and his quest to recall a strange new film.