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Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera about the increasing volume of criticism surrounding the NCAA and its governance of college sports. Nocera will be in Atlanta, covering the start of the Final Four tournament.

Seven officials were arrested in Switzerland. "This really is the World Cup of fraud," says Richard Weber, chief of the IRS' Criminal Investigation unit, "and today we are issuing FIFA a red card."

A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows that Americans' support for President-elect Donald Trump's top priorities is split, despite his claims of a mandate for his agenda.

University of Arkansas anthropology professor and researcher Lucas Delezene was an author on the paper “New discoveries of Australopithecus and Homo from Ledi-Geraru, Ethiopia.” Delezene discusses the paper's findings with Ozarks at Large's Jack Travis.

A University of Arkansas math professor and a Fayetteville librarian preview the third annual Arkansas Math Discovery Day, where pi, the four-color theorem and music meet the public on March 7.

Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics joins Kyle Kellams to discuss continued sales tax growth, the frustrations at Deer Trails Golf Course, and the encouraging fundraising for Fort Kids Museum.

A group of faith leaders in Fayetteville begin to hold prayer meetings in response to a crackdown in immigration enforcement across the country.

Ariana Grande is about to release her eighth album, Petal. With "Hate That I Made You Love Me," she continues an impressive and unusual streak on the charts.

President Biden has invited a top group of bipartisan leaders in the House and Senate to come to the Oval Office and discuss his big economic plan. The proposal totals $4 trillion.

Today is National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day!