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Full Schedule | November 7-8, 2025

Friday, November 7

Programming is at NPR Headquarters, located at 1111 N Capitol St NE.

Dinner is at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, located at 1250 New York Ave NW.

  • Tour our headquarters, including a studio and the newsroom.

  • Check in and enjoy a buffet lunch.

    Member station attendees and guests are invited to join a Member Station Luncheon during this time.

  • The first 28 guests to check in by 12:45pm will receive wristbands to attend the Tiny Desk Concert.

    All other guests may watch a live stream in Studio One.

  • NPR’s States Team connects 140 station reporters who cover state government across the country. All Things Considered Host Scott Detrow will lead a conversation exploring how collaboration fuels the team to cover some of today’s biggest stories – from states redrawing their voting maps to the federal takeover of policing in U.S. cities. We’ll also hear from two States Team reporters about how their reporting fits into the national conversation: Jason Rosenbaum, Politics Correspondent at St. Louis Public Radio, and Laura Fitzgerald, Statehouse/Politics Reporter at CapRadio.

  • Each week on NPR’s new podcast Sources & Methods, host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents discuss the biggest national security news of the week. During this session, meet the voices behind the show as they reveal the reporting threads they’re pulling to make sense of rapidly changing global dynamics – from Washington to Kyiv. National Security Correspondent Greg Myre, Pentagon Reporter Tom Bowman, and Diplomatic Correspondent Michele Kelemen will compare their notes that help NPR audiences unpack some of the most complex, consequential headlines of our time.

  • NPR’s iconic Tiny Desk Concerts launched as a radio show. In just six months, Tiny Desk Radio has become the third-largest radio music program, now airing on more than 150 stations nationwide. WTMD is proud to be one of them. Join WTMD host Alex Cortright and the Tiny Desk Radio team for a behind-the-scenes look at how this growing show is curated and brought to air – and what local listeners think. Co-Hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre along with NPR Music Executive Producer Suraya Mohamed will share favorite episodes, creative challenges, and how editorial storytelling transforms live performances into an exclusive radio experience.

  • Celebrate the pioneering spirit of women at NPR over dinner at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The evening will feature a program with Morning Edition Host Leila Fadel and two journalists who embody NPR’s legacy in completely different, but equally powerful, ways: National Correspondent Debbie Elliott and International Correspondent Emily Feng.

Saturday, November 8

Programming is at NPR Headquarters, located at 1111 N Capitol St NE.

  • Weekend Edition Host Ayesha Rascoe will join Correspondent Shannon Bond, Washington Desk Reporter Stephen Fowler, and Correspondent Fatma Tanis of NPR's Restructuring Team pull back the curtain on their historic effort to cover the new administration’s rapid and chaotic overhaul of the federal government. Hear how these journalists went beyond the headlines – from uncovering the dismantling of USAID to investigating the secret politics and surprising impacts beyond Washington – and what it took to stay ahead of the story during a time of unprecedented change.

    • High Impact Digital Platforms: The Future of NPR's App, Website & Newsletters Conference B

      NPR’s owned and operated platforms – like the app, homepage, and newsletters – are more than just distribution channels; they’re powerful tools for deepening relationships with our most loyal listeners and reaching new audiences. In this conversation, Emily Barocas, Deputy Managing Editor for Digital Platforms, and Patrick Cooper, Senior Director of Audience Products, will demo some exciting new features and explore how these platforms help NPR deepen loyalty and drive discovery with audiences.

    • Covering Arts & Culture in this Moment Board Room

      Join Culture Desk Senior Editor Jennifer Vanasco and veteran NPR Film Critic Bob Mondello for a conversation about the vital, and newly volatile, role of arts coverage in Washington and across the nation. Recent seismic shifts at institutions like the Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian Institution have led these cultural pillars to navigate pressure to align content with President Trump's cultural directives. We’ll discuss big questions, like the importance of arts and culture in a democracy and the challenges of reporting on the arts when culture becomes a front line in political debate.

    • From Pride & Prejudice to Gone Girl: Re-Reading the Canon with NPR’s Books We've Loved Conference A

      NPR’s new limited series Books We've Loved issparking fresh conversations about timeless reads. Join co-hosts Andrew Limbong and B.A. Parker to discover how they're reviving literary classics (and contemporary favorites!) for a new audience and challenging the canon as part of NPR’s coverage marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence – ”America in Pursuit.” Plus, walk away with a list of must-reads from the series.

    • Boys of Summer Documentary Screening & Talkback Studio 1 

      Join NPR Visuals for an exclusive sneak peek of their new documentary, Boys of Summer. The film follows a group of teenage boys at a remote summer camp in the Vermont woods as they embark on a journey of emotional growth. Free from screens and societal expectations, they learn to open up, support one another, and redefine what it means to be a boy. Boys of Summer is a tender vérité portrait of vulnerability, friendship, and the quiet rebellion of feeling deeply in a world that often tells boys not to. The entire team has traveled to Washington to roll out the red carpet for this preview:

      Directors/Editors: Annabel Edwards & Mito Habe-Evans

      Producers: Tsering Bista & Razi Jafri

      Director of Photography: Nickolai Hammar

      NPR Visuals Director: Nicole Werbeck

    • High Impact Digital Platforms: The Future of NPR's App, Website & Newsletters Conference B

      NPR’s owned and operated platforms – like the app, homepage, and newsletters – are more than just distribution channels; they’re powerful tools for deepening relationships with our most loyal listeners and reaching new audiences. In this conversation, Emily Barocas, Deputy Managing Editor for Digital Platforms, and Patrick Cooper, Senior Director of Audience Products, will demo some exciting new features and explore how these platforms help NPR deepen loyalty and drive discovery with audiences.

    • Covering Arts & Culture in this Moment Board Room

      Join Culture Desk Senior Editor Jennifer Vanasco and veteran NPR Film Critic Bob Mondello for a conversation about the vital, and newly volatile, role of arts coverage in Washington and across the nation. Recent seismic shifts at institutions like the Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian Institution have led these cultural pillars to navigate pressure to align content with President Trump's cultural directives. We’ll discuss big questions, like the importance of arts and culture in a democracy and the challenges of reporting on the arts when culture becomes a front line in political debate.

    • From Pride & Prejudice to Gone Girl: Re-Reading the Canon with NPR’s Books We've Loved Conference A

      NPR’s new limited series Books We've Loved is sparking fresh conversations about timeless reads. Join co-hosts Andrew Limbong and B.A. Parker to discover how they're reviving literary classics (and contemporary favorites!) for a new audience and challenging the canon as part of NPR’s coverage marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence – ”America in Pursuit.” Plus, walk away with a list of must-reads from the series.

    • Boys of Summer Documentary Screening & Talkback Studio 1 

      Join NPR Visuals for an exclusive sneak peek of their new documentary, Boys of Summer. The film follows a group of teenage boys at a remote summer camp in the Vermont woods as they embark on a journey of emotional growth. Free from screens and societal expectations, they learn to open up, support one another, and redefine what it means to be a boy. Boys of Summer is a tender vérité portrait of vulnerability, friendship, and the quiet rebellion of feeling deeply in a world that often tells boys not to. The entire team has traveled to Washington to roll out the red carpet for this preview:

      Directors/Editors: Annabel Edwards & Mito Habe-Evans

      Producers: Tsering Bista & Razi Jafri

      Director of Photography: Nickolai Hammar

      NPR Visuals Director: Nicole Werbeck

  • The annual Student Podcast Challenge invites students from around the country to create a podcast and compete for a chance to have their work featured on NPR. Over the past seven years, students have created more than 17,000 podcasts, educators have incorporated the challenge into their curriculum, and the Library of Congress even recognized it with an award this year for its outstanding contributions to increasing literacy. Student Podcast Challenge creator Steve Drummond brings his team to the Weekend in Washington stage to celebrate the legacy of the competition and reflect on some of the best student storytelling. 

  • Correspondents Elissa Nadworny and Selena Simmons-Duffin join Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep for a timely conversation about their coverage of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. These journalists have followed the story and kept all of us informed about its far-reaching implications for health, education and so much more.

    This session replaced “Fireside Chat with Nina Totenberg: The Supreme Court's Closest Chronicler Reflects on a Changing Judiciary with Steve Inskeep”