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NPR Weekend Edition Saturday

Weekend Edition Saturday wraps up the week"s news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR"s Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon.

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7:30

Broadway is seeing a steady revival after the...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/08

Five years after the pandemic, have Broadway audiences come back? And what musicals and plays are opening, in the weeks ahead, that might draw in crowds?

2:25

Opinion: What if football players chose love instead...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/08

NPR's Scott Simon considers the stenciled messages in the end zones of the Super Bowl — "CHOOSE LOVE" and "IT TAKES ALL OF US" — and imagines how players could take those messages to heart.

3:50

Medical transport plane with 6 people aboard crashes...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

An air ambulance with six people aboard crashed and then exploded on Friday evening in Philadelphia. The medical transport plane was returning a patient and her mother to Mexico. Several houses caught on fire close to the crash site. Six people on the ground were taken to the hospital with injuries.

5:28

How a funding freeze ordered by Trump is impacting 2...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

With a sudden freeze of funding, two scientists find their livelihoods and futures upended.

4:46

Congolese foreign minister discusses the humanitarian...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

NPR's Scott Simon asks Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, the Congolese minister for foreign affairs, about gains made by rebels backed by Rwanda.

4:29

Trump is back — and dominating the media cycle and...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

President Trump is back and filling the airwaves with a constant churn of comments on just about everything, in contrast to the much quieter Biden administration.

5:03

Saturday Sports: Super Bowl preview, WNBA expansion

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

NPR's Scott Simon asks ESPN's Michele Steele about the Super Bowl and the expansion of the WNBA.

8:59

50 years after they disbanded, British funk outfit...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Patrick Patterson and Steve Scipio of the British funk band Cymande about their new album and about reconstituting the band after decades.

6:20

Ali Smith discusses the authoritarian themes in her...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

In Ali Smith's latest novel, "Gliff," a brother and sister befriend a horse in a dystopian future. NPR's Scott Simon explores the issue of authoritarianism with the novelist and playwright.

3:57

Tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China set to go into...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

President Trump is imposing steep new tariffs today on some of America's biggest trading partners. The move could affect the cost of everything from tequila to two-by-fours.

3:40

NTSB recovers black box from Army helicopter that...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

Transportation officials have restricted helicopter flights around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after Wednesday's mid-air collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet.

1:13

Scientists find prehistoric shark puke dating back 66...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

Paleontologists have discovered what they believe to be vomit from 66 million years ago.

3:52

Three things to know about Rubio's first...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the canal.

3:54

Week in politics: Trump's tariffs and other executive...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

President Trump is fulfilling an often-repeated campaign promise to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, while also issuing a flurry of executive actions bypassing Congress.

5:16

Palestinians worry about what Netanyahu's visit to...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

NPR's Scott Simons speaks to Maha Nassar, a professor at the University of Arizona, about how Palestinians will view the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to the White House next week.

7:28

Robert Littell's 'Bronshtein in the Bronx' imagines...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

NPR's Scott Simon asks Robert Littell about Leon Trotsky's time living in the Bronx. Littell is the author of "Bronshtein in the Bronx."

2:06

Opinion: Remembering Marianne Faithfull

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

NPR's Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78.

4:28

A French immersion school in Louisiana teaches kids...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

Most Louisianans no longer speak French but more and more schools in the state are teaching it. One small school, southwest of New Orleans, is immersing students in the state's local dialects.

7:02

How one teen's project in 1947 led to a rare...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

In 1947, Indiana teenager John Miley began recording radio sports broadcasts. There are now more than 44,000 of them in his collection.

4:25

A U.S. dual citizen is among 3 Israeli hostages...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/01

Siegel is the first American to be released as part of this deal. A total of 18 hostages have been released since the ceasefire took effect. Hundreds of Palestinians have been released so far.

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