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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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6:32

Abortion access in Missouri is in limbo despite...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/12/07

Even though a new constitutional amendment is in effect in Missouri, a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis can't provide abortions. They are waiting for a judge to end Missouri's ban.

3:55

Meet the narrators behind your favorite audiobooks

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/12/07

Michael Kramer and Kate Reading have become popular audiobook narrators, spending 62 hours at the microphone for one recent book.

8:15

Former Oberlin students return to the Finney Chapel...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/12/07

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks to Rhiannon Giddens and Limmie Pulliam about their performance of "Omar" at Oberlin College's Finney Chapel as well as Cleveland's Maltz Preforming Arts Center.

5:34

Karina Sainz Borgo discusses her new book 'No Place...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/12/07

A grieving mother finds purpose in the new novel "No Place to Bury the Dead." NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with author Karina Sainz Borgo about her book.

4:43

Saturday Sports: Detroit Lions lead NFL, MLS Cup final

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/12/07

So far this season, the Detroit Lions lead the NFL. Saturday sees the MLS Cup Final. And Manny Pacquiao is entering the Boxing Hall of Fame.

7:59

'The Sticky' on Amazon Prime Video is a very Canadian...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/12/07

A TV show heist involving maple syrup, inspired by a real-life caper: NPR's Ellissa Nadworny talks with actor Margo Martindale and series co-creator Ed Herro about "The Sticky."

4:49

Young adult fiction recommendations from NPR's 2024...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/12/07

NPR staff recommend four young adult novels: "Heir," "Annie LeBlanc is Not Dead Yet," "The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette For Young Ladies of Mad Science," and "Dragonfruit."

5:34

Notre Dame organist returns for the cathedral's grand...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/12/07

Olivier Latry is Notre Dame Cathedral's longest-serving organist. Just days before the church's gala reopening, after the destructive fire in 2019, he talks about the refurbished instrument — it holds 8,000 pipes — and its role in the church.

3:59

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season was the deadliest...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/30

The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season was one of the deadliest and most costly ever. Because of climate change, hurricanes are becoming stronger and posing threats to areas that don't typically see them. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on November 29, 2024.)

3:54

Post-ceasefire with Israel, Lebanon reckons with...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/30

Parts of southern Lebanon now look like Gaza. The World Bank estimates $8.5 billion in damage to Lebanon from the Israel-Hezbollah war.

3:34

Vote counting is underway in Ireland's parliamentary...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/30

As results start to come in the Ireland election polls, NPR looks at exit poll data, and who's likely to lead Ireland's next government.

0:57

Kansas City Chiefs lineman Tershawn Wharton catches...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/30

When a child fell from the stands during a football game, Kansas City Chiefs lineman Tershawn Wharton made an amazing catch.

8:29

Meet the US conservationist who helped create Chile's...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/30

We look at how one US conservationist's work is helping preserve Chile's wilderness at the southernmost tip of the South American continent.

3:27

It wasn't easy being green for the actress who...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/30

Long before the new movie "Wicked" made a sympathetic character of the Wicked Witch of the West, she was played by actress Margaret Hamilton in the classic film, The Wizard of Oz. But it was not easy being green. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on November 28, 2024.)

2:35

Opinion: The life and work of Seuk Kim, pilot and...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/30

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Seuk Kim, a volunteer animal rescue pilot who died in a crash earlier this week, transporting several dogs.

4:03

A new generation of cancer survivors is getting...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/30

People are getting cancer earlier and living longer, meaning they're having to figure out how to navigate various aspects of life after diagnosis.

6:18

Germany's economy is faltering. That could be an...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/30

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Marcel Fratzscher, president of the German Institute for Economic Research, about Germany's weakened economy and its potential impact on the country's upcoming elections.

3:26

A love letter to Taiwan's meticulous — and...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/30

NPR's Emily Feng bids goodbye to Asia — and to Taiwan's strict trash collection system, which she unexpectedly grew to love.

4:52

Saturday Sports: NFL Super Bowl title contenders, MLB...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/30

NPR's Scott Simon and Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media discuss which teams in the NFL are the Super Bowl title contenders, and controversy over high payrolls in Major League Baseball.

4:23

Week in politics: Biden administration makes final...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/30

We look at efforts to shore up the Ukrainian military as well as its negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah in the final months of the Biden administration.

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