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Weekend Edition Saturday

Saturday mornings are made for Weekend Edition Saturday, the program 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.

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00:05:23

Remembering Reverend Cecil Murray

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Pastor Steven Johnson about the life and legacy of Reverend Cecil Murray, who died last week, at the age of 94.

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00:08:09

Caleb Carr's new book is a memoir about life spent...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Caleb Carr, author of the best-selling novel, "The Alienist." Carr has written a memoir, reflecting on his life through the companionship of his scrappy rescue cat, Masha.

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00:07:57

Sam Evian's new LP 'Plunge' is his most personal yet

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

Scott Simon talks with musician and indie producer Sam Evian about his fourth LP, "Plunge." Evian says the record is his most personal yet and it touches on themes of family, depression and sobriety.

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00:04:42

A survivor of the UNICEF aid convoy struck by gunfire...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with UNICEF's Tess Ingram about surviving the gunfire that struck an aid convoy in Gaza and the effort to deliver food and water to the warzone.

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00:03:57

Nebraska high school students learn how to channel...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/06

Students from Nebraska learn how to lobby for causes that matter to them.

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00:03:20

Science has developed petunias that glow in the dark

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/06

Petunias that glow in the dark are a thing now. The genetically modified flowers actually generate their own light, and are now legal to sell.

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00:04:19

Chicago is a hotspot in the measles outbreak. Here's...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/06

NPR's Scott Simon asks Dr. Allison Bartlett of the University of Chicago about the dangers of measles and why Chicago is a hotspot in the current outbreak.

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00:08:42

Ezra Koenig on the new Vampire Weekend album 'Only...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/06

There's a lot of New York City in the new Vampire Weekend Album. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Ezra Koenig, lead singer/songwriter of the band, about their latest, "Only God Was Above Us."

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00:03:46

Saturday Sports: College basketball final four

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/06

NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss college basketball's Final Four. Can anyone stop South Carolina's women and UConn's men this year?

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00:07:39

Chicano Batman keeps its style, but returns to roots...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

NPR's Scott Simons speaks with Bardo Martinez, the lead singer of the Latin rock band Chicano Batman, about their fifth album, "Notebook Fantasy."

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00:00:54

A South Korean company is paying employees to have...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

A company in South Korea is offering financial incentives to help boost the country's lagging birth rate.

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00:06:59

Carys Davies' 'Clear' follows a reverend's journey to...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carys Davies about her new novel, "Clear." The novel is set in Scotland during the 1840s, when tenant farmers were moved off the land and to cities and the coast.

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00:03:51

The Yurok tribe regains Redwood park land to create...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

Some 125 acres of forest land in California's Redwood National and State Parks will return to the Yurock tribe in a first-of-its-kind arrangement.

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00:04:32

Saturday sports: Elite Eight begins; Colorado and...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about UConn's dominance in the March Madness basketball tournament. Also, a heartwarming update.

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00:03:23

Farmers encircle EU headquarters in tractors to...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

European farmers have staged several protests against agricultural policies recently, the most recent one in Brussels featuring fireworks and liquid manure.

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00:05:37

These Israeli military veterans are against Gaza...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

A group of Israeli military veterans say they know the reality behind their country's occupation of Palestinian territories, and want it to stop.

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00:04:30

Week in politics: Republicans' House majority...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

The Republican majority in the House narrows, making it harder for the party to accomplish the agenda and more likely to compromise with Democrats. Also, remembering the late Sen. Joe Lieberman.

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00:03:56

You can ding-dong-ditch to save these fish

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Mark van Heukelum, the scientist who invented the "fish doorbell," which allows livestream viewers to help fish get through a lock in a canal in the Netherlands.

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00:04:07

Car imports could slow with Port of Baltimore closures

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

Baltimore's port imported and exported more automobiles than any other in the U.S. Its temporary closure has prompted automakers to find alternative ways of doing business.

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00:03:02

Shakira's 'Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran' is her first...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/23

Shakira's new album, "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran," is her first in seven years and is being marketed as a comeback after a highly-publicized romantic breakup.

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