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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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4:33

France loses dramatic men's soccer final, Imane...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

Friday at the Paris Olympics was filled with medal events. The French were playing in the men's soccer final and an Algerian boxer at the center of a gender controversy boxed for gold.

4:24

Nicolas Maduro's government is openly cracking down...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is using social media to crack down on government opponents and glorify security forces.

4:13

In a first since the war began, Ukraine launched an...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

Ukraine invaded Russia this week - an attack that was shocking in scope and execution. Ukraine’s cross-border incursion into western Russia is now in its fifth day.

2:24

Opinion: RFK Jr.'s Central Park 'Bear-B-Q' stunt

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

In an election season rife with surprises, you might add this week’s revelation by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

3:58

Reporter's Notebook: Olympic athletes in Paris won...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

A Reporter's Notebook: Athletes at sports press conferences are famous for talking in clichés. But at the Paris Games, a lot of Olympians went deep, voicing wisdom and sharing their truths.

3:58

Olympic athletes in Paris are winning medals. They're...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

Athletes at press conferences are famous for talking in cliches. But in Paris, a lot of Olympians are going deep, voicing wisdom and sharing their truths.

4:04

Week in politics: The Harris-Walz campaign takes off

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

We look at how Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential campaign is taking shape, with the massive influx of donations and the selection of Minnesota's Gov. Tim Walz at her running mate.

5:42

What the Secret Service has changed a month after the...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

It's been one month since the attempt on former President Trump's life. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig about pressures on the Secret Service.

4:37

UK's worst riots in years were incited by online...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to Dr. Marc Owen-Jones, a disinformation researcher, about the role of social media during race riots in the UK.

8:08

Composer and comedian Tim Minchin on his show 'An...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Australian comedian and composer about his touring show, "An Unfunny Evening with Tim Minchin and His Piano."

7:24

Joan Chen on her role in coming-of-age film 'Dìdi'

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Joan Chen. The actor is getting Oscar buzz for the new film, "Dìdi," in which Chen plays the mother of a Taiwanese-American skater kid in the Bay Area.

3:53

A convention center in Chicago was a death trap for...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

Chicago's McCormick Place is in the middle of a major migratory bird path, and its' lakeside building will soon have bird safe decals that could prevent thousands of bird collisions and death.

6:30

Jane Rosenberg on her new memoir and the life of a...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

NPR's Scott Simon asks Jane Rosenberg about her career as a courtroom sketch artist. Rosenberg's new memoir is called "Drawn Testimony."

4:52

10 years after Michael Brown's death, police killings...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

Ten years ago, a white police officer killed Michael Brown, a Black teen in Ferguson, Mo. His death prompted nationwide protests and a White House report on American policing. How much has changed since his death?

4:26

As Republicans attack Harris on immigration, here’s...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/10

Political observers say Kamala Harris' experience as the daughter of immigrants has intertwined with her career as a prosecutor to form a pattern: pro-immigration but tough in enforcing the law.

2:31

Carhartts and camo: What Tim Walz's folksy fashion...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/08

The Democratic vice presidential candidate's taste for down-home Carhartt workwear and a camo cap have been getting a lot of media attention lately.

4:48

The U.S. is sending more warships to the Middle East...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/03

Tensions increase in the Middle East, as Israel expects an attack from Iran and its allies. Israel says it's killed several top commanders of Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad.

3:19

Thousands take to the streets in Nigerian cities to...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/03

Nigerians in several major cities are protesting government economic policies that are causing inflation and hunger.

5:38

Saturday Sports: A record-breaking week at the Olympics

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/03

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michelle Steele discuss the record breaking performances of the first week of the Olympics in Paris and look forward to the next week.

3:17

Women are taking part in a century-old Catholic...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/08/03

Until this year, women were not allowed to fully participate in a large religious festival in New Bedford, Mass. Then they threatened to sue.

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