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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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5:41

Remembering Paul Auster through his time as an NPR...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/05/04

Paul Auster was many things: novelist, screenwriter, poet, and NPR contributor. He died this week from cancer at the age of 77. Former NPR host Jacki Lyden has a remembrance.

7:27

Callie Siskel on 'Two Minds', her new poetry...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

NPR's Scott Simon talks with poet Callie Siskel about her latest collection "Two Minds." Siskel lost her father when she was 12, and writes about making loss part of living.

8:27

Colin Farrell unravels mystery of the missing woman...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

NPR's Scott Simon talks with the Oscar-nominated actor about his new Apple TV+ series, Sugar. Like his character, Farrell says he used to play film clips in his head.

3:47

Trump and Biden's campaigns turn the focus to Arizona...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

This week, the Arizona State Supreme Court ordered the enforcement of a law from 1864 banning nearly all abortions. That's led both presidential campaigns to focus on the battleground state.

4:53

Saturday Sports: O.J. Simpson's legacy, Shohei...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the death of O.J. Simpson, Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter federal bank fraud charges, and golf's most prestigious tournament - The Masters.

5:38

USAID says parts of Gaza are experiencing famine

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Jamie McGoldrick, the former U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, about what he's seen unfold in Gaza since Oct. 7.

4:00

House Speaker Mike Johnson holds press conference...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson held a press conference with former president Donald Trump tying immigration with election integrity at the end of a chaotic week in the House.

5:36

Patients die every day waiting for organ transplants....

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Jennifer Erickson, senior fellow with the Federation of American Scientists, about the organ transplant system and how eligible donated organs wind up in the trash.

4:42

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

NPR 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.

3:49

In Florida, an activist provides a safe space for...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

In north Florida, an activist provides services for transgender people as the state passes laws limiting transgender rights.

5:23

Remembering Reverend Cecil Murray

NPR 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.

7:57

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

NPR 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.

3:58

Protests grow in Argentina against its right-wing...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

Argentines elected a political outsider and populist as president in 2023. Now, thousands are taking to the streets in protest. NPR's Scott Simon talks with reporter Daniel Politi from Buenos Aires.

2:21

Opinion: Open Wall nights could lead to the next...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

An art gallery worker lost his job in February after hanging up his own art. NPR's Scott Simon thinks an Open Wall night might be a good way to give artists who are not huge names a chance to shine.

4:19

Week in politics: Trump responds to new abortion...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

We look at the dustup over the vote to renew FISA, how former President Donald Trump is responding to new abortion laws, and President Biden's latest plan for additional student loan forgiveness.

8:09

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

NPR 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.

4:58

What biologists see from the shores of the drying...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/13

Half of the Great Salt Lake in Utah has now dried up but scientists say there's still some time left to reverse its decline.

3:58

The Forever Stamp is forever rising in price. How...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/04/12

U.S. stamps are heading for their sixth price hike since 2021. In raw numbers, only four countries in a recent study of 31 developed nations had cheaper stamps than the U.S.

8:42

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

NPR 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."

3:20

Science has developed petunias that glow in the dark

NPR 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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