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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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4:32

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

NPR 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.

2:51

1 year after a school shooting, Nashville teens see...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

A year after a shooting at a Nashville school left six people dead, some students have pressed for gun control measures. But they have not had much success.

6:02

NBC hires, then immediately fires, former Republican...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

Scott Simon talks with Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the conservative website The Dispatch, about former Republican party chair Ronna McDaniel very brief stint at NBC.

4:58

The U.S. and Israel's relationship is at a...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Princeton Professor Daniel Kurtzer, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, about how the relationship between the U.S. and Israel has changed with the war in Gaza.

6:09

Army Corps continues efforts to remove wreckage of...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

Scott Simon talks with Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, commanding general of the Army Corps of Engineers, about his agency's efforts to remove the wreckage of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge.

8:30

Don Winslow ends trilogy, and his writing career,...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

NPR's Scott Simon talks to best-selling suspense author Don Winslow about what he says is his final novel, "City in Ruins."

6:46

Graverobbers find more than what is physically lost...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Italian director Alice Rohrwacher about her new film, "La Chimera," about a group of grave robbers in the 1980s. Lilia Pino Blouin translates.

5:37

These Israeli military veterans are against Gaza...

NPR 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.

4:07

Car imports could slow with Port of Baltimore closures

NPR 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.

3:56

You can ding-dong-ditch to save these fish

NPR 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.

4:30

Week in politics: Republicans' House majority...

NPR 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.

2:25

Opinion: Russian Jehovah's Witnesses remain devout...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

Russia's ban on Jehovah's Witnesses has led to raids, arrests and imprisonment. NPR's Scott Simon says that the religion the Russian government calls "extreme" would be better described as "devout."

4:52

Sikhs in California vote on independence from India

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/30

Sikhs in California will vote in a referendum to push for their own independent state in India

3:23

Farmers encircle EU headquarters in tractors to...

NPR 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.

7:10

John Schu's new memoir 'Louder than Hunger' follows...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/23

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author John Schu about his new, semi-fictional memoir, "Louder than Hunger."

7:10

What Putin's renewed 6-year term means for Ukraine...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/23

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Yale historian Timothy Snyder about what another 6-year presidential term for Russian leader Vladimir Putin might mean for Ukraine and the West.

2:29

A look back at Freaknik, Atlanta's iconic HBCU spring...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/23

A new documentary looks at Freaknik, an annual spring break party in Atlanta during the 1980s and 90s which became a victim of its own success.

3:02

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

NPR 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.

8:02

A bassist duo brings out a new album called 'But...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/23

NPR's Scott Simon talks with double bass player Christian McBride about his new album, recorded with fellow bassist Edgar Meyer. It's called "But Who's Gonna Play the Melody?"

3:56

Saturday Sports: Shohei Ohtani's interpreter fired,...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/03/23

Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani's longtime interpreter fired over allegations of illegal gambling, and March Madness begins. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media.

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