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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

In the Texas flood zone, volunteers help reunite lost...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/12

Hundreds of pets have been reported missing after the devastating floods in central Texas. Volunteers have been combing through debris to help reunite them with their owners.

3:57

As Democrats spoil for a fight, a new face in the...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/11

Rep. Robert Garcia is the new top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. At a moment when his party is craving more confrontation with President Trump, he says he's ready to lean into the fray.

5:45

How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.

7:54

Calvin Duncan discusses his memoir 'The Jailhouse...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with "The Jailhouse Lawyer" authors Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull. It's a memoir about Duncan's life as a wrongly incarcerated inmate and his efforts to exonerate himself.

9:45

From caterpillar to butterfly, 'Papilio' grows up in...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

Papilio is a picture book told in three parts about three stages of a butterfly's life (there are really four stages but egg time is pretty boring). It's also written and illustrated by three friends.

3:34

Floods sweep central Texas, killing at least 24 people

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with meteorologist Sarah Spivey from KSAT News in San Antonio about the deadly floods in Texas.

3:37

At least 24 dead in Texas floods, rescue efforts...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

At least 24 people are dead after flash flooding on the Guadalupe River in Texas. Rescue efforts are underway to find 20 people who are still missing.

3:54

Court holds Florida Attorney General in contempt over...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

Florida's attorney general has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court asking permission to enforce the state's new law against illegal immigration. A judge has found him in contempt and some have been arrested under the law even as it's blocked in court.

4:17

Boosted by victory over tax bill, Trump looks to...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

President Trump had a major legislative victory this week as his party once again rallied around his agenda. Looming next week is another major priority of his: new tariffs and trade deals.

4:04

Zelenskyy asks Trump for air defense munitions amid...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

Ukraine is facing a summer of escalating Russian airstrikes on its cities. The Ukrainian President has called on the U.S. to provide more air defense systems.

3:41

Three high school friends share their experiences...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from three childhood friends from the small town of Webster, Florida, who all joined the military after graduating from high school.

3:51

Composer Ellie Wilson's new music is inspired by...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

The movement of moths inspires a new music project by composer Ellie Wilson. She used data shared by ecologists to create a piece where the insects take center stage.

4:35

Saturday Sports: Wimbledon week 1, U.S. vs Mexico at...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele talk about the first week of Wimbledon, soccer's Gold Cup final between the U.S. and Mexico, and Joey Chestnut's return to the hot-dog-eating big stage.

3:53

The U.S. dollar has its worst start to the year since...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

The U.S. dollar's long dominance as the world's currency is fraying as global investors warm to a "sell America" trading strategy.

4:26

Politics chat: Tax bill passes, 90-day tariff...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

We look at the impact of the Republican tax and spending bill, passed just in time for Fourth of July, and we discuss President Trump's looming trade deal deadline.

6:11

U.S.-Iran nuclear talks to resume in Oslo

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Richard Nephew, a senior research scholar at Columbia University, about the prospect of a new nuclear deal between Iran and the U.S.

2:47

To figure out her future after graduation, a college...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

As students across the country don caps and gowns for graduation, big questions about the future loom. One student made a podcast to puzzle through her chosen path.

4:21

The Lakers sold for $10 billion. What's behind sports...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

With the Los Angeles Lakers valued at a record $10 billion, there aren't many people that can buy a sports team. Who are they and what will that mean to fans?

5:00

An accessible theater company in Denver grapples with...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

Cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities have impacted groups around the country, including a theater company in Denver that gives disabled actors and audiences the chance to participate.

3:32

Restaurants across the country are reinventing the...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/07/05

A classic Philly cheesesteak is steak, cheese, and bread. But there are more and more variations popping up around town.

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