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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.

news & politics

All Episodes

00:05:35

Saturday Sports: NBA and NHL playoffs

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the NBA and NHL playoffs.

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00:03:53

U.S. cardinals react to the new pope being from Chicago

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

Members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are digesting that one of their own is now the head of the Catholic Church.

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00:05:47

Trump announces ceasefire agreement between India and...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Elizabeth Threlkeld, a Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center, about rising tensions between India and Pakistan.

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00:04:41

Tariffs force a rubber duck museum to move across the...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

The Rubber Duck Museum in Pt. Roberts, Wash., is moving because Canadians are no longer coming to the border town. Neil and Krystal King tell NPR's Scott Simon why.

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00:05:00

Composer John Adams' opera 'Antony and Cleopatra'...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

John Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week.

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00:08:36

'Class Clown' looks back on Dave Barry's...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

Dave Barry says he's always been the "class clown." His new book looks back at his "first 77 years," examining the funny but also the tragic. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the Pulitzer Prize winner.

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00:03:41

India and Pakistan continue attacks even as they say...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

After targeting each other's airbases, Pakistan and India say they are open to de-escalation.

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00:03:56

U.S.-China trade talks kick off in Geneva

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with Chinese officials in Geneva, Switzerland, for trade talks as the Trump administration pushes for progress in its trade wars.

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00:04:40

Week in politics: U.S. stays away from new conflict,...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

The Trump administration is not eager to involve itself in international conflicts like the one between India and Pakistan.

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00:03:55

Russia marks the 80th anniversary of the Soviet...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

Russia's celebration this weekend of the Soviet victory over the Nazis 80 years ago comes under the shadow of its invasion of Ukraine.

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00:04:58

After lynx were spotted in the Scottish highlands,...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

The reappearance of lynx in Scotland raised concern about an illegal reintroduction effort. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Peter Cairns of Scotland The Big Picture about what rogue rewilding entails.

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00:07:27

How soap operas got their start in Chicago

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Natalie Moore about the legacy of soap operas. She is host and writer of "Stories Without End," the new season of the WBEZ podcast "Making."

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00:02:26

Opinion: My hometown pope

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/10

News of an American pope, and a Chicagoan, causes NPR's Scott Simon to remember what it was like attending Mass in his hometown.

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00:02:32

Americans are relying more on therapy than medication...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/03

The number of Americans relying on psychotherapy went up between 2018 and 2021, whereas the number of people using psychiatric medications went down.

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00:04:22

50 years after the war, a new generation in Vietnam...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/03

Development has brought many changes to Vietnam in the 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War.

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00:04:28

Marco Rubio takes over for Michael Waltz as National...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/03

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is taking over for Michael Waltz as National Security Adviser, but Rubio is keeping his main job and other roles.

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00:03:56

Trump's trade war contracts the economy but job...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/03

President Trump's trade war continues. Numbers show the U.S. economy contracted this year but so far the job market is holding up pretty well.

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00:03:57

A visit to the Pope's lesser-known home church

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/03

Most people think the Pope's church is St. Peter's Basilica. But as the Bishop of Rome, his actual seat is in a church on the other side of Rome called St. John Lateran.

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00:03:57

Porch geese are making a comeback

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/03

Porch geese are trending as nostalgic millennials seek reminders of childhood.

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00:02:49

How to manage your investments during volatile markets

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/03

Amid stock market volatility, polling finds most Americans believe their finances are deteriorating. Financial analysts advise global diversification and for recent retirees to rein in spending.

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