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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.

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00:07:01

Grace VanderWaal discusses her new album 'Childstar'...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/03

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Grace VanderWaal about her new album, "Childstar." Now 21, she won "America's Got Talent" at age 12.

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00:04:36

Saturday Sports: NBA playoffs, a coaching great retires

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/03

NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss the NBA playoffs and the retirement of one of the league's greatest coaches.

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00:04:13

Week in politics: Will Congress pass the White House...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/03

The Trump administration's vision for the American workforce may fall victim to economic instability generated by the administration's tariff regime.

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00:02:40

Opinion: Curse other drivers? So do the pros — but...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/03

Formula 1 racing has a ban on cursing, with fines starting at about 46 thousand dollars. NPR's Scott Simon explains why drivers are darn unhappy with that.

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00:05:16

The most exciting two minutes in sports is a show of...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/05/03

Latinos, many from outside the U.S. mainland, have risen in prominence in horseracing, from the grooms to some of the winningest jockeys.

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00:08:14

A new book on James Gandolfini takes us behind the...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

NPR's Scott Simon talks to film historian Jason Bailey about his book, "Gandolfini: Jim, Tony and the Life of a Legend." It details how different he was from the gangster he portrayed on "The Sopranos."

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00:02:54

The first Latin American pope gets a special farewell...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the first Latin American pope when he was elected 12 years ago. People on his home continent are mourning his death and paying their respects.

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00:03:33

A closer look behind the scenes of New Orleans'...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

Jazz fest starts this weekend in New Orleans and one of its headliners is rapper Lil' Wayne who made it to the main stage with the Roots.

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00:05:14

Saturday Sports: NFL draft, Stanley Cup playoffs,...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the soccer fandom of Pope Francis, the NFL draft and hockey's Stanley Cup playoffs.

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00:04:44

Federal employees find themselves without health...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

Some federal employees who were fired, reinstated, and fired again by the Trump administration are now learning their health coverage lapsed despite being told otherwise.

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00:05:05

How the funeral of Pope Francis exemplified his values

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

The funeral of Pope Francis demonstrated the values he held dear, from the theme of the gospel passage to the music he chose for the Mass. He also broke tradition with his final burial wishes.

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00:05:58

Sudan's capital city is finally repaired — but...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

Sudan's capital city has been liberated after more than two years of civil war, but it's been left in ruins.

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00:03:48

U.N. says it has run out of food in Gaza amidst...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

The World Food Programme says it has run out of food. It's been eight weeks since Israel stopped all aid coming into Gaza. The U-N agency warns of mass starvation.

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00:07:57

A look at the Kremlin's negotiating strategy

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

As the Trump administration continues to flood the news cycles with its efforts to end to the war in Ukraine, NPR looks at the Kremlin's negotiating strategy.

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00:03:51

40 years ago, tariffs rescued the auto industry...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

In the 1970s, threats of trade tariffs convinced Asian and European automakers to move some production to the U.S. But that battle's already been won – and history is unlikely to repeat itself.

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00:04:48

Behind '60 Minutes' executive producer's departure:...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

The departure of "60 Minutes" executive producer Bill Owens comes as the news program's corporate owner is trying to sell it off, and amid President Trump's lawsuit against CBS.

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00:08:47

Crowds of mourners and dignitaries pay respects to...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

The funeral of Pope Francis draws the Catholic faithful to St. Peter's Square, as well as royalty and world leaders. The Vatican estimates about 200 thousand people participated in the open-air Mass.

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00:04:43

Week in politics: Almost 100 days into Trump's second...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

Nearly 100 days into his new term, President Trump has set an aggressive agenda, spending his political capital and losing some of the public approval he began with.

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00:04:02

A high schooler stays back as his family, separated...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

Alex Villatoro is finishing high school in the U.S. without his parents after his father was deported back to Guatemala in January and his mother decided to move there with her three younger children. As immigration enforcement ramps up, families like Villatoro's are being confronted with hard choices.

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00:02:21

Opinion: Pope Francis's sympathy for migrants was...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/04/26

Pope Francis often spoke with great sympathy for immigrants and refugees. NPR's Scott Simon reminds us that the Pope's father fled Mussolini's Italy, immigrating to Argentina.

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