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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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2:57

The latest on Israel strikes on Iran

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi reports from Tel Aviv on the second day of Israeli strikes on Iran.

3:37

A look at today's No Kings protests

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

No Kings protests will be held across the country. The protests are the same day as a military parade in Washington to celebrate the Army's 250th birthday which coincides with Trump's 79th birthday.

3:45

The US Army celebrates its 250th anniversary

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

A parade kicks off today celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Army. But some people are uneasy about a display of hardware often associated with authoritarian regimes.

2:50

In Haiti, a record number of people have been...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

As the crisis in Haiti deepens, a record number of people have been forced to leave their homes due to gang violence according to the United Nations.

5:46

Who's welcome in the US?

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

President Trump's immigration executive orders issued since January are telegraphing a massive shift in who is welcome in America.

3:56

Ecologist Alice Risely discusses the seagull diet...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

Seagulls can eat it all: everything from a hamburger to an octopus. NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with ecologist Alice Risely about her project, "Gulls Eating Stuff," that studies the birds' diet.

4:03

What is the Club World Cup?

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

Starting today, soccer teams from 32 countries are competing in the Club World Cup, not to be confused with THE World Cup, which is next year. This competition takes place in 11 U.S. cities.

3:55

Saturday Sports: It's the finals for the NBA, Stanley...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

We're in the thick of finals season! NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, and something new, the FIFA World Club Cup. NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to sports writer Howard Bryant.

4:36

Week in politics: the conflict between Israel and...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

We look at the political fallout from the conflict between Israel and Iran, and discuss what's next in the lawsuit over President Trump's use of the National Guard in Los Angeles.

8:35

Musicians Anne Harris and Amanda Ewing discuss...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with musician Anne Harris and Amanda Ewing, the Nashville luthier whose violin Harris uses on her new album, "I Feel It Once Again."

8:35

A violinist, a luthier and the historic commission...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

For her new album, musician Anne Harris commissioned a violin from luthier Amanda Ewing, the first such professional collaboration between two Black women to be recorded.

6:51

"Materialists" director discusses the film and her...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks with Celine Song, who wrote and directed the new film "Materialists." Song shares what she learned working as a matchmaker earlier in her career.

3:56

One student reflects on how their dad inspires them

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

Student Ava Gilberg-Stroud picked up the drums at a young age to feel closer to her dad. She interviewed him to learn about how he first got into music for the PBS News Student Reporting Labs.

11:04

10 years after the deadly church shooting, a new...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, where a white supremacist killed nine worshippers a decade ago.

9:07

Top Chef finalist Shuai Wang cooks Chinatown BBQ with...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

Shuai Wang thought he'd peaked before competing on Top Chef. But over a plate of food at King BBQ, the chef tells NPR's Debbie Elliott he now knows his career is just getting started.

4:25

Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/14

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.

2:56

5 simple (and cheap) things to make your house use...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/09

Sometimes reducing your home's energy use can be as simple as opening a window or buying tape. Here are five easy ways to have a more climate-friendly home and save on energy bills at the same time.

8:20

In 'Atmosphere', Taylor Jenkins Reid imagines the...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/07

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks with Taylor Jenkins Reid about the lives of the first women astronauts as imagined in her new novel, "Atmosphere."

2:13

Broadway star Jasmine Amy Rogers' journey to her own...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/07

In just a few years, Jasmine Amy Rogers has come full circle from a teen actor and singer to a Broadway star nominated for a Tony award.

4:06

At World Pride in Washington, D.C., government...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/06/07

WorldPride is being celebrated in Washington, D.C., this year, with a parade being held today near the White House. But the president's policy on DEI and transgender rights is making some participants nervous.

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