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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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00:03:57

What are the best basketball shoes?

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/28

Scientists discover what makes basketball shoes squeak on the courts, and celebrate their discovery by making music.

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00:04:31

What's fueling all of the debt for the federal...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/28

The federal debt continues to grow, topping $39 trillion this month. Like a shopper who buys more than he earns every week, the nation's credit card bill is compounding. Just paying the interest now costs more than every other government program except Social Security.

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00:03:56

Lessons a Chicago aquarium learned from successfully...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/28

Staff at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium have reared a special kind of fish known as a warty frogfish for the first time in captivity. Their success may hold broader lessons for raising marine species.

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00:02:37

Opinion: White House 'gamifying' Iran war updates

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/28

The White House has depicted the war in Iran online with videos that weave real life images of missile strikes and destruction with clips from video games, sports clips, and action movies.

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00:05:10

Ranking Member of House Armed Services Committee...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/28

NPR's Scott Simon talks with House Armed Service Committee ranking member Adam Smith, D-Wash., about the war on Iran, now a month old, and DHS funding.

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00:06:05

This Pennsylvania woman asked friends to help weave...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/28

When Maddie Christine Brokop learned she was dying, she invited her friends to help weave the tray she will be buried in.

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00:03:43

The latest updates on the Iran war after a month

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/28

As the war with Iran enters its second month, the U.S. has determined with certainty that about one third of Iran's missile arsenal has been destroyed.

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00:04:48

Saturday Sports: Men and women's March madness; MLB...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/28

NPR's Scott Simon and sports reporter Michele Steele talk men and women's March madness.

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00:03:49

The 'No Kings' protest march happens nationwide this...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/28

Protests against the Trump administration are planned to take place around the country today. Organizers say there may be more than 3,000 rallies across 50 states.

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00:05:48

U.S.-Iran relations specialist explains the power...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/28

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sina Toossi, Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy, about the power structure in Iran, and how things have changed within it since the start of the war.

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00:07:12

UK-REFORMING THE LORDS

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/21

The UK Parliament still has 92 unelected lawmakers who inherit seats by bloodline. They're all elderly white men. A new law now phases them out, for the 1st time in nearly 1,000 years.

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00:02:29

Opinion: Lessons from a bad weather forecast

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/21

Residents in and around Washington braced themselves for damaging storms earlier this week, but turns out it was a forecast flop. One local meteorologist apologized.

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00:04:13

What is the current situation on the battlefield in...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/21

The Pentagon is sending two Marine units to the Middle East despite President Trump's denials that he will call for ground troops to fight in Iran.

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00:06:29

An Iranian-American political science expert talks...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/21

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Ariane Tabatabai, the Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, about the nature of Iran's nuclear program, and whether it, as President Trump has said, posed an "imminent threat."

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00:03:57

What Colorado is doing about vaccine policy

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/21

After RFK Jr. began overhauling the CDC, Colorado has taken vaccine policy into its own hands. It's going to follow the scientific recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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00:04:50

Week in Politics: Trump and the war in Iran; Pentagon...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/21

President Trumps looks to allies for help with the war in Iran, then says the U.S. doesn't need it. The Pentagon requests 200 billion dollars in additional funding. The Senate debates the SAVE Act.

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00:06:43

What to know about the closure of the Kennedy Center

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/21

Scott Simon and former director Deborah Rutter look out over a soon-to-be shuttered Kennedy Center.

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00:04:33

Migration policy expert explains the condition of...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/21

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to World Refugee & Migration Council Chair Ninette Kelley about the condition of people displaced by war in Iran and the impact on countries in the region.

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00:03:40

The latest updates on the Iran war after three weeks

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/21

Heavy airstrikes overnight in Tehran as President Trump says he's considering winding down military operations.

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00:04:55

What's the background of Israel's operation in...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2026/03/21

Dozens of people were killed in an Israeli raid in south Lebanon looking for an Israeli airman captured 40 years ago

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