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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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00:06:20

Everything you need to know about measles, as cases...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/15

NPR's Scott Simon asks Dr. Carlos del Rio of Emory University about the cases of measles in the country and what Americans should know about the disease.

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00:03:46

Federal contractors say they're stuck between...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/15

Since President Trump took office, federal contractors have been scrambling to figure out how to continue complying with nondiscrimination laws without running afoul of his anti-DEI executive orders.

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00:06:19

Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar discuss their friendship...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/15

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar, two authors who are also best friends on a driving tour of the Bay area.

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00:04:09

60 years since U.S. troops entered Vietnam, an Army...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/08

As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Specialist Henry Smithers who was among the millions of American servicemen and women deployed to Vietnam during the conflict.

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00:07:48

60 years since Bloody Sunday, Selma's civil rights...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/08

Modern day civil rights activists are working to fight poverty and violence in the city that gave birth to the Voting Rights Act 60 years ago.

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00:06:43

Karen Russell discusses her new book 'The Antidote',...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/08

NPR's Scott Simon asks Karen Russell about her new book, "The Antidote." It's an eerie novel set in the era of Dustbowl droughts.

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00:04:23

Scientists are making progress in better...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/08

Scientists have made progress in understanding Long COVID over the last five years. Patient advocates hope that research will continue under the Trump administration.

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00:03:46

Regular reporting of economic data could be at risk...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/08

Jobs. Prices. GDP. The federal government keeps close tabs on these and other economic indicators. And decision-makers depend on those numbers to be reliable. But that could be a challenge, given staffing cuts and political pressure.

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00:02:30

U.K. reacts to Vance's comment about 'some random...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/08

After the UK offered peacekeepers to Ukraine, Vice President Vance opined on "some random country" that haven't fought wars in decades, angering Britons.

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00:04:43

Where the Ukraine war stands amid renewed Russian...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/08

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Phillips O'Brien of St. Andrews University about the war in Ukraine, who has the upper hand, and what might that mean as the U.S. pressures Ukraine for a deal.

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00:04:14

Week in politics: Trump's new stance on DOGE,...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/08

President Trump says his cabinet secretaries will carry out cuts to the government workforce, under the supervision of Elon Musk.

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00:04:04

Montana's solution to rising property values: taxing...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/08

As property values rise, Montana is seeking to cut taxes for most properties but raise them for out-of-state homeowners.

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00:04:55

Saturday Sports: Lakers-Celtics rivalry returns,...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/08

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the reignited rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics and Lebron James' record-breaking week.

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00:07:08

director Carson Lund discusses his new movie 'Eephus'

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/08

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to director Carson Lund about his new movie, "Eephus," about an amateur New England baseball league's last game before their stadium is demolished.

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00:03:48

Kate Bush and Imogen Heap's new album against AI...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/01

There's a long history of musicians using silence to protest unfair economic treatment.

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00:05:07

Comedian Andy Huggins on getting his first standup...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/01

NPR's Scott Simon talks to comedian Andy Huggins about aging, his long career in stand-up comedy and his first full-length special, which he taped at age 73.

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00:04:38

Trump is a professional wrestling fan. Here's how his...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/01

It's well known that President Trump is a devotee of professional wrestling. Pundits often describe his moves in the White House in wrestling terms: smackdowns, cage fights and so on. We ask how the wrestling world may be informing his second term.

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00:03:45

DOGE cuts at NOAA will impact hurricane forecasting...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/01

Cuts at NOAA mean fewer hurricane-hunter aircrafts will be gathering real time data on developing storms and that the team developing computer models for forecasts will be "gutted," insiders say.

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00:05:24

Saturday Sports: Diana Taurasi's retirement, NBA drama

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/01

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about basketball legend Diana Taurasi's retirement, drama in the NBA, and a political statement by Canada's men's national soccer team coach.

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00:05:43

Consumer confidence is down. Here's why economic...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/01

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Eugene Ludwig, former Comptroller of the Currency, about how some government statistics get the economy wrong.

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