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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

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00:06:09

Meet the Latinos who voted for Trump in the Arizonian...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/23

On Arizona's border with Mexico, we look at one of many majority Latino counties that swung dramatically toward Donald Trump this election.

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00:04:37

Donald Johanson discovered the Lucy fossil 50 years ago

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/23

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with paleoanthropologist, Donald Johanson, about the 50th anniversary of his biggest discovery, Lucy, an early human ancestor.

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00:05:02

Former newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai's son discusses...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/23

Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai took the stand this week. He faces charges in connection with the 2019 anti-government protests in the region. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with his son, Sebastien Lai.

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00:04:48

Week in politics: Matt Gaetz steps down, new cabinet...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/23

We look at Matt Gaetz removing himself from his nomination as Attorney General as well as a few of the cabinet nominations that President-elect Donald Trump announced on Friday night.

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00:06:43

In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies'...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: a murder and sexual assault so traumatic they are only now coming to terms with it.

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00:06:43

D-Day is celebrated as a day of liberation. For one...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

French families recall rapes committed by a handful of GIs after D-Day. A note to listeners that this piece mentions sexual assault.

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00:03:55

Nursing aides plagued by PTSD after 'nightmare' COVID...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

Some of the lowest-paid essential workers during the pandemic also suffered the most trauma. Nursing aides have had trouble getting healthcare officials to pay attention to their plight.

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00:03:41

Israel's escalating attack on Lebanon is destroying...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

We look at the efforts to broker a ceasefire between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel. Fighting has escalated between the two, pushing the conflict deeper into Lebanon.

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00:03:02

Elk are back and attracting tourists in the...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

Elk have made a comeback in part of the Appalachian mountains and they're attracting tourists during mating season.

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00:03:27

New data shows efforts to stop the spread of STIs are...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

Federal data shows that rates of new sexually transmitted infections are slowing in the U.S. It's a rare sign of improvement that suggests prevention efforts are working.

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00:03:46

The Kansas City Chiefs will meet the Chicago Bears in...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

The Kansas City Chiefs are undefeated this season and looking to win another Super Bowl. The USA Wheelchair Football League championship game, that is, where the wheelchair Chiefs will meet the Chicago Bears wheelchair team, in what's described as "the most violent game on asphalt".

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00:03:50

The first week of the U.N.'s annual climate...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

We look at what happened during the first week of the United Nation's annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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00:04:31

Remembering former former Solicitor-General Ted Olson

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Harvard professor Cass Sunstein about Ted Olson. The legal great, who argued 65 US Supreme Court cases, including the one that legalized gay marriage, died this week.

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00:04:49

Trump's national security team lacks experience but...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

President-elect Trump assembled his national security team with a series of rapid-fire choices. There's a clear pattern: Most nominees are best known for their support of Trump rather than their national security experience.

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00:05:59

What life is like as a woman in Afghanistan, three...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sahar Fetrat a researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the lives of women in Afghanistan now, as the Taliban continue to limit their presence in public life.

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00:04:08

Week in politics: Trump's cabinet choices point to a...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

We look at some of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominations and how his choices might distinguish his second term from his first.

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00:04:56

Saturday Sports: Undefeated runs in the NFL and NBA,...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

NPR's Scott Simon and Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media discuss a pair of undefeated runs in the NFL and NBA, plus the latest from the ATP Finals in Italy.

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00:06:56

The journalist behind 'The Big Short' turns focus to...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with journalist Michael Lewis about the new season of his podcast "Against The Rules," which covers the rise of legal sports gambling.

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00:06:20

'Even the Forest Hums' is a new compilation of music...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Vitalii Bardetskyi, a Ukrainian DJ and music journalist, about a new compilation of music from that country called "Even the Forest Hums."

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00:06:15

Bonnie Kistler's psychological thriller follows high...

Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2024/11/16

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with novelist Bonnie Kistler about her new psychological thriller, "Shell Games."

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