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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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2:36

Opinion: A Toast to Sarah Lucy Oliver

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/29

NPR's Scott Simon celebrates Weekend Edition's Executive Producer, Sarah Lucy Oliver, who is retiring.

3:31

Over 1,000 people are dead after a major earthquake...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/29

An update on the violent earthquake in Myanmar, where the death toll is climbing.

2:34

Black cat adoptions are up. An Oscar-winning animated...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/29

The Oscar-winning animated movie "Flow," which stars a black kitty, may be causing an increase in black cat adoptions. Superstitions about bad luck have often caused these felines to be overlooked.

4:07

Meet Jerry Weinstein, the 81-year-old newest recruit...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/29

There's probably not many 81-year-olds with new jobs this spring, but the new Chicago Cubs coach isn't typical. NPR's Scott Simon talks to coach Jerry Weinstein.

4:02

Artists descend on Idaho's Treefort Music Fest

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/29

A visit to the Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho. It started as a springboard to catch artists wrapping up at South by Southwest in Austin, but is becoming a national fixture itself. [Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the name of Treefort Music Fest as Treefort Music Festival.]

6:52

Writer-director Roshan Sethi on his film 'A Nice...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/29

In the new romantic comedy, "A Nice Indian Boy," a son brings home his new boyfriend to meet his Indian parents. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to writer-director Roshan Sethi.

4:50

Week in politics: Top FDA official forced out, auto...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/29

It was an eventful week in politics, one that was dominated by the fallout from a security breach involving a commercial messaging app and the announcement of steep tariffs on imported cars.

7:41

How a 2015 shipwreck off the Greek coast shows the...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/29

NPR's Scott Simon talks with journalist Jeanne Carstensen about her new book, "Greek Tragedy," about the wreck of a ship filled with refugees off the Greek coast in 2015.

3:21

Jersey Shore Wave to kick off season as one of the...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/29

The Women's National Football Conference kicks off its sixth season this weekend. The Jersey Shore Wave is one of the new teams joining the league this year.

3:02

Trump signs order ending union bargaining rights for...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/28

President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.

3:49

COVID gave rise to vaccine skepticism. That may...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/22

Public health officials are concerned about increasing polarization among Americans over vaccines.

3:49

COVID-19 gave rise to vaccine skepticism. That may...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/22

Public health officials are concerned about increasing polarization among Americans over vaccines.

2:26

Hong Kong company's sale of Panama Ports to U.S....

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/22

Why the Chinese government is angry over a deal involving a prominent Hong Kong billionaire's business empire and the Panama Canal.

5:49

How Ohio's food banks are dealing with extensive cuts...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/22

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks to Joree Novotny, Executive Director of the Ohio Association of Food Banks about the USDA's recent cuts to the food purchasing programs that support families in need.

3:54

Mud dragons, water bears: A new census of ocean life...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/22

Over 800 marine species have recently been discovered including a guitar-shaped shark off the coast of Mozambique. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks to marine biologist, Lucy Woodall.

4:35

Saturday Sports: First rounds in men's and women's...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/22

NPR's Sarah McCammon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss the NCAA basketball tournaments' first rounds for both men and women.

5:55

Trump's former Russia analyst discusses Putin's...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/22

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Russia expert Fiona Hill, of the Brookings Institution, about how Moscow might approach any negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.

0:50

Remembering George Foreman, 2-time heavyweight world...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/22

We remember boxing — and grilling — great, George Foreman. His family announced his death. He was 76.

3:41

Heathrow Airport reopens after electricity outage...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/22

London's Heathrow airport reopened yesterday evening, after a fire Thursday at a substation knocked out electricity to the complex.

3:49

Sudan's army takes control of the presidential...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/03/22

Sudan's military forces have retaken the country's seat of government after nearly two years of Civil War. Could this be a turning point?

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