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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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5:38

The authors of two new memoirs discuss the emotional...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/22

Two new memoirs, How to Sell Out and Trauma Plot wrestle with the question — is it worth it to mine the worst parts of your life for a book? Authors Chad Sanders and Jamie Hood talk about how they tally up the emotional costs of memoir-writing.

2:29

Opinion: Amazon to deliver a new James Bond

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/22

Amazon has acquired the creative license to the long-running James Bond franchise. But how do they plan to deliver?

4:07

Hamas releases Israeli hostages, returns remains of...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/22

Hamas releases six live hostages whose freedom they agreed to under the current ceasefire deal.

6:54

Wilder Woods discusses his album and being inspired...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

Bear Rinehart, who performs under the name Wilder Woods, is releasing his third album, "Curioso." NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the former football player about his musical influences.

2:38

President Trump's order is latest in the decades-long...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

President Trump became the latest U.S. president to say he wants to kill the penny. Both Republicans and Democrats have tried and failed for decades to get rid of America's one-cent coin. (This story first aired on Morning Edition on February 13, 2025.)

3:37

A protest song by Venezuelan rappers asks Trump not...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

Three Venezuela rappers created the song "Donaltron," a protest song in which they make their plea to President Donald Trump to not deport them. The song has become a viral hit on TikTok.

5:34

Where the U.S.-NATO relationship stands, according to...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

The future of the U.S.-NATO relationship hangs in the balance at the Munich Security Conference this week. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with John J. Sullivan, former US ambassador to Russia, about the stakes.

5:05

Saturday Sports: Women's college basketball giants...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele preview a huge women's college basketball match this weekend, spotlighting the moment many women's sports teams are having.

6:26

Rupert Everett's 'The American No' draws from the...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

NPR's Scott Simon talks with British actor — and now short story writer — Rupert Everett about his new book, "The American No."

3:32

Zelenskyy calls for the creation of a European army...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

Members of the Trump administration speaking at the Munich Security Conference this weekend pressed Ukraine on concessions to end the war. We look at the view from Kyiv on their demands.

3:40

Trump administration makes drastic cuts at CFPB,...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

It has been a tumultuous week at the country's consumer finance watchdog, as the Trump administration looks to decimate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

3:58

Republicans push to resurrect 'Food for Peace' amidst...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

Although it's now on hold, The Trump Administration's move to stop foreign food aid shut off a market that farmers have relied on for 70 years hastriggered a big Republican push to resurrect the "Food for Peace" program.

3:58

Trying to keep Food for Peace despite efforts to...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

Although it's now on hold, The Trump Administration's move to stop foreign food aid shut off a market that farmers have relied on for 70 years. It has triggered a Republican push to resurrect the "Food for Peace" program.

3:43

A lost hard drive in a landfill holds the key to a...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

A British man who claims his $700 million worth of Bitcoin is buried in landfill in Wales now says he hopes to buy the site to search for his hard drive, which was dumped more than a decade ago.

4:29

Week in politics: Trump, Putin discuss the war, House...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

We look at President Trump's relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and why House and Senate Republicans are charting different paths to passing Trump's budget.

8:00

'Universal Language' breathes life into a fictional...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

We look at "Universal Language," a new movie that follows three storylines in a city that is a cross between Winnipeg and Tehran.

2:29

Opinion: Navalny's words of love

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died a year ago Sunday in a Russian prison.

3:57

Top federal prosecutor in Washington previously...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

Ed Martin advanced bogus claims about election fraud in swing states in 2020, and he spoke at a boisterous rally in Washington the day before the siege on the Capitol.

3:55

How changes to a CDC vaccine panel under Kennedy...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

A committee of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is critical in setting national vaccine policy. It's also vulnerable to political interference.

5:03

Courts block Trump's DOGE actions — chaos, panic not...

NPR Weekend Edition Saturday ·

2025/02/15

Some legal scholars say that the administration is bungling the chance to expand presidential power.

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