NPR Weekend Edition Saturday
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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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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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English
Episodes
San Marino, a country of just over 33,000 people, has a rare international soccer win
9/7/2024
San Marino has trounced Liechtenstein, its first international soccer win in 20 years. NPR's Scott Simon has details.
Duration:00:01:02
Georgia officials charge 14-year-old alleged school shooter as an adult
9/7/2024
The school shooting this week in Georgia raises many questions about how the criminal justice system handles cases where minors commit capital crimes.
Duration:00:04:06
The latest jobs report could guide the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates
9/7/2024
This week's jobs report offered a mixed picture of the strength of the U.S. job market. That's a challenge for the Federal Reserve as it tries to decide how aggressively to cut interest rates.
Duration:00:03:56
Saturday Sports: Kansas City Chiefs win close game, Americans make U.S. Open finals
9/7/2024
NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant talk about the latest in sports: the Kansas City Chiefs' close win, U.S. Open finals, and more.
Duration:00:05:07
DOJ says Russia paid right-wing influencers to spread Russian propaganda
9/7/2024
NPR’s Scott Simon and disinformation expert Renee DiResta discuss payments to right-wing influencers in what the Justice Department says is a Russian campaign to influence U.S. policy and voters.
Duration:00:06:09
In the shadow of war, volunteers save endangered sea turtles on Lebanon's beaches
9/7/2024
Volunteers help endangered baby turtles in southern Lebanon in the midst of low-level war on the country's border with Israel.
Duration:00:04:41
In a first, the Paralypmics prevented power chair athletes from competing in tennis
9/7/2024
For the first time at the Paralympic Games, tennis athletes who use motorized wheelchairs were prevented from participating.
Duration:00:02:26
Week in politics: Trump hearing postponed, candidates agree to debate rules
9/7/2024
Former President Donald Trump's sentencing postponed again in New York, Vice President Kamala Harris' massive fundraising haul, and ahead of Tuesday's debates both candidates agree to rules.
Duration:00:04:13
Actor Carrie Coon on her new movie 'His Three Daughters'
9/7/2024
NPR's Scott Simon talks to actor Carrie Coon about her new movie, "His Three Daughters." It's about three very different sisters, gathered in a cramped NYC apartment to care for their dying father.
Duration:00:07:42
Unpacking the foreign policy issues likely to be in focus at the presidential debate
9/7/2024
What big foreign policy issues will feature in next week’s presidential debate? We speak to NPR international correspondents about what the world will be listening out for.
Duration:00:10:12
Original artwork from 'The Lion and the Mouse' heads to a museum — safe from kids’ sticky fingers
9/7/2024
The late children’s book illustrator Jerry Pinkney won the Caldecott Medal for his book The Lion and the Mouse. Now his artwork and sketches for that book will be archived at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.
Duration:00:03:56
How one family of Afghan refugees is adjusting to their new life in Maine
9/7/2024
People fleeing violence and persecution can be haunted by their traumas for a long time, even after they have found safety in a new place. And children are particularly vulnerable. Rhitu Chatterjee has the story of a boy who fled Afghanistan and has recently settled in Maine.
Duration:00:07:05
Amy Allen on her self-titled debut album
9/7/2024
Amy Allen has written songs for some of today's biggest stars. But now she's stepping into the spotlight with her self-titled debut album.
Duration:00:07:56
Rachel Kushner on her new spy novel 'Creation Lake'
9/7/2024
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Rachel Kushner about her new spy novel, "Creation Lake."
Duration:00:07:54
With no crew aboard, spacecraft Starliner lands without a hitch
9/7/2024
The spacecraft landed in New Mexico early Saturday morning leaving two astronauts behind on the International Space Station. The crew members will return to earth in February aboard a SpaceX craft.
Duration:00:04:21
Opinion: Christmas is starting early in Venezuela
9/6/2024
Christmas starts early in a lot of retail stores, but in Venezuela it's starting Oct. 1. NPR's Scott Simon explains.
Duration:00:02:12
Remembering Sister Theresa Kane, who fought for women’s ordination in the Church
8/31/2024
Sister Theresa Kane, a champion for women's ordination in the Catholic church, has died. She even spoke directly to Pope John Paul II about the issue during his visit to the U.S. in 1979.
Duration:00:03:42
This beloved drive-in theater has run for decades. But keeping it open is now harder
8/31/2024
One of America's oldest drive-in movie theaters is still treasured in a small Colorado town. But the woman who has worked there since childhood is getting worn out.
Duration:00:03:53
Children in Gaza get polio vaccines but the virus may already be spreading
8/31/2024
Palestinian children in Gaza will have access to polio vaccines this weekend as the UN rushes to reach families displaced and without access to healthcare following the detection of the virus in wastewater flowing through its war-ravaged streets.
Duration:00:04:23
A new version of the 1977 Star Wars features a dub in a Native American language
8/31/2024
A new version of the 1977 classic STAR WARS movie opens in Minnesota Theaters. And "the force be with you" will sound different. The dubbed-over version is in Ojibwe, the indigenous language of one of the largest Native American tribes in the United States.
Duration:00:03:51