Weekend Edition Saturday
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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.
Episodes
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Caleb Carr's new book is a memoir about life spent with his beloved rescue cat
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Caleb Carr, author of the best-selling novel, "The Alienist." Carr has written a memoir, reflecting on his life through the companionship of his scrappy rescue cat, Masha.
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Sam Evian's new LP 'Plunge' is his most personal yet
Scott Simon talks with musician and indie producer Sam Evian about his fourth LP, "Plunge." Evian says the record is his most personal yet and it touches on themes of family, depression and sobriety.
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A survivor of the UNICEF aid convoy struck by gunfire in Gaza speaks out
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with UNICEF's Tess Ingram about surviving the gunfire that struck an aid convoy in Gaza and the effort to deliver food and water to the warzone.
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Saturday Sports: College basketball final four
NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss college basketball's Final Four. Can anyone stop South Carolina's women and UConn's men this year?
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Ezra Koenig on the new Vampire Weekend album 'Only God Was Above Us'
There's a lot of New York City in the new Vampire Weekend Album. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Ezra Koenig, lead singer/songwriter of the band, about their latest, "Only God Was Above Us."
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Chicago is a hotspot in the measles outbreak. Here's how to stay safe
NPR's Scott Simon asks Dr. Allison Bartlett of the University of Chicago about the dangers of measles and why Chicago is a hotspot in the current outbreak.
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Nebraska high school students learn how to channel their beliefs into action
Students from Nebraska learn how to lobby for causes that matter to them.
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Science has developed petunias that glow in the dark
Petunias that glow in the dark are a thing now. The genetically modified flowers actually generate their own light, and are now legal to sell.
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Chicano Batman keeps its style, but returns to roots in new album 'Notebook Fantasy'
NPR's Scott Simons speaks with Bardo Martinez, the lead singer of the Latin rock band Chicano Batman, about their fifth album, "Notebook Fantasy."
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A South Korean company is paying employees to have more children
A company in South Korea is offering financial incentives to help boost the country's lagging birth rate.
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Carys Davies' 'Clear' follows a reverend's journey to evict an island's lone tenant
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carys Davies about her new novel, "Clear." The novel is set in Scotland during the 1840s, when tenant farmers were moved off the land and to cities and the coast.
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The Yurok tribe regains Redwood park land to create their own historical park
Some 125 acres of forest land in California's Redwood National and State Parks will return to the Yurock tribe in a first-of-its-kind arrangement.