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Sports
Saturday Sports: Lakers and Heat win; White House invitation for Georgia football team
Victories for the Lakers and the Heat in the NBA playoffs - and the University of Georgia football team has a scheduling conflict with their invitation to the White House.
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Arts & Life
With coronation day and the Kentucky Derby, it's a good weekend for hats
What do the Coronation and the Kentucky Derby have in common, other than falling on the same day? Hats! Fashionable, fascinating, and sometimes freaky.
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Books
Author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on his new novel 'Chain-Gang All-Stars'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah about his new novel, "Chain-Gang All-Stars."
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Sports
Saturday Sports: NBA playoffs; a delayed Major League Baseball debut
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the NBA playoffs and a long delayed debut in Major League Baseball.
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A Navy yeoman remembers his time as a gay serviceman in the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' era
Navy Yeoman Jacob Tate remembers his time as a gay serviceman during the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" era, which kept openly LGBTQ service members from serving in the military.
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Music
Singer Blake Rose on his new EP 'You'll Get It When You're Older'
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with pop singer Blake Rose about his new EP, "You'll Get It When You're Older," which was inspired by his sister's battle with substance abuse.
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Sports
Saturday Sports: Oakland A's; Chicago Cubs; Tom Goldman says goodbye
The Oakland A's take a step toward moving to Las Vegas, and an ALMOST perfect game for the Chicago Cubs. Plus, Tom Goldman says goodbye - he's retiring!
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Books
Ramona Ausubel on her novel 'The Last Animal'
NPR's Scott Simon interviews author Ramona Ausubel about her novel, "The Last Animal," about a family finding solace, after tragedy, in a scientific expedition to the Arctic.
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Animals
Crash, the one-eyed cat, won Cadbury Chocolate's 2023 Easter Bunny Tryouts
We hear from Patty Cutler, executive director of the Simply Cats non-profit shelter, about how Crash the one-eyed cat came to win Cadbury Chocolate's 2023 Easter Bunny Tryouts.
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World
A Mongolian boy has been declared an important leader for Tibetan Buddhists
A Mongolian boy has been named a top leader of Tibetan Buddhism. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Julian Dierkes of the University of British Columbia on the implications for Mongolian-Chinese relations.