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Sports
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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Music
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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Health
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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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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Business
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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Books
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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Sports
Saturday sports: Elite Eight begins; Colorado and Iowa face off in women's Sweet 16
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about UConn's dominance in the March Madness basketball tournament. Also, a heartwarming update.
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Animals
You can ding-dong-ditch to save these fish
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Mark van Heukelum, the scientist who invented the "fish doorbell," which allows livestream viewers to help fish get through a lock in a canal in the Netherlands.
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Music
A bassist duo brings out a new album called 'But Who's Gonna Play the Melody?'
NPR's Scott Simon talks with double bass player Christian McBride about his new album, recorded with fellow bassist Edgar Meyer. It's called "But Who's Gonna Play the Melody?"
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Sports
Saturday Sports: Shohei Ohtani's interpreter fired, March Madness begins
Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani's longtime interpreter fired over allegations of illegal gambling, and March Madness begins. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media.