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.
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Episodes
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Minneapolis Police Chief discusses his force's relationship with federal immigration agents
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara sees little attempts at de-escalation from the some 3,000 federal immigration agents — four times the number of sworn MPD officers — in the city.
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'The Remarkable Life of Reed Pegram' is the story of queer Black scholar finding love in WWII Europe
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Ethelene Whitmire about her book, "The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram," about a queer American Black man who went to Europe as World War II began, and stayed.
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Saul Williams returns to poetry — and scores a Grammy nomination — on improvised live album
Poet and musician Saul Williams discusses his Grammy-nominated album "Saul Williams meets Carlos Nino and Friends at Treepeople."
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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine is in hiding after disputed election loss
From hiding, Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine tells NPR's Scott Simon why he continues to oppose repression in Uganda following the disputed Jan. 15 presidential election.
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Saturday sports: Australian Open championships, Bill Belichick snubbed, Lindsey Vonn skiing crash
NPR's Scott Simon and sports reporter Michele Steele discuss the Australian Open and a controversy concerning the NFL Hall of Fame.
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Southern East Coast of the U.S. prepares for rare snow storm
Residents along the southern stretch of the East Coast are expected to get some rare snow from a winter storm this weekend.
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Judge says Immigration and Customs Enforcement has violated 96 court orders this month in Minn.
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Georgetown Law Professor Stephen Vladeck about tensions between federal judges and the Trump administration after the recent immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota.
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Partial government shutdown begins despite Senate approval of spending deal
The Senate voted Friday to approve a spending deal meant to keep the government running, but the measure still needs to be approved by the House, and the shutdown deadline has passed.
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DOJ releases final 3 million pages of the Epstein files
With its Friday release of some three million pages, the Department of Justice says it has released all of the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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This year's midterm elections could see unprecedented involvement from the federal government
Top state-level election officials react to the Jan. 28 raid on the Fulton County, Ga, elections office. The FBI executed a search warrant seeking ballots from the 2020 election.
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A man is fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis
Federal agents have shot and killed another person in Minneapolis, this time a 51-year-old man.
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Opinion: Mark Carney's warning and its echoes from the past
When he spoke at Davos this week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney referenced a 1978 essay by Vaclav Havel, written when Czechoslovakia was under Soviet control.
